HOW THE COMPETITORS STACK UP

Cloud 9 The Curling Wand, £109, cloudninehair.com

Temperatures of 125C, 150C and 175C, the length of time hair is on the barrel, and the angle that you wrap it at, gives different waves and curls. This is the method most hairstylists use as you can easily create the style that you want. But I still manage to burn a finger or an ear or my neck every time!

Babyliss Curl Secret, £120, babyliss.co.uk LAUNCHED in 2013, this has been my goto curler since then. It sucks up strands of hair into a chamber, and heats them at 180c, 200c or 230c. Higher temperatures and longer time settings make for tighter curls. I’ve never had tangles, or hair caught, but other people have.

Dyson Airwrap, from £399.99, dyson.co.uk HAIR is wrapped around a barrel and dried into a curl at 150c. Different barrels give different sizes of curl, or curls that go clockwise or anticlockwise. The lower temperature means hair doesn’t hold the curl for that long, and the air it blasts out can creates frizz and flyaway locks. A lot of money for gadget that doesn’t seem that effective.