Abstract: A hair shaping device (1) designed as a curling bar, in particular for drying or wave-styling of hair, equipped with a handle (2) and a heatable hair shaping component (3), whereby the hair shaping component (3) has a curled structure (4), and where the hair shaping component (3) features an elliptical cross section down its longitudinal axis, at least down the length of a section (5). This shape of cross section is retained while the alignment of the ellipse (6) is changed in order to achieve the curled structure (4). The proposed hair shaping device (1) permits uniform wave-styling and drying of locks of hair through the application of relatively high levels of tension to those locks of hair.