flat irons

Heated styling plates

Flat irons are hair styling tools with heated plates that clamp together to straighten hair: She ran the flat iron through her curls.

The term originally referred to heavy metal irons heated on stoves for pressing clothes—flat in contrast to shaped irons used for ruffles or collars.

The hair tool borrowed the name for its similar clamping action and flat surfaces.

Opposites
hair styling effect

flat ironscurling irons

Heated hair-shaping devices

curlers · hot rollers · curling tongs · hair curlers · rollers

hair texture outcome

flat ironsvolumizer

Hair-thickening product

diffuser · teasing comb · crimper

hair texture goal

flat ironsvolumizers

Products adding hair fullness

diffusers · crimpers

Family

flatirons

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G