What's so special about clipless curling irons?

[Bernadine]

What's the difference?  Does it make a different curl?  Because I keep trying to do beachy waves with my clip curling iron, and it does.not.work.  Do I need a different one?

[ProfessorArtNerd]

I haaaate mine. It makes my hair look so stupid!! Maybe it's user error? Bc my cheerleaders use it to curl their ponies and they look cute. Maybe, like snapchat, this is something I'm too old to work. 

[housewife]

Apr 4, 2014 7:27:46 GMT -5 @licia said:

You burn yourself extra crispy, whereas with a regular iron, you are looking at original recipe burns.

Maybe that's just me.

Took the words right out of my mouth! Don't forgot the frustration of trying to keep that weird 2 fingered glove on your hand in attempt to avoid burning off all finger tips.

Oh, there's the positive! You can commit a serious of crimes without the worry of leaving prints and have curly-ish hair.

[Deleted]

I cannot make cute curls with mine. I've tried several times and it never works out. The small things blog does a good tutorial on it, but even she is not a fan.

[gozf]

Apr 4, 2014 7:33:27 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

My mom got me one and I seriously cannot figure it out. After two burns I gave up. I want to get a three barrel curling iron. They look like they're so much easier to use.

Nope.

I have one, and it's basically like a grown-up crimper.  It's the pits.

[Kit]

Apr 4, 2014 7:33:27 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

My mom got me one and I seriously cannot figure it out. After two burns I gave up. I want to get a three barrel curling iron. They look like they're so much easier to use.

I have one and you're right - soooo much easier!

I have naturally curly hair that I straighten and then I'll either use caruso steam rollers or the three barrel. I like the way those curls come out better than my natural ones. Lulz

[Kit]

Apr 4, 2014 7:50:00 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

Oh I loooooooooove mine. I use a glove that it came with to prevent any burns, and I've never had problems. It makes my hair look great. I could never figure out the regular curling irons, but this took me a few min to figure out, and I can do my whole head pretty quickly.

Well then, share with the class your tricks of the trade!

[Kit]

Apr 4, 2014 7:51:45 GMT -5 gozf said:

Apr 4, 2014 7:33:27 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

My mom got me one and I seriously cannot figure it out. After two burns I gave up. I want to get a three barrel curling iron. They look like they're so much easier to use.

Nope.

I have one, and it's basically like a grown-up crimper.  It's the pits.

Oh, see, I love mine but I pull out the waves so they are looser and not as crimpy.

[housewife]

Apr 4, 2014 8:04:42 GMT -5 Kit said:

Apr 4, 2014 7:51:45 GMT -5 gozf said:

Nope.

I have one, and it's basically like a grown-up crimper.  It's the pits.

Oh, see, I love mine but I pull out the waves so they are looser and not as crimpy.

I want one of those those too. Can we see your hair please?

[Kit]

Apr 4, 2014 8:21:28 GMT -5 housewife said:

Apr 4, 2014 8:04:42 GMT -5 Kit said:

Oh, see, I love mine but I pull out the waves so they are looser and not as crimpy.

I want one of those those too. Can we see your hair please?

It's straight today so it wouldn't help you much :-)

[janegold]

Well for one thing, it just goes faster than clipping it and rolling it up. And there's no weird crimps or bends, so it makes more relaxed-looking curls.

But I love my clipless curling iron - the Sedu Revolution - not so much because of the fact that it's clipless but because it gets VERY hot and the curls stay in forever. I don't have to use any hairspray at all, and I have curls/waves for at least three days, even through sleeping and working out. I curled my hair yesterday and this is my hair today with no touching up whatsoever:

[emjacobs]

I do all of my curling with my flat iron, so much faster and they stay longer.

[obladi]

It makes my hair WAY to curly. I look like a cheerleader. And I always end up burning whichever hand the glove is not on. I am not coordinated enough for this tool.

[Deleted]

Curling irons and I do not play well together.

I'd rather go old-school and do hot rollers.

[Deleted]

The trick is to use small, small sections and wrap your hair around the wand. The tighter you roll it, the tighter the curl. For beachy waves, you gotta loosely wrap it with space between each part of the shaft. Once you know what you're doing, it goes super quick and you're not ripping your hair out trying to get it off the iron.

[takeonyou]

The one I have gets super hot so my thick hair curls and stays curled. I can make it last two days if I don't wash it like PP. I lost my glove so I am very careful, lol.

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[Dagny]

This doesn't really answer your question, but I got one of those BaByliss Pro MiraCurl curling irons and the thing changed my damn life. It's that weird looking thing that pulls your hair into it. I think Conair makes a version too. There's a bunch of different versions and price points, but the thing is amazing.
www.babylissus.com/
I do beachy waves by just letting the hair out sooner, and the curls last forever.

I got it after someone here posted pics of their results. melindafelinda, I think? Thank you, whoever it was!