This popular Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Hot Air Brush really is worth the hype for those who want a bouncy, blowout at home without the coordination required by the classic round brush and blow dryer combo.
If you’ve ever come home from the salon with perky, bouncy hair that’s perfectly curled under (Not too much! Just the right amount.) then you’ve probably experienced your best hair and you know how hard it is to come down from that high to flat, stringy, limp, or unruly hair.
It’s painful to come off of a blowout. Your once lush, full hair now needs to be cleaned every day just to have some modicum of volume and you only have two hands so that whole “home blowout” farce is laughable. You’re not a magician. I get it.
In fact, every time I go to the salon, the stylist makes sure to point out that I have “enough hair for 6 people.” While I don’t look like Beyoncé or Gisele at first glance, my hair is deceptively full, dense, wavy, and thick: dream hair if you have a team of stylists at your beckon call; a curse if you’re a working mom with 6 loads of laundry to stumble over on the way to the bathroom.
So, when I first caught wind of this magical tool with countless raving amazon reviews claiming “10 minutes from shower to salon-quality blowout” I rolled my eyes in typical jealous fashion. Surely, it would take me 35 minutes of frustration bordering on rage wherein my hair got tangled around every loop and I lost my place at least a dozen times.
But when the internet knows something is good, it’s hard to ignore it. One sleepless night later I had purchased said “One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Hot Air Brush” on Amazon, half of me expecting to hate it and the other half envisioning shiny, bouncy hair carelessly billowing around my face in the most flattering, supermodel-esque way.
So, does the Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Hot Air Brush work?
Shockingly, startlingly, unbelievably: yes. Much to my delight, I achieved the full, voluminous blowout styling without the frustration of juggling a round brush and blow dryer through the dense masses of my hair.
With my trusty heat protective glove and the Revlon Hot Air Brush I was able to easily transform my thick, wavy hair into smooth strands with plenty of volume and that perfect bend at the end. They weird part was, it was just as easy as straightening it with a flat iron and took about the same amount of time.
There’s something almost fun about using the Oval Hot Air Brush. Almost. Doing my hair will never be something I enjoy. It’s really just something I try to get through as fast as possible, like washing dishes or bailing hay in the brutal September heat.
How long does it take to do your hair with a Hot Air Brush?
For my massive amount of long, thick, wavy hair it took me just about 15 minutes from damp to done. When I use this tool starting with really wet hair, it takes longer. More like 20 minutes. For a person with a normal amount of hair, I’m thinking 10 minutes is an accurate number.
Was this brush a huge time-saver for me? No. I usually just wash my hair at night, let it dry overnight, and leave it in its disheveled wavy glory. It took about the same amount of time as using a straightening iron on my hair, but it looks much better (Full! Bouncy!!) and you don’t have to wait for your hair to be completely dry before you use it, like you do with flat irons and curling irons. So, in that sense, it really is a timesaver.
See what I mean by UP AND OUT. That’s what gives you volume! And also makes you a blur in photos, apparently.
How does the Revlon Hot Air Brush work?
I’m not an engineer, but I’m thinking that there is a small fan inside of the core of the vented oval brush that blows warm, hot, or cool air out negating the need for a blow dryer. I simply section off my hair into thirds or quarters, clipping up all but one section. Then take small, two-inch-wide sections of hair like you would with a flat iron or curling iron, and lay it on top of the brush, butting up against your scalp. Pull the brush outward (and upward) and rotate the brush inward at the ends of your hair. Repeat these steps until that section is dry then move on to the next section.
I found that if my hair is too wet, it’s faster for me to just brush straight down, with the heat going, over and over again like I would with a regular brush, until the section is about 80% dry. Then, go over the small sections like I mentioned above, rotating at the end and, as much as possible, pulling your hair straight up as you do it. Pulling your hair up and out while drying it with the oval brush creates that awesome volume I’ve been going on (and on) about.
Overall, I would say this is my new favorite way to do my hair. Let me put it like this. You know when you are packing for a trip but you don’t know what to take: the flat iron, curling iron, or both. I would now, without hesitation, take this Heated Oval Brush instead. Oh, and my dear, dear heat protection glove. Where would I be without you?
Another perk of traveling with this tool is that you don’t need to pack a brush. Yeah, it’s a bit awkward to brush your hair with a round brush, but who cares. Gets the job done.
So where do you find one of these awesome things?
I purchased my One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Hot Air Brush on Amazon, but Ulta also carries the same Revlon Oval Hot Air Brush, and I’m thinking you could use one of their generous 20% off deals on it too. For heaven’s sake don’t forget the heat protectant glove either! It protects those lovely fingers so you can really get in there and pull and twirl with two hands. You’ll see what I mean.
Gobs of heat protectant product too. I’m digging this Alterna Caviar one right now, but go with your favorite.
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