I was a pre-teen when the first ceramic hair straighteners hit the market, and the original ghds became the ultimate status symbol. Passing them along a line of fellow secondary school girls before form time – so that we could all start the day with poker-straight hair – was a daily ritual.
Soon there were plenty of rivals on the market, and through the years I’ve tried many of the newest – and strangest – innovations in hair straighteners to smooth my uneven curls. Lest we forget the sizzling, steam-enhanced tools of the 2000s.
