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- Hey everyone, welcome to the Milk + Blush channel.
Today, I am bringing you an honest review and tutorial
with the GHD Platinum Styler.
I've had this for about a year, so,
I've put it to good use.
I have my own opinions on it, and,
I thought I'd share it with you guys.
And, I'm gonna be showing you how you can put this styler
to use using your Milk + Blush hair extensions.
So if you want to see my honest opinion
on the GHD Platinum Styler, and you want to see
how to get this look, then just keep on watching.
So I'm gonna start with the pros of this styler first,
and I'm gonna start with two kind of technical things,
get the boring stuff out of the way.
And, it's two things that I had to look up what they were,
before I purchased this styler.
The first one is, the platinum plates.
I thought that sounded very fancy.
So I looked it up, and basically, platinum plates promise
to make your hair shinier as you style it, and they also
promise to prevent breakage.
And I have to say, from my experience with this, I agree
with both of those things.
I've noticed that my hair is shiny when I straighten it,
and also, I've noticed less heat damage.
The second thing is, tri-zone technology.
I saw this on the GHD website, and I was like,
what is that?
So I had to look it up.
And basically, it means that there are three points
of heat along the plates, with cheaper hair straighteners
and flat irons, sometimes they'll only have one.
But because this has three points of heat,
then you get a consistent temperature throughout the plates.
I think one of my favourite things about this straightener,
is that it has a sleep mode, and I think
every single hot tool should have this feature,
because it's amazing.
Basically, after 30 minutes, it switches itself off,
which, is such a godsend.
I can't tell you how many times I've styled my hair
at home, left the house, got in the car,
and thought, oh my gosh, I've left my heat tool on,
and had to go back.
But with this, you don't have to worry about it,
so it's really really safe.
This styler has one heat setting, which, can be seen
as a negative, I guess, but,
it heats up to 185 degrees, which is a really safe heat
to style your own hair,
and your Milk + Blush hair extensions.
A bonus of this styler that I didn't really think about,
until I went on holiday, and I didn't realise
that voltages are different in different places,
so I took my curling wand to New York,
tried to plug it in, tried to use it, and it didn't work.
Found out because it was the voltage, and,
this GHD styler has a universal voltage.
So, if you're an avid traveller, or, you know you're gonna
be travelling, then you can guarantee that this will work
wherever you go.
There are only two things that I'm not so crazy about
with this straightener.
The one is the price point, its recommended retail price
is £165,
which is a lot,
but, on the other hand, if you're gonna invest
in a styling tool, and I have to say,
I've owned GHDs before, and, they've always lasted me
a really long time, I haven't had any problems with them.
For the price, the design of this, is a little bit boring.
That might be a bit picky, me saying that, because
it is, you know, it serves its purpose,
but I think the price you pay, it could look a bit flashier.
So, those are my honest opinions
on the GHD Platinum Straightener, and, now I'm gonna
show you how to get these classic GHD curls.
So, as you can see, I've already clipped in my amazing
Milk + Blush hair extensions.
I'm wearing the classic seamer set,
in the length 16-18, in the shade Slayer,
which I've toned ever so slightly,
to match my ashier highlights.
So I'm gonna section off my hair at the bottom.
And, I'm just gonna clip that out of the way.
And then grab your straightener.
You just want to grab a section of hair, probably about
an inch to an inch and a half thick.
Then, you're going to point your straightener
towards the floor, and clamp the hair.
Then, with the hair clamped, you want to turn it away
from your face, a full 180 degrees,
flip the hair around if you need to, and then
just keep twisting it as you go down.
So I'm just gonna do exactly the same thing again.
Point my styler towards the floor, clamp the hair,
twist it away from my face,
flip the hair around, and, keep twisting as you go down.
And I'm just gonna carry on this process all the way
throughout my hair, making sure I'm curling away
from my face at all times.
So on this side, I'm gonna curl this way,
and on this side, I'm gonna curl this way.
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And that's the finished look, guys.
I'm completely in love with these curls, and,
I'm so in love with my Platinum GHD Styler.
I just love it so much.
I'm going to try not to use it every single day.
But, I might struggle with that.
If you want to find out other ways that you can curl
your hair with straighteners, then click the little link
up here,
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and you can watch my Three Curls With Straighteners video
which I think you'll love.
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And I'll catch you next time.
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