It’s official, the go-to heat styling brand for all us hair-loving girls launched their first ever hot brush, and the reviews haven’t stopped coming in. Not only did ghd wow us in 2018 with the launch of their first ever smart straightener, (which you can read all about in our ultimate ghd guide), but they’ve gone and done it again with the ghd Glide.
Designed to be used on dry hair, the Glide is supposed to smooth frizz and give an overall straighter finish. Costing £139, it’s certainly not cheap, but compared to other ghd stylers (that retail closer to £175) it’s not that bad when you realise it’s full potential and how it can save you precious time getting ready in the mornings.
When I was a kid, heated brushes were all the rage. My aunts had one, my friends’ mums had one (my own mum never styled her hair, so a hot-brush would have been wasted on her), and I’d go as far as saying that even some of my friends’ grandmas had one. But they weren’t exactly stylish looking, for what my opinion was worth as a kid anyway, and they always ended up at the bottom of a drawer somewhere in the house with broken bristles.
They’ve come a long way since then though, and today’s more practical and safer methods of using a hot brush like ghd’s is testament to just that.
From my experience, (if you can count using my friend’s seriously unsafe, spark-emitting hot brush at Uni one time) these tools never quite seemed to do the job. Especially not on unruly coarse hair like mine. The one time I used a hot brush I ended up with a mediocre, straight-ish hairdo whilst I sat, broken-haired (and broken-hearted) on a pile of slain strands on the bathroom floor. You can see why I chose to never pick up a hot-brush again.
Now that you’re privy to my hot-brush *experience*, I bet you’re wondering what I thought of the new ghd hot brush. Even if you’re not, I’m going to tell you anyway! It was certainly interesting to hear that ghd had decided to launch their very own brush styler, sassily called the Glide. Referred to as the “hot brush which tames and smooths dry hair quickly and effortlessly – your perfect partner for second day styling” – I thought to myself, if there were ever a time to reconsider making up with a hot-brush, now was as good as any. Afterall, ghd are the leading brand for styling tools, so what’s a girl to do?
Side note: I recently upgraded my mark 4 ghd straighteners (which I’m convinced I’ve had for well over a decade) to a ghd platinum straightener – in white of course. So, I know first-hand that ghd products are built to last and do the job better than any other brand I know of, thus assuming the hot brush is no different isn’t as presumptuous as you might think. As I volunteered to write this review for the Glide, (perks of the job indeed), I thought to myself ‘come on ghd, don’t let me down!’ Below is my 100% honest review of the ghd Glide…