A hot brush to smooth my hair and curl it under?

Another vote for Babyliss. It's brilliant. Took me a while to get the hang of it (I'm a bit cackhanded) but now I dry my hair with a hairdryer then get to work with the Babyliss.

I've recently bought this. I have thin floppy hair which needs lots of help. It helps, I dry it a bit then use to give it a bit of a lift.

I use BaByliss big hair rotating large brush, and it works quite well on my long thick bushy hair. You use it when just damp and should pinback sections at a time, I am impatient and just do the top and side bits! Now my hair is on my shoulders, I'm thinking of trying some jumbo rollers that clip-on, just on ends of my hair so it flicks up.

If I had no experience doing my own hair I'd get a really good cut which should stay in style anyway and invest in going to hairdresser for a blow out regularly, then you could learn how to manage yourself and enjoy the pleasure of being pampered!

You ladies have really made me smile today, but I do feel your ‘pain’! Since stripping the colour from my greying, fine-but-lots-of-it hair, it’s as if the hair belongs to someone else! I’m also tying mine back most of the time because of its unruliness, but will research the brushes you have been recommending. Good luck with all your efforts.

tanith

When I used to straighten my curly hair I used a babyliss big hair rotating styler brush. It works very well to straighten and smooth my fly away curls I’d recommend it.

That Babyliss is brilliant. Wish the bristles were slightly firmer for my thick hair but it’s very good.

O you must use it Callistemon it’s really easy to use !

Shelbel ‘a yard of pump water’ made me laugh ?

I have just brought a hair drying curling brush from b & m bargains, approx £16:99 smoothes my hair while curling it under at the ends www.bmstores.co.uk/products/elle-magic-hot-air-styler-364848

I have two hot brushes. I bought the Babyliss big hair one but I didn't get on with it so well. I found the bristles on the brush too soft and they didn't hold the hair very well. I then bought another hotbrush with a stiff brush and that works much better. I also have a straightener but it makes my hair look like a yard of pump water. I like a bit of curling under and bounce.

I think that's what I bought but am too nervous to use, Soozikinzi

I’ve got curly hair which I mostly leave curly but if I fancy smoothing it basically because it looks a mess -?I’ve got a BaByliss Diamond Heated Smoothing and Straightening Brush a bargain for only £30 !

But you've got lovely curls, tanith

Mine is a frizzy mess, worse at the back than elsewhere unless I fight it daily.

tanith

GagaJo

tanith

When I used to straighten my curly hair I used a babyliss big hair rotating styler brush. It works very well to straighten and smooth my fly away curls I’d recommend it.

I second this. I have one and it works very well (when I can be bothered to 'do' my hair).

I’ve not straightened mine for months Gagajo I’ve been letting my curls do their own thing I just can’t be asked ?

Me neither. Mine is lucky to be brushed once a day at the moment. Usually as I'm about to turn the camera on for an online lesson.

Thanks everybody. Lots to think about and research here!

GagaJo

tanith

When I used to straighten my curly hair I used a babyliss big hair rotating styler brush. It works very well to straighten and smooth my fly away curls I’d recommend it.

I second this. I have one and it works very well (when I can be bothered to 'do' my hair).

I’ve not straightened mine for months Gagajo I’ve been letting my curls do their own thing I just can’t be asked ?

I think the previous thread was called ‘naturally curly ladies’. Started by Tanith I believe

tanith

When I used to straighten my curly hair I used a babyliss big hair rotating styler brush. It works very well to straighten and smooth my fly away curls I’d recommend it.

I second this. I have one and it works very well (when I can be bothered to 'do' my hair).

I have this one to tame my collar bone length wavy hair . It’s the smaller brush barrel of the 2 that they make and is perfect for me .

www.boots.com/electrical/hair-styling-tools/hot-brushes-air-stylers/babyliss-hot-air-styler-flawless-volume-10233165

I’ve got one of these. I have thick hair cut in a bob. I don’t like mine straightened so it’s flat, I like it to curl under a little at the ends.
This gadget works well for me. It doesn’t get as hot outside as tongs and it has finger grips at the end so you can hold it in both hands. It’s really meant for giving long hair curls but I find it works well for me and with a little practice I can now make my hair curl under nicely. Quick to heat up and quick to cool down. 3 heat settings.

I cant find the other thread, perhaps someone else might remember.

There was a thread about this a while ago and I thought it might be the answer to my unruly hair and sent for one but haven't tried it yet.
It came with a protective glove which made me nervous about burning my scalp!
Apparently they smooth and you just turn the ends with it.

I use a hot round brush as mine's a bit shorter now.

When I used to straighten my curly hair I used a babyliss big hair rotating styler brush. It works very well to straighten and smooth my fly away curls I’d recommend it.