I’ve always had a complex relationship, or should I say situationship, with hair straighteners. It was a coming of age ritual when my mum would pass a hot comb that had been heating up on a sweltering gas hob through my 4C natural hair.
As I swapped hot combs for relaxers, I longed for the day when I could go to Argos to finally purchase a hair straightener like all the big girls did. When the day arrived, it kickstarted many years of ignoring my hair health and ruining my relaxed hair with the problematic duo of both heat and chemical damage.
My hair was desperate for a break, so I gave it an extended holiday by switching to wearing weaves and wigs and chopping all of my hair off, so it could grow back naturally and thankfully it is now thriving.
I always prefer to style my human hair wigs with curling tongs, but as I gave myself a lockdown hair cut I’ve found myself reaching for the ease of straighteners more. My wigs work exactly the same as human hair does and mimic thick textured hair. So, I’ve been in the market for a new hair straightener that won’t wreak havoc on my strands.
