Dyson Airwrap Review (Is it really worth it?)
I did it! I finally invested in the Dyson Airwrap so I could see what all the hype was about.
“Is it really worth all that money?”
“Is it better for my hair?”
“Is it as easy as it looks?”
“Will it be good for my texture hair?”
“Is it faster than using a blow dryer?”
“What’s so great about it?”
“Should I get it?”
These are just some of the questions I get from my clients at the studio about the Dyson airwrap. I wanted to give my honest opinion so I had to experience it myself and test it out thoroughly before I gave you my thoughts.
What I got:
I ordered the Dyson Airwrap Complete set from QVC + small round brush attachment + stand. And it came with a roomy travel case big enough for all the attachments. All together it was
-2 flat brush attachments
-2 round brush attachements (1.2″ and 1.6″)
-2 airwrap attachements (2 of each: 1.2″ and 1.6″)
-1 air drying attachment
-1 travel case with heat resistant mat
I chose to get the stand so everything could be displayed neatly on my station. It’s awesome because all the attachments fit on these little rubber bases and stand up in 2 rows of 4 with room for the tool itself to lay across the front. The case is great for transporting it but I for use on the daily, I highly recommend this stand. (pictured in previous airwrap blog)
I’m going to start with my least favorite accessory – unfortunately, the flat brush with the balls on the ends of the bristles. I personally feel like these kinds of bristles are rough on the hair and actually tear it, so I don’t use this one (really sorry Dyson, but right into the drawer never to be seen again, really disapointed with that one). It actually ended up working out because the stand only has enough room for 8 attachments + the base so I swapped the smaller round brush attachment with that one and now they all fit perfectly, so all good.
On one hand, I think if you are someone who is pretty good at styling your own hair, healthy hair is important to you, and you will put the time in, then I think this tool would be a lot of fun for you. Especially if you like experimenting with different looks. It’s especially great if you travel a lot and want to have one tool that does multiple things. (It can replace your dryer+ brush+curling iron).
On the other hand, if you have no patience for styling and just want to get it done, or have thick, long, frizzy, or tight curls, you might not love this as much.
I personally have very fine, limp, straight hair and I wear 2 rows of hand-tied extensions, some wefts straight and some curly. I’ve tested the airwrap on myself and my clients at the studio as well, on all different lengths and textures and I’ve found that I LOVE IT but it’s NOT the tool I reach for when blowing out every client and here’s why:
If you have really frizzy texture, or really tight curls, the airwrap attachment won’t give you enough tension to really smooth your hairs cuticle. It will dry it and it will leave you with a soft curl, but there will still be a little kink at the top by the roots, and the ends won’t be as finished and polished as they would be if you used more tension or a blow dryer with a smaller concentrator. If that’s the result you’re getting try using one of the brush attachments first to apply some tension to the root and then quickly pass through to the ends, leaving moisture in the mid lengths and ends. Then switch to the airwrap and finish until 100% dry. That should give you a little more control and a better, more polished, long lasting result.
On the flip side: if you are looking for an easy, voluminous blowout with bounce and curl and your texture is straight to wavy you might want to give this baby a try. Or if you have “pretty easy” hair, and you want to skip the salon blowouts, this will absolutely give you the look of going to the salon without actually going.
The key for the airwrap attachments is taking smaller sections. The longer the hair is, or thicker, or more water it’s holding – the smaller sections you need to take or it won’t dry all the way through. You’ll want to always hold the section 4″ from the ends and pick up the ends first with the air, moving the base closer to your head as you work. For more of a bouncy blowout or just movement, use the larger airwrap attachment. If you want curls, or your hair doesn’t hold as well, use the smaller airwrap attachment to start off with tighter spirals. It always looks tighter than it really is when you first release the curl. Then when you run your fingers through it or brush it, it opens up and really loosens.
For the round brush attachments: the base does not spin! This means, if you are going to use any of the brush attachments with the base, you are going to have to manually run the brush through the hair and work it a little bit. The air comes through the attachments, but it doesn’t wind itself up the way it does without effort like the airwrap attachments. Also just something to keep in mind, the air does come through all the holes in the brushes. For some textures, this can blow shorter hairs off the brush before they’ve been smoothed and the end result will be fluffier, and maybe frizzier than you might have hoped for (i.e. this was the case when a shorter-haired client at the studio attempted to use the small round brush attachment on her 2-3″ long curly/wavy hair – just not enough control for her. Her hair came out much better when I wrap dried it with a comb.)
The brush attachments are great for saving time and for giving you a free hand to work with. If you usually get all tangled up, or your arms kill you trying to blow your own hair, this might be something you really find helpful.
So all in all, I really love this tool. It’s pricy, that’s true, but it definitely takes the place of multiple tools and gets the job done in less steps (i.e. instead of blowing your hair completely dry with a blower and then plugging in your iron and waiting for it to heat up and then going through and curling your entire head with a curling iron ) – the airwrap gets it dried and curled for you in one effortless step, so in that regard I feel like it totally warrants its price.
My Tips:
***Use the flat brush to wrap dry the front hairline before you do anything else.
***For beachy waves: take that same attachment and run through the ends after you’ve airwrapped so the ends are more straight.
***If your curls aren’t lasting it’s provably one of these 2 reasons: 1.) It’s not fully dry or 2.) It’s still warm when you’re raking it out, pin it up while it cools down before raking the curls out or hit it with the cool shot before you release the curl from the airwrap.
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