Top 12 Flat Irons

I heard a salon in Seattle is doing chemical straightening on 8-year-olds! Dicey and kinda sad, I think. My messy pony and poufy bangs rocked when I was 8 (nowhere near as cute as these huggable styles, but kind of adorable ... according to my mom). Dude, let kids be kids.

Now us grown-ups on the other hand, have fun stuff like these amazing frizz fighters and the world's most life-changing hair straighteners, and that's a good thing. Any of them would rival a salon treatment, saving you lots of money.

P.S. Make sure you don't buy this hellish flat iron -- over 50 readers said they threw it in the trash after trying it. Yikes!

No. 12: Revlon Tourmaline Heat Ionic Ceramic Straightener, $32.99 

No. 11: Vidal Sassoon VS175 Studio Tools 1-1/2" Tourmaline/Solid Ceramic Professional Ceramic Straightener, $35.99

No. 10: TIGI Hardcore Straightening Irons, $79.99

No. 9: CHI Turbo Ceramic Flat Iron, 1 Inch, $97.50

No. 8: Rusk Professional STR8 Iron Infused with CTC Technology, $215.99

No. 7: Vidal Sassoon VS182 Gold Series Professional 2-1/4" High Heat Straightener, $25.49

No. 6: CHI Wet to Dry Flat Iron, $148.95

No. 5: ghd Original Ceramic Styling Iron 1 inch, $230

No. 4: Revlon Amber Waves Dual-Edge Straightener, $25.77

No. 3: Conair Infiniti 1" Straightener, $44.99

No. 2: Sedu Ionic Ceramic Tourmaline Flat Iron (1 1/2"), $115.95

No. 1: CHI Wee Chi Farouk Hair Straightener, .5 Inch, $101.95

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