Anyone else not like the Dyson Airwave?

[lazymare]

I've waited months for it and now I think I'm going to send it back.

I can do a better job with my parlux and ghds, plus my deep barrel waver.

I've tried four times now and watched hundreds of videos.

Air WRAP. I keep doing that.

I didn’t like it either, made my hair look like candy floss whatever I tried with it. I came to the conclusion that it just didn’t suit my hair type.

I also thought that it wasn’t versatile enough to justify the price in that you can only use it on wet hair and I often want to use something to revive a style on days when I’m not washing my hair. I ended up returning it to Dyson, to be fair they didn’t quibble about giving me a refund.

Hi LM

I've had my Airwrap for around 4 weeks now.

Whilst I think it is definitely not a miracle product, I do like it. I love the fact blow drying is easier (one tool as apposed to two is a very strong plus for me). So far I have used the smoothing and round brush - which gives a very good curly blow dry and my hair is definitely sleeker.

However, I haven't really attempted to use the curling barrels yet. I have very thick hair and as you have to dry in small sections I find this a bit off putting.

So overall, I like it for ease and convenience - I think I need to be a bit more experimental with it too.

Thanks for answering. I'll give it another few tries but I just don't think it's made a big enough difference to my hair to be worth it. The root lift is good but not £450 good.

Yeah I'm not in love with mine. I can get decent waves and curls with the barrels but they drop out really quickly. I do find if I tong my hair over that though that it does last really well.

The main plus points for me is that me hair seems much shinier after using it to do a normal blow dry and I have been complimented on my hair everytime I've used it which means it must be doing something.

But yeah for the price I am disappointed tbh.

It seems to make my hair fluffier. And yes the waves drop out. I've had a far better result with the Toni and Guy barrel waver, which was £20.

I have mine a few months and I’m in two minds about it still. I find it hard to get a consistent result with it, sometimes it’s great and other times it just seems to blow my hair all over the place and I can’t get any shape in it. OTOH my hair is always shiny and frizz free when I dry it with the AirWrap.

If I rough dry with the regular Dyson dryer and then style with a Big Hair the shape and volume I get are more consistent then the AirWrap but it does stretch my hair and leave me with a lot of flyaways.

Have any of you had a lesson at the Dyson store? I keep meaning to book one but not done it yet. Maybe they know a secret technique?

My hair does maybe look better today. But straight. I just can't get the waves to work or hold.

Wow! I hadn’t heard of the Dyson store. I’ve booked a lesson for Thursday and will report back.

Oh good! Let us know how you get on. I really must book in myself and try again.

OP, I bought one and sent it back. My hair is dead straight, and it looked lovely for about 3 minutes when I used the Airwrap. After that, it just looked straight (a bit shinier, but still straight). I took out a credit card so I could pay it back gradually, on the grounds that it would be worthwhile if it did the job. However, I'm now back to murdering my hair with my old heated rollers again.

I’ve booked a lesson for Thursday and will report back.

Excellent

Let us know.

I'm in Scotland so wont be able to do the same any time soon.

I was on the verge of returning mine until I suddenly got the knack of the curling barrels. I also realised that one of the barrels was slightly misaligned and not 'grabbing' my hair properly; Dyson replaced it for me and now both sides curl equally. I can do a smooth curl blowdry in about 15 mins now. I haven't even tried to use the round brush yet.

I agree that curls drop more quickly than with tongs but my hair feels a lot less frazzled by the process, and the effect is more smoothing/less frizzy than the BBH. But yeah... £399.

I love love love mine.

Thin, fine, lanky hair that's never held a curl longer than ten mins. Love the volume brush as much as the barrels.

It's the most I've ever spent on myself in one go but adding up the cost of my hair dryer, rollers, tongs, flat irons etc this is cheaper and since getting it last November it's replaced all of those items.

Lots of the reviews are meh and claim that the curls don't hold. It's pricey too.

I have the best curls when drying hair to mostly dry with a diffuser and putting hair in a plait or ponytail for a few hours. Alternatively, thoroughly drying hair with a microfibre hair towel or turban before creating several plaits and pinning them and leaving overnight. Works on the straightest hair and no damage.

You can get lessons from the Dyson counter in John Lewis too

@Thedarklady, I think your suggestion is about the only one I haven't tried in all my years of trying to get some kind of curl. I will be trying it now! I did have a JL Airwrap tutorial. With their input, my hair looked gorgeous. For ten minutes.

Even when my hairdresser does my hair it all falls out of the waves. I have lots of it but it is very soft.

Working from home tomorrow so I will try again.

Hair update. If I want a sleek straight bob it's actually doing a good job. I still have to use the at the end but not nearly as much. But my mum has a dryer thing called a blue lightning that does much the same as the volumising brush. Probably a lot slower though.

Argh. I will end up keeping it at this rate.

I got one a few weeks ago and am determined to make it work for me! I think I just need practice and time. Also I've heard a few people saying Ouai memory mist works well to hold curls but I'm a bit hesitant to buy it (£25) when I have so many mousses/sprays/creams hiding in my drawers.

I'm also struggling as I have so much hair! I'm trying to work out the best way of sectioning it.

I'm not convinced anything that you need lessons to use is any good. It's a hair tool not a car,I honestly think Dyson hair tools are a bit emperor's New clothes. I sooooo wanted the drier but after using one for a week while staying at a friend's house I was really disappointed,my Parlux is loads better.

Send it back!

I'm also trying to decide whether you get the round brush attachment as I could only get hold of the smooth set which doesn't come with it, it's about £32 so feels reasonable when compared to what I paid for the set. I do have the Remington round brush dryer which feels like it does a similar thing so I would be doubling up, although the idea was the airwave would replace everything apart from my straighteners... First world dilemmas

The lesson was really interesting. The stylist has been a hairdresser for about 15 years before taking the Dyson job about 6 months ago. She said it’s such a different technique to other dryers that it does take practice and her and the other stylists are still learning.

She also said (very important) is that on very soft hair like mine the curls will drop so I have to dry it curlier than I want to get the finished effect I want.

She did it completely differently to the way I’ve been doing it. I’ve been rough drying and then adding volume with the round brush and then adding the shape and flicks with the larger barrel. It would look exactly as I wanted for 20 minutes and then be straggly.

Louise rough dried first but not as dry as I’ve been doing it and she concentrated on the back. She then brushed it through with the pink soft brush (which I’ve never even used) to give it lift and movement. Then she sectioned it starting from the back and did lots of Shirley Temple style ringlets curling inwards and using the smaller barrel. The couple of inches on either side of my parting on the crown of my head she used the small barrel and curled it up and back so it initially stood up like a parrots crest.

Then she brushed it all through with her fingers and it fell into beautiful waves and flicks and with a squirt of hairspray it lasted through an afternoons shopping and theatre, even after it rained and I squashed it all under a beanie. I kept stopping to admire my lovely flicky, curly hair in shop windows and mirrors.

This morning it has settled as the photo shows which I am happy with for an everyday look. Louise said it would last longer if I use a curl fixer when I style but one of the things I like about the Dyson dryers is that they don’t damage my hair and style fires often contain alcohol which is drying so I will probably persevere trying to get the look she gave me without using any product.

The next step is to practice on my own but at least I know it can be done.

I have very fine hair and I don't even rough dry it. Just use the barrels and it dries and curls at the same time. I usually curl it outwards, let it settle for a while and when I gently brush it, I suddenly have massive amounts of hair. Very happy with it.

I agree though that if you're looking for proper ringlets, there are better appliances out there. If it's soft curls/volume, it's great.