Chi Flat Irons – frizzy hair’s worst enemy
Curly hair can be a beautiful, romantic thing.
After all, what girl hasn’t wanted, at one time or another, to have beautiful golden curls cascading down her back?
However, even those few women who are blessed to have naturally curly hair have been searching for years to find a way to make their hair straight and silky instead.
Through the years, women have resorted to using soda-can sized curlers (and sometimes, even soda cans themselves) to try to straighten out their tresses.
Other steps have included brushing the hair stick straight as it dries, and in a very sad and desperate attempt, actually using clothes irons – both the ones you plug in and the ones that were heated on the stove – in the hopes of straightening their hair.
That is, if they were lucky to straighten their hair without burning it clear off.
And nobody has ever wanted to trade their curls for a burned-up crew cut!
In recent years, hair straightening has gotten much easier through the advent of electronic straigtening irons.
These all pretty much work in the same way and kind of like a curling iron. However, instead of having a round barrel that makes curls, straightening irons have two heated plates that flatten the hair between them instead.
However, while straightening irons work the same way, not all irons are created equally. Many women (and men too, for that matter) have found that cheapest is not always best when picking a straightening iron.
At the very least, cheaper straightening irons don’t have the power to pull curls out of a curly head of hair. In this case, the hair is flattened into a frizzy mess that really isn’t straight – just flat, flat, flat.
Ugh.
That’s if you’re lucky. Far too many people have bought cheap irons that have burned their hair to a crisp, and there’s only one way to fix hair that’s been burned – cut it off.
Again, with the burned-up crew cut!
The one brand of curling iron that has met with rave reviews, both by professionals and do-it-yourselfers, is Chi.
The Chi straightener is made by Farouk, a Houston-based company that manufactures high quality professional hair care and spa products. The company is owned and operated by a team of hairdressers, and has been providing professional hair care products for several years.
The reason the Chi works better than most hair straighteners is that they are made with ceramic plates that heat thoroughly to straighten your hair without burning it. Plus, have you ever had one of those unfortunate flat iron accidents that have left you with odd burns on your neck or forehead? You won’t with a Chi. They’re made with protection in mind.
Now all this professional care is going to set you back a little bit. After all, these aren’t the flat irons you buy for $15 at your local big box discount store.
Many shopper are looking for the best buy or sales, and Chi products are offered in many locations. However, if someone is offering you a Chi for under $45 or so, it’s likely it’s a counterfeit.
And who wants that?