| GHD have long enjoyed a privileged relationship with | | | | the trend towards bold, blocks of colour. |
| UK female consumers, with their iconic ghd hair | | | | The pink ghd kiss straightener also comes equipped |
| straighteners enjoying a fanatical following that show | | | | with a "sleep mode" that safely turns the iron off |
| no signs of abating despite the collective ghd love | | | | after 30 minutes. With ghd's built-in microprocessor, |
| affair now lasting for an incredible seven years. | | | | the smooth plates heat up quickly and retain their |
| Aside from selling their incredible ghd hair stylers by | | | | heat efficiently. It also comes with an exclusive ghd |
| the truck load, ghd have used their status as a top | | | | styling DVD, packed full of top tips to get you |
| fashion brand to raise significant funds for | | | | started on gorgeous easy curls or straight styles. As |
| Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the UKs leading charity | | | | with any ghd IV styler there is a 2-year guarantee. |
| committed to fighting breast cancer through research | | | | About GHD |
| and education. | | | | The story behind the ghd hair straighteners that |
| The pink ghd was first launched in 2004, and since | | | | have styled a thousand catwalks |
| then has gone on sale each autumn with £10 | | | | Its hard to believe that the millennium was eight |
| (plus tax) of the ticket price going to Breakthrough | | | | years ago - it seems only yesterday that celebrations |
| Breast Cancer. The total raised for Breakthrough | | | | everywhere were bringing in the new year like a new |
| Breast Cancer stood at an incredible £1.9m | | | | world was beginning. Little did anyone know that a |
| after last year's promotion (up from £1.1m in | | | | revolution was quietly happening, an uprising in the |
| 2006). That means that the 2008 pink ghd is certain | | | | beauty world that was to banish bad hair days for |
| to burst through the £2m mark! | | | | good. It was of course, the launch of the first ghd |
| As befits one of the most on-trend brands around, | | | | hair straightener. |
| every year the pink ghd is different from the | | | | When the ghd hair straightening iron appeared in the |
| previous year's pink ghd. This ensures that the | | | | UK, nobody had known anything like it. Being an |
| promotion stays very much at the forefront of | | | | ex-hairdresser for one of the world's leading salons, |
| fashion and also keeps the pink ghd styler one step | | | | the lucky man who happened up this prize possession |
| ahead of the numerous copies and fakes that | | | | when travelling certainly knew a lot when it came to |
| inevitably follow such a trend-setting product. | | | | hair. Convinced he was onto a winner, he and two |
| This year, the pink ghd has been labelled the pink ghd | | | | friends imported the technology and began trading |
| "kiss", reflecting the inclusion of three totally exclusive | | | | from his home in Yorkshire. |
| ghd lip glosses called Dare, Dazzle and Demure which | | | | To begin with, hairdressers thought they were having |
| come housed in a cute mirrored case (in pink of | | | | a laugh selling these strange-looking ghd stylers for |
| course!) | | | | almost £100! But soon ghd was being praised |
| Of course the exciting highlight of the offering is the | | | | in every interview by beauty editors up and down |
| monochromatic glossy fuschia pink ghd hair | | | | the country and as word spread, so did demand. |
| straightener. This new 2008 pink ghd follows on from | | | | Legend has it that anxious customers were banging |
| the highly successful ghd dark / ghd pure promotion | | | | on the warehouse doors, trying to bribe the staff |
| which featured the first ever ghd stylers to come in | | | | and even breaking in - just to get their hands on |
| this new style glossy monochrome finish. In the case | | | | some ghd hair straighteners. |
| of the ghd pure/dark, the finish was a choice of | | | | With no advertising spend whatsoever, ghd had |
| glossy white or glossy black, but of course in the | | | | achieved iconic status. People who owned a pair |
| case of the ghd kiss styler, the finish is glossy pink. | | | | worshiped them and those who didn't believed they |
| Fuschia was chosen as this year's "pink" to reflect | | | | were capable of miracles. |
| the ongoing love-affair with everything 80's as well as | | | | |