Good for dry hair, not good for wet
I have split opinions on this flat iron. If you are ironing dry hair and like a wider plate (this one is 1.25”), it does a nice job straightening. However, as far as working on wet hair, it is terrible. Both my college-aged daughter and I both tried it on wet hair and both of us came to the same conclusion. While the iron did dry my wet hair, it also caused it to be frizzy, for lack of a better word. After using it, my hair was not smooth and shiny like it is after I iron my already blown dry hair. Instead my hair looked “damaged” and rough around the edges. I have naturally wavy hair that is thick. Perhaps this would work better on someone with thinner, straighter hair. I use a flat iron after every time I blow dry my hair and thought this would be a good shortcut. Nope. I’m sticking with my regular process of blowing dry first and ironing afterward. I will likely keep this iron as my back-up since it does a perfectly fine job once my hair is already dry.
Rating: 3 stars