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Oh my God, I love a curling wand.
Hey guys, I'm Millie,
I'm from the customer service team here at Adore Beauty.
And we're gonna have a little chat about curlers today.
Where to use them, how to use them,
why we use them, and which one I would go for.
If you guys have watched my last video with Adore Beauty
you will know that I'm an ex hairdresser.
I've had multiple years of experience
with all types of hair tools, straighteners, curlers,
wands, all of the new fads, all of the fashions
and all of the ones that go desperately wrong.
I guess I'm gonna talk about top five,
some fan favorites, some little tips on how to use it,
where you would pick one curler versus the other,
a curler versus straightener.
Like I'm never going to be able to let go of a curling wand,
I love my straightener, I love straightening my curls
but I just, ugh, curling wand is just chef's kiss.
I have a couple of Adore's top favorites
and a couple of my top favorites
and then a very high-priced curler,
she's kind of bougie, she's expensive.
She's a bit fun.
We'll start from five and work our way up.
So it's still a really, really, really great tool,
and the only reason why I would say that it's a five
is because it's a little bit smaller.
So if you have shorter hair or you want a really tight curl,
or you want that, like Hollywood wave curl,
then you could go,
you could go for something like this one from Hot Tools.
So this one's really, really, really great
for that like Hollywood wave,
for that really like textured tight curl.
I'll pop all of the links in the bio as well.
So if you have any questions,
there'll be an order in the bio.
It's got a little heat dial on the side.
It's part of one of the reasons why I really love Hot Tools
is that it's all super interchangeable for you.
So if you prefer like a lower heat,
you could go to like a 160,
like if your hair's a little bit finer,
if it's a little bit more damaged,
lower heat's always better.
But if you prefer like a higher heat,
like say, if you've got curlier hair,
you've got frizzier hair and you just need
that little bit more heat, so it really helps
smooth it over, that's where the heat dial's really great.
So I'm going to pop mine,
I like mine kind of on like a 185.
I'm quite blonde so I prefer to have something
a little bit less damaging,
but I don't need like 200 or 210 degrees.
The other thing that I really like about Hot Tools,
it has a clamp, but not just that,
the entire barrel actually spins.
So it kind of does the work for you.
I always like to curl away from the face,
it opens the face up a little bit more.
And then I'm going go and just kind of pull it through.
If you want that really Hollywood wave,
then I'd include the ends in the barrel,
but I kind of prefer a little bit more of a texture
and then I just kind of let it out,
play with it a little bit.
So while it's still hot, if you play with it,
it'll drop quicker.
But if I wanted to leave it and want to set,
and I wanted that more defined curl, then I would come back.
My head was like super short before,
I'm kind of growing it out now.
So these type of curling wands
are the ones that I really love.
And I love that it has the tongue,
especially for shorter hair.
That tongue is going to be your best friend,
because it's really hard to kind of maneuver.
The really great thing about Hot Tools,
not only are they made by professionals in the industry,
the price is really accessible.
So for this one, you're looking at about $119.
It is still a little bit of an investment, but you know,
you're not scraping into that like 245.
Speaking of 245, my next would be the GHD curling wand.
This one I just find with the base
because it's like that smooth ceramic,
you get a really, really, really soft finish.
The barrel's a little bit bigger as you can tell,
(beep) and a bigger barrel will mean a softer curl.
As with all GHDs, as you just heard,
it does a little chime on,
and then it gives you another little chime when it's ready.
It's another really smooth clip, which I really like,
it's not super heavy. You're not gonna find that, you know,
once you get halfway through, you're like,
"Oh my God, my arm hurts, I don't wanna do this anymore."
Again, I really like to pull it out
so the roots are out and then we wanna go,
so I go away from the face
and you just kind of pull it through.
So I have my hand on the tongue here.
You kind of pull that through and as you're twisting,
you put your finger on the tongue,
so it brings it kind of through.
And pull outwards,
and go down. And then you can see that's more of,
compared to that curl, it's just more softer kind of wave.
So it definitely gives like a softer finish.
And you can really get that textured,
sexy beach kind of hair.
As with all GHD, they've got, (beep)
that tri zone technology.
So it's incredible at keeping the heat really located,
and you're not going to get like a hotspot
on one part of the hair versus the other.
So I guess my next favorite one is the Cloud Nine.
It's like a conical, it's thicker at the base
and then it kind of tapers.
These ones are really, really, really great
for getting that really defined movement.
It's also really great for that Hollywood wave as well.
If you want something more voluminous at the roots
and then tighter at the ends.
This one's also really great for longer hair
because the barrel's a little bit longer.
