My hairdresser has an AWESOME flat iron. You run it through your hair ONE time, and it's stick straight. Does anybody know where to get a flat iron like that one? Or does anyone have any suggestions of really great flat irons? I'm trying to grow out a perm, and it's gotten to the point where I need to flat iron every day, and it's hard to do that with my current flat iron, because my 9 month old son bites my ankles while I'm trying to...well, do anything in the bathroom concerning hair or makeup that lasts longer than 15 minutes.

I use a CHI Tourlamine Iron and a CHI Ceramic. They both get to be about 475 degrees and I only pass through clients hair once. It's a great iron.

Retails for about 200 dollars though.

Jase is right on the money. Chi is the gold standards of straightening irons and they are expensive, but worth every penny. I would buy the widest one that you can afford unless your hair is only an inch or two in length for the best results.

I love my CHI ceramic flat iron, but it cost me a lot less than $200. It's not very wide, but I like it because (unlike the wide ones) you can use it to do waves, big barrel curls, flips, or to get a nice curve to your bangs. This is the one I have, which I bought at a local beauty supply for $135:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13491437

My hair is very thick and curly, so I have to section it small anyway. In my case, the wider one wouldn't really help me do more hair at once.

I have a Remington ceramic straightener that I really like. It wasn't too pricey either. I just remember when I was shopping around for a straightener that it had to be "ceramic" because that apparently makes a huge difference in protecting the hair and getting a really smooth finish.

I like the Chi iron but there other good flat irons. One is GHD - more expensive than the Chi and I found that it works faster.

am a huge fan of the chi to - altho mine was only 125 dollars and its pink!

notice I said retails for 200ish. You can get them for "our" price if you know a cosmetologist who will get you into a beauty house or if the beauty house is open to the public.

I like GHD's as well Lynne.

BTW.. Happy Birthday

It's true, Jase. My friend owns a beauty supply/salon and she actually got me mine for $95, but I believe she said she she sells them for $135. (That's why I quoted the $135 price.)

Happy Birthday Lynne! This is the first time I've seen the little birthday cake icon on the forum. How cute.

if she gets it for 95, it would sell in the salon for roughly 190-200. So you got a nice deal ;0)

I recently bought one at Costco. I was expecting to pay around $80 per what my hair stylist said (and he said that was a good deal)... but it was only $35. It's a Conair Infinity.

I have thick curly hair and my old flat iron took a LONG time to straighten my hair. I have time to straighten my hair every morning now (I have four children under 7 - not a lot of time to get myself ready in the morning)

Lets always remember to use heat protectant products when using a flat iron. The flat irons that work best are very very hot. repeated us without protection can destroy your hair.

What do you like as a heat protectant?

I love my ceramic iron - Vidal Sassoon - only $25 and not cheaply made at all.

The products that I think of right now are:
Nioxin Bliss, Nioxin Smoothing Serum, and Glossing Color Sheild.
I'll have to look the names of some other good products.

CHI Iron Guard, BioSilk Silk Strate are two others as well.

Thank you both.

My hairdresser uses Big Sexy Hair oil. I told him that sometimes I use Potion 9 - he said that was good too.

I have a question - he straightened the other day - I am not planning on washing it for a few days since I LOVE it straight; The ends are starting to curl up. If I want to run the iron through my hair, should I put on some oil on dry hair? If I wet it, it will curl up and I can never straighten it the way it is now.....