Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Violet Candy Styler - ghd's new Candy Collection!


Sometimes a beauty product is so hyped up that you cannot help but overthink things when you get to use it for the first time. I think it often helps to step back from the details and think about how a product makes you personally feel when organising a written piece about it, so when I was send a beautiful Candy ghd styler* to trial recently I did just that.
 
During my high school years, hair straightening was just about the coolest thing you could do in the beauty realm. Not many girls wore much makeup at my high school (bar a little bit of eyeliner and maybe some gloss) but if you had your hair straightened, you were the coolest! I didn’t have a straightener for a long time, but we would all go to one of my friend’s houses and she would painstakingly run the ghd over our locks before we would head out to our underage discos. I used to practise not putting my hair behind my ears so that I wouldn’t cause kinks, and if we were heading out to the shops the next day I would sleep stiff as a board so I woke up with my hair still glossy and lovely.
 
I always yearned for a ‘proper straightener’, which of course is the ghd branded one! My sister lovingly bought me a Vidal Sassoon straightener (which I still use and love!) but I still wished for the sleek style and ‘cool girl persona’ that comes along with a ghd. It wasn’t until this year (in my early 20’s!) that I finally got my wish! The Violet Candy ghd Styler is a thing of beauty, and though I am an adult and should know better – I am totally feeling like the ‘cool girl’ right now!
before (photos were taken before I darkened my hair)
After using the GHD Candy Styler

This glides over my long (and crazy!) locks really easily, and because the styler isn’t very heavy it doesn’t cause pain in my weak wrists that are prone to sprains. The packaging is absolutely stunning (of course!) and if you were looking at getting a beauty gift for somebody, this gives a great wow factor and is something that is luxe but totally useful at the same time. I admit that I am hardly what you would call creative with my hair styling, but for a simple straight look this totally hits it out of the park for me. Having a blow wave or freshly straightened hair always has a positive effect on my mood, and this made my hair really silky (I also used the ghd Heat Protect Spray* beforehand)

For more creative hair styles with the ghd Candy Styler, ghd have put together a great bunch of ideas and inspiration here – my personal favourite? The Power Beehive!  I'm not sure that it would totally suit my chipmunk cheeks, but I'd still love to rock that one night To check out the other stylers that are available (the Pink Diamond Styler is so pretty!) head over here!

Did you have a fascination with ghd stylers in high school?
How often do you straighten or curl your hair? Only on weekends, or during the week too?

*Provided for consideration, but all childhood flashbacks belong to me ;) Honesty, always.

10 comments:

  1. Your hair looks fab! I always wondered the GHD was worth the extra cost over a regular straightener. You think it is?

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    1. @olgiepolgie Thank you! It's often just a big mess as it is so thick, so I feel great when it is straight and tidy like this haha. I think that it glides a lot nicer than cheaper straighteners I've tried, but I don't know whether or not it gives more gloss to the hair yet or anything like that. I guess it depends how expensive the straightener you are comparing it with is?

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  2. Loving the new packing of the GHDs. I can't remember if back in the day, hair straightening was a thing. I think so...
    I try not to use my GHD too often - to curl or straighten. Maybe once a fortnight?
    Your hair looks so shiny and soft!
    xxx Kat

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    1. Thanks Kat! It did make my hair a bit sleeker (which was definitely needed!) ghd packaging is so luxe, I love it! I probably use hot tools on my hair the same amount as you!

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  3. Oh my God, how pretty is this!!! My old GHD is still going strong though. But I waaaaaaant :D x

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    1. I know Jelena, this ghd is so tempting! I love the black and gold version they have too, and the mint from this Candy range is just the coolest!

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  4. I love the coloured GHDs! They look so fun!

    I'm loving my Corioliss and MUK straighteners...I always wanted a GHD but I wonder if they really live up to expectations/hype!

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    1. Nalini they feel so cool and summery to me! I've heard the MUK straighteners are really good!

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  5. I have a black number IV I think? The shame, I don't even know exactly which one it is! I love mine but I only get it out on the week-end and then again only when I've washed my hair not that long before - so the stars have to align a little bit which is too bad because despite my lack of skills it works like a charm!

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    1. I am so behind with hair stylers, I can't believe I didn't own a ghd before this one! I'm sure when you do straighten your hair you feel a bit special since you don't do it all the time? That is how I feel about it :)

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