The 1-1/2-inch thermal brush is suitable for curling and tousling hair.The 2-inch thermal brush is ideal for straighten hair for silky-straight results and creating a little curl at the ends.

The clear favorite among the hairstylists we polled for this story was a one-inch curling iron from GHD. Most mentioned how intuitive this iron is at minimizing hair damage — it heats up to ...

and a 1.49-inch curling brush that you can interchange depending on what kind of hairstyle you wanna give yourself. Use the thicker barrel for big curls, the smaller barrels for tight curls ...