Dyson Airwrap Styler Smooth + Control (Nickel/Fuchsia)

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Ultimately, the Dyson Airwrap can help you achieve a glamorous look without much fuss or effort. While some heat is present as you dry your hair, it’s nowhere as much as using ceramic hair tools, so it’s a better method for styling in terms of hair-health. The technique definitely takes some getting used to and you will need to learn how to get the best results. However, the final look is natural and holds fairly well. And that’s just the question we sought out to answer when three of our editors — all with different hair types and textures — tested out the multifunctional styler for ourselves. While Dyson is mostly known for its vacuums, the company has recently delved into the world of hair care. Dyson first released the Dyson Supersonic, which is one of the best hair dryers we've tested, and two years later, the Dyson Airwrap Styler was introduced. One of the biggest perks of the Dyson Airwrap is that it can be used to help dry and style hair. While you shouldn't use the styler on entirely wet hair, you can rough dry your hair and style it damp so curls last longer. Is the Dyson Airwrap worth it? Even with its imperfections, the Airwrap has a cult following for a reason. And in the GH Beauty Lab, we can't get enough.

Dyson claims that the AirWrap Styler is a “completely new way to style hair”– and it’s not wrong. It works really well, provided you have straight-to-wavy hair that falls below your shoulders. Even though we were impressed with the results, we felt that the AirWrap is better suited to longer hairstyles, particularly when it comes to the curling barrels – if you have hair shorter than shoulder-length, you may find it difficult to encourage your hair to wrap around the barrels. Improved firm and soft smoothing brushes: The upgrade also includes paddle brushes that have more movement and noticeably stronger suction in what the brand calls "enhanced Coanda airflow [which] attracts and aligns hair with increased control for a straighter style." Curling barrels: The surface temperature of the new 1.2" barrel measured about about 40ºF lower than the old Airwrap/1.2" curler combo. In our home tests, this didn't seem to affect our hair, nor did I find it noticeable while using the device, and the style lasted as long as it did when I used the old Airwrap. And with even less heat damage — a win! Our hair looked shiny and healthy, and we didn’t experience the burning smells that often comes with using heated styler tools on the hair.If you're still undecided about the Dyson Airwrap we've answered some common questions below to help with your buying decision. What does the Dyson Airwrap do? Soft smoothing brush: As the name suggests, the soft paddle brush is designed to give even less tension than the firm brush. I found the original version of the attachment usable albeit less effective. However, the new version with improved Coanda just doesn't have the oomph I need to get my strands sleek and smooth. The resulting blowout looked a bit frayed and frizzy. I won't reach for this one again. The Dyson Airwrap Styler Volume+Shape is designed to add volume and shape to fine, flat hair. The Airwrap Styler features four different attachments, which include a 1.2-inch Airwrap barrel, a soft smoothing, and a round volumizing brush. The Airwrap barrel produces voluminous curls or waves, and the soft smoothing and round volumizing brush let you achieve a sleek, straight style or round, bouncy curls. Using traditional curling tongs can be time-consuming and damaging to your hair, but the Dyson AirWrap makes curling your hair a breeze (literally), and left the hair looking far healthier than when we has used extremely hot ceramic stylers in the past. The Dyson Airwrap is powered by the digital motor V9, which produces air pressure to create an aerodynamic phenomenon called the Coanda effect to attract and wrap hair around the barrel for you. Because the Dyson Airwrap doesn't have to rely on heat alone, the styler avoids extreme temperatures to produce voluminous, effortless curls. Can you use the Dyson Airwrap on wet hair?

Dyson provides a non-slip mat to prevent the attachments from burning your table, but I did find that the surface area of the mat was a bit small, and could only hold a couple of attachments, plus the base at a time. The mat also doesn’t have the best grip as it’s made of the same faux-leather material as the case. So if you’re not using it on a flat surface, be prepared for the attachments to slide off. Towards the top of the Styler you’ll find the control buttons; an on/off button, heat controls, and buttons that control the speed of the airflow.The Coanda effect causes high speed air to follow the contours of a surface in a similar manner to a liquid - a feature also used to high effect in motor racing. The hair wraps around the barrel, and you can move said barrel towards your head to encourage the whole strand to curl. In preliminary Beauty Lab tests, Aral carried out temperature measurements using three different attachments with each the old and new devices. The results showed some slight performance differences. Here's what she found: Now onto the AirWrap barrels themselves; you get four all together, two 30mm barrels for tight curls, and two 40mm barrels to create loose waves. On each of the barrels you’ll find an arrow that indicates which direction the hair will wrap around it when the styler is on; generally, you’ll want to twist your hair away from your face to create face-framing curls. How it works

Round brush: The average temperature of the air stream coming from the new version/brush attachment is about 25ºF lower than the old version. I didn't notice this at all when styling my hair (in fact, I thought the air coming from the round brush on the new Airwrap felt hotter!). A few days later, we tried out the AirWrap barrels, with the aim of creating bouncy curls, and we found the process far easier than using the brushes – mainly due to the fact that all the work is done for you by the Coanda effect.You need to lift up a section of hair (about one inch wide is a good rule of thumb) and hold the AirWrap curling barrel about four inches away from the end of the strand. The most difficult thing to get your head (or hair, as the case may be) around is the direction you need to curl your hair in – each barrel features an arrow that indicates which direction the hair will curl in. The Styler itself consists of silver cylinder, around 10 inches long, with a cerise band around the top where the different attachments slot into. At the bottom you have a power cable to connect it to the mains.