Some things are just worth the hype. When so many people love and talk about them, you know there’s gotta be a reason. Around the holidays, so many women in a local mommy Facebook group were raving, RAVING, about this Revlon hair brush/dryer. Could not stop posting about it.
And the truth is, there is power in the mommyhood. Any product recommendation or piece of advice that proves to make life easier spreads like wildfire. There’s nothing like it.
Then, mere months later, two of my good friends Ellen and Linda were also raving about it. And these girls know their stuff.
Despite the amazing reviews, I hesitated buying yet another hair appliance when there’s a basket under my bathroom sink that has a hair straightening brush, a ceramic straightener, a blow dryer, a curling wand, and hot rollers. As it is, I only use those items every now and then.
It also costs $60, which isn’t as expensive as some of the higher quality straighteners but is more than the typical impulse buy. But when it saw it at Target this week on sale for $53.99, I decided to give it a try.
And now… I get the hype.
My immediate takes on the hair dryer brush are this:
- It’s larger than most hair tools, but it didn’t take long at all to get used to it. The oval shape is also unusual, but allows for a smoother rotation.
- I loved that it has combination bristles. If you look closely, you can see the plastic-tipped bristles with more coarse bristles in between. Those coarse bristles helped grab and hold my hair like a regular round brush would.
- There are a few temperature settings on it. I found that using it on the low setting was enough heat and power for my hair.
- The top of the brush doesn’t get hot and makes it easy to wrap the hair around and control the direction of the brush. Compared to other irons or straighteners, this felt so much easier to use.
This before and after is from this morning. I washed my hair yesterday (I usually only like to wash it once or twice a week… thanks, dry shampoo!) so I used a little spray bottle to dampen my hair before using the dryer brush.
I’m excited to try this again on freshly washed hair, or even just to help amp up my hair after a day or two.
I watched this YouTube video before trying it out just to make sure I was using it correctly. Her hair is a similar length to mine, so it definitely helped. You can see the dryer brush in action here:
So, if you’re in the market for a new hair tool or have been wondering about this Revlon product, all I can say is believe the hype!