**CLOSED** Enrapture totem styler review and giveaway

If you follow my instagram you might have wondered why I kept posting pics of me with curly hair this week - I'm just a little bit excited about my new toy!  My hair is very straight and rather unruly, so I don't often have much luck with making it curl, so when something works I feel the need to be out and about swishing it!

You may remember I posted here about the Erapture extremity heated rollers which I found worked really well on my hair, so I was very excited to get the chance to try another styling tool from Enrapture.  This time it's the Encode totem styler which can give lovely loose waves all the way to serious ringlets because you can change the heat setting on different parts of the iron by twisting the barrel and switching the codes.  I've been playing around with different codes to see the different looks I could create.

Dialling up a code 2-2-3 gave me seriously curl results without being over-done.  I really like this look, especially how I managed to get it at the front - I curled away from my face for this, and I managed to get it looking pretty much the same on both sides of my head, which can sometimes be a problem for me to achieve.  For this look I used mousse on my hair when blow drying and added hairspray after curling.

Code 3-3-3 gave me extreme ringlets!  I wish I'd taken a picture before touching my hair and brushing them out a little.  On the left, I've brushed through the ringlets with my fingers and on the right, I tried brushing them through with my tangle teeze brush to see what different effects I would get.  On the right it's a much curlier result that the 2-2-2 but still very wearable after messing with the ringlets a little.  On the left I really brushed the hair until I had a very soft and wavy look - I'm going to give this a try all over another time - I think I could achieve that old fashioned soft waves result with this technique.

And finally my favourite look.  This was code 2-2-3.  It's pretty much my dream hair style.  It's done without being over-done if that makes sense.  To me it's that Kardashian hair style which I love.  I just need to grow my hair a little bit more and this will be perfect.  I'll be wearing this style a lot from now on, any time that I have a spare twenty minutes extra to spend on my hair.  I've seen some people saying they can curl their hair in five minutes with the totem styler, so I think I'll probably get faster as I get more confident, but I do have a lot of hair, so it will probably always take me a bit longer than most people.  

These are the products I've been trying out with the totem styler.  John Freida style creator spray, Pantenne ultra strong hold mousse and Pantenne Ice shine hairspray.  The totem styler does work very well with my hair, and I get better results than with most other things I've tried, but y hair is naturally very straight and quite heavy, so I always need products to keep the style.  Also I always curly my hair when it's freshly washed (as I wash my hair every day) and I know a lot of people recommend that you should curl your hair the day after it's been washed, but mine would be a greasy mess by then!  I'm going to continue trying out different products to see which ones help the curls hold the best.  If anyone has any suggestions for styling products, 

please let me know.

The best things about this styler for me are that you can change the heat on the various sections, which makes it really versatile, and the swivel cord and flipper (for catching the end of your hair and releasing easily after curling) which really make the tool super easy to use.

The Enrapture encode totem styler costs £74.99 and you can see all of the stockists here.  But if you'd like to win one to try out yourself, read on....

Enrapture totem styler giveaway  **NOW CLOSED**

Enrapture have very kindly offered my readers the chance to win the a totem styler.  To enter the competition, please follow these rules.  You will need to have a twitter to enter this competition.

1. Follow my blog with Google Friend Connect or Facebook  
2. Follow @EnraptureUK on twitter
3. Tweet "I've entered @fluttersparkle's giveaway to #win an @EnraptureUK totem styler at www.flutterandsparkle.com"
4. Leave a comment below telling me you'd like to enter and give your twitter name so that I can contact the winner.  

The giveaway will be open until 11.59pm on Sunday 26 August 2012 - good luck!

Ts&Cs - one entry per person.  To enter you must be a follower of www.flutterandsparkle.com through Google Friend Connect or Facebook.  You must follow @EnraptureUK on twitter and send the tweet specified.  Entries are accepted via the comments form only and must be received by 11.59pm on 26 August 2012.  Anonymous entries with no email / twitter name will be deemed invalid as there is no way to contact the winner.  Winner will be picked at random using a random number generator.  The prize is one Enrapture encode totem styler - no alternate prize available.  This competition is being hosted by flutterandsparkle.com in association with Enrapturehair.com.  Prize will be sent directly to the winner by Enrapture.