For poker-straight, smoothed-out locks, there is no easier heated tool than a hair-straightening brush.
The name gives the game away, the gadget resembles a hairbrush in its design that you glide from root to tip, encouraging your strands to fall in line with greater manageability and tackling those hard-to-reach areas like the back of the head. Like a hair straightener but with bristles instead of ceramic plates, they are kinder to delicate hair using less direct heat to achieve a similar style as it moves down sections instead of clamping in place.
Your local salon may give the air that achieving sleek strands only takes a rounded brush and a good hair dryer but when it comes to our at-home skills, it’s not quite that simple to achieve. Enter the hair straightening brush that detangles, straightens and boosts shine at a flick of the wrist. You can even use it to up the va-va volume by placing the head at the roots, creating tension by pulling at the strands and brushing in an upward motion.
Hair straightening brushes are super handy for those concerned with frizz as well as to fix up that second-day hair that needs a quick touch-up to look fresh. These tools will leave hair looking and feeling healthy and shiny.
The best come from brands like GHD and T3 who are constantly innovating the heated hair tool space. You only need to look to the likes of the GHD Duet where the brand has combined drying and straightening with just one gadget, simplifying the styling process to just a few minutes total.
Shop our top pick of hair-straightening brushes below
GHD Duet Style 2-in-1 Hot Air Styler
Best for: wet styling
Forget everything you’ve ever been told about wet haircare styling; ghd’s device can be used directly on wet strands. The Duet is a straightening innovation that combines the drying and styling process in one handy device.
Simply run it over towel-dried locks in a downward motion, and watch it dry and straighten at the same time. Then hold down the button to initiate the smoothing effect. Poker straight styles have never been easier to create.
Buy now £379.00, GHD
BaByliss Air Wand
BaByliss’ latest launch is on hand to streamline your collection of heated tools. Instead of three different devices to dry, straighten and style, the Air Wand does it all with just two attachments. The all-in-one gadget is designed for the time-poor and crucially, does not require skill or extensive know-how to use it.
The speedy wand has your drying needs covered but switch it up and it smooths or leaves your locks poker straight, depending on which of the brush duos that you select. There is the added bonus of a built-in Ultra Care Mode to protect the health of your tresses and the space-saving solution can be slotted into your luggage and used abroad.
Buy now £120.00, BaByliss
ghd Glide Professional Hot Brush
Turn to this straightening hot brush if you have curly, wavy, thick or unruly hair for a speedier routine compared with straightening irons. Designed to be used on dry hair, one stroke from the roots to ends will ‘glide’ through even knotty locks leaving them smooth and silky-looking. It’s fast because the large head covers a big section of hair, so you can go through your whole head in minutes.
The trusted hair tool brand never disappoints and like the rest of their much-loved collection, this works at what they call the optimum 185°C styling temperature, so as to not frazzle strands. A must-have for smoothing second-day hair, eliminating frizz thanks to the ceramic and ionising tech, and for those who want to cut down on styling time.
Buy now £179.00, John Lewis
Revlon Pro Collection Salon One Step Hair Dryer & Styler
You will likely recognise this tool as one of the brand’s viral TikTok sensations and it’s clear why it has been so popular. It’s just such a time saver and couldn’t be easier to use. The Revlon Pro One Step Hair Dryer & Styler is a multitasker that combines the ability to blow dry and straighten in one. The large paddle brush makes it ideal for all hair types from thick to thin where the trademarked Ionic Technology ensures an even distribution of airflow to reduce the time taken to style, giving you more time in the morning to snooze your alarm.
Use on towel-dry hair and it gets to work detangling, drying and styling with two heat settings. There’s even a cool shot for that high-shine finish. It is worth keeping in mind that this is a fairly loud and thick tool to hold.
Buy now £24.00, Amazon
T3 Edge ceramic hot brush
T3 has transformed styling routines since its inception but the Edge takes it to the next level in terms of speed. With the power of a straightening tool combined with the simplicity of a bristle brush, it has never been easier to style your locks in a straight fashion with no burn mishaps or needing to carve out a substantial amount of time in your day to do so.
The hot brush heats up incredibly quickly and stays at the optimal temperature to maintain the strength of your strands throughout. Complete with nylon bristles and the brand’s innovative PrecisionEdge Design, it is kind to the tresses with its smoothing and volumising function no matter your hair type or texture.
Buy now £97.50, Amazon
Drybar The Brush Crush Heated Straightening Brush
Drybar has long been the haircare brand to know over in the States for its quick and cost-effective blowouts, which quickly expanded into a collection of at-home tools. The Brush Crush Heated Straightening Brush gives you the ability to create that professional-level style without much effort, and most importantly, skill. The fuss-free heated tool allows you to simply brush your hair and achieve a frizz-free, shiny effect - all at a lower temperature to preserve the integrity of each strand. It goes up to 232oC but the temperature is adjustable and you can set it on the handle.
Buy now £125.00, Sephora
Dafni Classic heated hair straightening brush
The paddle brush structure of this straightening tool from Dafni has earned it real brownie points among hair technophiles. The brush was created to maintain your mane without even needing to section out your hair. The power of the deep ceramic technology can pass through many layers so straightening really is as easy as brushing your hair a few times.
It takes less than a minute to heat up and then around three to take curly strands to straight. The brush packs a real punch but thanks to its safety mechanism, you can brush right on the scalp and the back of your head without fearing the heat.
Buy now £85.00, Amazon
Revamp Progloss Deepform Ceramic Straightening Hot Brush
The control is your hands with this hot brush from Revamp where you can set your optimal styling temperature from 130oC to 210oC. With each swipe of the brush through your hair, it offers a detangling and straightening effect on thick sections of your mane at once. The hot brush from the tool specialist combines ionic and ceramic technology so works much in the same way as a classic iron but without creating frizz and leaving it smooth thanks to keratin, argan and coconut oil infused into the bristles.
Buy now £60.00, Argos
amika Polished Perfection Thermal Straightening Brush
The New York-born haircare experts over at amika (yes, with an intentional lowercase ‘a’) have incorporated a specialised iRed beam technology into its straightening brush. This feature is set at the nylon cool tips of the bristles and emits infrared heat that infuses the cuticle with hotter temperatures from the inside out in order to reduce the thermal damage often associated with heated styling.
The Polished Perfection also offers a double negative ion so that each time you glide it down your locks, you have a static-free experience, which also smooths and reduces frizz at the same time. In under 10 minutes, you can have a salon-level blow dry, even for thick, curly, long and frizzy hair.
Buy now £110.00, Cult Beauty
MiroPure Hair Straightening Brush 2 in 1 Ionic Hair Straightener Brush
For just £30, you can bag yourself an affordable, effective hair straightening brush. This MircoPure product will treat your hair to a silky smooth makeover by sealing the hair cuticles and reducing split ends. To avoid that horrid rush of panic that comes with accidentally leaving the hair straighteners on when you’ve left the house, the brush will automatically turn off after 60 minutes if not used.
Its small stature makes it perfect for travelling. Pop it in your suitcase and combat humidity-induced fuzz using the 360° swivel power cord for lustrous, frizz-free locks in minutes. If you have five minutes spare before heading out for dinner, treat your scalp to the brush’s massaging effect that stimulates the hair follicles and feels fantastic.
Buy now £30.57, Amazon