To get that really full conical look,
you do need to have longer hair.
So for the shorter-haired people like myself,
I kind of start from halfway down
and then you wrap the hair around, you know,
if you had like the clip versus obviously the freehand,
your free hand is easier to wrap.
If you have a heat glove,
that's where that can kind of be handy.
'cause you can kind of touch it
without burning your fingers.
And you can kind of see that gives like that tighter curl.
So if I were to let that really cool down
and then I would comb through with like a bristle brush.
See how it's already dropped heaps?
So if I were actually to do my entire head,
let it cool and then brush it out.
It does take a little bit of patience,
but it's really good for events.
I actually did that for a wedding.
I used one similar to this.
I did my entire hair for a wedding
and I completely looked like Shirley temple,
I looked ridiculous.
And once I brushed it out, it was this gorgeous little wave.
I'll send a photo to Maddie and we can pop it in here
and you can see what kind of results you can get
with a smaller curling wand.
This one is obviously a higher kind of price,
so most of Cloud Nine are a higher-priced tool.
They are a bit more of an investment,
so you'd be looking at about $335 for this one.
I really like the styling tools from Cloud Nine overall.
If you want to go see my thoughts
on a couple of the other styling tools,
you can go watch the top 10 straighteners
on our Adore Beauty channel as well.
So we've done Hot Tools, we've had a look at GHD,
we've had a look at Cloud Nine.
You're like, "Look, Millie,
"that's still kind of out of my budget range.
"I don't even know if I want to invest in a curling tool.
"I don't know if I'm even going to use a curling tool."
There's a simple option,.
Silver Bullet are incredible.
You get a really, really, really great tool
and it's almost like half the price.
So these one's set at about $89.
So it's perfect for that person who just really wants to see
if they even like a curling wand.
Can they do it?
Would they prefer to use it over a straightener?
And you know, you're looking for maybe
like a five or six year commitment versus, you know,
your 10 to 12 year with the higher cost.
That's where the Silver Bullet ones are incredible.
They've got a little dial here.
We turn her on.
Okay, cool.
Hold up for me.
Wow. Oh, there we go. I just have to hold it on.
Okay, so they've got a little on button here,
so the degrees light up.
And then once it sets at 180,
you can actually see here, it tells you when it's ready,
so it's 103, 106.
The thing that I really like about this one is
well, it feels really good, it's not super long,
so it's kind of universal.
Obviously the people with super long hair,
you can go for the extra length barrels.
I'm going to grab a bigger section
'cause I kind of want to do like a beachier-esque wave.
And you can really do that with a larger barrel.
So you always do like the clip frontways
if you're doing the curl away from the face.
So as I twist the hair through,
I just lightly press on the clip.
So you can kind of see it's a bigger,
a bigger kind of curl.
You just get that really like soft wave.
When you're doing around the hairline,
you always want to do the hair away from the face
'cause it opens up your face
instead of bringing that hair forward
and really closing you off.
But a really fun technique, which I really like,
so you can kind of do one curl forward
and one curl backwards.
Clamp and pull, clamp and pull.
And you can see it just kind of gives you that texture,
it gives you that movement.
It's just that little bit of difference.
You don't have that perfect, perfect curl,
and perfectly-set structure.
Alrighty, so before we get to the Big Kahuna,
the number one,
we're going to have a little bit of a chat
about the mermaid hair waver.
So it's just for the people who want
that really like casual, that effortless,
think young daughter in Mamma Mia,
that real kind of kinky wave.
So that's where you would go for the mermaid hair waiver.
You can get a similar effect with a straightener.
So if you do have a straightener,
and you don't want to double up on tools,
there is actually a really simple way to do
a bit of a kink and a bit of a wave with the straightener.
However, she's so easy to use.
Similar to the Silver Bullet, it has a little screen here,
which will tell you what it's on.
I'm gonna boost mine to 180.
And while that's heating up,
they do have a smaller size as well.
And if you don't like the pink, it does come in black.
I myself am a fan of the baby pink,
but it does come in a smallest size.
So if you have shorter hair,
this might be a little bit too big,
just because obviously you can see the size of it.
It can be a little bit finaggly to get it through.
Longer hair, I would definitely suggest the bigger,
the normal size, because I think with the smaller one,
unless you want that kind of like eighties crimp.
It is a look. It's a look, it's a vibe.
The reason I really, really, really like
these ones as well, is that they're $89.
It's the same as a Silver Bullet,
like it's kind of a good dive in.
So if you can't do it with the straighten,
but you don't want to spend, you know, 200 odd dollars,
they're really accessible.
