A brand syonymous with innovative technology, Dyson has infiltrated our homes and beauty practices, turning everyday tasks into luxurious rituals.
From its vacuums to the hair tools, with each new launch, the label breaks the intenet and sets the Christmas agenda for all who hope to elevate their cleaning and preening practices.
But none more so than the Dyson Airwap. After unveiling its Supersonic device in 2016, the Airwrap followed suit in 2018 and has since remained one of the most coveted beauty gadgets on the market.
It uses the same pioneering cyclonic technology as the hair dryer where instead of high temperatures, the engineers opted for powerful airflow that was kinder to the strands, while maintaining the same long-lasting styles as its high-heat competitors. This is all due to the Coanda effect where a spinning vortex of air flows around the barrel, pulling hair in to curl with zero effort on your part.
In March 2022, Dyson took it to the next level and launched a re-engineered version of the styler with additional attachments for more versatile styling options and customability. But the elevated price tag remained: a whopping £479.99.
For those without the deep pockets or the inclination, the Airwrap has inspired dupes aplenty where everyone from T3 to Mermade have stylers with varying straightening, curling and drying attachments. So whether you’re looking to create bouncy blow-out curls, effortless beach waves or poker straight frizz and flyaway-free styles, there’s a tool and the accompanying add-on to suit.
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Shark FlexStyle 5 in 1 Hair Styler & Dryer
Always hot on Dyson’s heels, Shark - a label also renowned for its vacuums - has thrown its hat into the styler ring, building on the success of its STYLE iQ Hair Dryer. From the outset, the FlexStyle is an impressive device. It comes packing all the accessories, including two curlers - one for the right and one for the left side of your head.
There’s also an oval brush for voluminising, a diffuser for curly locks and a paddle brush or styling concentrator depending on whether you’re looking for poker straight styles or smoothed out straightening. The wand itself is a compact tube that would be easy to slip in an overnight bag and the controls are kept minimal - on/off, heat and speed (three levels each) and the professional-level cold shot. It’s fast, effective and is barely louder than a whisper.
Buy now £299.99, Currys
Revlon Pro Collection One Step Dryer and Volumiser
TikTok users may recognise this hot brush, as it went viral as a Dyson dupe on the social media platform in 2020. There’s still so much love for the large oval-shaped styler if you take a look at the constant top reviews this brush gets, and we’re right there with them as it’s as good as its more expensive counterparts just with a simpler 2 heat setting.
Whether you want to lift strands at the roots, create frizz-free volume or curl ends, this top tool does so with its ionic tech for a smooth and powerful simultaneous dry and style. For best results, we still like to rough dry with a hairdryer and style with damp hair.
Buy now £62.99, Boots
Remington Curl & Straight Confidence Airstyler AS8606
Remington’s Airstyler may cost just under £55 (on sale from £65), but it packs a real punch. Offering both curling and styling with the range of attachments, it does take some getting used to but once you do, you will be able to create curls, bombshell blow-outs and flyaway-free styles in an instant.
The hair tool works through a literal plug and go function. Simply attachment the correct add-on, whether that’s the dryer, tong, bristle brush or paddle brush, and turn it up. There are three temperature settings; cool, low or high heat, which makes it adaptable to all hair types.
Buy now £54.99, Boots
Revamp Progloss 6 in 1 Airstyler
Determined not to be one-upped, Revamp has six attachments available for its Airstyler device and if it wasn’t obvious from the Progloss name, it is created so that you can created silky, glossy, smooth styles, frizz be gone. A one-stop shop, it has a blow dry with a specialised nozzle to remove excess moisture, a paddle air brush to encourage sleek strands, a bristle air brush for XXL volume, a rotating air brush for shaping and a curl tong for effortless curls. And if you got through all that without taking a breath, you may or may not have noticed that this only equals five. That’s because we saved the best till last, a deep finger diffuser to lift the tresses from root to ends.
Buy now £59.99, Very
BaByliss Air Style 1000
The Air Style from BaByliss makes packing easy as with its interchangeable heads, you will only need to bring one tool away with you, while still being able to get creative with your looks. There’s a drying nozzle that is the most important first step after hair wash days to protect your locks, which can then be followed by the volumising brush, smoothing bristle brush, or the curling conical barrel. No matter which you opt for, the iconic system is used to minimise frizz and maximise shine.
Buy now £46.66, Boots
T3 AireBrush Duo Blow Dry Brush
High-powered hair tools are T3’s MO and this blow dry brush is no different. It may not boast the same number of attachments as some of the other devices on this list but is a foolproof way to create salon-worthy blow-outs from the comfort of your own home.
There are two brush heads, both of which come equipped with specialised SmoothGrip bristles and CeraGloss technology to tame unruly flyaways and leave a welcomed shine in its wake. The round brush is for those ultra-voluminous, bouncy curls, while the paddle brush makes straightening a breeze. The temperature can be adjusted to suit from 65 to 85 degrees Celcius - much lower than traditional tools at the 120 degrees range.
Buy now £117.00, Current Body
Mermade Hair Interchangeable Blow Dry Brush
If the attactive pink colourway wasn’t enough to draw you in, then the styling powers might just. There’s three heads compatible with the base to take you from start to finish in your styling journey. The first is a pre-styling dryer to draw away moisture before the blowout begins. Next, enter the Volume Head, an oval attachment for even curls throughout. For looser curls, opt instead for the Curling Head to achieve that desirable effortless beach waves aesthetic.
Buy now £89.00, lookfantastic
Dyson Airwrap
And finally... the tool that inspired a hundred (or seven worth noting) dupes. The Dyson Airwrap remains as popular today as when it first launched back in 2018 and has only become more advanced with additional attachments in all shapes and sizes. Older devices are still compatible with newer add-ons, the latter of which come complete with a cool tip to aid in the styling process.
The Airwrap boasts the high-pressure motor pioneered from the label that creates the Coanda effect to form curls, waves, dry and smoothed styles with extreme heat removed as part of the equation - thus promoting healthier, strengthened strands.
Buy now £479.99, Boots
