BATTLE of the FUZZY WUZZIES!!! (Remington Wet2Straight Wide Nano Gold Wide Straightener)

Member Name: clairmay

Product:	Remington Wet2Straight Wide Nano Gold Wide Straightener
Date:	15/12/05 (717 review reads)
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Advantages: Two appliances in one...

Disadvantages: Not a proffessional result

Firstly, a little bit of background, My hair has been compared to a bird's nest and a brillo pad so when I saw an advert for Remington Wet2Straight I was delighted because, with only one lot of heat, I could be kinder to my poor tired dry hair. Instead of Bleaching, Washing, Blow drying, and Straightening. I could go from washing to straightening. Sounds perfect in theory.....

I purchased my Remington slim S-8100 Wet2Straight from Boots for £79.99. I do believe they have come down in price and, after a quick visit to the net, I found they ranged from, top end £85.99 to the lower end £63.90 from Tesco. and my Remmington wide from Amazon for £49.97 I have been onto the internet again to research and apart from E-bay, Amazon are the cheapest. They come nicely packaged which is a must if they are going to be a pressie.

The instructions are very easy to follow, they even show you pictures! Wash and towel dry your hair and apply some form of protective spray, I use L'Oreal Hydra repair, I have tried others but I find this works the best (well for me anyway). You then switch on your straigteners with the temperature setting at its lowest, a red light will come on, and after 30 seconds, start to flash, it does say leave for 90-120 seconds for optimum heat-up time. For my damaged hair, I use a minimum setting, average is OK for normal hair, and highest for thick or coarse hair. The next stage is the bit that took me some time to get used to, My first attempt, I sectioned too much hair, and went to fast, So ended up with damp frizzy roots. It does take a little practice, to discover how much hair and how fast to dry/straighten it. I find it best to section the hair from the back of the head first, don't section too much, and take the irons quite slowly, down from root to end. Don't be put off by the crackle, and hiss, it just means it's working, and very important, KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY FROM THE VENTS.....I found out the hard way, good really because I have never done it since. Once you have completed all your hair you can go back over it, just to smooth any little flyaways. I find that my straightened hair usually lasts about 4-6 hours, before the return of the frizz, but that is in ideal conditions, it dosent include, hot or humid, when even super glue wont hold it down.

I was advised to get the slim version, because, and I quote, 'You will be able to get them closer to the roots of the hair.' I have since found out that this is just not true, So I have passed the slim version on to my friend who has much shorter hair than me and have now got the wider version, I see no diference in the operation, however I do find that because of the width of the plates I dont get an anoying 'crease' effect at the sides of each section, which I would have to go over again to take out.

They come, as all appliances do nowadays, with a plug attatched, and a super little carry case, they are 220-240v 50/60hz 50w. You technical folk out there will know what that means, but I have used mine abroad without any problems.

Finally, I must say that the results I get on my hair are good, but not as good as blow drying and straightening the conventional way. and I must say that for a proffessional look I really dont think you can beat GHDs. However, for taking away with me they are the best

Summary: One appliance to make the job of 'Drying and Styling' your hair easier