What Is Tourmaline Ceramic?
Maine's state mineral and October's birthstone, tourmaline is a crystal that naturally occurs in various parts of the world. Used in jewelry and pottery, the crystal also has another practical use: hair styling products. Tourmaline ceramic is capable of producing high temperatures, and its ion charge makes it ideal for hair styling products.
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How It's Made
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Ceramic tourmaline is created when tourmaline, a semi-precious crystal, is pulverized into powder, baked into a ceramic form and used in hair styling tools such as flat iron heater plates, curling iron barrels, roller coils, curling brush bristles and blow dryers.
Where It Is Used
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Tourmaline in its crystal form is used in jewelry, pottery and other creative areas. When tourmaline is crushed and mixed or baked into heating coils and plates, this creates tourmaline ceramic.
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Special Properties
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Tourmaline is a genuine crystal that is unique in its ability to emit large quantities of negative ions and infrared heat, and it is ideal for use in hair styling tools. The negative ions in the ceramic counteract the positive ions found in damaged human hair, allowing moisture to be reintroduced to hair shafts.
Benefits
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Tourmaline ceramic flat irons come in a variety of widths, so matching the right iron to the hair is easy. Ceramic irons are particularly ideal for damaged or colored hair, since both types are prone to breakage. The ceramic also helps to seal the color to hair shafts and reduces hair splitting and breakage when styling.
Price Considerations
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Lower quality ceramic irons can be purchased at most chain department and drug stores. The higher end tools can be purchased at hair salons and beauty supply shops. The lower end tools range in price from $10 to $30, while the higher end tools generally start at $50.
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