Blog #52 - The InStyler

So, after getting my hair cut about a week ago, I wanted to get something that would give my hair some volume and make it easier to curl. I can't ponytail my hair anymore ::sadface:: I've always contemplated about the InStyler...but I never wanted to pay $100 for it. On like Wednesday or Thursday, I bought this rotating blowdryer by Conair (I think) from Walgreens for $60 to see if it could do what I wanted it to do while also being budget as hell. Tried it...and FAIL. Massively complicated and all that jazz. The blowdryer rotates two ways and you never know which button is which and it's just a big ol' mess and a half. Full of no buenage. BUT (and this is why I love the ish out of Walgreens) Walgreens will take anything you don't like back - even after you use it. Shout out to them for that! I got my money back today, hopped my butt to Target and coughed up $100 for the InStyler. I watched the little video that came with it to see if there way anything that I didn't know how to do from the infomercial - not so much. So then I got down to bidnass.

I flatironed my hair last night in preparation for going out (and not in prep for using the InStyler because I actually decided to buy it today) and at the end of the night, my hair was looking totally disrespectful and ratchet as hayul. Just crazy looking. It even looked crazy after I tried to wrap it last night when I got in. RATCHET. I already had some product in it from earlier in the week so when I used the InStyler today, I didn't put anything in my hair. I treated it like it was a flat iron and worked my way from the bottom of my head to the top, overextending when I got to the crown of my head to build volume. I didn't get as much volume as I would have liked, but I think that's because the product from earlier in the week hasn't come all the way out of my hair so it looks like my hair is a little heavy, but that's my own damn fault. I'll just put some baby powder in it to suck up the oil later (maybe I'll put the powder in and then wrap my hurr). As a whole, though...I'm very pleased with this purchase!

My ONLY 2 qualms with it are (and one of them is just my own issue): when using a flat iron, I have a habit of holding the edge to make sure it's curling properly. You don't have to with the InStyler and even if you did, you would burn the BEJESUS out of your fingers because there is no buffer edge so you would literally be touching the actual rotating iron - which gets HOT. I like my fingers just the way they are. No need to burn them off lol. The other issue I have with it is sometimes (and only sometimes - this is NOT an often occurence) when using it on the front part of my hair, it looked like my hair was fried and didn't feel all that great and it almost looked like the InStyler was kicking my hair back into a teased look. How to fix this - use your other hand. I promise you, it's that easy. And if you want to smooth your edges before you put your hair in the InStyler (which I need to do because I haven't put a chemical straightener in my hair since like November) all you have to do is just run the barrel along your roots and you're good! So yeah. Love it and I would recommend it!