VS Sassoon Steam Straight Brilliance

First of all, I have long, thick and very frizzy hair. So I was excited to try this new straightener! Let’s not even talk about the fact that the straightener I had been using was about 13 years old at this point! Aside from the excitement of having a brand new straightener to try, I’ve got to admit that I was sceptical of adding steam to my frizzy and hard to control hair, as normally any moisture or humidity will just make my hair super frizzy! First up, I found the straightener easy to use and the water refill station easy to use and set up. Once I’d dried my hair and added some heat protection spray to my hair, I tried out the straightener with the steam function. But the first time I used it I didn’t quite get the result that I was hoping for. I tried again the next day after washing and drying my hair and this time, I used it on the highest temperature, as my hair is very thick. That made all the difference! This straightener is definitely easy to use on long, thick hair as the plates are nice and big. But it’s still easy to use and not too bulky! I found that it didn’t dry my hair out like my GHDs do. It does add moisture while straightening and taking away the frizz. It doesn’t have the super sleek and super straight end result as the GHD but my hair looked in better condition after using this straightener. It’s noticeable that my hair looked healthier and not dried out after using this straightener. It’s absolutely better for my hair health and made my hair feel so soft instead of just straight and dry! It doesn’t take all the volume out of my hair and does make it look more natural but not frizzy, so that’s a win. Will I sometimes want to use it without the steam function to get that super straight and thinned out look, yes. But most of the time I see the benefit of the steam function as it’s a bit gentler on the hair. Overall it’s a really good straightener. I may have gotten too used to the effect the drying and damaging old GHDs had on my hair, but in the long run this is much better. Once I put a bit of hair product in my hair, the style held for a few days and still looked great with no frizz!

I was very lucky to have been chosen for this trial and I was extremely excited to receive this.

The straightener is aesthetically pleasing with its sleek design and rose gold plates. The base station is also quite sleek looking.

So my hair is quite thick and wavy, and although it isn't super long I dread straightening it due to the time amount of time it takes. Fortunately for me, it took less than half the time with this straightener!

Filling up the base station and aligning the straightener correctly to fill it up can take some getting used to, however it gets easier once you get the hang of it.

The base station has four little suction cups at the bottom of it and it secures nicely to the top of my bathroom vanity, making it safe for me to fill up the straightener mid way through my hair straightening session. The straightener fills up within seconds. Once the water reservoir in the straightener is full, it will last about one or two sections of hair before needing to be refilled. Overall I only needed to refill about three times.

The brush on the straightener helps the with the straightening process as it brushes through the hair while straightening so there's no need for you to brush in between. Makes life just that much easier.

Without the steam functionality I don't find the straightener to be as effective, however it works a dream with the steam.

The straightener is a bigger than some others, making a bit clunky, however the larger plates do help cover a larger section of hair.

If you are wanting to travel with this, you don't need to take the base station with you, as the straightener comes with a dropper allowing you to fill up the water reservoir in the straightener directly.

Would I use this over my GHD? Yeah probably, since it took much less time to straighten my hair. The steam technology also helps keep the hair straighter for longer which is always great.

I was lucky enough to get this from the beauty vault. This has various temperatures though I wouldn't go higher than 180 degrees or you risk damaging your hair. It comes with a comb to help straighten your hair as you go but I found it just as easy without it.

This comes with a stand that holds water and you can fill the little reservoir attached to the iron. I did however find that this didn't always work so opted to use the pipette to fill it instead. For this reason I took off one kiss. The stands tank has to be emptied after each use to avoid scale buildup which I found to be a nuisance. The steam setting does really work at straightening your hair and does last longer than using it dry. The stand is good for resting the iron on without the worry of burning anything.

My hair is thick and shoulder length and the result was poker straight hair. This sits happily on my dresser :-)

Wow first off I’m really blessed to be able to be part of the trial so thank you!!

The packaging was really cool , sleek and easy to open , very easy to put together. Great colouring! Who doesn’t love black and copper?!

While you plug in your straightener , fill up your stand alone water reservoir either by the pipette or use the tap to fill it up , you just pop open the plastic bung fill and the steady the water reservoir on your vanity .

Make sure you pop in the mini water reservoir onto the steam straightener and then lock your steam straightener closed and it’s really easy , push down your steam straightener into the slot on the water reservoir. This fills up the water for the steam.

The very first time I used the steam straightener I put the temperature on the lowest setting which was 140. It was OK kinda straightened my hair. One pass definitely didn’t straighten but did smooth .

I have thick , frizzy, very unruly wavy and curly hair . It’s a nightmare!

Second time I tried 170 and on some sections it was definitely looking straighter . Still not poker straight like I was hoping to achieve.

Third time I tried 180 very thin and freshly brushed sections , half my head was looking a lot straighter however my most frizzy parts only looked smoothed over not straightened.

I highly recommend going very , very slow . I also tried rounding off the ends to see if that smoothed them down more but sadly no.

The steam straightener is very bulky , I did find it harder with carpal tunnel. The wife plates are awesome!! I do love the copper and black look. The buttons are easy to push , love that there is lots of temperatures to choose from and the steam straightener heats up super fast!

I found I had to top up my water reservoir twice on the steam straightener while straightening so be mindful of the steam running out .

I really think this would be perfect for someone with thin but frizzy hair .