The appliance is composed of heat-retaining materials such as natural materials, including but not limited to grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, clay, and/or stones, manmade materials, including but not limited to beads and/or gels of silicon or glycerin, or combinations of natural and man-made heat-retaining materials. The invention relates to curling irons, crimping tools, straightening irons, hair rollers, hot air dryer brushes, traditional hair brushes and combs, heated brushes and similar appliances. The appliances may be heated by conventional sources such as an electrical plug or battery, or, heated by placing said appliance on or in a separate heating housing unit, and/or by heating in a microwave. The appliance may be used to fashion or style hair without the need for ongoing power from electrical or battery-operated sources. The appliances can retain and release hair additives, including but not limited to moisture and/or fragrances that, in addition to heating the heat-retaining materials, can impart moisture and/or fragrances to the materials of

A hairstyling apparatus is provided, the apparatus including: a barrel defining a hairstyling surface and a central longitudinal axis, wherein the barrel has a first proximal end and a second distal end; a heating element in thermal communication with the barrel; and a rotating member in rotating communication with the proximal end of the barrel which rotates around the central axis of the barrel, the rotating member including a rotating plate that surrounds the proximal end of the barrel and an axially extending tab from the rotating plate along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface over at least a portion of longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface; wherein the rotating member includes a comb member, extending from the rotating member (such as the rotating sleeve/collar) which is attached or assembled to the tab and comprises a plurality of comb teeth arranged along the longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface.

The hair curler apparatus includes a rope-like, electrical heating unit in relationship to a plurality of hair curlers. Each of the hair curlers are fitted over the rope-like, electrical heating unit where they are heated for use. The rope heating unit is positioned through the cylindrical center of the hair curlers and transfers' heat. The hair curlers are various in size, but all have the same sized interior orifice for ideal communication with the rope-like heat source for transfer of heat.

The hair curler apparatus includes a rope-like, electrical heating unit in relationship to a plurality of hair curlers. Each of the hair curlers are fitted over the rope-like, electrical heating unit where they are heated for use. The rope heating unit is positioned through the cylindrical center of the hair curlers and transfers' heat. The hair curlers are various in size, but all have the same sized interior orifice for ideal communication with the rope-like heat source for transfer of heat.

A curling device comprising a flap and a channel connected to each other. A curling member having an elongated shape and a curved cross-section is implemented in the channel. The curling member is capable of transitioning between an extended configuration and a curled configuration. The channel has a curved cross-section corresponding to the curling member's curved cross-section, which creates a trough, whereby hair can be positioned in the trough and held therein by wrapping the flap over the trough and around the channel. Transitioning the curling member from an extended configuration to a curled configuration holds the flap and the hair in a curved configuration, which imparts a curl to the hair when the hair is held in the curled configuration for some time.

Retainers hold a fiber bundle rotated through a length of the retainer via a gap in the retainer that can be widened by stretching the same and closed by release and further by rotating the fiber. The retainer may be single-piece parallelepiped, cylinder, prism, etc. bearing an outermost surface on which the bundle can wind and be supported. The retainer is fabricated of a resilient elastic like natural rubber or a synthetic rubber such as styrene-butadiene rubber. Methods pass the bundle through the gap and then wind it around the retainer before passing it back through the gap. The bundle may be inserted and/or wound for any length of the bundle and may include spacing in each turn so as to expose the underlying retainer through each turn. The bundle may be held in the wound position for any desired amount of time and then removed.

The invention provides an apparatus for coiling hair having a working end with a plurality of spaced-apart, round monoliths. The invention also provides a method for coiling hair having the steps of bringing an apparatus for coiling hair into contact with hair to be coiled wherein the apparatus for coiling hair has a working end with a plurality of spaced-apart, round monoliths; and moving the apparatus over and through the hair in a circular motion.

The invention provides an apparatus for coiling hair having a working end with a plurality of spaced-apart, round monoliths. The invention also provides a method for coiling hair having the steps of bringing an apparatus for coiling hair into contact with hair to be coiled wherein the apparatus for coiling hair has a working end with a plurality of spaced-apart, round monoliths; and moving the apparatus over and through the hair in a circular motion.

A hair setter apparatus generally includes a housing and a heater assembly having a first heat delivery rail and a second heat delivery rail mounted in the housing in spaced parallel relationship to each other. The apparatus further includes a plurality of hair setters. Each of the hair setters has a central body with opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter and configured to slidably couple the hair setter to one of the heat delivery rails along a longitudinal edge of one of the heat delivery rails. The hair setter is sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through an insert opening and onto the respective one of the heat delivery rails within the interior space of the housing.

A hair setter apparatus generally includes a housing and a heater assembly having a first heat delivery rail and a second heat delivery rail mounted in the housing in spaced parallel relationship to each other. The apparatus further includes a plurality of hair setters. Each of the hair setters has a central body with opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter and configured to slidably couple the hair setter to one of the heat delivery rails along a longitudinal edge of one of the heat delivery rails. The hair setter is sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through an insert opening and onto the respective one of the heat delivery rails within the interior space of the housing.