Next best thing to GHD's!

miacat

wondered if there is any good one's out there but not as pricey!!..

thanks,, :think:

gunsandbanjos

Babyliss Pro 230s, without a shadow of a doubt, just as good, if not better. About £30 ish.

[Deleted User]

Remington slim straightners - use mine frequently cost me about £30 about 5 years ago and still going strong

sheilavw

I use Babyliss and think they are good, perhaps not quite as good as GHD . My hairdresser recommends Ice Diamond, she teaches at a college and they use them there

mandragora_2

I got Remington Shine from Argos when they were on offer a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4431307/Trail/searchtext%3EHAIR+STRAIGHTENERS.htm

- they're fantastic - easy to use, good on hair, and nice quality. I paid about £35 for them, though I see they've had a *small* price hike since then. Worth searching for, as someone's bound to be doing an offer on them somewhere

HTH

jenniewb

Look for 'ceramic' rather then 'titanium' and get it as close to 100% ceramic as you can as this helps with damage. Its not essential though and even GHDs are not 100% ceramic.

Heat protection is always a must but don't expect it to save your hair from damage, it simply reduces the damage you will still be getting.

Ionic is another new buzz word in straighteners and basicly it works to flatten cuticles. It can reduce volume though apparently so be wary if you have already very fine hair and are worried about volume. It can give a nice shine though as a result.

If you can, try to find a pair with a temperature dial. The thicker your hair the more heat it will need but if you can at all, use less hair and straighten little bit by little bit on a lower heat as this will help with damage control. The damage is caused by heat as it forces the oils to pull from the hair strands to the outside of the cuticles in the hair. This looks great as it gives good shine but means that when you wash your hair, the oils also get rinsed out at a greater rate then normal and leaves you with far drier hair and this means its at risk of greater damage. The damage gets worse faster and faster and trust me, its not pretty! (spoken from experience!).

I know its not a big drop but over on make-up alley they all seem to love the SEDU (most of the posters are from the USA.) Space NK have just selling this brand and they are £125. I am waiting to see if they ever fall in price of they ever offer any sort of a discount as they have done in the past but then again that was years ago! One can hope though...

They also seem to love the Remington Shine straighteners too.

I use the Nutri-Heat straighteners which have the gimmiky silk-oil strip which is designed to protect hair as its being straightened. I notice its not as light as when I have used (my mum's) GHDs but I use them so rarely, like once or twice a month, that its hard to know if they are doing anything to really protect. I got mine for £15 from Sainsburys in the sale, they were about £20 in Boots earlier this year too. They have gone back up to full price (£80) now as have the Babyliss Pro Radience (were £50 on and off and now are back to £99).

I guess it really depends what your looking for as some straigheners promise all the mod-cons but are chunkier (so curls not an option) however the sleeker versions don't offer the same benefits.

glowgirl_2

Remmington 230

roshydoshy

in our house we have ghd's, the babyliss ones mentioned above (blue and red ones), and the remington and say they are all as good as each other, personally think ghds aren't as good as the others. I would recommend the babyliss one though above all

gunsandbanjos

roshydoshy wrote: »

in our house we have ghd's, the babyliss ones mentioned above (blue and red ones), and the remington and say they are all as good as each other, personally think ghds aren't as good as the others. I would recommend the babyliss one though above all

Agreed! I have really thick curly hair and had been using my Babyliss ones for a while, got my hair lovely and straight and lasted well too. Everyone kept telling me i had to buy GHDs as they were so much better. Eventually got a really good deal on them so gave in and bought them. I was so disappointed! In my opinion the Babyliss were better, wish i hadn't given in to peer pressure:o Didn't cost me too much though and i'm selling them to a colleague for what i paid for them so haven't lost out.

Dawning

Another vote for the Babyliss ones. My GHDs blew up on holiday a few years ago, tried a couple of different ones since and now I've got the Babyliss and like them better than the GHDs.
Amazon currently have the black Pro 230's at £27.99, blue at £28.50 and the red ones (my friend says those are the best, I think the most recent model) at £33.99. Those prices are inclusive of p & p for a 3-4 day delivery time, or you can pay extra for next day delivery.
I've had my black ones for about 4 years now, no problem with them at all. I'll never go back to GHD's.

miacat

Thanks everyone on replies ,,a great help indeed,,,,looked in Boots and some of these are half price,,,wowee!!
just got to choose which one now,,, :think:

the remington pearl sounded good too..