I’m an online shopper. I’m also a serious night owl, which means I buy things from infomercials, too. The Bissell Crosswave (My rating: B+), the Shark Rocket Pro (My rating: A), the Bacon Wave (My rating: D), Flex Seal (My rating: D) the Conair Infiniti Pro (read on to see how I feel about that) and any number of other things have made their way into my house. It’s a sickness, I tell you.
Lately I’ve taken to buying things I see advertised in my Facebook feed. Socialite Mini ring light? Got it (My rating: C- for the ring and D- for the tripod that came with it) Blackhead Tweezers (My rating: A) Kopari lip love (My grade: A)
My most recent purchase was the L’Ange 32mm (1.25 inch) barrel wand. I curl my hair a lot so this was an easy buy for me. I’m 44 years old so I’ve got decades of hair styling time behind me. Normally curling isn’t an issue. This weekend, not so much.
My bumpy hair weekend started on Friday, when I was using my L’Ange wand. I’ve had the wand for two weeks and in all honesty, I’m not loving it. I have another wand with a smaller barrel from Bed Head that’s been very good to me. I got the L’Ange wand because it was bigger and because there’s a blogger on Facebook who does L’Ange videos weekly- and she makes it look so easy! (Check out the video I watched HERE or HERE or HERE) (Like I said, she makes it look so easy and not at all dangerous. Please note that she does NOT use the glove)
Anyway. Friday I decided I want different curls. I’m styling away with the L’Ange wand when BOOM. I got burned on the side of my hand. Badly. The damn thing blistered up and was painful for several days. It’s scabbed over and gross now, which makes me not want to use the wand again. I posted a pic of the burn on my Instagram (when it looked totally fine- annoying, but fine) This was the L’Ange response:
I give them props for commenting. I hate the glove because I get no grip. In the future, I’ll try their tip.
Moving on to Saturday, I decided to use my Conair Pro Infiniti. Normally I use my hair straightener to curl my hair, but I was trying for a different look. God, if I could turn back time.
I’ve had the Conair Pro for almost three years and have never had a problem. It was all going well- my whole head was curled- until I realized one piece hadn’t curled. I sucked it into the curler and IT. GOT. STUCK. That’s right. My ridiculously long hair (that I love and work hard to keep healthy) got stuck in the darn thing. I yanked the plug out of the wall and spent ten minutes trying to get it out and then was near tears as I realized it wasn’t going to happen. With no other options I had no choice but to cut my hair off. Below is a pic of my Conair Pro with the piece of hair once I managed to yank it out (after I cut it)
And then here’s a picture of how long that piece of hair really was.
As you can tell, it was a SUPER fun weekend.
I can’t cry over spilt milk (or chopped hair) but really… this was annoying. Right now the thing I’m most thankful for is that being an author allows me to dictate my own schedule, soo if I want to sit at home and hide my hair horror beneath a beanie cap for 7-10 months, I can do just that. I kid, but there were a few rough moments on Saturday when I was trying to figure out how I’d style my way out of this mess.
In the end I realized there’s nothing to do but just let it grow out. I’ve been using castor oil for a few months now on my hair so hopefully that will help but if you’ve got any hair growth tips, hit me with them.
xo,
Ella