• Albbi@piefed.caEnglish
    101·
    3 days ago

    Curling iron or hair straightener are the two terms I know for those things.

    • marcos@lemmy.world
      8·
      3 days ago

      Aren’t those two different pieces of equipment? (Or at least two different parts you swap in a very basic piece of equipment?)

      Those are two completely opposite changes, and the format the iron would have to have for each seems completely incompatible.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        3 days ago

        Boys…

        Nowadays, almost every hair iron has attachments for both straightening (with it a big clamp with two flat plates) and curling (various diameters of metal rod).

        • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          What about the wavy ones, not as tight as a crisper but similar.

          My wife has separate ones for each because the one she tried where you can change out were mediocre at everything.

      • noseatbelt@piefed.caEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        They are different tools, but fun fact, you can make curls or waves with a straightener depending on technique. A curling iron will only do curls.

      • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, curling iron is a tube with a curved plate that wraps part way around it.

        Straightener is two flat plates.

        … Or maybe you just use it backwards and it does the opposite‽