My curling iron just gave out mid-client and I had to improvise

It was a regular Tuesday morning, about 10:30 AM, and I was halfway through a set of beach waves on a client. The iron just stopped heating, no warning. I had to finish the last three sections with a flat iron and my fingers, which honestly took twice as long. It was a cheap one I bought as a backup maybe two years ago, so I guess it was time. What do you guys keep on hand as a reliable backup for when your main tools fail?

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4 Comments

kelly.hannah2mo ago

Oh man, that's the worst. I read a stylist's blog once where she swore by having a second, identical curling iron to her main one, same brand and model. That way the heat settings and barrel size are exact if you have to switch mid-session. Makes total sense, but I've never been that organized. What brand was your backup that died?

luna_wright2mo ago

Wait, who has two of the same curling iron?

laura_schmidt822mo ago

Ugh, did you ever find that exact same model? My old Conair one finally gave out last year and they had changed the design. The new one gets WAY hotter on the same setting, so my curls come out totally different. I ended up just buying a whole new set from a different brand so both irons would match. Such a pain.

ninaowens1mo ago

Seriously? Keeping an identical backup iron sounds like a total waste of money and space. Tools die all the time, models get changed, it's just how it goes. Being able to improvise with a flat iron or even some pins is a basic skill. Relying on a perfect copy just sets you up for more stress when that one eventually breaks too.