Conair Journey Curling Iron, Mini 1- Inch Ceramic Curling Iron in White by Journey Good

It gets the job done
This iron was just as described. It’s about the size of my palm. It didn’t take much room in my luggage, and most importantly, it curled my mid-length, frizzy hair and kept it curled all day. With patience and a little time, it does the job nicely. I’m thrilled I found this.

Close, but not quite
I’ve always liked Conair curling irons so I wanted to try the travel iron. It’s nice and small, for sure, but it needs to be one inch longer or it will take twice as long to capture strands of hair and get them curled! I have medium thick, straight hair. Temp control is simple on/off. It heats up high enough to provide a good curl. It weighs about 5.7 ounces, compared to my straight iron at 8.4 ounces -with another 2.7 ounces and 1.25″ of curling surface- I’d rather have the length to curl my hair faster. If it were one inch longer I would give this travel iron a 5 star rating.

Terrible design
I’m glad I tried to use this curling iron at home before I took it on a trip. The spring in the clip is not strong enough to hold my hair to curl it. Even worse, there is a tiny space between handle and barrel where several of my hairs got stuck and pulled them out! It has one temperature, of which I was aware, but it is very hot. In my attempt to get my hair unstuck I badly burned 2 fingers. I am returning it and looking for something else lightweight with a better design.

Small travel size
This curling iron is very short which makes it great for travel. Smaller size makes it difficult to use. Would be good to do touch ups. My hair is shoulder length and it didn’t do well for a full styling.

Ótimo

This great product from Conair heated well and curled well. On the left was the amount of product I would have to pack to equal the Conair product on the right (with a few “nested” Velcro rollers around it). Basically, I have read reviews that said the product was not good because the barrel was too small. Any stylist will tell you that it is NOT the size of the barrel heating the hair that matters, rather the size of the barrel around the hair shafts WHILE THEY COOL that sets the size of the curl. So I set the curls with this dryer, then wrap the curls to cool in Velcro rollers.So when I travel, I shove 3 Velcro rollers (green, nested inside orange, nested inside then pink) around the curling barrel, and 2 Velcro rollers (orange, nested inside pink) around the curling base, as its too wide to acccomodate the green size. I curl my hair with the mini Conair, then roll the hot hair in the Velcro roller of the size I need (I wear a graduated bob, that is very long in front so I need the velcros just for the front and sides – the barrel is fine for curling the back).It’s a HUGE advantage in the small, carry-on suitcase (I dont EVER check luggage, even for 4 weeks in Italy or 3 weeks in Ireland, so every inch of square space matters in my suitcase).This hack should work for most styles needing a larger, softer curl.

Me encanto sirve bien y es chica cabe perfecto en la bolsa de viaje