Ever since I was 16, I can remember buying all kinds of hair styling tools to tame my curls; I really wanted the 'perfect' curls or sleek, straight hair. After 15 years of using brand name products, I recently realized that they have been doing some damage to my hair. I looked at other brands and found hair stylers that are high quality and do much less damage to my hair. Read this article for my reviews on the tools I've tried and why I love them.

This uses ceramic heat technology, which heats up to 185oC. There is also no hair protection technology incorporated into this tool. However, it does the job and it straightens my hair. This styler has a one-year warranty if something goes wrong. I have bought many of this brand of stylers since I was 17 years old as I always believed the brand was the best of the best, which to be honest they were until a few years ago. No styler from any other company would straighten my curly, frizzy and coarse hair as much as this one.

So over the years I did use heat protection, but my hair became weaker and broke a lot, especially when using the ghd styler. Even when I bleached my hair, it didn't start to break until I used this styler – until I switched to the stylers below.

Also, here's another tip: if you're a regular styler user, these will probably last about two years, just like my last one.