Babyliss big hair

[zippyswife]

Can someone tell me about it? I have very very thick course frizzy shoulder length hair. I straighten it as I can't blow dry it (other than rough drying I really am
Rubbish). What result could the babyliss big hair achieve and how difficult is it to achieve a good look (I really am Useless so I'd need it to be very easy to use).

[Petal02]

PS - I don't section my hair off, I blast dry with hairdryer and then use BBH to 'finish' it.

[Petal02]

Agree with superflyhigh. It's the only thing that can style my layers. It makes my hair smooth and straight, but not as straight as if I'd GHD'd it, but the GHD'd look is just a bit too straight for me, if that makes sense.

My blow dry technique is poor, and BBH has been a life saver for me.

[NotSoSkinnyNow]

Herecomesthesun, pm me if you fancy it

[SinglePringle]

(shoulder length hair btw)

[SinglePringle]

So what am I doing wrong?

Blast straight with hairdryer. Use serum. Section hair. Hold in place. Second (lower) setting.

Still flyaway.

[Greengardenpixie]

I have it. I wouldn't use it too much as it dries my hair out tbh and am sure it can break your hair if you aren't careful so you could end up with a lot of split ends. I used it yesterday and achieved a salon blow dry. I haven't used it for a while. You need to do it in sections. I really rate it but i am not sure if your hair is coarse and quite curly how good it would be. My hair is rather fine and a bit wavy.

[Dreamqueen]

will it work on poker straight chinese hair please? or do nothing for me? I keep looking at it in Boots. Also what size to buy? I've got just above shoulder length bob.

[CointreauVersial]

Love mine, wouldn't be without it. I have just below shoulder length fine hair, and the BBH makes it swishy and bouncy, nicely turned in at the ends. But it doesn't flatten it, like straighteners do.

I blast with a hairdryer first, until just damp, then I always use it on the slower speed, it's so much easier to control. Working from the bottom, roll up sections of hair, hold for a few seconds and unroll. Easy and quick.

I'm on my second one - the first one stopped working after about 18 months, but I couldn't find the receipt...grrr...and I now have the smaller barrelled one, which I think I prefer.

[SinglePringle]

Makes my hair flyaway. Never use it

[SuperFlyHigh]

Also experiment with the speed settings.... I find the fastest one is too fast for me and can tangle hair, however the speed just below it is just right.

[BrendaandEddie]

what she said

[SuperFlyHigh]

You can't use it on wet hair as it doesn't dry it... I blast hair with hairdryer for 2 minutes then style with babyliss big hair.

Great for styling layers eg turning them under or flicking out and doing fringes. Gives my fine hair a polished look as it does tend to smooth hair.

[BrendaandEddie]

there are THOUSANDS of threads on it

[herecomesthsun]

not so skinny now, I might be interested in buying it and having a go!

[maybemyrtle]

I like it and am completely useless with a round brush and hairdryer. I have fine unruly shoulder-length hair that degenerates to frizzy kinks if exposed to weather and untended. I apply curl creme, dry 80%ish with hairdryer, go over with big hair and my hair is smooth, bouncy and holds a nice natural wave for a good few days - I wash every 3 days usually. Takes about 10 minutes. My thing as I get older is I need to look intentional (not super groomed but not entirely haphazard either) and big hair achieves that.

[NotSoSkinnyNow]

Mine is in its box, decorating my shelf. .....must get around to selling it

I couldn't get the hang of it . Would love to be able to achieve the look that they do in the tutorials, but it is just not happening

[fastdaytears]

people like he who struggle to do different things with each hand. this would be me...

[SweetAdeline]

It gives the same effect as a good blow dry with a round bristle brush but makes it easy for people like he who struggle to do different things with each hand. I don't use mine all the time but when I do I let my hair almost dry naturally then use for 5-10mins.

[fastdaytears]

I've never managed to break mine and everything in my house breaks! Maybe I have an older/newer/luckier version.

45 minutes is crazy! I kind of want to watch that tutorial now to see how she can do that. Wouldn't you lose all the blood in your hands?

10 minutes is plenty of time to spend on your hair IMO and it works for me.

[GlitteringJasper]

I've tried it many times and I like the look but it leaves my hair feeling really greasy.

[desperatelyseekingamovingdate]

Be prepared for them to break every damn year! Customer services will replacle them the first time but not the second grrr i reckon i got 100 uses out of mine. It was easy to use but not as good as my very old revlon one which lasted about 15 yrs but didnt spin. Will be buying something else this year.

[carrielou2007]

I have very thick wild unruly wavy bush hair doesn't work for me though. Makes it nice and smooth not in the same way GHD's do and first' hold the style. Soon as I step outside to walk the school run it's wild hair again. GHD hold the style and I use product on my hair the same. Gave mine to my sister who found the same she have it to her 17 year daughter. Waste of money for me

[WhoisLucasHood]

This has been my saviour. It's the one thing that makes my hair soft, sleek and bouncy from wavy thick frizzy witchy hair. I'd recommend it to everyone. It does take time to dry properly, blast dry with hairdryer and leave to dry, when almost dry use BBH.

[zippyswife]

Great! Thanks for the advice. I'm off to order!