Since it’s full-on summertime, I’ve been a little obsessed with all things beachy-waves and decided to put two tools to the test. In this corner, well, on the left in the picture, we have GOLD N HOT Jumbo Ceramic Triple Barrel Waver and on the right side is NUME 19mm Curling Wand in Pink.

My college-friend Jen lives out here in LA and has really nice long blonde hair and for some reason, I love to style it for her. I wanted to see which one would create the most beachiest of beachy waves.  

On the right side of her hair, I used the NUME Curling Wand in 19mm Pink ($145 @ amazon.com). One the other side is the one from Gold N Hot ($52 @ amazon.com).

So you can see two totally different effects in the hair. The Gold N Hot really made the waves really loose where Nume’s were tighter and more defined. So I guess it just depends on your taste and what you are going for. Which one do you like better?

Disclosure: Samples of these items were provided for review purposes.