review: nume curl jam set - tri-effect curling wand

hi guys! i'm tired of pushing this post further and further back. so i'm just publishing this nearly as-is, because i'm never going to get around to finishing this post, ever. and i do believe that this post, to some degree, has value. i have removed the original photos from this post because they appear to be broken (too lazy to find them), but you can probably see photos of it in the below linked posts (which i have updated). i am aware that the interchangable curling wand has changed significantly and actually makes sense now. the barrels twist on and off the wand instead of clipping on and never detaching in the most awful fashion. so here y'all go. 2013-14 me. enjoy. ~Lindsay

[i bought this]

hi all. so all the way back last march, i ordered the nume curl jam set. i had a coupon, and paid $74+12ship ($86) on top for this set. well, when i ordered it, it was major back ordered and didn't actually arrive until the later part of may. to my surprise, they included a free thermal pouch and their moisturizing shampoo & conditioner in my package.

when i first ordered this set, i was torn between the curl jam set and the 4play. i decided on this set because there was an extra barrel in the 4play that was an "ok, whatever" to me (the reverse 9-13mm) and the curl jam had a flat iron and only the three barrels. the flat iron in this set was originally intended to be my chi's replacement (see post here), but it took forever to arrive and i've decided that i'm just going to keep one here and one at the in-law's so i don't have to worry about bringing one back and forth whenever i want to straighten my hair.

*[note: my hair is naturally straight to wavy.]
note: i think they've changed the style of the multi-barrel curling irons to twist off. for mine, you have to pinch the buttons and pull them off.

so, on to the review!

tri-effect curling wand: i used it at 200°C (=392°F, the highest setting). the lowest temp setting is 50°C. i love how it tells you if it's on or off. if it's off and plugged in, it will display "off". if it's on, it will light up green and display the current temperature. if you begin hitting the up button, it will flash red. also, in the lower left corner, there's a bar to show it's progress.

1. 19mm barrel:
2. 25mm barrel:
3. 32mm barrel: i don't think i'll use this one all that much--on myself. whenever i used it, it looked exactly the same as when i let my hair air dry. and that's kinda lame.
4. glove: i really enjoy this glove. if you get really close to the iron, you will feel the warmth,  but you definitely won't be burned through the glove. i don't think it'd necessarily be a good idea to hold the heated iron directly in the glove, but it does feel like a pretty solid glove compared to the one that came with my hot tools tapered iron.
5. overall: i do not like how it is in Celsius, see further details below in my overall opinion of the curl jam set.


6. overall for the curl jam set:
1. i do not understand who came up with the temperature settings on these tools. it's horrendous. who decided that the curling wand should be in Celsius and the flat iron should be in Fahrenheit? like really, really?! i understand that they sell to both the US and Canada, but both [or perhaps all] tools should be in the same temperature scale. it was really fun trying to gauge the temperature i needed for the curling wand when i first used it.
1. i think that this set is worth it for the most part. if you're in the market for a flat iron, i think you should look elsewhere, but i do like the tri-effect wand, which you can purchase separately.