Dyson hair dryer - worth it if a hair novice (with frizzy/wavy hair)?

[MilkyBaa]

Hi all,

I usually air dry my hair, as I can’t seem to get it right with a hairdryer/straighteners mainly due to my own lack of skill. I never know what products I should use, it takes too long to dry, I could spend hours trying to use straighteners and it never looks great, plus I’m time poor with a toddler and baby. I have been wondering more and more if the dyson hair dryer might help? I am at the point where I need to do something with my hair as it looks crap unless it’s up in a bun. My hair is greasy at the roots, but dry and wavy at the ends (the curl probably starts around my ears at the front by right at the crown at the back). It’s thin but I have an absolute ton of it, and it’s almost at my bra strap when down and wet. I wash every other day and on day two it’s a huge puffy, tangled frizzy mess. Does anyone with this hair type have one and think it would help? Is it idiot proof to use, or is it that I won’t get results with it unless I know what I’m doing (both with technique and products)? I really don’t want to waste money so any advice would be hugely appreciated.

TIA

Nope, it’s just a hairdryer when all is said and done. Book yourself a session with a hair stylist who can show you how to achieve the look you want.

My hair dresser has one and she says they're not worth the money for the average person unless you have really long thick hair that with an ordinary dryer would take ages to dry, then it is because they dry so much quicker.

From a hairdressers POV they're brill because she can dry clients hair quicker and it's easier on her back/neck as she's spending half as much time standing blow drying.

She also said it doesn't make any difference to the "quality" of the blue dry, it's literally just the speed.

No idea what a blue dry is 🤣

Ditto to @FrangipaniBlue my hairdresser swears by hers but said as an every day hair dryer it's nothing special.
A friend of mine has the panosonic EH-NA98 and says it's brilliant, it's got a step by step drying process and also moisturises your face 🤔 she sent me this video link, it's interesting but looks quite time consuming so maybe not good if you're time poor.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYJuGujFfQ

If you have Frizzy curly hair maybe your whole approach is wrong?

Look into the curly girl method www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/no-poo/the-curly-girl-method-for-coily-hair

Have you watched any YouTube Tutorials?

I love the fact that it dries my (not very thick) hair quickly. I still use straighteners though, as I'm too lazy to spend ages blow drying properly.

I have one that I was given as a present. If anything it's cut the drying time down slightly but it's nothing to write home about and certainly not worth the money. Hasn't helped with my wavy frizzy hair one bit tbh!

But it is lighter than your average dryer.

You sound like the perfect candidate for the Curly Girl Method as a pp said. No drying required, just plopped onto a T-shirt and tied for an hour. I love it, make the frizziest of hair into a beautiful head of curls.

I have hair that sounds similar to yours and absolutely LOVE mine. My hair’s quite thick and wavy (often frizzy too) and took around 40mins to blow-dry straight but now takes around 15mins and it looks much smoother than when I’ve dried it with other hairdryers in the past.
Like a PP mentioned, have you looked into the curly girl method? If you’re not too sure of the technique to blow-dry your hair straight, it might be best to let it be natural. If you enjoy wearing your hair straight though, I would DEFINITELY recommend the Dyson.

I bought one a few weeks ago. It's defo not worth £299 but I have ridiculously thick hair and it dries it amazingly fast. My DD has curly hair and the diffuser made hers look incredible and dried it in seconds. Didn't own a diffuser for my previous Babyliss hairdryer so not a fair comparison.

I have really similar hair and bought a Revlon two step brush dryer that I’m so impressed by. It is completely idiot proof & gives me a smooth bouncy blow dry in about 10 minutes. I haven’t used my straighteners since I got it.

I have used the Dyson at the gym and it’s honestly just another hair dryer. I prefer my GHD hair dryer.

It's quick. Thick hair here. Was drying my dd's hair in front of my friend and she thought it was very thick. But also, get your hair dresser to show you how to blow dry. It does make a difference. I'm interested in the air wrap but can't justify it as we have the dyson hairdryer. Book a trial of one at John Lewis? They'll show you how it goes.

Just saw the diffuser comment. That's the best diffuser I've used.

The Revlon one step dryer and volumiser is great for thick frizzy hair. Mine sounds very similar to yours and it is really good on my crazy hair.

Curly girl method works brilliantly for some, but my hair absolutely hates it. Which is rather annoying!

I use the curly girl method. It would work well for me as air drying takes ages especially as I have a lot of product in my hair to dry. My curls look amazing though - the curly girl method is worth giving a go!

If frizziness is the problem, you could try a Kabelo treatment. I had this 6 weeks ago and I love it. My hair used to go to frizz very easily, especially if exposed to any moisture whereas now it holds its style. It's supposed to last 3 months. It has genuinely transformed my hair.

I have curly hair and the Dyson hair dryer is absolutely bloody amazing!

I've never been able to dry my hair that well with a regular hair dryer as it would just go frizzy but the Dyson leaves it all bouncy and shiny.

Can you borrow one from.a friend and try it out before taking the plunge and buying it?

Kebelo or something similar, that’s what you need. My salon does Cocochoco, which I was dubious about, but it tames my frizzy hair.

I do have a dyson hairdryer which I love for speed, but it’s the salon treatment that makes the difference for me. My parlux is just as good a hairdryer.

I've got two daughters with curly hair. Their hair looks the same as each other's but it isn't. They have to use different products from each other and do different things to ensure it doesn't look dry and frizzy.

We had 'the year of the hair' in which I vowed I'd get to grips with their hair. I read up on The curly girl method and worked out what kind of curls each of them had. I bought different shampoos and conditioners (using up the ones that make the hair look terrible on myself) until I found a conditioner that was the best for each child. One uses shampoo still but the other doesn't.

I also found a hairdresser that understood curly hair. Not a big fancy one but a local one.

One of my girls sleeps in a sleep bonnet. They look like shower caps. You can get them from amazon and from afro hairdressers. This has made a huge difference to her hair.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natural-Sleep-Women-Bonnet-Medium/dp/B07CMSQXR3/ref=ascdfB07CMSQXR3/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=347276832907&hvpos=1o7&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14670490098139912739&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046412&hvtargid=pla-742487032278&psc=1

I love mine as it's easy to manoeuvre as smaller

Nope. The hotel we went to recently has them and it was good to try but nothing special and quite slow.glad I found that out before falling for the hype.

A Dyson isn't worth the money but a Parlux most definitely is!

A powerful hairdryer makes a huge difference with hair like yours- I have the same.

I've had a Parlux for the last 8 years and it's cut drying time to a fraction of what it was with my old Toni and Guy drier.

I was tempted by a Parlux and stayed with a relative who has one and I used it for a week but it's no better than the Parlux.

I always think people who rave about dysons probably didn't have great driers in the first place so are super impressed by them.

Try a bit of loyal extraordinary oil on the ends before you dry.

**L'Oréal