GHS Ceramic Hair Straighteners Review

Overall Rating

Arrived super quick. Ordered them about 2pm on the Wednesday and they arrived about 10am on Thursday.

They tugged at my hair, the outside of the irons heated up so much that I bunt my face on it - I had to leave them on a plate to cool down because they were so hot I was worried they'd burn my unit. Instruction manual appears incorrect, although it is a minor error.

They arrived quickly and on first inspection they appeared great, they felt like a quality product - not flimsy or light - in fact they really were just like my GHD's which had broken on the Wednesday morning after 5 years of perfect service (hence trying these out!). However, the differences soon become glaringly obvious. First off, the instruction manual said that there was a red light and a green light, the red light would be on at all times when the product was switched on, and the green light would light up to indicate that the irons were ready to use. This was not the case, instead there is a single red light which flashes increasingly as the product heats up so I think as the instructions were incorrect it was difficult to tell what should be/was happening!! Once they appeared hot I started to straighten. The plates were set in their housing as tight as in my GHD's so my hair would kept getting caught and pulled in what is admittedly a tiny gap between the plate and its housing, but nevertheless my hair was catching in it - not the smooth gliding action I'd expected, or been lead to believe this product would provide. Lastly, but for me, most importantly, was the heat that the outer body of the irons reached during use. It hasn't cooled as I'm writing this and it's about 2 hours since I used them the side of my face when they briefly touched my skin as I was running them through my fringe (bangs). The casing seemed so hot that I couldn't leave them on my unit to cool as I would have done with my GHD's. They appeared so hot that I was worried it would melt my unit! I had to leave them on a dinner plate to make sure nothing would melt, or even worse catch fire actually burnt (just a minor burn, no blisters or anything, the area is red and still from the heat!

So, to sum it up, these things may be cheap but in my experience they are not a very effective product. I know they are 3x time cheaper than the leading brands, but I do feel that the leading brands are not just leading because they have huge marketing budgets, they are actually a more superior product which works well and are reliable.

Hopefully their 14 day no quibble money back guarantee will be just that! I will post again and let you all know how I get on with their Customer Services team!