Customer Reviews

Conair SS6NCS Straight Styles Steam Straightener

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(16)

 

 

when i bought this thing, i didnt know this, but my hairdresser told me to stop using it because if you use a hot flat iron like this one when your hair has moisture in it it fries your hair. it didnt even work that well for me. my hair is pretty straight but the front goes wavy and frizzy. i would use it, then 10 minutes later its wavy and frizzy again. also it has no automatic off so i've left if on all day a couple times. the little canister that you put the water in on the end has a felt tipped wick and that part got burnt to the heating element. didnt smell good and its not very safe. i've tried using it without the water canister attached and it doesnt work well because the heated surface is too small in width. i liked the comb part though, i pulls your hair taught so it doent slip through the flat parts.

I don't always straighten my hair, but when I do I have always found this a rather easy way to do it. It heats up rather quickly so you can prep your hair rather easily while waiting for it to warm up. True, it doesn't open very wide and you can't get huge strips of hair in there at a time, but that is the point. If you've ever had your hair straightened with an iron at a salon, you'll notice that they always use smaller sections of hair at a time. It works the best that way heating and straightening the entire section, instead of putting too much hair in and only straightening the outer parts of the big mass of hair.

The added steam feature is definitly a plus. It gives your hair an added bit of shine, and at the same time prevents you from totally toasting your hair. Though of course you should not take this to mean that straightening your hair should be product free. Frizz ease and clones similiar to it work pretty well in moderate amounts on dry hair. Just get it coated lightly on the section before you start straightening it and not only will it help to protect that hair but it will also help it stay straighter once done. Afterwords a light mist of some hair spray might be adviseable if you have hair that tends to have a mind of its own, like mine. I usually don't use hair spray for distaste to the way it feels in my hair, and that is not a big problem though as at most I jsut get a slight wave in a few spots and it's barely an issue in comparison to it going all the way back to curly.

If you tend to have the time on your hair to straighten it, this is definitly the product for you. If not, and you're looking for some quick fix, I wouldn't reccomend it, but then again straightening hair has never been something quick to be accopmlished, so I doubt you'll find anything that will get it done faster.

I wish I could give this zero stars. It is the least effective straightener I have ever used. I was intrigued by the "steam" functions, but I don't really think they do anything. Plus, it is impossible to get your hair in between the darn plates. I have fine and kind of thing hair, and even I found it frustrating to use. They do not open wide enough. It's not, as one 5 star (!!!???) reviewer claims, that the point is not to put a lot of hair into the straightener. The problem is that since the plates open parallel to each other (instead of in a hinge-like manner) and not very wide, it is hard to slip the actual hair into the space. Do NOT buy this product.
Another conair straightener is very good: Conair Straight Styles, Professional Straightening Iron CS15RCS. My roomate had one, and I liked it so much I bought one, too.

Hey guys. I have very curly/frizzy hair. I bought this hair straigtener and it would take me about 30 minutes to get my hair ok looking when the hot tools straightener takes me about 5-7 minutes to make my hair look great. The water canister doesnt hold much water so you have to refill it all the time. Sometimes it leaks and hot water will burn me. I takes about 10 minutes to heat up and doesnt have a switch to turn it off without unplugging it. There is only one heat option. I would not recommend this straighter to anyone.

I have long thick wavy hair and this just makes it worse! No matter if it rainy out or not your hair is going to be fizzy. It took forever to heat up and you had to replace the water seemed like every 10 mins. Go for something more money and not a steam straightener!!

I tried this straightener because I thought the steam would reduce the amount of damage I was doing to my hair. Wrong. Because I had to go over the same spot so many times, I probably inflicted more damage to my tresses than if I had gotten a real straightener.

The straigtener did not seem to get very hot and was difficult to use because the jaws did not open that wide.

I suggest spending a little more to get a ceramic iron. Much better.

I bought this product to straighten my very curly/thick hair. It did not work at all! It just made my hair frizzy, even with the use of products. If you have curly/thick hair I would recommend buying a flat iron instead, they are more expensive (the one I bought was $...)but it actually straightened my hair.

if i could give it no stars i would, but that wasnt an option. this was obviously meant for people with curly hair that is not textured. it doesnt do the job for people who have a certain kinkiness to their hair. All it will do it heat it up enough to ruin your hair. DO NOT BUY IT!!!!!

I purchased this product recently. I use it daily and I really enjoy it, however there is one down side. My hair is very wavy and frizzy so it takes forever. Its a very lengthy process, and it dries out my hair. But otherwise I strongly support your purchasing this product.

i have thick wavy poofy hair, this product did not work at all at straightening but it made it sleeker but would not get it straight unless i spent over an hour on my hair, after i blow dry it. i would go over the same piece of hair again and again and it still wasnt straight. also the water chamber leaked on my once and burnt me so i stopped filling it up. im still looking for a better straightener...