ghd IV: Everything you need, except an adapter
February 4th, 2010
Yesterday I got a note in the mail telling me I had a mystery package that couldn’t fit in my mailbox and had to be picked up at the post office. My thoughts immediately went to the ghd IV straightener I ordered from Lookfantastic (on January the 22nd, if you’d like to know) – and I was right! I got home, opened the black, fancy box and touched what must be the Rolls-Royce of straighteners.
It looks expensive (and, well, it was). The outside is smooth without being slippery, and the golden plates seem glossy enough not to damage my hair at all. Now, I naturally wanted to try it straight away (pardon the pun), but then I looked at the plug. A British plug? But I believe the website said it had a universal plug, which would make travelling easier. This is definitely a UK plug, though. I enter Feelunique to see if I’d misunderstood something, or if they’d simply sent me the wrong item.
“Now with universal voltage for optimum performance wherever you travel.”
It takes a few seconds before my brain realizes that even though it says voltage, it doesn’t say anything about the actual plug.
Fortunately I’ve got an old adapter at Boyfriend’s from last time we went to London, and I don’t tend to drag my straighteners around with me anyway, but must confess I feel slightly hoodwinked still. The product description definitely gives the impression that the straightener will work in any country without the hassle of external adapters, when it actually won’t work anywhere but in the UK without one. I suppose if you buy it in Norway it will have an European plug, but then you’ll have to pay almost twice as much.
Because of all this I haven’t gotten to try it yet, but I intend to do so later after having fetched the adapter from Boyfriend’s. And ghd-people, I’m telling you:
this straightener better blow my socks off.
UPDATE: Click HERE to read how it all worked out in the end!
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