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Best curling wands and hair curlers to buy right now
Barrel size decides the curl: 25mm for defined curls, 32mm and up for loose waves. An automatic curler or a clamped tong is easier for beginners, while a clipless wand gives more control once you have the knack.
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Best overall
1. BaByliss Rose-Quartz 25mm Tong C451U
160-210C · 25mm quartz-ceramic · Auto shut-off, heat mat · 6 digital
The curler most people should start with: a 25mm barrel for defined curls and six digital heat settings from 160C. The clamp holds the hair for you, which is easier than a clipless wand on a first curler, and it has an auto shut-off and a heat mat. The title calls the barrel extra long but gives no length, and no cool tip is listed.
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Best premium
2. ghd Chronos Curve Grand Tong
32mm · Curl-Responsive · 185C
The premium pick for big, voluminous curls that last, with a 32mm barrel held at 185C. ghd's Curl-Responsive technology is built to give frizz-free curls with no extreme heat. The heat is fixed, and 32mm gives loose curls; ghd makes a 26mm Classic Tong for tighter waves.
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Best automatic curler
3. TYMO CurlPro
1 inch · Anti-tangle reverse · Tourmaline ceramic · One-click auto-rotate
The easiest curler for beginners and the best seller of the curlers here. One button rotates the barrel, it reverses if the hair tangles, and the outside stays cool to the touch. The listing gives no temperature range, so you cannot match the heat to your hair type from what is published.
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Best conical wand
4. BaByliss Rose Quartz Conical Wand
160-210C · 13-25mm tapered · 6
For natural, tousled curls and beach waves once you have the knack of a wand. The barrel tapers from 13mm to 25mm, so one tool gives tighter curls near the tip and looser ones near the base, with six heat settings from 160C. There is no clamp, so you wrap hair by hand, which takes practice.
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Best low-heat wand
5. Remington Shine Therapy Conical Wand CI53W
150-210C · 13-25mm conical · 30 sec · 8
A conical wand for fine hair, starting at 150C, 10C below the BaByliss wands. It has eight heat settings, a 30-second heat-up, a ready light and a 60-minute auto shut-off. It covers the same barrel range as the BaByliss conical, so pick it for the lower starting heat rather than different curls.
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Best budget
6. Remington Curl Create Ci52W0
Yes · Ceramic, tourmaline, anti-static · 35 temperatures
The cheap way to try a curling wand. It has 35 temperature settings, a ceramic and tourmaline coating and ionic conditioning. The listing gives neither the barrel size nor the temperature range, so you cannot tell from it what size of curl to expect.
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Best for beach waves
7. Revlon Wave Master Jumbo Waver
Up to 190C · Three jumbo · Tourmaline ceramic · 30
For soft mermaid waves rather than curls. Three jumbo barrels press waves into long sections at once, with 30 heat settings that top out at 190C. It makes waves only, so anyone who also wants ringlets needs a tong or wand as well.
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