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Who Really Invented Hair Straighteners? The Story Behind the Hershesons ClaimBy Zoltan — hair straightening and smoothing specialist, Mayfair, London- Flat Out: Why I Don’t Recommend Heat Styling at Home — and Everything Worth Knowing About Straightening Irons in 2026Here’s something you don’t expect to hear from a hairdresser: I don’t recommend heat styling at home. At all.
- I Really Want to Love Cordless Straighteners. Do They Actually Work? Not Quite Yet.I'm going to be honest with you: I want cordless irons to win.
- The ghd Model Files: Every Generation From 2001 to Sculpt — and What Actually ChangedNot in a display case — in a drawer at the salon, where it has lived through two decades, several salon moves and more heads of hair than I could count. It still heats. It still works. And I’ve…
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