For those who don’t want to air dry their hair – whether that’s a personal preference or because they’re short on time – knowing how to blow dry curly hair is crucial. Roughly blasting them with even the very best hair dryer on full heat and power isn’t going to get you perfectly defined curls – in fact it’ll achieve quite the opposite. Curls are delicate and require drying with a bit of extra time and care to preserve their pattern, whether tight coils or looser S-shaped waves.
As somebody with loose ringlets (which admittedly are less springy than usual as recently I've been testing a lot of hot tools for my job), I always dry my hair with one of the best diffusers for curly hair when I want to style it in its natural texture. But for a thorough guide, I’ve also tapped into the knowledge some of the industry’s leading hairdressers for expert insights across all types of curly hair.
