Bed Head Blow-Out Golden Illuminating Shine Cream 100ml/3.4oz

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Whether someone wants a sleek and pin-straight look, bombshell curls that are worthy of the Victoria’s Secret runway, or accentuated coils for a full-bodied afro, these hair-dryer brushes are all that you need to nail the styles in just a few minutes. What to Consider When Shopping for Hair-Dryer Brushes Hair Type The one potential downside I see is that this hair dryer brush gets extremely hot. In fact, we recorded a temperature of 203°F in our lab testing—the highest of any of the dryers. This didn’t bother me both because I have a cook's hands and the time the brush needs to be right up next to the scalp is minimal, but others may find it uncomfortable or worry about scalding sensitive skin.

Editor’s Note: We reviewed this article on October 30, 2023. As per our editorial policy, we are constantly updating our content, to make sure it reflects the best of the best when it comes to beauty, wellness, and fashion. We want to assure our readers that we still stand by our recommendations, which we do. Unfortunately, I struggled to use this dryer effectively because of how lightweight it is. The bristles slipped right through my hair instead of catching the strands and creating the resistance needed to flatten them. After 18 minutes of my hair blowing around haphazardly, the result was it looking so poofy that I opted to refine the style with my straightener before heading out for the day. As a busy mom of four kids under age 4, I've largely retired my blow dryer and instead let my hair air-dry before passing through it with a straightener. But I always hoped to one day find another solution for drying my hair into a salon-like blowout. When blow dryer brushes came onto my radar, I wondered if I’d finally found the answer. The Tests But even with the fanciest hot tool, the key to a glorious blowout starts in the prep stage. Always detangle your hair and apply a heat protectant prior to styling. New York City-based hairstylist Takisha Sturdivant-Drew recommends starting on clean, damp hair with a bit of leave-in conditioner, depending on your texture and hair health. To get the best results, "start at the root and work your way down to the ends without putting too much heat or tension on the hair," she says.

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Lation typically likes to separate her clients' hair into four sections (a few alligator clips or hair ties will come in handy here). "Before you even grab your blow dryer, gently pull each section of hair as tight as you can from the root all the way down to the tip," she says. "This pre-stretching means you won't have to put as much heat or tension on your hair when you're ready for the dryer." A hair dryer brush is designed to be a one-and-done solution for hair styling. You don’t need multiple tools—a hair dryer, a brush, and a flat iron—to get a sleek, professional-looking blowout at home. About the brand: Inspired by youth subcultures, Bed Head is a rebel hair brand that was started in 1996 by hairdressing anarchist Anthony Mascolo. Bed Head offers a range of unique hair products and tools at budget-friendly price points. About My Hair: Short and wavy Quality: Do the brush bristles bend or fall out after use? Does the appliance itself seem well-built? Effectiveness: How does the temperature of the hair dryer brush rate? How does the airflow of the hair dryer brush rate?

Those dealing with over-bleached/colored, brittleness, or breakage, will add the extra stress of potential heat damage — aka hair damage caused by heated tools — to their strands will only make matters worse. If you have damaged hair, then our biggest recommendation is to lay off the heat and let your hair do its natural thing. But if you don't have an option (or if you just really want to blow out you hair), then spritz a heat protectant on your strands and set your hair-dryer brush to the lowest heat setting. How We Chose As a recent hot brush aficionado, I was eager to test the Bed Head Blow Out Freak One Step Dry + Volume brush. I’ve tested plenty of hot brushes lately and was interested to see how this one held up to its competitors. According to Santiago, there's a couple ways you can do a natural-hair blowout (like in the tutorial above), but the main goal here is to stretch your hair, not necessarily straighten it."You can then wear your blowout as is, or you can run a flat iron or curling wand through it at the end to smooth and style the stretched-out hair," she says.

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We tested the hair dryer brushes in our lab to see how hot they got after 30 minutes of use. The Tester Having that cool knob at the end of the brush allowed me to comfortably use both hands to pull with tension for volume up top. You can use this brush by drying in sections, or, if you’re anything like me, you can be a little more free form with it and just move through the hair as if you were brushing it. The first step of testing was sending each hair dryer brush to Reviewed's labs. There, Chief Scientist Dave Ellerby placed a temperature probe on the surface of each brush near its air holes, turned on the dryer, and recorded the temperature after one minute, enough time for the temperature to stabilize. Each dryer's sound in decibels was also recorded, though there was less variation in the readings. Neither of these attributes impacted scoring but were used as a way to make sense of my testing results. Beyond the results I saw on my hair, I was impressed by the quality of the appliance itself. It feels sturdy and well-made, but it’s not too heavy, either. The weight felt balanced no matter the angle I held the brush—it didn’t skew towards one side or the other. The even weight also made it easy to pull my hair taught enough to get that sleek style I’m always after.

That depends on how long you want to wait until wash day, but Lation says 1-2 weeks is the standard. There's really only one golden rule: Lation says you should never touch up your blowout with heat after you've styled it. "If you keep putting heat on your blowout during the week, you're going to get damage," she says. So just leave it alone until you're ready to wash, then deep condition and prep it again, k? Real talk: We 100% understand the struggle of maneuvering a brush and blowdryer simultaneously. Hair-dryer brushes are nifty tools that combine the two, making salon-worthy blowouts as easy as, well ... brushing our hair.The rest of the testing process was simple: I used each brush on towel-dried, wet hair. During the process, I evaluated characteristics like build quality, comfort, ease of use, effectiveness, and final style. When I finished testing, I teamed up with Ellerby to score and weigh the results on a calibrated rubric. What We Look for in a Hair Dryer Brush Ease of use: How intuitive are the controls on the hair dryer brush? How easy is it to brush through hair? How easy is it to clean hair from the brush? You can do through this step with zero heat like Lation suggests, but if you need some extra stretching help, you can also turn your dryer on the lowest, coolest setting and run it along each section as you stretch. Step 4. Blow-dry If you want volume, it's actually fairly easy, especially for straight or wavy textures. "Twist the dryer as you go in a circular motion to add volume if that's what you are looking for," says Sturdivant-Drew. Now, if your hair is on the curly or kinky side and you're looking for a sleek and frizz-free blowout, you can follow up with a flatiron or, as Sturdivant-Drew recommends, a separate brush. "If you want it straight, you should use the blow-dryer brush and, right under it, use another brush to smooth those kinky strands all the way out," says Sturdivant-Drew.