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- Hey guys, I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles
and welcome back to another fab or fail.
In today's video, we are going to test out
a curling machine, it's called the MiraCurl!
It's by BaByliss, or BabyLiss,
whichever way you wanna say it, I've heard both.
We're going to see if it eats your hair or curls your hair,
because it does definitely go (vacuuming noise).
So, it could be a really bad thing or a good thing.
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So, we are going to attempt to try this.
It comes in a box that looks like this at the store.
On Amazon, it's about $140 so,
it's an expensive tool if you don't like it.
- I'm kind of scared.
I've seen those horror videos, you know,
where they get stuck, ew.
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- The good news is, it could, you know,
give you a really pretty curl,
or it could just tangle the hair all over inside of it.
- Oo, I don't want my hair to fall off!
- And then, ehh.
This might be my second scariest.
First, the split-ender.
This is literally what came in the box
and then a little cleaning tool and a razor,
little water compartment in case this one breaks.
You take this little piece off right here.
Snap it off, and you put distilled water into it.
So, we've already done that and then you snap it back on.
That's what creates the steam.
It has a little winding tool in there that curls the hair up
and then you have three little knobs right here.
You have your power button that tells you it's on
and the different temperatures.
The lowest one is 375, the next one's 410,
and the next one's 450.
So, it definitely gets very hot at 450.
That's pretty dang hot.
You have to have really course, thick hair to require 450.
So, I do not recommend using that setting
unless you have very thick, very course hair.
If you have fine hair or medium hair more like Cam,
I think we're gonna stick around the 410.
The next little setting on here allows you to set
at zero seconds, no beeps, or it will beep at eight seconds,
10 seconds, or 12 seconds and it will tell you
basically, you've had your hair in here for 12 seconds,
you should release your hair now.
I'm gonna put it on eight and just see
what the curl does there first.
Then you have the option with the third button
to do right curls, left curls, or alternating curls,
which I love, by the way, and I'm just gonna say,
the fact that they put the ability on here,
that it will roll it to the right,
and then it will roll it to the left
and you don't have to do it yourself?
Thumbs up!
The idea is that you just put it in the hair,
push it down, and it curls it.
So, we're gonna start by just sectioning her hair
and getting most of it out of the way for now.
So, I'm only dealing with the bottom layer
and then I'm gonna kinda just divide it in half.
I noticed, because I'm right handed,
this little winding tool is supposed to be
against the head at all times.
The problem is, is that if you are doing it
on somebody else, it's kind of holding it funny.
Like, it would be more natural to hold it like this,
than like this, but it's designed,
Camari, you hold it.
See, watch what happens if you're holding it on yourself
and pretend like you're doing a curl.
See, then it's held correctly.
So, it's designed for you to be doing it on yourself
and then it lands correctly.
It says, pick up about an inch piece
and because we're on the right side of the head,
I'm gonna make sure we're on the right, yup,
and we have it set for eight seconds.
It says to take about an inch piece.
It says it will beep if you have too much hair in it,
it won't allow it to curl up into it.
It said, put it where you want it.
Whoops, see, I have to do this almost backwards for me.
You have to put it in here, and then,
you're just supposed to clamp it down,
and it sucks the hair in.
- It's weird. (laughs)
- And then, you heard one beep, two beep, three beep,
then release and let it go.
You've got your first curl.
Voila!
(laughs)
It's definitely very curly!
Now if you wanted a little bit looser curls,
this is what I would typically do it I were
using a flat iron or a wand.
I let it curl, we'll let this curl for a sec.
And then release.
And then I just give it a tug straight down immediately
and that just softens up your curl.
So, if you want more of the beach-y, bed-head type looks,
don't be afraid to just give it a tug when it's still warm.
Okay, I'm gonna notch it up,
just for kicks and giggles and try 12 seconds.
So, again, I didn't change the temperature,
so it shouldn't fry her hair.
It's just gonna hold it a little bit longer.
(beeps)
Yeah, and it just gives it just a slightly tighter curl.
It's really not super, it's not a ton tighter to be honest.
So, I'm gonna reverse this now, to left
and I'm gonna do this side of her hair.
This time, I'm trying a little bit bigger piece.
I'm experimenting just to see,
will this tell me I have too much hair on this one?
