Question for the ladies.

Clowance

used to be the best, tried some ordinary ones (vidal sassoon) recently and they were nowhere near as good.
So then I got some Carmen steam tongs off ebay but they arrived with no instructions, does anyone know how to get the steam?
I put the water in the little plastic cup at the top, tried pressing it and leaving it for ages but no joy. The barrel got hot though. Anyone else have these, or should I send them back to seller?

jubarnes26

I'm in the same situation except I'm buying my own straighteners!! If you go for the GHD's they have them in Tesco online where you can get triple points and also an extra 500 points with a code (sorry forgot what code is butit'll be on this site somewhere) so good if you are a points collecter.

bikebarbie

I had GHD's for 6 years, dropped them several times (not tht I would reccomend to do this ) and are still as good as new!
Because of the Ceramic "technology" I would reccomend thongs which are ceramic coated too for best results (I dont think you wil find them 100% ceramic like the GHD)

crashgoddess

id recommend the ghd's too

ellie14

Bought the brand for my 14yr old last xmas wide paddles they are brill also the oil has kept hair from drying out,go for the best she will feel spoilt and special.DONT WANT HER TO THINK SHE WASNT WORTH IT !

hollydays

Ghd.If you could borrow some off a friend and try them you will be in no doubt.

nicky7200

although i know they rnt as much as your budget i would personally recommend the Wet2Straight ones by remington i think, (they have wide and thin plates). i think they were only £34.99 from amazon a while back, i paid £75 ( On offer in argos jan sales) 2 years ago when they first came out, they r still goin strong after me using them for approx 5hours a week. in my opinion these are as good as if not better than ghd's - none of them have been know to blow up as ghd;s have.
if i were you i would get a decent pair of straightners and curlin tongs not spending all your budget, then 10 mins after u have given then suprise her with a nice expensive piece of jewlery from h samuel or somewhere similar. IMHM i think any girl would like that (plus jewlery keeps some of its value lol)

shop-to-drop

GHD straightners are the best and they have some good travel bags too. i bought my items both on ebay and got a pretty good deal and received next day.

There are pink ones out now but probably not in the wide version.

I have black ones and a beautiful pink travel bag which incorporates a heat mat. On ebay you can buy configerations that you can't in the salon for instance I bought the bag and accessories without the irons as I already bought them earlier. You could do the same as you want the wide irons rather than the regular.

hopingforahouse

Another vote for GHD's. Although unless her hair is pretty much an afro, she really doesn't need the wide ones, the thin ones tame even the bush that is on my head. Have had mine for nearly 4 years, and they're as just as good as when I got them, although a little battered looking. The blowing up thing is a problem with older models - the new ones should be fine.

Personally I would LOVE the bag and bits too, so would go for that.

dbonbon

The womens bag on here is nice, but pricey at £155!

http://www.ghdhair.co.uk/