The strangest thing happened to me after having 2 kids – my hair became wavy (both kids have curly hair). I used to have stick straight, slick hair, I loved it! It was the highlight of what nature granted me. And now it has a slight wave when wet, which sounds all fine and good but because my hair is coarse and thick, it is left with frizzy ends when dry. Nice, right? So I have become obsessed with flat irons, it is my only salvation to getting my ends to not look like the end of a broom. Thus my search for the perfect flat iron. I started with the ghd IV styler
I almost gave up and thought I had to live with frizzy ends until I decided to give the T3 Duality Iron ($160) a try. It turns out, at $80 less, the T3 was the better of the two. I can’t tell if it is actually hotter, both are pretty hot, but I was able to get through more hair without a second pass with the T3. Both have rolled barrels so can do curls, but the T3 was so much easier to achieve what I wanted with curling. Even when I let my hair dry and the frizz was seemingly set in stone, the T3 was able to smooth it out, even if I couldn’t achieve flips or curls at that point, at least I would have shiny smooth hair. And that is all a girl with altered genetics can hope for in a flat iron! T3 Duality Iron for $160 and ghd IV styler for $240, both available at Sephora.