April 8, 2007
Hair perfection
All hell has broken loose at the Makeup Bag household.
A few weeks ago, we got our hands on a Sedu Revolution flat iron and our life has not been the same since. Not only do we all have incredibly sleek, shiny hair, but also battle scars and bruises and a few missing fingers. (Just kidding). (Sort of).
If you don’t already know this, we have two lovely hormonal teenagers in our house. A thirteen and fifteen year old with bad attitudes and a daily quest for perfect hair. These girls will stop at nothing to have great hair.
Because teenagers, above all other things, must have great hair.
Ever since the Sedu has come into our life the hair has been so perfect that all the neighborhood girls are coming over to do their hair as well. News spreads fast in this town and the hip place to be is in front of our bathroom mirror with the Sedu Revolution in hand. This is cause for much turmoil, because as versatile as the Sedu is (making waves and curls in addition to straightening), it can only do its magic on one girl at a time.
So every day for the last two weeks our daughters have been fighting over the Sedu Revolution (hence the scars, bruises and missing fingers). They are actually sneaking into each other’s rooms in the middle of the night to find where their sister has hid the coveted straightener. (In our thirteen year old’s case: UNDER HER PILLOW!)
We are not joking when we tell you that all hell has broken loose because tomorrow morning, our younger teenager leaves on a spring break trip to Washington DC and New York with her entire 8th grade class and, according to her, the beloved Sedu. Her sister is livid and will do everything in her power to keep that Sedu from getting on a plane tomorrow.
The only way to keep the peace is to get another Sedu.
Lucky for us, they’re marked down to $129 from their original price of $199 at folica.com.
Wow, this sounds great, I am going to book mark that site right now. My daughter has the worst hair imaginable. She’s eight years old, it’s past her buttocks and extremely curly, I use the T3 Tourmaline which cost me $200 at drugstore.com 2 years ago, and it get’s the job done well, when I’m done flat ironing her hair it’s so sleek, feels like silk, but after straightening it is almost totally past her thighs…sigh, I flat ironed her hair last night and started at 6pm and did not finish until 9pm. This is why I cut my own hair, because I cannot do both her hair and my own in the same day.
If this Sedu Revolution from Folica.com can do the job quicker I will buy that thing today!
Comment by Maryam — April 9, 2007 @ 9:50 am
OMG lol, i can’t iamgine 3 chicks fighting over the straightener :p good luck with those kiddos
Comment by Pau — April 9, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
I wonder if this is different from the Hai? Can you tell us whether you have ever used any other brand before this one?
Comment by Amy — April 9, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
Hi Amy,
I haven’t tried the Hai. We have the Chi at our house and while it is a super flat iron, it doesn’t heat to the hot temp that the Sedu does and is quite a bit heavier. Also, it’s not compatible with a converter so this isn’t the flat iron for the international traveler. Personally, because of my fine hair, I always use a low setting (which makes the Chi great for me), but my daughters have thick, coarse, asian hair, and need a hotter setting for their resistant hair, and the Sedu is perfect for this (heats to 450).
Also we had the Solia pink flat iron, which the girls loved until it got lost at a sleepover. This iron heats to 450 degrees like the Sedu, and it looked cute (which is always a bonus!).
I’ve also tried a girlfriend’s T3 Wet to Dry, which is probably great for someone that has thick hair that takes forever to dry, but I thought the Solia worked just as fine on me.
Thanks for stopping by
Erika
Comment by Beauty Editor — April 10, 2007 @ 5:37 am
Hi, I was wondering since you’ve tried both Solia and Sedu, could you tell me how hot do the two get on the outside of the barrel (not the handle)? I’ve read elsewhere that an owner of a Sedu get’s so hot she has to rest between use and that it can burn, is that true? Also, now almost 8 months later, how is the Sedu holding up? Thanks
Comment by Vi — December 5, 2007 @ 12:21 pm