Hair product goes global

Tuesday 5th May 2009, 3:00PM BST.

Jerseyman Richard Cartier Gilmore with his prototype hair curlers. Picture by Jon Guegan (00679472)

A HAIR curling and straightening device invented in Jersey is about to be launched for worldwide distribution.

The Hot-Stixx hair iron is designed to be safer and more effective than products on the market.

Insurers say that nearly £2 billion has been paid out in claims relating to hair irons in recent years, with up to four million claims resulting from fire and burns caused by heated hair straighteners being left unattended.

Inventor Richard Gilmore has already obtained worldwide patents and produced a prototype which he will be presenting to potential manufacturers and distributors later this month.

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chris

May 5, 2009 at 7:02 pm

Good for him but somebody should have pointed out to him that being bald he’s probably not the best person to be pictured in the photo.

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