Titanium Hair Straighteners Vs Ceramic Hair Straighteners

There is a long ongoing debate that has been occurring online about which is better between titanium hair straighteners and ceramic hair straighteners. The short answer to this question would be – it depends. While both of these are excellent at what they do, there are a few but important differences between them that the winner can only be given based on personal hair type and experience.

Do you find that you’re just not getting the results that you want from your hair straightener? Do you need way too many passes to get your hair smooth? Are you finding that your hair is feeling really dry or crispy or both, and it’s just not growing and no matter what products you use no matter what you do, you can’t seem to get your hair in a healthy state. All of these issues may be coming up because you are actually using the wrong hair straightener plate for your individual hair.

In this post, we are going to be talking about the different popular hair straightener plates on the market, what type of hair benefits from the plate and what differences these plates actually have in the end result. We are going to go through each individual type of iron plate and we’re going to talk about it in terms of a few features. Those features are smoothing, capability, durability, Heat and hair type, suitability.

Let’s go through ceramic plates first. There are three types of common ceramic plates. A full ceramic, a ceramic coated plate and a tourmaline plate.

Full ceramic hair straighteners

The full ceramic hair straightener plate was the first to enter the high-end straightener market when it comes to smoothing capability. It is fantastic because it has a really even heat distribution without hot spots so you get a nice hot iron smooths out the hair and the iron is consistent throughout the entire barrel which is always fantastic in terms of durability.

Ceramic is a porous material so although it can last you a long time it’s not really the most durable plate in terms of heat. Ceramic hair straighteners with their ceramic plates do hold heat well. They have an even heat distribution and they don’t get hot spots. They do heat up quickly but they don’t heat up as quickly as some of the other materials we are going to talk about.

Finally hair type suitability this is probably the most important thing you’re going to learn from this post. Ceramic hair straightener plates are great for fine thin and sensitive hair because there’s less potential for it to actually burn your hair. It definitely gets hot but it doesn’t seem to get as hot and heat up as quickly as some of the other materials.

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If you’re finding that your hair is really dry and brittle and you’re not able to get any length you might actually be burning your hair repeatedly with an iron that is just too strong for your hair type. If that is the case and you are not using a ceramic hair straightener then I recommend switching over to that.

Ceramic coated plates

How ceramic coated plates works is you have a metal and you have a ceramic coating. The plate gets hot quickly because of the metal that is underneath the ceramic coating but they don’t stay as hot and they don’t have even heat distribution. So ceramic coated basically means that it is a cheaper iron. They can be great for a short duration of time but they aren’t as high-quality and they don’t hold the heat that you might need as well for as long at the time.

So you may just find that you’re not just getting the results you want and that’s because it is a lower grade item. It is not necessarily to say that you can’t have a ceramic coated plate or that you might not love it.

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If you are comparing Hot Tools to cars, the full ceramic hair straightener would be like your BMW and a ceramic coated hair straightener would be like a Ford. The Ford will drive you around but they don’t work as well as the BMW. Even though the Ford is going to be okay, it might not last as long, it might not have the bells and whistles and all of those additional features that maybe the BMW car would have.

Tourmaline hair straighteners

Tourmaline is the newest heat styling technology. Tourmaline is a gemstone. It is a crystalline mineral that is crushed up and it’s used to coat the ceramic plate.

The straightener is said to create an even smoother and glassy result. That is because the crystalline mineral has a lot of negative ions. So when it works with your hair it creates a glassy or smoother result. It does have really consistent heat and even heat distribution but the only con about this is that it can be extremely expensive. It is an innovative new technology. It is the hot thing in the market right now. These plates can be a little bit more expensive than a traditional ceramic.

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Titanium hair straighteners

Titanium is considered a forefront in hair straightener technology in terms of smoothing capability. This has an incredible smoothing capability it really does leave hair looking very very straight, very glossy and very very smooth. In terms of durability, it is extremely durable. It is not a porous material like ceramic. So it does have a tendency to last much longer and to also be just much more durable in general in terms of heat.

Titanium heats up very fast, hold high heat very well and it also has really good heat distribution. It is actually better in those regards than an actual ceramic plate is.

Now hair type suitability. Again this is what is really important. This is a fantastic iron for someone with very thick, super curly, very resistant hair. Hair that just doesn’t straighten. Take for instance the babyliss Pro nano titanium Optima 3000 iron. That iron will smooth out anything. People with extremely extremely thick resistant puffy crazy curly hair will do one or two passes with that and it is bone straight. So it is an excellent iron.

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However you can’t just go running out and buying yourself a titanium hair straightener if you don’t have these issues. Titanium hair straighteners are not really the best option for people with really smooth, soft and very fine hair because they can scorch your hair. The nano titanium Optima 3000 should not be recommended to everyone because you can literally just melt your hair. You can scorch it so fast if you are using a titanium hair straightener and you don’t have extremely thick and very difficult hair to work with.

Finally let’s just mention the metal straighteners there are not many of these out in the market anymore but you could find them for cheap. I caution you to stay away from these irons completely. They have uneven heat distribution. They get hot spots. They can kind of spike up real quick and can break really easily but the worst thing about them is that they can cause a tremendous amount of damage and that’s damage that cannot be reversed once you scorch your hair.

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