Hair curlers which one and how to choose?
There are 4 fundamental questions that must be taken into account when choosing a curling iron : To know more, check out: Bubble Curling Wand
In this guide we intend to clarify these and other aspects by explaining the different types and models of curling iron , we will also offer you some tips and recommendations .
Different types of hair curlers
There is a wide variety of shapers, so to choose correctly we will have to be clear about which is the one that best suits our type of hair and the type of curl we want to obtain. Basically you have to know that:
Hair Length: Long → Wider Barrel Short → Narrower Barrel
Desired curl type: Very small curls → Small barrel (<2.5 cm) Soft curls → Medium size barrel (2.5 cm) Loose waves → Large barrel (> 2.5 cm)
Clip-on hair styler
It is the most common type of curling iron . It has a clamp that holds the hair while heating it, making it easy to handle and keeping your fingers away from the heat of the barrel. It is a good choice if you do not have experience with other types of manual hair curlers .
Advantage:
- What kind of curls do I want to get?
- Is it easy or difficult to handle?
- What temperature does it have to reach?
- Is it quality enough to last me a long time?
In this guide we intend to clarify these and other aspects by explaining the different types and models of curling iron , we will also offer you some tips and recommendations .
Different types of hair curlers
There is a wide variety of shapers, so to choose correctly we will have to be clear about which is the one that best suits our type of hair and the type of curl we want to obtain. Basically you have to know that:
Hair Length: Long → Wider Barrel Short → Narrower Barrel
Desired curl type: Very small curls → Small barrel (<2.5 cm) Soft curls → Medium size barrel (2.5 cm) Loose waves → Large barrel (> 2.5 cm)
Clip-on hair styler
It is the most common type of curling iron . It has a clamp that holds the hair while heating it, making it easy to handle and keeping your fingers away from the heat of the barrel. It is a good choice if you do not have experience with other types of manual hair curlers .
Advantage:
- Its ease of use . By having the clamp we can keep the lock of hair that we want to curl fixed, and by pressing with the thumb we gently release the hair once it has heated up.
- Available in a wide variety of barrel sizes.
- By holding the lock of hair with a clamp, it can leave a crease marked if we go over the fixing time.
Clipless hair styler
This type of curling iron needs more practice to handle it and obtain a good result, and above all to avoid burning our fingers, since we have to manually wind the lock of hair on the barrel. For this, these curlers usually bring thermal gloves that protect the hands from the heat.
Advantage:
Babyliss Curl Secret Automatic Styler
It is the star product of this well-known brand, whose patented system allows automatic waves to be made by simply placing the strand of hair inside the styler, which will roll it up and heat it for the time that we have set, notifying us when it is ready. Now we can also find this model of shaper in other brands, for example in Philips.
Advantage:
This type of curling iron needs more practice to handle it and obtain a good result, and above all to avoid burning our fingers, since we have to manually wind the lock of hair on the barrel. For this, these curlers usually bring thermal gloves that protect the hands from the heat.
Advantage:
- They can reach closer to the root to achieve greater volume , also they do not leave the crease that can appear with the curling iron.
- Available in a wide range of barrel sizes and shapes (the cone- shaped barrel is very common ), allowing us to create a variety of curls and waves.
- It can be more difficult to handle.
- If you are a professional hairdresser and you are going to spend many hours working with these curlers, the bones of your fingers can suffer due to sudden changes in temperature.
Babyliss Curl Secret Automatic Styler
It is the star product of this well-known brand, whose patented system allows automatic waves to be made by simply placing the strand of hair inside the styler, which will roll it up and heat it for the time that we have set, notifying us when it is ready. Now we can also find this model of shaper in other brands, for example in Philips.
Advantage:
- Its ease and speed of use, since it does all the work for us. In this aspect, it beats the other types of curling iron by a landslide.
- The type of waves that we can achieve is more limited than in manual curlers.