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Best cheap hair straighteners, tried and tested for quality on a budget

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No hair tools arsenal is complete without a set of straighteners.

Typically the first gadget to follow the humble hair dryer in our collection, it is one that will be a stalwart for years to come. Many of us will have owned the same straightening irons since our childhood, but when the hard-working heroes eventually pack in, we can be reluctant to fork out three figures for a new one.

Our hair straighteners are on hand to smooth out frizz and flyaways, giving us poker-straight locks in a matter of minutes. You can also use this particular tool for curling too as the twofer design can create bouncy blow-outs or those fresh from the beach waves depending on how you adjust the wrap and angle.

But they don’t come cheap – or so we thought. While you will struggle to find the likes of GHD, Cloud Nine and some of the leaders in the space at a reduction low enough not to make a dent in your bank account, the purse-friendly products

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