o I few months ago, I figured out that I was washing my hair less and less. This had nothing to do with the No Poo movement and everything to do with the fact that my hair takes FOREVER to blow dry and I can’t do things like blog or read at the same time because I have to hold a thing. It’s annoying. So I went all bananas and ordered a soft cap dryer off the interwebs. Here by popular demand is my soft cap dryer review. Enjoy.
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Cons
* It does not work at all if my hair is wet. It only works if my hair is semi-dry which is entirely stupid.
* It melted the end of my hair dryer. Not happy. The hairdryer still works but my defuser attatchment is all wonky. Displeased Smaggle.
* It’s kind of difficult to keep the thing on my head, I had to bulldog clip the drawstring to stop it from flying off my head.
* It took forever to dry my hair, I used it for 35 minutes and it barely even warmed my hair so I just gave up.
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Pros
* I look awesome using it. Makes me want to sing a song about going steady with my boyfriend while wearing a poodle skirt and drinking soda through a straw.
* It cost less than a take away coffee.
* If I use it when my hair is just a bit damp like after a run or a shower, it kind of ‘steams’ my hair and leaves it very voluminous and curly but only for about 1o minutes.
So basically don’t buy one unless you want to ruin your hair dryer and waste a whole heap of time. But DO buy one if you want to spend an afternoon playing 1950s Teenaged Betty Goes To The Hair Salon.
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Have you ever bought a disappointing gadget? Like maybe something off the TV?
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Cue Frankie Avalon, Beauty School Dropout! Very fetching! I swear I will not buy any more crap off eBay that ships direct form China and costs $1.50. Always ends up in the bin after only 1 use, or less. Tea infuser spoon, bra saver wash thingamy, boot storage bag, etc. Hoping to thereby significantly cut down my landfill contribution. X
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Totally. I’m putting myself on a ‘cheap shit from China’ ban… right after I buy Mr Smaggle a beard comb.
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I totally fell for this “As seen on TV” product here that basically looked like a puffy pillowcase for “baking” potatoes in the microwave. I thought I was going to be in quickly “baked” sweet potato heaven ALL the time! I bought it from Target, but I should have checked the Amazon reviews because they always know what’s up. Basically they give you the vaguest of instructions ever written down in the history of written word, then you use it for 5 times the amount of time they suggest and the potato is still rock-hard raw. Super disappointed. But it was only out the cost of two coffees.
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That is SO disappointing! And now I really have a craving for baked potatoes and I even have a giant bunch of rosemary to go with them! Come on dinner time!
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aww I so wanted this to work! At least you look awesome wearing but such a bugger about your hairdryer melting. That is scary.
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I know! It was super annoying… I kind of want to get one of the hard hat ones now… might be worth it! I really, really hate drying my hair.
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Holy crap you do look amazing though.
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Yeah it was fun for about 30 seconds then it just got really hot and kind of slimy. 🙂
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I bought one of those hair drying brushes that was supposed to help straight or curl your hair depending on how you use it. I started with damp hair and it broke halfway through my head. My hair looked sleek where it was dry but apparently below shoulder length wasn’t practical. I ended up returning it and not getting another.
