Original Ceramic Hair
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 European ORIGINAL Farouk CHI 1 Ceramic Flat Hair Iron US $189.50 |
My CHI original pulls my hair out everytime I use it now. Should I get a turbo???
It also takes a lot longer to straighten my hair now compared to when I first bought it, and it takes longer to get hot. I have used a Corioliss, which was made from SOLID ceramic plates (the CHI original is made of metal plated with ceramic, as stated in the instructions it comes with), but it wasn't as quick as the CHI. I am wondering if the CHI turbo will be better at not pulling out my hair (the Corioliss didn't pull it at all), or if there is another brand that would be better at that, with the same results or better than my original CHI when it was new. BTW, it is only about six months old (with daily use), so think about that before you go out and buy one! I had hoped to wait at least 2 yrs before buying another one, but just six months later it needs to be replaced (but only if I don't want to take at least 30 minutes for my very fine hair, not even mentioning the torture of my hair getting ripped out with each stroke!).
yeah, everyone told me that the CHI would be amazing and what not, so I bought it after all the hype I heard from it, and honestly I wasn't all that impressed and ran into the same problem (and mine was CHI Turbo, so I don't know what that says about the CHI in general)
My solution was Maxi Glide, found it works really well.
And then I got too lazy with straightening (it only took me about 15 mins to straighten with the Maxi Glide, and my hair is insanely thick and curly) so I decided to get it chemically straightening (the Japanese thermal treatment) and was the best thing I've ever done for my hair and my life! =)
It cost a ton of money ($400) but lasts for up to 8 months and now all I have to do is blow dry (with a Sephora T3 Evolution dryer--I highly recommend if you want your hair completely dry in minutes) and then I just leave it. No iron needed, and it's exposed to the heat of the tourmaline hair dryer for about 5 mins every other day. (compared to like...2 hours of drying and then 45 mins of flat ironing) SO worth it.
If I look back and think about what I spent on replacing flat irons....I used to have a few Conairs, then a Solano, then a Sedu, then a Helen of Troy, then a Hot Tools Cermaics, then a CHI turbo, and then a MaxiGlide....they cost way more than the treatment, and the time I save now with doing my hair for the next 8 months, and not have to spend money on a ton of hair products (don't even let me get started with the amount of money I've spent on random stuff) and my hair is silky, smooth, and so much healthier-- worth every dime of that $400
You should look into it!
CHI Ceramic Hair Iron Instructional Video #1
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