Making the most of your hair has never been easier and with the wide range of hair shaping tools available today, you can pretty much create any hairstyle you wish.
Description: a blow-dryer is one of the quickest and easiest ways to get your hair dry in a hurry and uses a motor to blow heated air into your hair.
Uses: blow-driers are mostly used to take the moisture out of wet hair but can also be used to make your hair straight, curly or add a wave by simply using different heat settings, attachments and your hair brush.
Great for: all hair types.
Description: a hair straightener is a tong-like device that has two heated plates which are run down the hair shaft to straighten hair strands temporarily.
Uses: hair straighteners will flatten hair like no other tool can and now even come in wet-to-dry versions which eliminate the need to blow-dry wet hair before styling. A straightener can also be used to add curl to hair (get a professional to show you how) and is the best way to add the flicks in flicked out hairstyles.
Description: a round shaped implement that uses heat and its shape to temporarily change the structure of hair.
Uses: curling irons are used to add curl to the hair and come in different sizes to create different kinds of curls.
Description: are usually round in shape and come in different sizes. Hot rollers heat up and are applied to the hair and then left to cool down - leaving a curl behind.
Uses: hot rollers are mainly used to add curl, but unlike a curling iron, are clipped into the hair while they work which leaves your hands free to do other things. Hot rollers are especially good for styling the entire head and adding body.
Description: rollers covered in Velcro to grip your hair strands without the use of pins or clips.
Great for: adding volume, body and soft curls to your hair.
Description: brushes are usually made of different kinds of bristles and come is all shapes, sizes and varieties.
Uses: a hair brush is used to detangle hair and is also a great styling aid.
Description: usually made from plastic, a comb has one row of narrow or wide teeth (depending on the type).
Uses: detangling your hair, removing knots, working shampoo and styling products through your hair and styling.
Description: attachment that can be applied to your blow-dryer.
Uses: a diffuser is mainly used to bring out texture and curl in wavy or curly hair . It works by changing the air flow of your blow-dryer.
Great for: naturally curly and wavy hair types.
Description: hair pins come in all types of shapes and colors.
Uses: keeping hair in place or dressing up a specific style (in the case of decorative pins).
Great for: buns, updos, half up styles and ponytails.
Description: headbands are accessories that sit around the head, but unlike scarves you don't wrap them around your head.
Uses: keeps the front sections of hair out of your face and helps to hold certain hairstyles in place.
Great for: adding an extra touch to updos.