so...
hurry up and dry already...
c'mon hair, you can do it!

sigh.

i guess this means i'm gonna have to buy a blow dryer as well. aaargh. damn myers for not having the wet to dry variety. damn 'em i say.

ps...

with respect to 'salon quality' styling products there are a couple different dimensions to that. firstly, it can be about getting the finished result. so... you need something that is capable of getting the right heat setting and sticking to it consistently etc etc. the other dimension, however, is durability. 'salon quality' stuff needs to be durable because it is fairly much constantly in use. hair straighteners whose surface starts to bubble / flake after 3 months of constant use are a pain in the but for a salon, for example, even though an average person could probably get something like 5 years worth of use out of the same product.

i've heard that with the remington hair straighteners (in fact with all the dept. store ones) they simply aren't as durable. you can get ones that give you the right finished result, but after some use the surface on the plates starts to bubble / crack etc.

so... my straightener came with a 2 year warrantee and their are authorised repair people who aren't too hard to get to. i'm planning on using the darned thing ALL THE FRIGGING TIME so if it lasts me 2 years thats like, sixty bucks (yay meyers sale) for two years which is like however many dollars a day so thats all cool :-)