So I got a few gift certificates to beauty supply stores, and because I love heat styling my hair (I used to do it daily...I'm currently growing it out, so I limit myself now to blowdrying and straightening once a week), I'm looking to upgrade either my dryer or my straightener.
My current straightener was cutting edge at one point. I bought it before ceramic irons were really known; it's a Jilbere ceramic iron, with 3 inch plates, and 30 heat settings. I bought it about four years ago for $120, and it makes my hair really nice and straight and silky feeling, but even though I have cut down drastically how often I heat style, my hair still splits and breaks easily.
My blowdryer is nothing special...some forty dollar Conair dryer from Walmart; it has different heat and power settings.
Which would be the best tool to upgrade, in order to grow out my hair? I know I shouldn't heat style at all to get long hair, but which minimizes damage the most? Buy a top of the line straightener, and keep my dryer, or keep my Jilbere straightener and get a good dryer? Which is the most important to have high quality? I currently can't afford to buy both, just one.
If it matters, I no longer highlight or use permanent dyes; for the past 5 months, I have used only semi-perm dyes, and will continue to do so.



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