When flipping through an issue of the magazine Marie Claire, I read an ad for a new product called “Conair Go Straight Straightening Brush”. Since I have wavy, frizzy hair and normally use a heated ceramic straightening iron, I thought this brush would be useful to me.
When I was in CVS, I spotted the straightening brush and grabbed the last one on the shelf. The average retail price is $7.99 (this is what I paid, with no sale or coupon). The description on the package is: “Model No. 95103. For medium to long hair – all textures. Straightens & smoothes hair”. I have shoulder length hair.
My normal hair routine, when I wash my hair (approximately 3 times a week) is to wash with shampoo and conditioner. Then I towel dry and apply a straightening oil-type leave in conditioner with a silkening lotion product. I then partially blow dry my hair because I don’t have time to have it fully dried.
Since my ceramic straightening iron only works on completely dry hair, the next day I will use the iron and heat it to the maximum setting. This normally straightens my hair and gets rid of the frizzies. When I used the straightening brush when my hair was wet, I followed the directions.
The instructions state to towel dry hair and separate into sections. Then place the brush at roots, one section at a time, and place hair between barrels. Close barrels and move the brush down to ends. It’s best to hold the nozzle of blow-dryer 6 inches from brush, following the brush as you style.
The brush was easy to use. According to the CVS.com product description, the metal barrel is supposed to retain the heat from your blow-dryer to smooth out curls and waves. The double barrel design straightens hair as you blow dry. Then the metal barrel should retain the blow-dryer heat to smooth out curls and straighten waves.
My experience with the brush is that I didn’t think it was better than my heated ceramic straightening iron. Even when following the instructions, using my styling products and turning my blow dryer to the hottest setting, my hair still came out frizzy. I didn’t like the way my hair looked the entire day, so in the evening I had to use the straightening iron to fix my hairstyle.
I won’t ever use the brush again because my hair results were not what Conair described in the packaging. I think that the brush cannot retain enough heat that can be concentrated on your hair, compared with a ceramic straightening iron. The iron presses heat directly onto the hair and the results are straighter and smoother hair than the straightening brush.
