I have no doubt that some customers have great success with the Tyme Iron, and I can see why it could be useful for a frequent traveler who likes to pack light, someone with limited bathroom storage, or someone who is looking for one tool to get them through work days, nights out, or special occasions. If you ask me, it’s better to either use two tools or learn how to curl your hair with your straightener-which probably has about the same learning curve as the Tyme Iron. The Tyme Iron Pro won't replace my regular curling iron and straightener. The style held up as well as my straightened hair typically does, lasting a few days with a normal amount of kinks from sleeping. It puffed out a little at the ends and felt denser in my hand. This process took just about as long as it would to use a normal straightener, but my hair didn’t end up as sleek as I’d like. I also got an occasional crimp at the top of my head from taking too long to position the iron flush with my scalp before swiping it down my locks. I tried using the iron the correct way, with the gold plates facing toward my head, and the opposite way, just to see-neither was any better at correcting this. I didn’t like the sensation of pulling my hair through the iron-it felt like my strands were pinched by the plastic of the iron instead of gliding between the metal plates, and that created a gritty feeling of resistance. ![]() Straightening my hair with the iron was also frustrating, but much easier than curling because the only goal here was to get my hair flat and smooth. Straightening my hair with the Tyme Iron was easier than curling it. (Don’t worry: I’ll wait for you to watch the video below.) When you want to curl, you put the opposite side facing your head, guide your hair into the clamp, flick your wrist so the curl is wrapping around the rounded edge, then glide down and out away from the head. Straightening is simple: choose which of the heat settings is right for your hair, clamp a section of hair with the device oriented the right direction, and glide the iron down. ![]() The idea is that you approach your hair from the lipped side when you want to curl it, or from the flush side when you want to straighten it. The other major design difference is that there’s a rounded lip that juts up on one of the plates, so when you close the Tyme Iron, it extends past the other plate on one side, rather than clamping completely flush like a typical flat iron. The tool looks something like a hair straightener with its silver plates that clamp together, but when closed, the exterior is rounded, rather than flat. The Tyme Iron Pro looks almost like a flat iron, but uses rounded edges to help curl the hair. The Tyme Iron comes with a heat-resistant sleeve so you can store it before it’s cooled down (more minutes saved!), and in case you forget to turn it off, it shuts off automatically after 30 minutes of non-use. ![]() The iron has a single button for powering it on and off and for cycling through its five temperature settings, which range from 300☏ to 400☏. The Tyme Iron Pro is pricey, nearing $200, but could be a good value if it takes the place of two tools (or more if you have curling irons with varying barrel sizes). Smith thought up the Tyme Iron Pro as a remedy, which is designed “to make travel and everyday styling easier and faster, by combining many different size curling irons with a straightener.” The iron doesn’t actually have different barrel sizes instead, depending on how long you hold the hair in the iron and how you twist the curl around the tool, you can get tighter ringlets or looser waves. Oh, and not burn your fingers in the process.īut Jacynda Smith, a hair stylist and the CEO of Tyme, says her clients struggled to create curls using this method. It can replace the hair curler if you’ve mastered the learning curve of using that tool to achieve soft waves, but that’s not easy: You have to twist the iron just right, take care to hold your hair tightly between the two scorching plates but avoid imparting unwanted crimps, and slowly move the iron down your tresses in a curving motion. If smoothing frizzy hair is part of that process, a flat iron becomes an in-between step. Usually, you break out a traditional curling iron or wand after finishing your blowout. There are a number of ways to achieve volume or soft curls using hot tools.
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