Curling Irons

[devilgrrl]

Hey Flisties. Now that I have fringe, I ever need to purchase a curling iron or a straightening iron. Does anyone know what would be better for straightening and curling my fringe under? I am not competent enough to do it with a round brush.

Comments

[dani-oso.livejournal.com]

I'm terrible at doing my own hair, but if you want it to curl under, I'd suggest a curling iron. I use a straightening iron on my sweep bangs, and it absolutely doesn't curl them under.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about one of those big barreled dealies. I can't imagine needed to straighten the rest of my hair now that it's short.

[dani-oso.livejournal.com]

I love the big ones! But I just flat-out suck with curling iron.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I know I'm going to end up with huge burn marks on my head.

[dani-oso.livejournal.com]

I always had those as a kid because my mom would curl my bangs, but I'd get scared of the curling iron. With good reason, I thought, since I knocked an iron on my thigh when I was about five! So, I wouldn't hold still and yeah, many burnt marks.

[ladyvixenheart.livejournal.com]

The curling iron would do both for you in one shot... Usually straightening irons make everything TOO Straight if you're going for the curling under.

Just my experiences. The new do looks adorable by the way!

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm loving it so much. There is nothing I love more than being able to roll out of bed and just fingercomb it.

Any recs on a brand or do you think Conair will do?

[geobabe.livejournal.com]

you can either use a large curling iron, or use a straightening iron and kind of flip them under.

i used to have a tool that was a two-fer. closed, it worked as a large curling iron. when you flipped a switch it opened and worked as a straitening iron. neither use was perfect, but it was kind of cool. the whole shebang was only about $20. maybe you could find one and decide which works best for you.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Where did you pick up the twofer? I'm all about something that does double duty as I am very, very lazy and somewhat cheap.

[geobabe.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it was this thing from CVS.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

I have seen the 2 in 1 too. It looks like that would be the best thing for you.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

All I know is I am so not capable of using a blowdryer and brush to straighten them. My hairdresser made it look unbearably easy.

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

They always do, dear. :)

[geobabe.livejournal.com]

I can't do the brush+blowdryer either. I usually use velcro rollers when I want my hair to look presentable (which involves sitting around looking stupid for a few hours). I really just can't do the round brush thing. Maybe it's because my hair is so fine+thick+long, but the second one of those things gets within a few feet of my hair, it's practically a guarantee that I'll have a big, snarly, ripped-out chunk.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much how my bang straightening adventure went yesterday. I am definitely wearing a hat today.

[wishuponakate.livejournal.com]

A lot of times when the kids at work wake up (the girls, in particular) they want the staff to "do their hair" for them. I always tell the kids that if I did their hair, people would laugh at them. I always wear my hair down or in a pony tail. I never owned a barbie-head hair-styling thingie. I am not the person to ask ;-)

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

My hair is almost too short for a ponytail, so I will be resorting to a cute, knit hat until I learn how to not make a mess of my head.

I need my sister to live here. She had one of those Barbie head things.

[amity26.livejournal.com]

I just wrap my wet hair around a round brush and blast it with the hair dryer. I haven't had bangs for a few years so I don't know if I would work on your fringe, but I have done this on my hair when it was barely chin length and it worked.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I ended up actually getting a Revlon ceramic 1 1/2" barrel that seems to be working so far, at least insomuch as I haven't burnt my head.