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.
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| before (photos were taken before I darkened my hair) |
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| 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.
Your hair looks fab! I always wondered the GHD was worth the extra cost over a regular straightener. You think it is?
ReplyDelete@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?
DeleteLoving the new packing of the GHDs. I can't remember if back in the day, hair straightening was a thing. I think so...
ReplyDeleteI 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
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!
DeleteOh my God, how pretty is this!!! My old GHD is still going strong though. But I waaaaaaant :D x
ReplyDeleteI 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!
DeleteI love the coloured GHDs! They look so fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving my Corioliss and MUK straighteners...I always wanted a GHD but I wonder if they really live up to expectations/hype!
Nalini they feel so cool and summery to me! I've heard the MUK straighteners are really good!
DeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteI 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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