Beauty Product Review: ProSilk Ceramic Digital Curling Iron

With an emotional attachment to my flat iron that is bordering on psychotic and a relationship with straight hair that dates back to the Stone Age, it took a lot of courage for me to test a new hairstyling tool. I am sorry for cheating on you Flattie, but there's a new iron in town -- ProSilk Cermaic Digital Curling Iron (on sale for $109).

At my last salon visit, I toted ProSilk Ceramic Digitial Curling Iron with me, in hopes that Kevin, my stylist extraordinaire from Illusions, would help me test and review the product. (btw, my beauty secret is Kevin.)



First, let's go over the mission behind ProSilk:

The philosophy of Texan entrepreneur, David Yoon’s hair care line is that it features innovative styling tools specially designed to keep hair healthy and silky manageable. The secret behind ProSilk products is their state-of-the-art technology for practical hair care solution.

The Pros of ProSilk Digital Tourmaline Ceramic Digital Curling Iron :

• Versatile "all in one" ergonomic design
  


• Digital LCD temperature control
  


• Creates silky shiny hair instantly
  


• Instantly heats up to 428 degrees farenheight
  


• Flash quick heating
  


• Swivel cord that is 9 feet long

The Cons:

• When Kevin was ready to use the curling iron, the digital readout said "error." He had to unplug the iron and plug it in again to get a heat reading.
  
  

According to ProSilk,

Heat from regular irons penetrates hair from the outside, thus exposing it to more heat and dryness, but Curlie's cermaic rapidly radiates far-infrared heat that penetrates the cortex of the hair shaft, exposing hair to minimum heat, preserving its natural moisture and luster.


(Kevin using the ProSilk Curling Iron on my hair.)

A few tips from Kevin, artiste extraordinaire, about using irons:

• To prevent heat damage, use a product like Aveda's Brilliant Damage Control ($14) as a pre-stying tool.


• Divide the hair into sections and work with manageable amounts of hair. Do not attempt to curl too much hair at a time.
  
  

I don't know about you girls, but my hair looks its best right after Kevin blows it dry, so I asked him, "What's the best way to achieve the look of a DIY salon blow-out?" He smirked and said, "Go to the salon." That's an artiste for you .

Can you achieve the salon look at home?