I’ll be real, I’ve bought mini curlers before and they were useless — barely got warm and dropped the curl in 10 minutes. This one surprised me. It heats up in literally seconds and the ceramic barrel actually holds the wave. I keep it in my bag and touch up my hair before meetings. The fact that it’s cordless and charges by USB-C means I’m not hunting for an outlet anymore. Three weeks in and I use it almost every day.

Bought this mainly because I travel a lot and my full-size curler is bulky and needs an adapter abroad. Was worried something this small wouldn’t do the job. I was wrong. I used it on the plane before landing and stepped off looking like I’d just left the salon. It’s smaller than my makeup bag, the waves last all day, and there are three heat settings so I use the lowest one on my fine hair. Genuinely my favorite travel buy this year

Almost didn’t buy it because it looked too good to be true for the size. But it genuinely works. Heats up fast, the waves come out soft and natural — not that stiff curled look — and they actually hold without half a can of hairspray. My daughter keeps stealing it so I ordered a second one. If you’re on the fence, just get it, you won’t regret it.