can a hair stranightener be used as a curler?

Answer 1

Yes. I wrote a step by step article on how to curl hair with ceramic straighteners just a couple of months ago here: http://www.hairdressingworld.com/content/view/24/57/

Hope it helps.

Chris.

Answer 2

How to choose a hair straightener?
The more expensive hair straighteners generally have better features and heat up more quickly than the cheaper hair straighteners. The most common problem encountered with ceramic heat straighteners and other hair irons is that the hair iron is not hot enough to straighten hard to manage hair.

Choose carefully as not all hair irons are the same!
Higher temperature straighteners (170°C and above) produce the best results. Variable heat straighteners give you the most flexibility and control. High temperature results in less hair stress and faster styling.
Straighteners with smaller width plates are perfect for straightening, flipping and twisting short hair. Wider plates are best for afro or thick hair or people with a lot of hair.
Ceramic coated plates are not the most important factor. The heating element is however! A ceramic heating element will ensure almost instant heat up. Most hair straighteners and hair irons will take anywhere from 10 seconds to 90+ seconds to heat up!


Useful facts about hair straighteners
Ceramic hair straighteners protect the hair using heat to lock in moisture and natural oils, creating a smooth polished effect with added natural shine.
Most ceramic straighteners have alloy plates that are coated with a layer of ceramic. The alloy plates actually conduct the heat. A ceramic coating is used because it dissipates heat well over the surface of the plates and is also extremely smooth and hard wearing. Many hair irons now come with solid ceramic plates and use a new form of heating element. However, ceramic plates are not an essential component; in fact GHD™ hair irons don't use ceramic plates at all. A quality heating element is actually more vital to the performance of a heating iron.
Ceramic coatings on plates can be either dipped, painted or baked. Baked or crystal coated ceramic plates are by far the best. Most manufacturers do not divulge this information, unless they are using an expensive process like crystal coating, which is worth advertising.
Look for hair straighteners with a ceramic heating element, these offer heat up times usually below 10 seconds. Heat up times vary considerably, but are usually no more than 90 seconds.

How long will a hair iron last? This answer is approximately 12-18 months with average use. You must remember that these styling tools generate intense heat. The heat eventually affects the ceramic coating on plates (crystal coated or baked ceramic lasts the longest) and heating elements eventually burn out. Nothing lasts forever!

Curling hair with straightners are easy! Section off the hair as usual by starting underneath and working upwards towards the top of your hair.

Take your first section on a slight angle and slide the ceramic straightener down the hair shaft from the root to the tip (as if straightening the hair in the usual manner). This warms up the hair ready for curling. Next start back at the beginning and make sure the straightner is away from the roots. Make sure you have the hair clamped evenly between the plates and that the straighteners are at a 45 degree angle.

Turn the ceramic straightener counter-clockwise whilst keeping the hair clamped within it. Switch hands and hold the ends of the hair yet to be curled upwards and away from you with your opposing hand.

The back of the straighteners will now be facing you (hidden underneath the hair coming from the root).

Keeping an even tension on the ends of the hair with your right hand, pull the ceramic straightener down and away from the root. The hair yet to go through the straightener should form a 'triangle' with the hair that has been through already. Keep sliding the straightener all the way down the hair and finally let go of the ends as they slide through the straightener.

Great Tip
To alter how curly the hair ends up, try out different angles. For instance, if you make a large or wide 'triangle shape' with the hair when sliding the straightener down the shaft in step 3, the result will be a loose wave. If you make a very narrow or tight 'triangle shape' in step 3, the curl will be tighter.
I hope the following information is useful to you! Have a great day.

Answer 3

It depends on the straightener. Some are designed to use as a curler also. Most flat irons you can't.

Answer 4

Can a hair curler be used as a straightner?

Answer 5

It can, but your results won't be that good. A curler is completely hot, a straightener is only a section which is flat.

Answer 6

it will but there will be better results if u use a curler cuz it has heat all over the curler

Answer 7

Yes, if the tongs are thin enough yes I've often seen them used this way if you twist the hair around the tongs and then press down.

But if you have really wide tongs like mine then it wont work there will be too much hair not being pressed and you will end up with really big lop-sided curls.

Answer 8

it can if you do this: as you slide it down the length of your hair, you kinda pull it out to do a flip. you could pull it to curl under, also. it wont result in a circular or spiral type curl, of course. but you get better results if you are trying to acheive this look, than if you used a round curling iron.

Answer 9

No, hence the word straightener. Why do you think us stylists have a cabinet full of different tools.

If you want curls use a curling iron, they range in sizes depending on what kind of curl you want.

Don't forget to use a thermal protectant.

Answer 10

Do you mean a flat-iron? No, and I wouldn't leave in my hair to curl anyway its probably to hot. Definitely burn your hair out.