A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be sent the Cloud Nine Irons to review, and I have to say these irons are pretty amazing in my opinion.
First of all the packaging is eye catching in black and teal, you open up the box which is very strong, not cheap thin cardboard, to reveal your gorgeous irons. Cloud Nine offer a standard, wide or mini iron, I was sent the standard as the wide plates would have been too wide for my short fine hair.
The irons are black, no fancy gimmicks here, what you see is what you get, a good quality all singing all dancing hair iron. I was absolutely amazed and please with how long the plug wire is on these, great if your low on plug points plus it has a swivel cord, hence no more running around searching for an extension lead.. They also come complete with instruction manual, carry pouch and heat proof cover.
Cloud Nine claims that even at lower temperatures you can get super hairstyles on all hair types avoiding heat damage on your hair.
Firstly ide just like to say that if using heat on your hair especially from a straightening iron please use a heat protection spray, as it will protect the hair from damage.
My first impression was good, they glided through the hair with ease Cloud Nine state that they have a secret ingredient that makes your hair shiny as you use them. They also as previously mentioned have different heat settings, I used mine on the low settings purely and simply because I have such fine hair due to medications illness etc.
To get volume from the roots I get the irons, pick the hair up from the roots hold for 5 seconds and then smooth through the rest of the hair then turning it under slightly when I get to the ends, thus giving the hair, lift at the roots and volume, something that I did get with my old straighteners but the style never held within half an hour it always dropped. But with these babies the style stays, don't ask me how it just does its amazing. And with no back combing which is bad for the hair. My hair looks shinier and healthier not to mention fuller. I also used them on my daughter to create curls and they worked equally as well, therefore showing that you can create a whole range of styles and finishes.
The iron also contains a hibernation mode meaning that if you don't pick up the irons for 10 Min's it automatically switches off, then will only heat up again if you switch them on, no more worrying on the way to work if you switched your irons off.
They also have a special chip on them (see pic) with a unique number in it to ensure its not a fake, as there seems to be so many fake GHDs out there at the moment.
The Cloud Nines were made by the original makers of GHDs and apparently Cloud Nine did a research study in 2009 to compare opinions between GHDs and Cloud Nines, when asked which irons they preferred 68% said they preferred Cloud Nines.
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| The security chip sticker |
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| Amazing plates |
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| Swivel cord |
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| Heat settings |
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| on off switch |
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| sleek styler with heatproof sleeve |
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Packaging
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So as you can probably tell I would easily ditch my straighteners for these, no problem.
Amanda xoxo
