HAIR CURLING DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

The invention relates to a hair styling apparatus, comprising: a heated barrel connected to a handle, the heated barrel defining a hair styling surface; a rotating member disposed at an end of the hair styling surface, the rotating member being configured to (i) rotate relative to the handle, (ii) gather hair of a user, and (iii) wind the hair around the hair styling surface; a tab element extending from an end of the rotating member along the hair styling surface and being spaced from the hair styling surface by a radial spacing, the tab being configured to depress the hair onto the hair styling surface, wherein the tab extends generally longitudinally along the hair styling surface of the heated barrel; and a heating element configured to heat the heated barrel and/or the hair styling surface.