Listen up! We have a new giveaway to share.  Here is your chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates to use at the online store My Salon Tools!  Leslie Loves Veggies has partnered up with My Salon Tools to offer this great giveaway opportunity for all of her readers.

Is there a flat iron or hair straightener that you have had your eyes set on but keep putting off buying it?  Maybe you need a new blow dryer to go with your hair straightener? Then this is a giveaway you will not want to miss out on!  First, check out Leslie’s review of the Solano Ultralite Tourmaline Ceramic 1700 Watt Dryer on her blog! Not the right blow dryer for you? There are more to choose from on My Salon Tools which offers a wide range of blow dryer brands like Babyliss, Hot Tools, Solano, Hai, Twin Turbo, and of course Karmin.  If you’re in the market for a new hair straightener, then My Salon Tools offers you a selection of popular flat iron brands such as Karmin, Babyliss, Turbo Power, and Hai.  Prices for flat irons range from $30 on the lower end for mini flat irons such as the Babyliss Mini “Nano-Nano” Flat Iron all the way up to $159 if you’re looking for a more high end professional flat iron similar to the 1″ Solano SleekHeat 450 Tourmaline Ceramic Ionic Flat Iron.  You can choose from range of plates types (tourmaline or ceramic), plate sizes, heat settings, and even fun colors like hot pink, zebra or leopard print.

How do you enter for this fabulous giveaway? Go over to Leslie Loves Veggies  and find out! My Salon Tools has given Leslie not one but two $50 gift certificates to give away to two of her lucky readers! Leslie is also giving you all very simple and several ways to enter.  You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and of course subscribe to and comment on her blog (a MUST in order for your other entries to count!). She’s also offering additional entry opportunities if you follow My Salon Tools through our own Facebook or Twitter pages! I highly recommend you subscribe permanently to Leslie’s blog since she’s always offering up a ton of awesome giveaways.  My Salon Tools was super lucky to partner up with a great giveaway gal like Leslie!

Remember this giveaway ends on March 20th so don’t miss out!

Yet a good rule of thumb is to look at a few key aspects, namely branding, safety, settings, versatility and sizes.

When it comes to the branding of a hair straightener there are some major labels that have built up a quality reputation over recent years with some notable mentions for Babyliss, Morphy and Remington along with the ever-popular GHD hair straighteners.

Yet what makes a hair straightener a good choice for you is more in the size and model of the hair tool and the type of hair that you have. This is especially true of GHD stylers as they have clear models designed for different types of hair, from very thick hair (GHD IV Salon Styler) to short hair (GHD IV Mini Styler) to medium length hair of average thickness (mark IV Hair Styler).

Overall it is important to look into your hair length and the thickness of your hair, as this will help you to determine which type of hair straightener will suit you best, whether you have thick, curly hair or short thin hair which would each require different heat settings for perfect hair salon results.

Ever wonder the difference between the tourmaline and ceramic flat irons? Simple breakdown:

Both have plates with a coating material and once heated, produce negative ions. These help keep the shine in your hair and prevent your cuticles from opening which is an effect of your natural hair which sends out positive electrical charges caused by natural flow and friction of dry hair.  Negative ions cancel out the positives which allow your hair to flow, relax and smooth out during the straightening process.

Both flat irons with either tourmaline or ceramic plates will typically give you the same results.  Tourmaline plates send out more negative ions than ceramic which result in sleeker and shinier hair.  Since the ceramic plates don’t give out as many negative ions, it simply results in a little less damage. Using a protectant product on your hair prior to straightening helps prevent damage.

Try a Babyliss flat iron or Karmin flat iron in your favorite color in stores or online such as MySalonTools.com and you’ll have plenty to choose from.  Be prepared to spend a little more money than the basic hair straightener from the typical retail stores, but the investment is well worth the price!

