I Heart My Hair with Easy New Looks and Conair®

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Since I’ve been working at home, I’ve gotten quite used to not really needing to put on a bunch of makeup or fix up my hair.  Here lately you can find me wearing my hair back in ponytail or pulled back with a clip most days.  But with the holidays coming, I’ll definitely be dressing it up more!  A couple of tools that will come in handy for creating easy new looks and great hair every day are the Infiniti Pro by Conair® 3Q™ Brushless Motor Dryer and the Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret®.

I’ve actually always used hot rollers, but I’ve been wanting to buy a curling iron for a while now just to try some new things, and I saw the Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret® on television a while back and was very impressed by it.  Finally, on a recent trip to Walmart, I convinced my shopping assistants (pictured above) to let me stop by the hair care section where I found it and the Infiniti Pro by Conair® 3Q™ Brushless Motor Dryer.

Incidentally I’ve also been wanting to replace my hairbrush, so I picked up the Conair Velvet Paddle Brush and the Conair Professional Round Brush.

 

The Infiniti Pro by Conair® 3Q™ Brushless Motor Dryer is not your average hair dryer.  The 3Q stands for Quick, Quiet, and Quality.  Its brushless motor lasts 10 times longer or for 5,000 hours of use. It has Titanium Ceramic Technology, which provides infrared heat to gently dry hair and also provides up to 70% more air pressure for ultra-fast drying, with lower temperature and faster airflow to minimize heat damage.  It has Ionic technology for enhanced shine and up to 75% less frizz, and it comes with 2 attachments: the Concentrator attachment for pinpoint styling and the Diffuser attachment enhances curls and waves.

 Again, the Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret® is something I’ve been wanting to try for a long time.  I saw it on television, and I wondered if it worked as well and as easily as they.  I am happy to say that it does!  Unlike other products where you have to wrap and twist and really work, this one is easy, as it draws your hair in from wherever you choose to start your curl.  The appliance also has a 30 second heat up!  And it has 2 heat levels and 3 timer settings, which help you to create a variety of curl styles.

The combination of these products has really helped me to “heart my hair” and discover ways to ditch the ponytail!  Here’s my story!

I actually have naturally curly hair, but as you can see, my hair is long at the present time, and the length, combined with the thickness and heaviness, makes the natural curls very hard to hold, so for that reason, I just blow it out straight all the time.  (Yes, the picture in the top-right of my collage is my hair when it is “straight” without using a straightening iron or anything.)

Basically I can cut my hair short and wear it curly or straight, or have it long and it’s a mess!  (Maybe I should get a hair cut!)  But first, I wanted to try the Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret®!  And I’m so glad I did!  This beauty tool is amazing!  I’ve always used hot rollers in the past, because that’s what I grew up with, and I always found curling irons complicated and was afraid I would just burn my hair off.

But the Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret® is amazingly simple to use.  First you need to wash and dry your hair.  Then brush it out so there are no tangles.  Then you divide your hair in small sections (between 1/4 of an inch to an inch depending on the length of your hair). From there, you just close the tool around each hair section where you want the curl to begin, and it will actually draw you hair in to the chamber where it curls.  At that point you’ll here it beep, and when it starts to beep rapidly, you’ll release the curling iron to reveal a beautiful curl. Check it out!

And just so you know, for my look, I chose to use the highest settings.  If you wanted a more relaxed curl, you can choose a lower setting to create that.  And the  Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret® also allows you to create “fatter” curls than what I have here.  In my case, I had to create a lot of “thinner ” curls because my hair is so long and thick, which could lead to it getting tangled in the appliance if you aren’t careful.

But the great news about using the higher settings is that the curls stay very much in tact. I didn’t even put any hairspray on at all, and yet here’s a picture that I took the next day:

The curls definitely held up better than curls I’ve made using hot rollers, and even better than my natural curls when my hair is long.

The only problem is….it does take TIME to curl your hair up like this.  And as I said, I’ve very used to just pulling my hair back and going casual.  It works for me, as I’m usually home, other than running the occasional errand.  So I found a great compromise and turned my simple pony tail in to something simply fabulous!

You can turn your simple ponytail or bun in to something fabulous in just minutes!

Start out by pulling your hair in to a simple ponytail.  But when doing this, you should leave a small section of hair in the front out of the ponytail (as shown in my picture).  You should create anywhere from one to three curls on each side.  And each curl should be made from a 1/2 to 1 inch section of hair (depending on your hair length).

After you’ve pulled your hair back, take the ponytail and wrap it around itself, creating your bun.  Then pull the bun up toward your head and secure with a claw-clip.  If your hair is extra long like mine, you may need to do something with the “excess hair” that sticks out of the claw clip. (Consider securing it with clips outside or inside of your bun, or you could use your curling iron to curl your ends.

Next use your Infiniti Pro by Conair® Curl Secret® to curl the strands of hair on the front of your head.  Now your causal ponytail has been instantly transformed, and you’re ready to go anywhere!

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