(beeps)
Still took it, that wasn't too much hair on that one.
Let's see how this one turns out,
if it's a softer curl because it was more hair.
Oh, that still did pretty good.
Moving onto the next layer.
(whirring noise)
Okay, see that one?
You heard it didn't beep because I used too much hair.
So, it kind of twisted it funny
and it could sense that it was twisted funky
and so, it stopped, which is good too.
It's supposed to be using steaming,
so it's not as bad for your hair either, in theory.
Okay Camari, you ready to try it on yourself?
- I don't know.
- [Mindy] Okay.
- I need a piece, is this a good amount?
- Yeah, that's fine, just remember,
this has to go towards your head.
- Okay wait, so, I hold it like this?
- Yup!
- Oh, this is scary. Right there?
- [Mindy] Yeah.
- Just close it?
- [Mindy] Yeah.
(machine whirls)
(beeps)
- It's weird.
- [Mindy] Second beep, let it go.
- What? That was kinda scary.
When it sucked it up, it was kind of scary.
- Did you think it was hard?
- No, it was easy, it was just weird.
It's weird not having to actually curl it.
Huh.
- [Mindy] I wish the chord was a little more industrial.
I love the professional chords and a little longer,
but it seems to be doing it's job.
Okay, we're down to our last couple of curls.
Now we have, I'll give you a spin,
a whole head full of curls.
The question it, what will they look like
once we soften them.
So, let's do it Cam, are you ready
to flip your head and shake it a little bit?
- Yup.
- Okay.
We're just flipping her head upside down
and kind of running my fingers just through
the top of her head, down by her scalp.
This is just loosening the curls a little bit
and getting them separated
and you can see, I'm not using a brush,
I'm not using a comb, I'm literally just
kind of finger pulling at the curls
just to loosen them up a little bit
if they're still like this,
where they're just sort of too stuck together still.
We're just doing the finishing touches on,
adding a little bit of hairspray to separate
the ends a little and we are done.
There you have it, guys.
What do you think, Cam?
- I like them.
It was faster than normal, I think.
- You think it was?
- A little bit, yeah.
- Okay guys, let's do the final spin here with Camari.
You can see the curls in her hair all the way around.
I love it, I am really impressed, I didn't think
- I think it did a good job.
- I did not think I was going to like it,
I thought it might eat her hair.
- Me too!
- She made me try it on my hair first
so that if it ate anybody's it was mine,
but I actually am pleasantly surprised
with this tool, I think.
- It turned out pretty good.
- Yeah! Especially for new, younger, you know,
12, 13-year-olds that still haven't quite mastered
a wand or a flat iron curl,
I think this one's a really
Still gets warm, so I don't know if you'd want to
hand it off to like a eight-year-old
but definitely gives them the ability to curl their own hair
super easily and efficiently, I thought.
I think this curl is gonna hold well,
I think it will wear pretty all day long.
I'm really impressed!
I also really like that it's a steam heat.
So, it doesn't do as much damage to your hair
as just a regular heat, which is really nice!
Price point is a little higher than most people
like to spend on hot tools.
For a nice hot tool, it's $140, so you know,
that's expensive to a lot of people.
But, I know Conair has another version
that I think is more like $85.
Haven't used it, cannot attest to whether it works or not.
But, I know there are other options on the market.
This one worked great, so there you go.
Okay, lets fab or fail it, Cam, what would you do?
- Fab.
- Fab, two thumbs up?
- Yeah.
- Anything you didn't like?
- Not really.
I mean, I think it did a good job just overall.
It was really nice, especially if you're, like she said,
younger and trying to figure out how long long to hold it,
it's a great training too.
- Yeah, I totally agree.
I would definitely give it two thumbs up
and I'm usually more ornery with my hair tools,
but two thumbs up from me!
If I were being super picky,
and this is like, really picky, I would say,
I would love to see them replace the chord
with a more industrial, professional chord that's longer
- Yeah, longer maybe.
- And the weight is maybe, because it is a little heavy,
by the end my arm was a little tired
but I mean you're just building up arm muscle
so you don't have to go to the gym for the day.
You just curl your hair, then you're done.
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Cam, can will you tell them where to go?
- Over here.
- Check it out and we'll see you guys next time.
Bye, guys!
- Bye!
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