Bio:Ionic’s volcanic MX 10 pro review: This vibrating straightener that gave us the shiniest hair ever

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Whether you’re looking to smooth out curly locks, tame flyaways or create cool girl waves, hair straighteners can do it all. So it’s no surprise that the versatile tools have become a staple in many a woman’s beauty arsenal.

But with demand comes supply and throughout the years, the hair straightener market has become so saturated that determining which device is right for you and your hair’s needs becomes a real pain.

If dull, lacklustre tresses that leave you feeling a bit “meh” even after slathering on shine-boosting products is your main concern, there’s one tool that claims to have the solution – Bio:Ionic’s volcanic MX 10 pro styler (£149, Cultbeauty.co.uk).

According to the brand, this high-tech tool delivers salon-quality results thanks to its unique moisturising heat technology, which restores instead of damages, and hydrates instead or scorches, leaving hair feeling healthier and looking shinier. But, is this straightener really a guaranteed way to get glossier locks?

To find out, we put the device to the test, using it almost every day for two weeks to create both straight and curly styles. We took a number of factors into consideration, including the tool’s design, technology, how easy it was to use and if it really made a difference to the look and feel of our hair.

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