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Last year, I made the mistake of deciding to work as a hair stylist for a star. Who? Well, that’s not my secret to tell, but we’ll call her Lila for good measure.
She was a rising star, and I a rising stylist, so naturally she was as demanding as she could be, and I as unprepared as humanly possible.
“You don’t have a straightener?” she’d screeched at me.
“No, ma’am,” I’d replied. “But I’ll find one. Don’t worry.” This was at the point when I was still trying to be nice to her. That didn’t last long . . . but I still needed to do what she demanded if I wanted to keep my job.
I began to research straighteners and came up with some interesting ones. I finally found two that I liked but had to decide which one was better. A tough decision, said and done.
The first was called the “Sedu Ionic Ceramic Tourmaline Flat Iron.” It was said to have smooth plates, which guaranteed a pain-free straightening experience. That was a plus. I didn’t think I could handle Lila in pain. She’d probably kill me!
I liked the fact that it also said that it would make her hair silkier because with silky hair came a silkier attitude, right? Well, that was my logic at the time. It asserted that it sealed in moisture. I was almost sold at this point! If she looked good, so would I as her hair stylist. So that was, of course, a very convenient option.
It also informed me, in a bit of scientific speech that took me a while to decipher, that the Sedu straightener was guaranteed to work better than any other because it made the hair lay down more quickly (by using “negative ions” if you’re interested). Also, it heated up within 25 seconds of turning it on! That was good as well! Less time with Lila meant less time listening to her. Another plus!
As for the structure and the things that pleased me, as the user of it, those were admirable as well. It was ultra-light weight, heated up and stayed that way at a consisten temperature (which was great because I didn’t want to have Lila’s hair have all different textures depending on the spastic straightening iron’s heat), and an adjustable temperature such that I could change it for any hairstyle. Whether it be bleached, dry, coarse or moisturized hair. I could deal with it. All I had to worry about was bleached and dry though. I suppose it’d be a bit odd if she had all four of the above mentioned hair typed. Oxymoron, right? And lastly: a nine foot cord! How wonderful! I wouldn’t need an extension depending on where Lila happened to demand to be located in the room! She could sit wherever she wanted. It wouldn’t bother me!
Now, to the second one! I know, you thought I must have been sold on the first one! Not quite, though!
This one was called the Solia Pink Limited Edition 1" Flat Iron. Yes, it was pink, which was one reason I’d looked at it in the first place. If I knew one thing about Lila, it was that she adored the color pink. And what made Lila happy made me happy, right? Right.
Now, this iron wasn’t terribly different from the other. It still had a quick heating time, worked on all types of hair, was “user friendly”, and made hair look shinier and more moisturized. But in but a few areas it was significantly different. The first was that it could be used on damp or dry hair. Great! That meant that if Lila had somehow managed to get her hair wet before having me do her hair, I wouldn’t have to worry about using a blow dryer (which may not have that lovely nine foot cord so that I could reach her like this straightener and the Sedu straightener had) to dry her hair before I could straighten it. It’s other differing feature: the ability to curl, flip, and straighten, with one device! I might not need all kinds of different devices to fix her hair every time. Just one? That’d be great!
So which did I pick? Well, you see, that’s a matter of secrecy as well! A stylist can’t tell everyone all of her tricks! I suppose you’ll just have to decide for yourself which is better. |
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