Confire

The 70’s are back, or at least the hair. Straighteners are a girls best friend. All the girls I have met have at least one straighter in their house. In fact in my house now we have four. Three work and one is temporarily out of order. I love mine, in fact mine is the cheapest but works the best. It doesn’t dry your hair out which is a must when you use it everyday. But there are some little problems with my Conair straightener; it catches on fire. I know it's kind of a big deal when it's in flames but it is the cheapest one out there. You can pay $150 for a Pink Chi but for only $20 you can get a Conair and it does the same thing. Granted 7 months later you will most likely have to put it out with a fire extinguisher, you will just have to figure out what your priorities are. There are just a few warnings I would like to share with everyone in my case.

1. NEVER leave it unattended. You will be really pissed off if your bathroom catches on fire because you were too lazy to watch it.
2. Don’t use it unless you need it. Forget touchups because it just shortens the 7 months.
3. Don’t apply to hair. I know how can you use it? Well all I can say is figure it out. Not only is it not attractive when the straightener melts your hair, it stinks and the smell doesn't leave for a few hours but also it is known to cause blisters if it catches on fire while straightening the hair.
4. Throw away and buy a new one after 7 months, maybe 6 months just to be careful.

I wrote the company and asked them how many of their products catches on fire and I didn’t get a reply. But all in all I say buy Conair products just use my warnings and all will be ok. Oh and if you get burnt use Dermoplast spray (benzocaine 20%, menthol .5%) for the pain.

Article by Stephanie Weeks