Bangs are one of the best ways to make a big change in not only your hair look, but your entire look. Bangs can be blunt and edgy or wispy and whimsical (and everything in between), depending on your taste, but I think it’s a universal understanding that while they’re decidedly stylish, they’re also pretty darn high maintenance. Finding the best hair tools for bangs makes a huge difference when it comes to the level of commitment (and time) you’ll be investing in your new ‘do. While styling tools are not always the best when you’re trying to dodge damage, frankly, it’s just not always possible to get them to lay the way you want them to without some blasting them with a bit of heat. Whether you’re going for stick-straight and mod, lived-in and long, textured and tousled or neatly swooped over to one side, using a smaller styling tool for a quick touch-up is a good way to avoid breakage and a fringe faux pas.

Let’s face it: it’s already a big decision to decide to cut bangs — what if you don’t like them after all and have to endure months of headbands and bobby pins to survive that dreaded grow-out phase? How do you keep them from getting greasy and gross if you work out? Aside from washing and blow-drying your hair each and every day (because who has time for that?), touching up with a miniature heat tool (along with your trusty dry shampoo of choice) is a major time-saver when it comes to cutting down on styling time. Regular-sized straighteners, curling irons and heated brushes are often too large for grooming just the bang area and difficult to maneuver, putting you at risk for burning your forehead and ending up with major some major kinks to boot. Fortunately, there are plenty of smaller-sized hair tools that are super easy to grip and manipulate, so you can achieve the look you’re after without getting wounded or killing your wrist in the name of a trying to have a good hair day.

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