Hair Straighteners not GHD

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Which of the inexpensive straighteners are good?I need to buy some as a present so not ghd's!!

go to boots - they have loads cheap atm. I've jsut bought some vidal sassoon ones for £40 and they are great.

I've got some Babyliss ceramic ones and they are fine. I thin kthey were about £20. They do the job without a prob, but I do have fine hair so I don't know how they'd fare with thicker, wavier hair. Also I don't use them every day so I can't give you an accurate picture of the damage they'd do to your hair (compared to GHD's) if they were used daily.

(Am NDP)

my little sis is a hair dresser and she says mine are just as good as ghds, dp bought mine for xmas last year but they are reduced loads in woolworths this year. see if i can do a link for you.

have a look at this

Hair Tools ones are supposed to be good. Their new ones (FHIs) are supposed to be better than GHDs yet they're about £15-20 cheaper.

Thanks Those prices are a relief!

I thought abotu hair tools, but came across a lot of bad reviews saying about the power lead splitting or breaking off, and one woman said that it had blown up on her.

Hmmm interesting thread. I want some for curling my hair once every so often as they seem to do a better job than the curling tongs. My cousin said GHDs but I will probably only use them once every few months so not really worth it!

i've had hairtools for over 2 years used once £35 inc postage i got them for, never had any probs'

you curl your hair with straighteners?

You close them on the hair and then twist it up. They did in the hair dressers once when I was having a posh up-do for a ball & all the tongs were in use, & my cousin achieved fab curls with hers.

NDP - I can tell you how yours would do on thick wavy hair - not very well!!!

Love my new GHDs.

lol, i just went to the hairdressers this afernoon and my hairdresser has taught me how to curl with my GHD's! It is so easy and gives such a brilliant curl, im going to do it for a ball im off to next week! Love, love my GHD's, sorry i tried lots of others over the years but they are fab, my hair is mega curly and frizzy though.