POTW #28 : Remington Silk Waving Wand

A few months ago now I was lucky enough to win a fabulous Blog competition that the lovely Ellie was running over on her blog Ellie's Ramblings! (I love this girl!)

What I won was a Remington Silk Waving Wand and finally after weeks and weeks of it sitting in it's pretty box I have got the play with it!

As I've been trying to grow my hair for the past couple of years I'm not one to use heat on it regularly and things like curling and styling my hair I only do when I'm going out somewhere and occasionally on my days off! 

Last week I went to a wedding reception so I thought it was the perfect time to get my extensions in and try it out!

I love waving wands, I own the babyliss one aswell and love the results they give! This red little beauty comes with a heat reisitant glove and a heat resisitant storage pouch too! (although I'm normally too lazy to use gloves, I just risk it.... I know - I'm a total adrenaline junkie aren't I!)

I love the digital display and the fact you can change the temperature settings for it- I never like to have it on the highest heat (which on here is 220c), it's pointless or me, my hair will stay put even at a lower setting, plus it's less damaging.

To do my whole head (with my extensions in... which is alot of hair) it probably only took me around 20 minutes or so and that was with alot of sections! The barrell itself feels smooth, alot smoother on my hair than my babyliss one. It's easy to use, I just grab a section of hair about 2/3inches wide , hold the wand upsidedown and wrap the hair around it away from my face! Easy peasy lemon squeazy!

Here's a picture of the results! 

I'm looking forward to using this with just my natural hair too, I sometimes get bored of wearing extensions everytime I go out!

Have any of you tried out a waving wand?
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Remington Big Style Air Rollers Review

It was probably around a month ago that I spotted this new styling tool whilst browsing through Boots' website! I'm all for big, glam hair and I always do as much as I can to try and create it!

This is something that immediately stood out to me as I haven't seen anything like it before so of course I tweeted about it!
So a week or so later when Remington e-mailed me and asked if I would like to try out a Big Style for myself of course I was ecstatic! 

Now I've tried heated rollers before and I've also tried to give myself a nice salon style blow-dry with a big brush, but 9 times out of 10 I either rock a poodle look or have flat pancake barnet!
The only things that have ever really worked for me are velcro type rollers like Lauren's Way - but most of the time I don't have enough time to faff around with those, especially after work before a big night out - So this new tool seems like the perfect alternative!

(I love that is comes in it's own handy carry case!)

The Big Style is first and foremost to use with the 15 self-grip rollers it comes with a couple of other attachments.
A handy Concentrator attachment , for you girls, like me, who are starting out with clean, wet hair(works like a hairdryer).
Aswell as this it also includes a Thermal Bristle Brush attachment which can help you finish your look by helping shape the ends and gives you an easy way to gain extra height at your roots. The bristle brush is also great for using on it's own - an easier blow-dry than a hairdryer and a big brush!

So now lets talk about how this works!
 If you are starting with wet hair like me then you start with the concentrator attachment and dry your locks until it is about 90/95% dry! 
Don't forget to have your heat protectant spray handy throughout this process!
I found this didn't dry my hair as quick as my ghd hair dryer but I suppose it's not a hair dryer and not what it specializes in - if I am in a rush next time I will just use my usual hair dryer as I don't think it will make a difference.
Then it's time to get rolling!

The idea is to create gorgeous, soft flowing curls - my fav! 
I always find this so difficult to create and this just makes it so easy!

Just attach your chosen size of roller (there a 3 to choose from) to the attachment - they clip in super easy and then you just press down on lever to release then when you are done!

Choose a section of hair about 2 inches wide roll the roller half way up then stop at switch on the air for 10 seconds. (try not to add too much hair to each section as I find the rollers stay in place better with less hair, as you can see in my photos I have a droopy roller!) 
Once this is done, carry on rolling the hair up to the roots and once there switch on the air again for a further 8 seconds.
I will be honest I didn't really pay alot of attention to how long I was leaving this air on - but it was more or less the same as the guideline times.

At first it felt a little awkward but once I had done a couple it was easy peasy and it was a lot quicker than I thought it was going to be!
Next time I'll make sure to take my time and section my hair properly though and not the grab bits here and there in a rush! As you can see by the photos it isn't the neatest demonstration!
The only one thing I didn't like was doing the rollers near my ears as it got quite hot!

I've included a video below to help show you this process in action!

After I had fixed all the rollers in I gave it a quick spray of my Lee Stafford argan oil hair spray and left them alone for about 40 minutes.
I did take one out not long after they had been in to see if it had had an effect instantly and it was great!
After 40minutes or so had past I sat down and slowly took out all the rollers and then quickly gave the ends a quick once over with the bristle brush attachment (which is fab!).

I am SO happy with the results of the Big Style! 
My hair was given soft, natural, glamours looking curls and volume with basically no hard work at all!

So far I have only tried the Big Style out on my natural hair but I can't wait to try it out when I have my extensions in aswell - I think the results on longer hair will be great!
The Big Style is £44.99 and I give Remington a big high five for this creation!

What do you think girls? Any of you tried this out yet? Are you a fan of rollers?

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(***Disclaimer : This product was kindly sent to me by the lovely people at Remington. All thoughts, opinions and ideas are always my own and I would never include an item or product on A Yellow Brick Blog that I didn't truly believe in.)