Amika Blowout Babe Thermal Brush

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For my needs, this product has been absolutely wort the splurge. However, if you're looking for a blow-dryer brush that can dry and style your hair at the same time, this probably isn't the product for you. If you've been looking for an easy way to style your hair after it's been air-dried, or the perfect way to cut down on frizz, then IMO, this tool is priceless. Where Is the Amika Blowout Babe Thermal Brush Available? The cord on this is disappointing. It feels like a cheap lamp cord from the 50's. Very thin. This is always worrisome on hair tools since they tend to draw a lot of current, but also because they tend to break internally and cause the whole thing to fail. That is, if it worked in the first place. Also it has a swivel, but the swivel is poorly designed so unless you're holding the brush at a specific angle it won't twirl. Overall design: The Airwrap has a unique form factor with swappable attachments, and no one offered an exact match or one-to-one comparison until the FlexStyle came along.

The brand recommends using the product in a few different ways. To achieve a blowout, use the brush like a typical round brush and blow dryer combination, just without the blow dryer. If you're looking to add more shine or volume to your hair, it suggests sliding the on/off button all the way up until it glows red, which activates the negative ion generator. Mashable reporters spent at least 10 hours hands-on testing each of the hair tools featured in this guide. In addition, Mashable Shopping Reporter Bethany Allard also spent countless hours reviewing the Airwrap and Flexstyle. The round brush itself is lightweight, easy to handle, user-friendly, and I love that it can create a number of different looks. I can curl my hair, give myself a bouncy blowout, or just smooth everything out using one simple tool. Plus, it doesn't take long to get through my entire head of hair — usually about seven minutes at the most. The barrel is cheap metal and definitely has hot spots. If you actually could get the brush to grab your hair, I'm afraid it would burn it. The brand recommends using the product in a few different ways. To achieve a blowout, use the brush like a typical round brush and blow dryer combination, just without the blow dryer. If you're looking to add more shine or volume to your hair, they suggest sliding the on/off button all the way up until it glows red, which activates the negative ion generator.

Featuring a thermal ceramic barrel and ion generator, the Blowout Babe Thermal Brush emits far-infrared heat and negative ions for faster, healthier styling with the ultimate in smooth, shiny, frizz-free results. With a TikTok tutorial at the ready on my phone, I grabbed the tool and glided it through my hair. The bristles untangled any leftover knots while the warmth of the barrel smoothed away frizz. Honestly, I could have run it through my hair a few times and left it at that, but I was bent on achieving ’90s-era Cindy Crawford volume. The Blowout Babe is a hot brush that allows you to get that professional blowout look — without all the noise and hot air that comes with your typical styling sesh. It’s designed for all hair types and can be used to create a blowout at home or to refresh the perfect blowout you got at the salon so it lasts a little bit longer.

After testing the Dyson Airwrap and testing the Shark Flexstyle (and along with a few other dupes on the market), we can definitively say that the Shark FlexStyle is the best hot air styler for most people. Ready And Able - an easy grip, 9 foot 360° swivel cord made of heat-proof, up to 450ºF (232ºC), fabric and a professional hook makes use and storage simple. Weight: You're going to be holding your hair tool above your head for a significant amount of time, so the lighter, the better. (The Airwrap weighs a pound and a half, for what it's worth.) The wand features a 1.5-inch ceramic barrel that emits far-infrared heat to penetrate into the center of your hair, effectively heating it from the inside out. Because this type of heat tech warms your hair evenly, it allows you to style your strands without causing as much damage as your typical hot tools. The brush heats up to 356 degrees Fahrenheit all while the heat-resistant handle stays cool.The London-based hair tool manufacturer GHD (which stands for "Good Hair Day") is best known for its Platinum+ Styler, an award-winning flat iron. But it also deserves props for the Rise, a stellar thermal brush from 2020 featuring a 1.25-inch barrel and short nylon bristles that don't pull or create frizz (folks with shorter hair might prefer this barrel size over the Amika brush). It's not an Airwrap dupe in terms of being able to style while drying, as it needs to be used on already-dry hair, but it can effortlessly and quietly produce equivalent salon-rivaling shape and body without extreme damage. For beginners, the round brush styling will take some getting used to, but once you do, the 1.5-inch barrel provides plenty of bounce and volume (and is still small enough to work well on shoulder length hair). You probably won't be able to achieve straight up curls, but waves are definitely in the cards. The brush also has a special negative ion mode that provided noticeable smoother looks than any blowout we got using hot air. Getting a smooth and sleek look was only made easier by the fact that thermal brushes won't blow around already styled sections when you're touching up.

how to• On dry hair, simply use the Bombshell Blowout Thermal Brush as you would a round brush and blow dryer to achieve a smooth, voluminous blowout in half the time. This thermal brush also only heats up to 356 degrees and doesn't get as hot as other tools I've used. This hasn't been an issue for me and I actually like the temperature, but it's just something to think about if you prefer your tools to be on the hotter side. Is the Amika Blowout Babe Thermal Brush Worth the Splurge?ionic generator - to increase negative ion output resulting in shiny, smooth, frizz-free results with zero static. To get started, the brand recommends washing and drying your hair like you normally would before combing out any knots. That way, the tool will glide through your strands without getting tangled. That being said, there are a few minor reasons one might be inclined to gravitate toward an Airwrap instead of a comparable dupe. It dries slightly faster and runs a little quieter than the FlexStyle, for one thing. It's not so quiet "that it would make any functional difference in say, waking up a roommate over the Shark," Allard said, but it's "slightly more pleasant to listen to as you do your hair." And the whole kit has a premium luxury feel — for some, the Dyson name will be a key selling point. The similarities between the Airwrap and the FlexStyle go way beyond the fact that they're both high-end, futuristic-looking hair tools made by vacuum companies. For starters, they're the only devices of their kind that employ an aerodynamic phenomenon called the Coanda effect—this creates a spinning vortex of warm air that attracts and automatically wraps hair around their barrels, which gently dries while adding volume. They also come equipped with temperature regulation technology to minimize heat damage, and include interchangeable attachments for a range of different hair types and textures.