I hope it's not too London-centric of me to say, crikey, it's warm out there. I've conducted a due diligence regional temperature check, and if Edinburgh's nudging the upper 20s, it's probably safe to assume everyone's feeling hot, hot, hot.
I don't know how you feel about heat styling your hair right now, but even my best hair dryer, with the gentlest settings, is not seeing any action. My limp air-dried 'do will do just fine for the most part, but when my social life comes calling, I do want to look a tad more groomed and intentional.
Enter the ghd Wave - a device that clamps over large sections of hair, smoothing frizz and adding a loose, bendy wave that looks a bit French, or Kate Moss-like. It also takes, geniunely, five minutes or less to style my whole head of (very long, fairly fine) hair, sweat-free, and I don't even bother blow-drying it smooth first.
Stylists often advise learning how to curl hair with straighteners to create a beachy, bendy texture, and I bow down to anyone who's got that knack - but I'd also say, why bother?
The Wave does that same undone thing in five minutes flat without all that twisting-turning-potential-finger-burning. I air-dry my hair, split it into six fat sections, clamp it twice per section, mist on hairspray, and job's a good'n!
ghd Wave Triple Barrel Waver
This is your ticket to easy, breezy, no-sweat waves. The finished look it creates is not glamorous curl, it's a bit looser, bendier, and beachier. The texture is effortless-looking, which usually means it takes lots of effort to achieve, but not with the Wave. The device can take large pieces of hair without the need for much sectioning, there's no brushing through or having to wrap the curls in the right direction, and it only goes to 185°C, so no brain power is expended on temperature choice either.
Admittedly, something that's not better about this, vs a curling wand, is that it's massive. It has to be massive because it needs three barrels, and those three barrels all need to be big enough to create waves, not tight zig-zag crimps as many waving tools do.
It's not as heavy as other triple-barreled devices I've tried, but I probably wouldn't take it away with me on holiday - unless you travel in such style that you swerve mean airline baggage restrictions, you lucky duck.
It is absolutely a great one to have in your house, though. Plugged in by the mirror, ready to go for efficient heatwave-proof hair styling that makes you feel like the insouciant French woman (or iconic Croydon supermodel) you always wished you could be.
