Vidal Sassoon VS880 > Reviews

Advantages: look quite stylish
Disadvantages: poor heat levels, vibrates, doesn't straighten hair

...I purchased a set of Vidal Sassoon VS880 hair straighteners from the salon for £24.99 to keep my hair looking like it had just been styled. I had no reservations making the purchase as my stylist had used the same make and model when it was originally styled and having heard bad things about the unreliability of GHD hair straighteners I happily left thinking I had a bargain. I have since found this make and model for as low as £12.99 online and ... Read review

Advantages: Leaves hair straight and smooth
Disadvantages: Takes ages, not suitable for all hair types

LOOKS: These straighters (known as Hair hydration), are quite compact so would fit in a suitcase/overnight bag. They are quite stylish looking silvery grey colour with purple ceramic plates. The plates themselves, however are quite small. They are supposed to have a current of positive ions running between the plates to prevent any static electricity building up in your hair, a green light indicates this is working and a red light indicates if ... Read review

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: Dont heat up well

I got these straighteners quite a while ago, thinking they might be quite good, as the product description said some great things. So after a huge struggle to get into the packaging, i plug them in to find an immense buzzing noise coming from them! Now at first i thought there might have been a problem with the product, as the leaflets hadn't mentioned anything about noise as they heat up (though the leaflet didn't say much else either) and so ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Takes o long time to get straight

...boots and bought me these. Vidal Sassoon ionising straightoners. Packaging It was the packaging that drew me in in the first place. Very sharp stylish and alluring. The promise of less frizz was certainly appealing. I have never used Vidal Sassoon products before but vie heard he has a good reputation. Price I then looked at the price. They were reduced to £15. Bargain I thought so I bought them. I only really needed them for a couple of ... Read review

Advantages: You can change the temperature to suit your hair type
Disadvantages: Not very good at straightening!!!

I had these straighteners as a christmas present and when i read the box saying that they were hydration straighteners i was happy because they wouldn't dry my hair out likeother straighteners. the plates were a nice purple colour and they were lightweight. They even had different temperatures to suit your hair type e.g dry hair, normal hair etc. i couldn't wait to use them so i plugged them in and they did take quite a while to heat up but as i ... Read review