Please help: Hair straighteners

dmg24

I've got the Babyliss ones as well. I have tried GHD's and Kudo's (sp?) before, and they are by far the best. You pay a hell of a premium on GHD's just for the name, and you can get just as good a product (if not better) for a third of the price.

hethmar

Ive been very pleased with the Babyliss ionic straighteners - never managed to use any before - I wanted them for body and they certainly give that.

angela2095

The babyliss pro radiance are currently half price £49.99 on Boots.com however their site is down at the moment. I ordered some deodarant too for 49p to take it over the £50 and got 500 extra points.

freebiequeen84

I have the Babyliss straightners, and even if I do say so myself - my hair always looks lovely :rotfl: It's naturally curly, very thick and a bit of a nightmare to tame, but the Babyliss 230's get it under control in no time.

I'd LOVE one of those Jose Eber curling wands, but I'm not paying £80 to put the odd curl in my hair. I'll stick to trying to master it with the straightners and spend the cash on some new shoes

Sid_Harper

Please read http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=24215

marias1981

Ghd's have a one year warrentee,if that has run out its still worth sending it back,i did the same and my warentee had run out so they fixed it and sent it back HTH

BettiePage

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_80081165_15?ie=UTF8&docId=1000184203&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1XJ95ZAN0AHZHBANBFT8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=464202273&pf_rd_i=118855031

Amazon has upto 17% off ghd's at the mo.

I lurve the purple ones, but have some new bog standard ghd's for xmas (to replace my 4 year old ones. I use them pretty much every day and they still work, I just don't think they get quite as hot as they used to).

sarahlou83_2

natashasprite wrote: »

I really think you cannot beat GHDS ...I know they are more expensive but you wont be disapointed.

i've got the thickest, curliest hair and I use ceramic tech straighteners, they are fab. ive used mates GHD's for nites out and definately did not prefer them. Also used a mates Babyliss ceramic straighteners (not sure exactly which model, pretty basic ones thou out of Argos) and these were also fab.
For someone with hard 2 straighten hair, I wouldn't buy into the hype of GHD, sure they are brill, but there are plenty of less expensive sets that are as good, if not better!!!!!
xxx

jenny-wren

I've got Babyliss Pro 230s and use them every day. They come with a 5 year guarantee which beats GHDs by a mile. Mine are about 2 years old and have never given me any bother. Everyone I know who has had GHDs has complained how they've broken just after the guarantee has run out. I have fine hair and only use mine on a medium heat - even with regular use I hardly ever get split ends.

Amazon are doing really good deals on them at the minute too.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_d_0_13?url=search-alias%3Ddrugstore&field-keywords=babyliss+straighteners&x=0&y=0&sprefix=babyliss+stra

I might just order myself a spare set while they're so cheap! The trouble is do I go for the same thing as I have, the Elegance or the Radiance? Hmm, decisions decisions!! :rotfl:

dmurray0

The wife's GHD's packed in a few weeks back.Was on the verge of buying her a new set but done a bit of research about them. It appears that a vast majority of them suffer from their lead going faulty.There's a guy on a well known auction site, from Scotland who repaired them for £14.95. Absolute bargain!!! Had them fixed and returned with 3 days. You pay the postage and Paypal him the £14.95. If you need his username etc let me know. Saved me a bundle!!!