This is a product review post. I was sent the item to try and then to share my honest opinions about the product. All opinions are my own, obviously.

I’ve been using Karmin hair tools for more than two years now and I have to admit that each time I get a new one I am equally impressed with the quality of the product. Now that my hair is long I usually tend to leave it curly, especially after all the work I have put into growing it out and getting the curls health and whole again. But there are a few instances when I like to straighten it out and add just a touch of curl to the tips of the layers so that it isn’t awkwardly pin-straight.

I’ll admit, when I make it straight, it is a long process. I need to blow dry it first. Then I straighten the top portions around my scalp, without dragging the straightener all the way through the hair. (Hair has a funny way of refusing to curl once it’s been straightened out.) Then I’ve been using this little clipless curling iron from Karmin to add a little sway to the ends.

I was hesitant about the clipless factor. I don’t use curling irons very often, in fact this is the first one I’ve ever owned, but when I’ve seen them being used before it was always with a clip to hold the ends in place. Instead this curling iron comes with a little glove. You can slip it over your free hand and use that to wind your hair around the iron and hold it in place without burning your fingers to a crisp. It takes some trial and error and a lot of practice to get the winding and holding right. I burnt my wrist the first time I tried to use it. Oops.

The Curling Iron retails for $129.99. You can read my other reviews of the Karmin G3 Hair Dryer as well as the Karmin Titanium Flat Iron.