Hair Styling Tools

Are you challenged when it comes to using a styling brush and blow dryer at the same time?  It always looks so easy when the hair stylist does it, but when we get home and try to do it ourselves, it isn’t as easy as we thought it would be.

Hot air brushes have been around for awhile and the technology continues to improve their performance.  One of the technologies that has become more and more prevalent in hair styling tools is ionic technology.   In fact, the Hot Tools 1 1/2 inch Ionic Hot Air Brush has such technology.  This is wonderful for those of us who are concerned about our hair’s softness and shine.  It also helps reduce fly away hair.

Of course there are several brands of hot air brushes in the marketplace.  Some come with nylon bristles and others come with flexible ball-tipped bristles.   One advantage of the flexible ball-tipped bristle hot air brushes is that the bristles gently grip your hair and rest softly against your head.  They are also considered tangle-proof.  The locking barrel switch locks in place for curling and it unlocks when you are ready to unwind the hair from the barrel.  The advantages of a nylon bristle hot air brush is that the bristles also gently grip your hair for exceptional control in styling.

My personal preference is the nylon bristle hot air brushes simply because for my hair type, which is fine and short hair, the hair tends to curl better with this type bristle.  This may not be true of other types hair.  Additionally, if you have very thick hair I would not recommend this type of styling appliance as it will inevitably take longer to dry and style.  If there are any of you out there reading this article and find that this is not true for you, I would love to hear about it.  

Prices for hot air brushes range anywhere from the high teens to the mid thirty dollar range.

When are most of us not in a hurry?  For me, I don’t know what it is like to have a leisurely amount of time to get somewhere.  I’m always running behind and rushing wherever it is I need to get to.  That is why any tricks to speed up the process of getting somewhere are always of interest to me.

For many of us, while our hair looked great at the start of the day, by the afternoon or early evening, our hair starts looking disheveled and any curls that might have been there earlier, are now hanging loosely or not there at all.  Often, there are places that I need to go to late in the day or have something planned for the evening and as usual there is not much time to spend pampering and especially going all out to restyle my hair.  So, you ask what is the answer? 

The answer to refreshing the curls in  your hair is a brush iron.  In fact, brush irons are already what many use to start out their day.  I have found, however, that by using a brush iron to curl just a few sagging curls on my head, I can refresh my style and feel good about the outcome.  It only takes a matter of minutes to recurl those locks that need it and I’m out the door once again.

Brush irons come in several sizes and for me they work much quicker and easier than the curling iron.  The other positive about brush irons is that they cost less than a curling iron.  So, the next time you are worried about taking too much time to redo your hair, consider using a brush iron and in fact keep several sizes on hand and you won’t be dissatisfied.