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A number on a label, up to 230 °C (446 °F)

ghd bodyguard heat protect spray

ghd states protection up to 230 °C (446 °F) — the ceiling of the two Remington straighteners here, five degrees under the BaByliss ST393E (235 °C). Suitable for damp or dry hair, described as non-sticky, and formulated to be layered with other styling products.

ghd bodyguard heat protect spray bottle

ghd bodyguard heat protect spray

ghd states protection up to 230 °C (446 °F) — the ceiling of the two Remington straighteners here, five degrees under the BaByliss ST393E (235 °C). Suitable for damp or dry hair, described as non-sticky, and formulated to be layered with other styling products.

Stated protection temperature
Up to 230 °C (446 °F), per ghd
Application
Damp or dry hair
Texture
Non-sticky, per ghd
Use with
Hair dryers, stylers and tongs; can be layered with other styling products
Amazon reference
B017NHI25M (identical on 5 markets)
EAN
5060356734214
  • The protection temperature is printed as a figure, which is the only thing in this family that can be compared at all
  • 230 °C (446 °F) covers the full range of the two Remington straighteners on this site and every BaByliss ST393E setting but the last
  • Every other claim on the listing — split ends, breakage, smoothness — is a manufacturer claim with no published measurement

Best for: A straightener or curling iron whose top setting does not exceed 230 °C (446 °F).

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Specifications

Stated protection temperature
Up to 230 °C (446 °F), per ghd
Application
Damp or dry hair
Texture
Non-sticky, per ghd
Use with
Hair dryers, stylers and tongs; can be layered with other styling products
Amazon reference
B017NHI25M (identical on 5 markets)
EAN
5060356734214

This is the only family on the site that is a cosmetic rather than a part, and it is the one where this page reports the most and interprets the least.

ghd states protection up to 230 °C (446 °F). That figure is worth having because it is comparable: most straighteners publish their maximum in the same units (the ghd gold on this site does not), and matching the two is arithmetic anyone can do on the two labels.

Everything else on the listing — the veil of protection, fewer split ends, less breakage, smoother strands — is a manufacturer claim without a published measurement behind it. It is reported here as such, and no page on this site will tell you what a product will do to your hair.

What people ask about this

What does "protection up to 230 °C (446 °F)" actually promise?

It is the figure ghd puts on the label, and this page reports it and stops. What it lets you do is arithmetic: if your straightener reaches 230 °C (446 °F) and the product states 180 °C (356 °F), the two do not match, and that mismatch is visible on both labels before anything touches your hair. What the product will do to your hair is a question for ghd's directions and for a hairdresser.

Is this the only spray that works with ghd tools?

Nothing on the listing says so, and this page will not imply it. The number is what matters, and other manufacturers publish their own.

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