The BabylissPro “Nano Nano” Mini Flat Iron is a great flat iron and just the perfect size for everyone. This hairstyling tool can be toted along on a quick weekend getaway or other travels where you’re limited on luggage space or maybe when when you just don’t feel like carrying around your larger hair straightener.  It is also perfect for shorter hairstyles that don’t really work so well with standard 1″ or 2″ hair straightener.  It still offers great professional quality allowing you to achieve the ultimate straight styles.  This flat iron helps keep your hair away from those fly-aways allowing you to get closer to your scalp than others and evening your hair throughout with ease. The titanium-ceramic plates heat up to 430 degrees and heat up fairly quickly. Only 6″ long and 1/2″ wide, this mini nano can slipped into a purse, makeup case or tote bag for easy traveling! MySalonTools.com sells the BABNT3050 version for only $29.99 and is not to be confused with the BabylissPro CT3050 model which is the cheaper version.  Can’t beat a solid performing travel size flat iron for $30.00! Definitely worth the price and works on all hair types so do not mistaken it’s ability to do the job!

The Karmin Titanium Flat Iron – Pink  is a wonderful tool to work with. The styling professionals could add body to the hair or even add curls to any type of hair with the quick heat setting. You could also use it at home for creating great looking hair styles. This styling iron is available for $140 from My Salon Tools. This iron with ceramic plate comes with a tangle free electric cord and so you would feel very comfortable when you are into tough maneuvers. The hair would remain soft and silky as a perfect moisture level would be maintained during the styling process by the emission of negative ions.

The black beauty Karmin Titanium Flat Iron – Black uses pulse flow of infrared heat that would heat up the ceramic plate that comes into contact with the hair. The heat delivered would be in the range of four hundred degrees and so the professional could complete his job pretty quickly. The moisture level would be maintained by tourmaline with its flow of negative ions. The result would be that the hair would be with a brilliant shine and luster even after passing through the hot plate. The professional would find this iron very easy to handle as it comes with a tangle free electric chord.

$40000 was donated by babyliss to the breast cancer research foundation and to commemorate the association with this institute a BaByliss Diamond Titanium Limited Edition Breast Cancer Awareness Iron has been introduced for $ 230.  This is a one inch plate iron that comes with a free styling case as well. The ceramic plate on this iron is coated with titanium and would not cause any frizz when heat is applied on the curls that pass through the plate. The perfect balance of moisture would be maintained in the hair by the action of the negative ions and the hair would be kept soft and silky.

Digital technology is now brought into hair straightening irons by My Salon Tools in the ceramic digital one inch plate flat iron. This Hot Tools Ceramic Digital 1″ Flat Iron is available at $100 and would produce infrared heat on the plate. The pulse heat technique would not allow the plate to get overheated and the tourmaline would produce more negative ions than any other models. The moisture in the hair would be maintained at all times and so the hair remains shiny and bouncy.  This is much better than the ordinary thermal irons that produce too much heat and might damage the hair.

1″ Solano Sleek Heat 450 Tourmaline Ceramic Ionic Flat Iron is a very innovative product from My Salon Tools. The tourmaline in this iron would produce enough of negative ions to retain the moisture in the hair and so the hair would be astonishingly smooth and shiny. This balance is required to offset the 450 degrees of infrared heat that would be used on the ceramic plate to remove the curls. The infrared heat would be supplied in pulses and so the titanium coated ceramic plate would not cause any frizz when the hair passes through it. This wonderful iron can be bought for $160 now.

BaByliss PRO 1″ Tourmaline Titanium Straightening Iron is a marvelous styling iron with a convenient one inch heating plate.  It is yours for $100 as a special offer from My Salon Tools. It is a light weight tool and a styling professional would feel comfortable to work for long hours with this tool. This iron would deliver a maximum heat of 460 degrees on the ceramic plate and you can be sure that any type of hair can be easily styled in the fashion you like. The heat would be distributed evenly and the moisture level would also be maintained in the hair. This would ensure that the hair gets a glistening finish after the styling is done.