Not a Complete Waste of Money
Written: Jan 31 '04
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Product Rating:
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Pros: inexpensive
Cons: terrible heat, velvet plates make hair static.
The Bottom Line: Not recommended for someone with lots of hair, curly hair, or even wavy hair.
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| pinkskittle's Full Review: Conair Shiny Straight Hair Straightener Cs7cs |
I bought the Conair Shiny Straight Hair Straightener about 2 or 3 years ago because like many people who buy straighteners, I don't have perfectly straight hair. I also have very thick, somewhat wavy, somewhat frizzy hair.
Pretty much every hair stylist I've seen has used a straightening iron on my hair. It always looks awesome! I decided I had to buy one for myself not realizing the difference between the professional straightening irons and the ones you get at walmart. I picked it up at walmart for about $13. After using it, I was fairly happy with it. Then I'd go and get my hair professionally done and realize that there was a huge difference between how my hair looked then and if I did it with my Conair straightener. Later on my hairstylist told me that her professional flat iron (or straightener) has about 1800 watts of heating power while my Conair might have 200 maximum! The good professional ones have ceramic plates and the Conair Shiny Straight Hair Straightener has aluminum. Ceramic heats up faster and retains heat a lot better than aluminum. She said I could buy a professional one from her for $100-200. Not having that kind of dough on me at the time, I decided against it.
The Details
-Has 2 different settings: shiny and straight.
-Use the aluminum plates to straighten and "velvet" plates to make your hair shiny.
-Can lock it in the closed position for easier storage.
What's good about it:
-After a few years I still have it, it's quite durable, haven't had any problems with it breaking or anything.
-Tames some of the frizzies.
-it straightens some, but not as much as I'd like.
-Might be good with someone with thin hair or short hair.
-Nice 6 foot long cord.
-Safe to put on any surface while it heats.
-Switch between the settings just by closing it up and flipping a converter switch. No losing any parts!
What's bad about it:
-Takes maybe 30 minutes to heat up to it's fullest.
-Can use it for a while, but then after 10 minutes you may need to close it up and reheat it a bit.
-Does not straighten as well as professional ceramic straighteners. ***Be careful of some straighteners saying that they're professional ceramic... there's a conair out there with 200 watts of heating power that claims to be ceramic and professional. I think not!***
-With my amount of hair (it's a little past my shoulders and reallly thick), it takes me about 45 minutes to do a decent job while a good straightener should take maybe 20.
-The "velvet" plates are supposed to make your hair nice and shiny. All it did for me is pump it full of static!
-Definitely not recommended for anyone with curly or especially wavy hair.
Recommended:
No
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