For many years I’ve lived life with ultra-long hair, typically hair that hits just past my waist and so during that period I had my hair care routine down pat! But all that changed when I decided to go for the chop and go for substantially shorter hair. I was so used to using the L’Oreal Steam Pod (which I love!) to straighten my hair, but due to the size of the tongs, I had to switch to something much smaller. In came the ghd Professional Styler Mini ($269AUD)
The tongs are far thinner (around 2cm thick) and perfect for straightening and styling much shorter hair. I found that especially to be the case for the hair right above my neck which themselves are only about 5-6 cm long after a cut at most.
Now, small stylers are not unique to ghd, in fact many companies now release mini stylers that are even smaller and travel friendly, and I know because I’ve tried a lot of them! In fact I purchased one on a recent work trip because I had forgotten to bring my ghd with me and after one use I left it in the hotel room upon checking out because I knew I wouldn’t be using it again.
For the last 10 years or so of my life I’ve almost exclusively (L’Oreal Steam Pod is the exception) use ghd straighteners because of how efficient they are at straightening my hair and how healthy my hair looks right after. With most straighteners I find at Priceline, my hair always feels stiff and frizzle afterwards, and that is after having used a lot of great hair care products to help. Every time someone asks me about a hair straightener my answer is always get a ghd! It’s expensive but worth it!
Which leads me into an interesting story I have for you! ghd originally had contacted me regarding the GHD Opal ($269AUD), but I mentioned that because of my recent hair cut the Mini would be better suited. So they agreed to send me the Mini, but by mistake I received the Opal instead! They were so lovely, told me to keep it and they’d send me the Mini too.
Well I already have three standard sized ghds (crazy right!) so I certainly don’t need a fourth and we came to the agreement that offering it up for one of you lovely readers was the best thing to do! And hence the birth of this giveaway 🙂
Giveaway Rules:
- Must be located in Australia (sorry but I have to ship this personally and don’t want to worry about high shipping costs)
- Must be over the age of 18 or have parental permission if you are under 18
- Leave me a comment on this blog post sharing with me your favourite hair styling tool / product (because I love to shop!)
- Please leave me some way to direct contact you (social media / email)
And that’s it! 🙂 I’ll end this competition on the 20th of July midnight and draw a winner at random 🙂 Good luck and I can’t wait for you to receive this amazing straightener and love it just as much as I do 😀
Amy Yip says
My all time favourite hair styling product is the John Frieda Frizz-Ease Perfect Finish Polishing Serum! It’s pretty affordable (higher end drugstore) and it really does make my hair amazingly silky and shiny after using it. One of my favourite tricks is to apply it on damp hair which I then twist into two small buns at the nape of my neck. I can just sleep in that and wake up with the most gorgeous shiny heat-free curls! They’re great for normal days when I go to uni or work as it looks effortlessly styled! The smell is also amazing! Highly recommend! 🙂
Jewel says
I adore Virgin coconut hair oil ☺️. It is affordable and gives me moisture and shine! I love to eat anything coconut and when my hair smells of it too, I’m
not complaining :).
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Hannah says
I have never ever actually owned a GHD before, I have used them but never been able to afford one so have always just had a cheap Remington hair straightener so this post really excited me! As for my favourite hair products, recently I used Garnier Fructis Volumising Hairspray which I found really good, it was light and didn’t look like my hair was being held together by spray.
Also one of my all time favourite hair products would have to be the Fudge Dynamite for Tortured Hair. I have really thin hair naturally and for about 5 years I went through this phase where I coloured my hair pretty much every colour possible until a year ago, I decided to go back to Blonde and black. Problem is because of all the colours and constant colour over the top of another colour and my hair being stripped twice during this time I now have extremely weak, damaged hair and split ends pretty much from my shoulders down (about 6 or 7 inches of hair). Then my hair dresser recommended I try the Fudge Dynamite for Tortured Hair. It makes my hair look and feel super soft and less noticeable split ends, I absolutely love this product and highly recommend trying.
Sefie says
I am dying to hear your review of the mini! I cannot find it in shops ANYWHERE.
Saumya says
My all time favorite hair tool is the GHD AIR hair dryer, its so powerful and fast, I love it ! If you compare it with other hair dryers, you will notice the difference.
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Natasha says
I’m a sucker for a good quality paddle brush! I’ve had my GHD one for a while now, and it really does make all the difference! I also have quite the collection of mini brushes in my desk drawers, handbags and gym bags – you can never have too many!
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