Herstyler Grande Ceramic Tapered Curling Wand - 1 inch Dual Voltage with Negative Ions for Long and Short Hair (Purple)

I needed a curling iron for an event and was SUPER skeptical because in the past curls have never really stayed in my hair over the course of an evening without tons of cement-like product. I have hair down to my waist and it is super thick/coarse and heavy. And i have a lot of it (a blowout takes a full two hours and my hair's not curly). Final liability: criminal laziness (I airdry my hair every day and use a hairdryer / heatstyling products / flatiron once every 6 months, maybe. By my third use of this iron I'd learned I can go from plugging in the iron to out the door with full head of awesome beachy waves/ loose curls (the Gisele hair look) in literally <10 minutes (yes I have timed it!). The barrel on this heats up super quickly, maybe because it's not a huge diameter. I divide all my hair into only 9 kind-of-thick bundles-- 2 bottom left, 2 bottom right, 2 upper left side, 2 upper right and sort of one at the crown -- and I wrap each bundle all the way down the barrel w one hand while holding the iron vertically with the other hand. Hold each segment for 20-30 seconds. Swap hands to get the sections on the other side of head. Bottom line: I personally get better results than with a >$100 salon iron, and SO fast. I think wrapping more hair around a smaller super hot barrel is really effective -- much more so than smaller segments around a bigger barrel -- for both hold as well as look. It did take 2 botched initial tries (if your segments are too small you end up with cheesy ringlets), but once i worked out the right amount of hair to wrap each time pass of the iron, i get amazing bouncy loose curls and waves that last all day with ZERO holding product.

About 4 years ago, when I was awkward and in middle school, my local mall had a kiosk of these curling irons, and me not knowing anything about hair, I was AMAZED at how good the curls looked! The only problem? They were selling them for 200 FREAKING DOLLARS. Well I got one for Christmas and immediately felt bad and was so uncomfortable that my parents spent 200 bucks on a curling wand for me, and then my mom told me she got it on amazon for 30. Let me tell you something.. I do not spend more than like ten bucks on ANY beauty product, but if I would pay anything for this curling iron. 4 years later, and after trying other ones in between, nothing beats this wand. It is so so so so perfect. The secret to big natural looking waves, and to save about 40 minutes, put your hair in a high ponytail, split it in half, and curl half of it to the left, and half of it to the right. I also discovered this in my awkward stage. IT IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. YOU CAN WAKE UP AT A DECENT TIME EVERYDAY AND STILL HAVE FLAWLESS FREAKING CURLS. I have red, super thick hair, and it is probably one of the longest heads of hair at my school, and this only takes me about 20 minutes. Sorry for the paragraph, I just feel very strongly about this curling iron, lol.

This is a game changer!!! If you have thin, fine, long hair, that does not hold a curl no matter what type of curling iron you use, this will change your life! It does not have heat settings so it gets hot fast, be careful.

Okay, I really like this wand. It does a great job. The glove is great too! I no longer use it, but it is wonderful to have when you are learning how to use it because the wand is crazy hot! There is no way to adjust the temperature and it gets way hotter than is healthy for your hair. I turn it on and off during use to modulate the temperature. It heats very quickly. I turn it on, wait a minute, do a couple of curls, turn it off, do a couple more curls, turn it back on and so on. Did you see the YouTube video where the girl uses a similar hair tool and her hair comes off in her hand because it was too hot? Yea, you could definitely do that with this. If you are willing to manage​ the heat, this is a great product for the price. If not, I would suggest buying an adjustable wand so you don't damage your hair.

If you're familiar with curling wands, this is easy to use and it does come with a glove. It heats up quickly and is lightweight. It also has the swivel cord so it doesn't get tangled. I find that my curls stay reasonably well with it (unless its very humid) - they always relax over time, my hair is a little past my shoulders- with little to no product. Usually, I spray heat protectant on each section before wrapping my hair, which tends to create better hold than if I don't. If I hairspray after curling each piece, I get better results as well. On average, I have to hold my hair on the wand approximately 10 seconds to get my curls to last a bit longer. After sleeping on my curled hair, it's essentially just wavy in the morning, which works too, but I usually have to retouch at least the front pieces. I had a 19mm NuMe before - had purchased it via Groupon - and I have to say this is generally less effective. I'm not sure if it's the extra 10 degrees that the NuMe heats up (this one gets to 400, the NuMe gets to 410) or perhaps the amount of ceramic/tourmaline differs in each - but the NuMe keps my curls better, with less time spent holding my hair on the wand, with less frizz, and they stayed almost perfectly overnight with no product at all. HOWEVER - I had the NuMe for about 8 months and it suddenly stopped working (hence my purchase of this item since they seemed nearly identical), so that was a big downfall. Overall, if this was the only wand I'd ever used, I think I'd be pretty happy with it. Also, it was cheap, and you can't beat that! If you're willing to spend a little extra time and hairspray by section you should get a great result!

I just tried it and I'm very impressed- I have curly hair and like to add in a few for volume. I'm hoping this curing wand is for the long haul cause my last one lasted for 10 years-fingers crossed

Heats up fast Very hot

I owned my last one for 6 years and it finally died, so I purchased a new one, which died after 1 day. Amazon made the exchange process super easy, and my new one works perfectly. I would definitely suggest purchasing off amazon rather than the online retailer. As for the wand, it's AMAZING. Best wand I've ever tried, and my mom is a hair dresser. Curls typically tend to fall right out before i'm even fished curing my hair! This wand actually keeps the curl so well and will last all day! It works well on on fresh clean hair or dirty (second day) hair. It comes with a glove, which makes it super easy to work with the wand and doesn't make my hair all static-y. My hair is pretty thin, but it works on so many hair types! I've read online that the black wands gets hotter than the coloured wands, but I have not found this to be the case. Love this wand!!

Used this product for a while now, no issues. A+

I had one this size previously and had been trying to replace it. This gives the perfect beachy wave! Obsessed!