Best tool to achieve a straight blow dry

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My hair is wavy and prone to frizz but last year I started going to a good hairdresser and he always does a nice straight blow dry with a round brush and the hairdryer, leaving me with no frizz. At home I usually brush the waves out of my hair when it's wet and then straighten it but it's still a bit frizzy and not as good as when I've been to the hairdressers. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to hair so I need some help.

I can't do my own hair with a round brush/hairdryer, it's too much of a faff and I just can't get the hang of it. My friends recommend a Dyson Airwrap or Shark Flexstyle, both look good although the way the Shark one folds in two really appeals, I'd imagine it's more comfortable to use. Also seen the BaByliss Big Hair, the rotating feature looks cool although I do have visions of my very thick hair getting tangled up in it!! And the Revlon One Step is another contender.

Please help me out!! Sick of wearing my hair in a pony all the time!!😬

I have a L'Oreal Steampod and it's amazing. Using a cheap Tresemme hot air brush I dry my hair, or go over with the hairdryer, then 5 minutes with the pod has it perfectly straight. I have long thick hair and no other straightener ever worked for me. The Steampod leaves me looking like I've just been to the hairdresser.

The Dyson airstrait has been amazing so far at straightening and getting rid of frizz. But for me the problem is that my hair is very thick, so the ends up just end up looking choppy, as it does it so straight and I can't get it to curl under or anything that the ends, just slightly brutal straightness. But if you had less hair and want it very straight, it's great for that. I'm still working on a way to deal with the ends, as I'd really like to keep it otherwise since it's very fast and very smooth and deals well with the frizz. I got it second hand.

Velcro rollers if you have the patience! Followed by straighteners. Only thing that really works for me but takes a while to do it properly.

I rough dry mine with a standard hair dryer then go in with the Babyliss Big Hair.It has been a game changer for me. Plus Olaplex and hair oil to keep the condition nice.

Revlon one step but dry your hair first and finish it off with it.

I‘d love to know more about this technique @JazzyBBBG - do you follow the wave with the straighteners?

I’ve found the best technique is to spray your hair with heat protection then put back into a turban and wait until hair is half dry. Then use the Revlon with hair in horizontal sections. Keep it rotating for straight hair.

I do the same, it totally works

Best for me Dyson Airstrait, like giant straighteners so you are clamping your hair between plates but the plates do not get hot, the air blows downwards. It also gets very hot, 140 degrees so you need a heat glove. I use a tail comb to lift a section of hair, then clamp and slide slowly. Whilst doing this I then go above the tool and put the comb under my hair so it is held ready by the comb teeth for the next clamp and slide.

If you buy it direct from Dyson and you are unhappy you can return it.

I had a Babyliss big hair thing, the issue with my hair and that is because it blows air in all directions the bottom layers get frizzed back up when I am drying the higher up my head layers of my hair. Best results for me are dry it with a Parlux hair dryer whilst raking hands through hair. Then Dyson. I use heat protection spray and a smoothing cream.

You can also ask your hairdresser for help if you want to learn how to do something. They can teach you to blow dry your hair straight. It is much harder to do on yourself and any good hairdresser will tell you that. Mine taught me to curl my hair as I was worried I would singe a whole piece off.

I have a keratin treatment twice a year at the hairdressers. Then the hair is pretty straight and frizz free with just a rough dry with the hairdryer.
My real solution, however, is that I have just stopped washing my own hair. I go to the hairdresser's once a week for a blow-dry (straight, but bouncy, with some curl and separation at the ends) and that lasts me a good five days (I wear it in a slicked back low bun or a French twist for days six and seven). I HATED having to style my hair and was never good at it, despite the tool, but now I always have great hair.
(I also get my manicure done at the same time. So everything is done for the week, and I am in and out in 45 minutes to an hour).

Hi yes so dry /90 % dry and out in rollers. Spray. Put some heat on from hairdryer. Leave around 30 mins. take each roller out and run the straighteners over. Obviously it's not poker straight then but has some bounce.

I have used every gadget on the planet. Keratin blow dries do nothing for my thick frizzy hair….. zero difference.

The best blow dry I can achieve is with the babyliss big hair - the spinning action makes it so easy. My hair looks like I just walked out the salon. Rough dry my hair until it is 95% dry, then section my hair and use the babyliss. Takes a total of 15/20 minutes with my shoulder length very thick hair.

I also have the shark, but the result is nowhere near as smooth or professional as the much cheaper babyliss. Also the curls with the shark takes me 90 minutes to do all my hair, so a year later it is sat in its box!

I have every single hair tool on the market, in a bid to have better hair habits. (But I’m lazy so most of them fall by the wayside…)

I will say, my current 2 favourites are the babyliss big hair (love the rotating bit, I think it’s easier to use in that regard than the air wrap) and a thermal hot brush I got off amazon.