However common ceramic flat irons are made of aluminum or titanium plates coated with ceramic.
Titanium ceramic vs tourmaline ceramic.
When tourmaline is fused with titanium to make the flat iron s plates.
When pitted against each other which is the better choice.
These are widely used.
The two prominent types of flat irons are discussing here.
But it comes in second place for ionic sources after tourmaline.
An example of a titanium hair dryer is the babyliss pro nano titanium dryer.
By maggie mulhern may 29 2012 at a recent gathering of beauty school students i overheard one aspiring beauty professional say to another it s important that the blow dryer is ceramic ionic and tourmaline i went up to her and asked why or if she had more information.
Titanium may heat up too quickly for non professionals but tourmaline offers a fast heating process without the burn danger involved.
Similar to ceramic there is no major hair damage because the tourmaline spreads the heat uniformly across the tool.
On its own a ceramic curler is already an efficient and gentle hair styler.
The three most common flat iron plates are ceramic tourmaline and titanium each one will straighten hair but different attributes make each more.
While this still makes a high performance flat iron prolonged use can cause the ceramic to wear away exposing the non ceramic plate which could cause snagging uneven heat distribution and harsher heat.
Tourmaline also has a mixture of both ceramic and titanium qualities.
Titanium is metal so its properties are completely different from ceramic and tourmaline.
While ceramic plates won t give you the superior results of either a tourmaline ceramic or titanium plate ceramic still offers an excellent value for many flat iron consumers especially those who don t use a flat iron hair straightener very often or don t demand a lot from their straightening tool.
These tourmaline plates are crushed into a fine powder and once placed against your hair they can generate 20 times more moisture than other straighteners.
Some manufacturers have claimed that they are 40 lighter compared to the regular ceramic hair dryers.
Ceramic vs tourmaline vs titanium curling iron.
What does it all mean.
Tourmaline hair straighteners can be made out of ceramic plates but are also infused with a semi precious mineral called tourmaline.
Tourmaline vs titanium and their combination.
Ceramic vs titanium flat irons.
Sometimes it is not easy to choose between the two because of their intimidating qualities.
But when infused with tourmaline you get even better results because the curls are sleek frizz and static free.