Assuming you ll accept that over a lifetime you d spend more on replacing ceramics than you would buying a good set of tourmaline or titanium straighteners we re going to look at the key differences between these two types of flat iron.
Tourmaline ceramic or titanium.
Some manufacturers have claimed that they are 40 lighter compared to the regular ceramic hair dryers.
However common ceramic flat irons are made of aluminum or titanium plates coated with ceramic.
On its own a ceramic curler is already an efficient and gentle hair styler.
If you d like to choose one of our tourmaline ceramic wands with a digital display we also recommend the octowand 8 in 1 interchangeable curling wand.
An example of a titanium hair dryer is the babyliss pro nano titanium dryer.
Titanium has also been integrated into hair dryers these days to give a lightweight option to users.
The heat on the plates will be less intensive mean no major side effect.
But it comes in second place for ionic sources after 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.
Ceramic vs tourmaline vs titanium curling iron.
These straighteners tourmaline titanium and ceramic are now built with neutralisers which when heated up control positive ions and turn them into negatives.
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 vs titanium and their combination.
Classic wand tourmaline ceramic our classic curling wand again uses the combo of tourmaline and ceramic to deliver even heating that s safe for all hair types especially finer or damaged hair.
Tourmaline also has a mixture of both ceramic and titanium qualities.
Titanium may heat up too quickly for non professionals but tourmaline offers a fast heating process without the burn danger involved.
But when infused with tourmaline you get even better results because the curls are sleek frizz and static free.
Similar to ceramic there is no major hair damage because the tourmaline spreads the heat uniformly across the tool.
Titanium is metal so its properties are completely different from ceramic and tourmaline.
The three most common flat iron plates are ceramic tourmaline and titanium each one will straighten hair but different attributes make each more.
Ceramic tourmaline or titanium curling iron.
When pitted against each other which is the better choice.