The Wildest ’90s Hair Tools You Totally Forgot Existed
How many of these can you actually remember?
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Ah, the '90s—such a simpler time, when the only thing you had to worry about was getting home from Limited Too in time to catch Boy Meets World on TGIF (what a sad, sad, nostalgic sentence). Think you remember every little thing from your childhood? Then please, take a look at these ultra-popular '90s hair tools to see how many you actually owned (or desperately wanted from the infomercials). Some have stood the test of time, and some—not so much.
Clairol Lock ’n Roll Spiral Soft Hot Roller Spoolies
If regular rollers and pins were too much of a hassle, you used these tiny curl baskets called Spoolies—unless you had thick or long hair. Better in theory (as is the case with most ’90s hair tools), these rollers could realistically only fit two strands of hair, max.
Topsy Tail
Basic ponytail? AS IF! Before there was online shopping, there was informercial shopping, and this TV ad made you never want to leave the house without your pony twisted and flipped.
Goody 2 Cool Comb & Brush Set
I can think of nothing more ’90s than a tie-dye plastic comb and matching brush. Hard brushes with the little ball tips like this one weren’t the best quality, but they were 2 Cool for you to care about that.
Goody Classic Collection Small Styling Brush
Or maybe your ball-tip hairbrush had a rubber grip handle like this one. I don’t remember my brushes slipping out of my hand all that much, but hey, it’s a nice touch.
Hairagami
Like a slap bracelet for your hair, the Hairagami was everything. With just a roll and snap, you could have the Cinnabon-shaped bun of your dreams—although it never seemed to work as easily for you as it did in the commercials.
Perm For-a-Day
If you wanted a perm without the damage, you had these babies. To use them, you would weave the hair around the pins in a figure eight, snap them in place with the clips, and let your hair air-dry. It sounds easier than it actually was, though, as was true of most of these old-school hair tools.
Scunci Stretch Hair Combs
Whether you called yours a stretch headband or zigzag headband, one thing is for sure: You almost always stabbed your eyes while trying to slide it on.
Conair Geometricks Hair Styling Kit
You lived for the punny name then, and you still live for it now. This styling kit came with not one but five attachments: a zigzag iron, a spiral iron, a triangle iron (??), a crimping iron, and a straightening iron.
Conair Curl Dazzler Plus 1500
I’ll see your fancy diffuser and raise you the Curl Dazzler. This baby is basically just a handheld fan that’s marketed for hair, but curly girls in the ’90s bought it anyway.
Goody Comb & Lift Combo Hair Comb
I don’t know if it’s the salmon-pink plastic or the packaging, but this hair comb takes me way back. One thing the ’90s actually got right? Combs. This dual-ended comb had everything you needed to lift and shape your hair to perfection.
Soft Mini Hair Ties
Nineties babies, you remember these fondly. They were pretty much the only hair tie back in the day that didn’t rip your baby pigtails out yet could never actually fit around your wrist.
Clairol Currents Curling Iron
If you weren’t already sold on this curling iron the size of your hand with its chic yellow telephone cord, its clear plastic carrying case sure did the trick.
EZ Combs
This hair tool—part comb barrette, part hair elastic—could be worn dozens of ways and, of course, you tried them all. (Your favorite was the fountain updo, though, complete with two strands of hair framing your face.)
Scunci Snap Clips
If you still have your tortoise snap clips lying around, go grab ’em because, yep, they’re cool again. Back then, you used these metal clips to smooth bumps in your ponytail or pin down your bangs. But now, your entire Insta feed is using them purely for style (honestly, who would’ve thought?).
Sund Haaren Plastic Teasing Comb
The best money ever spent was on these plastic wide-tooth combs. It’s been 20-plus years, and I bet you’re still using the one you stole from your mom, right?
Conair Twist N Curl Trio
This set had everything you needed to define your tight curls: a 3/8-inch rod, a 5/8-inch rod, and a round styling brush.
Velcro Rollers
Are velcro rollers specific to the ’90s? Well, if you’re asking the cupboard underneath my bathroom sink, nope. But did you use them every day back then to set your bangs and occasionally now when you’re bored? Absolutely.
Conair Wild Thing 1250 Blow Dryer
Clear plastic, neon colors, bold patterns—this blow dryer represents pretty much all the biggest ’90s trends. Just because there wasn’t social media at the time doesn’t mean they didn’t make things totally Instagrammable back in the day though.
Fluffy Pom Hair Ties
You have Britney Spears circa 1998 to thank for the popularity of these furry, feathery hair poms that virtually every human in your school wore on the daily.
Metal Bun Cage
It was pretty much a rite of passage to get one of these collapsible metal bun cages from the Claire’s store in your mall. Even still, you had no idea how to use it then and you most definitely have no clue now.
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