So, in my bid to achieve a glossy mane; I'm pondering heated rollers, large barelled tongs or stick with a large brush and hair dryer....

[saythatagain]

My hair is curly, shoulder length, prone to instant fuzzin' on leaving the house when even the smallest amount of 'wet/damp' is in the hair (Rain? Lets not even go there.) I'm browsing ceramic tongs etc but there's nothing like hard evidence from products already tried & tested. Please tell me....

Damn, I knew there was something else - my hair is fine so doesn't really do well with straightners - it looks too straight and fine if that makes sense; I'm aiming for a bit of bounce!

My hair is short so cant vouch for it but lots of women on here swear by babyliss big hair.

Mine is curly, fine, dry and frizz-prone too. I get great results with heated rollers and also big barrel tongs, but I can't use them (or straighteners) every day without serious damage, so I keep them for special occasions and stick with dryer and barrel brush for everyday.

I also avoid most silicone-laden conditioners and products (most of them make my hair dull and frizzy after sustained use, though I do like a few of them - bumble and bumble Straight and Grooming Creme are AMAZING) and use shampoo without sls. And I'm using a very nice oil at the moment too - the matrix biolage one with argan oil - much prefer to morrocanoil as no silicones. The Toni and Guy thickening cream is also awesome for adding body without drynesss.

Hairspray is also your friend against frizz! I spray into my hands or a brush and smooth on (=no stickiness), sometimes mixed with shine spray (silicone city).

I've that that aquavit - on the handful of occasions I've attempted using normal sized tongs, it gives my hair an extra fuzz/brittle/generally crap dimension! I will look into Bumble & Bumble; I've seen them mentioned before on here. Do you wash/dry your hair every day then? (anybody?)

I use big barrel tongs. My hair is just past shoulder, somewhere between wavy and curly that just makes it loor frizzy, and fine though there's a lot of it.

I apply mousse before drying upside down with a hairdryer/diffuser, then section the hair and use the tongs, followed by some frizz taming serum and hairspray.

My tongs are made of something that's supposed to direct ions to the hair to make it glossy, not sure if it works or not but it makes my hair look reasonable for at least a few hours.

yy I'm with sprogger - less washing (and also less heat and more oil) makes for much better condition and less frizz.

So I blow-dry straight when I wash (every few days) and then on non-wash days I just use the dryer and brush to give it a quick going over: smooth it out and perk up the roots a bit. It generally looks better on non-wash days (less fly-away). Rarely needs any more product than what I've already used to straighten.

Can't rave enough about bumble and bumble! suits my hair brilliantly and though spenny you really don't need to use much. The grooming cream in particular is just fab.

Just watched the sock bun method......very entertaining! First of all I wish my hair was that length! Sadly I'm more a longer version of Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall old style. Looks terrific though so may try it on dd. I'll be ordering some of the B&B when I'm a bit more flush.
I have been going au natural over the past 3 weeks, applying no heat whatsoever. Amazing the number of people who think I've had my hair 'done'...I wish! Goin' smooth tomorrow....

I have utterly mental Irish hair. Products I like include Moroccan oil but I am devoted to my Babyliss Big Hair. Trust me when I say this thing has changed my life. When I broke my old one, I screamed.

Is Irish mental hair fine and fuzzy then? Another vote for the Babyliss Big Hair .

Babyliss Big Hair vote here.

I think that India Knight did a blog post on it. Will check.

i have the big hair thing and don't use it at all now

the best thing is an hour spent blow drying with a barrel brush and really section the hair into tiny sections. lasts for day but takes ages to do

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My hair is wavy rather than curly and I wouldn't say it gives me big hair, but it is great at smoothing the hair and giving it a bit more volume.

Mme - her hair looks thick and lots of it. Mine on the other hand....meh!
Mind you, if you could offer a MN guarantee that I'd look like that at the end i.e slicing 20 years off my age and adding 12" of natural (ahem) chestnut hair, then I may consider a purchase!

Mine is thin and fine, though not curly. I haven't actually used it for a while because I had my hair cut shorter, but this thread reminded me of it and I tried it out again. Hair is longer now, and it really looks good today.

I think the BBH works best on my hair when it's a bit longer (just below shoulder length). I have thick hair which is prone to frizziness. The BBH makes it very swishy and is kinder that straigteners or tongs. I use argan oil too and love that.