Just take a little bit longer to heat up.
There is three barrels, so that's fair enough.
So the only other thing, I guess you can be careful of,
obviously it's a big tool and it's three hot barrels
and that little metal barrel, so please be careful.
Please take your time.
You probably want to take a section that's a little bit
smaller than the three barrels themselves.
Open her up.
Once the hair's hot, that's it, she's done.
And then you just move it down.
So you can see, even for myself,
I've kind of got that medium length hair at the moment
and it's only, you know, one and a half times.
So I like to have it with the full metal part down.
I just find that you get that kind of wave look.
But if you wanted a little bit more volume at the roots,
you can also have it this way up.
Takes a little bit of getting used to,
it's just a bit larger in charge.
So you can see that just has
that little bit more body at the root.
It really is that kind of braided my hair, just woke up.
So it's actually a really great,
even for like second or third day hair
where you kind of need to style it
but you going to wash your hair the next day,
so you don't want to like spend too much time
putting a dry shampoo and a perfect curl
and all of that kind of deal.
You can go with the mermaid waver.
So you're going to have to forgive me
because my main first point,
and I cannot believe that I didn't say it, kicking myself,
heat protection is a must.
I've used the Extensioniste from Kerastase.
All of the Kerastase heat protectors,
the reason why they're my faves
is that they give you up to four times the heat protection.
Otherwise there are some really other great options as well,
so hit us up if you need any recommendations
for good heat production.
Now the Big Kahuna, you're like
"Millie, hurry up, let's get to it."
Okay, all right, I'm hurrying, I'm getting there.
The Dyson Airwrap is,
she's an investment.
The thing that I really like about it though,
is that it's really, really versatile.
It's got a blow dryer, you've got a smoothing tool,
you've got a volumizing tool, you've got like a heat brush,
blow-wave kind of tool, it has that little swivel as well,
and then of course the magic,
you've also got a curling tool.
If you've ever had a curly blow wave,
it's kind of similar to that,
but it's letting you achieve that curly blow wave at home.
Point one, it needs to be on damp hair.
We are going to take a little section, and...
If you're going to use this tool, what you would do
is blow wave your hair with the dryer,
and then once it's, you know, 75%,
that's when you go to curlers.
So it does come with four curlers.
They all, one goes to the right one goes to the left
and it's in a bigger wand and a smaller wand.
So if you want that big bouncy wave,
you would use the bigger one,
tighter curl, smaller.
As you click it on, this little lock comes up.
It's got a little on-off.
So that's obviously, push the big on button,
heat and you've got cool, and of course you've got
the different fan temperatures as well.
So to start with, how you're actually going to use it
is you're going to let it heat up,
so you're going to use it on hot,
and then once it's on there, I'm going to do a cool shot.
I'm gonna turn her on.
So, it will kind of take the hair,
so you can see it's taken the hair.
You can kind of move it up and down
and then what you want to do,
but on cold, and then you can turn it off,
and you can see it's that really bouncy,
a bouncy, like blow-wave kind of curl.
Let's do it again with the bigger curling wand.
You don't want to take too big a section,
that's the thing with this,
it's the same as like a blow wave.
You know, you only want to take a section
as big as your brush.
I'll turn it on and then pop the waver behind,
and then you just kind of let it curl.
A little bit like an octopus kind of.
Then I'm going to turn it off, pull it down.
So you can see that it's just more of
like more of a bouncy, bouncy kind of curl.
I quite like it. It does take a little bit of practice.
With the Airwrap, it is definitely an investment.
It's about $799.
But you get a smoothing tool, volume, even more volume
then your standard brush, your normal Dyson dryer.
So your normal and dryer's I think $549.
So for an extra $200 you get the chance
to actually smooth and blow-wave your hair, curl your hair.
If it's in your price bracket or it's your birthday
or a special occasion, or you're just like,
"You know what, screw it, I'm just gonna treat myself."
Why not?
Anyway, my final thoughts are that my Airwrap, my Airwrap,
- [Staff] You wish.
- I wish, literally I wish.
The Airwrap is on my wish list.
Santa Claus, I've been great this year, please.
So there is a curling wand for everyone.
There are going to be people who are like, "You know what?
"I can just curl with my straightener,"
and I'm like, "You go babe."
If you are ever confused or you need any further help,
Adore Beauty's always here.
We are always here to help.
You can jump on any of our channels
or leave a question below.
If there there's a curling wand that you're like,
"Um, you forgot this curling wand."
Let me know.
I'll be girl in the comments.
I hope you're all keeping safe and bye.
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