curling iron
noun
: a rod-shaped usually metal instrument which is heated and around which a lock of hair to be curled or waved is wound
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Hold your curling iron in place for no more than one or two seconds.
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
Walmart This is the best curling iron for long hair.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The tools, wielded by hair stylist Alyx Liu, include a T3 curling iron, Shark Flexstyle hair dryer, and what looks to be a T3 Whirl Trio curling wand and T3 Lucea flat iron.
—Brittany Loggins, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Iron Plates The same treatment can be used for iron plates and hot styling tools (like curling irons or straighteners, which tend to get a little cruddy over years of use).
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
Walmart This is the best curling iron for long hair.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The tools, wielded by hair stylist Alyx Liu, include a T3 curling iron, Shark Flexstyle hair dryer, and what looks to be a T3 Whirl Trio curling wand and T3 Lucea flat iron.
—Brittany Loggins, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Iron Plates The same treatment can be used for iron plates and hot styling tools (like curling irons or straighteners, which tend to get a little cruddy over years of use).
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Curling iron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curling%20iron. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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