HOT TOOLSProfessional Black Gold One Step Dryer & Volumizer

Fantastic product!!! I was hesitant to purchase, which product out of the dozens available? Will it work on this curly head of mine? Straighten and smooth, not leave me a puffy mess? It works!! My arm got tired, it's not super light, but not heavy. Sounds like a blow drier, but not as loud as my actual drier. Took some practice to use, but I got the hang of it. I did have to go over a few spots at the back of my head the next day due to the humidity which I don't have to do when I flat iron, but it was SO easy with this thing. I LOVE it. NO burnt hair smell. It's smooth and shiny. Salon-style beautiful. I read tons of reviews before picking this one. The Revlon was back ordered... I wanted one fast which is why I chose this one (Next day delivery), I'm happy I did. I can't say it's the "best" one, I don't have any comparison, but it works very well! I won't be sending it back (I planned to if it wasn't love at first try). I'd say go for it!Background: I'm a naturally curly girl, 2C curls, super thick and coarse (Latina) hair. Takes hours, upon hours to air dry. I gave up using a blow drier years ago when I discovered the flat iron. It'd take so long blow drying it straight with a round brush, I'd sometimes give up half way through and stick my head in the shower to curl it back up!Flat ironing has been great until my Solia gave up. Bought a highly rated GHD which flattens beautifully, but has given me a horrible amount of split ends, which has never been an issue. There's also a constant burnt hair smell despite using heat protectant, cleaning it, and having no heat adjustments (it's supposed to keep it at an equal "safe" temperature). So my search began for a new method to straighten my hair when I need a break from my curls ... Found it !

Love how my hair looks after using this tool. It typically takes me 45 minutes to dry my hair with a round brush and dyson. When using this tool, I get my hair to about 90% dry with my dyson and then use the the brush dryer as a finishing tool. It does get very hot so I don’t use it as a way to dry my hair from the beginning. Also use a heat protectant! When doing this method it takes me 25-30 minutes to dry my hair. And is silky smooth! I will say that the brush dryer stopped working after about 16 months. However I reached out to Hot Tools (Helen of Troy) customer service (who were fantastic) and they sent me a brand new one even though I purchased from Amazon. 🙌

This works great. I love this product. I seen some reviews that were not nice and when I read them I thought the people who say it is too hot, well duh it is a hair dryer.

I had been thinking about growing my hair longer and COVID-19 made it a decision I didn’t have to make. But that meant more time with the round brush and hair dryer and never quite getting the sleek look I wanted. Saw a review of this dryer and the Revlon one and decided to pay the extra $20 to get Hot Tools. Based on the reviews and the subtle differences it was well worth the money!! I immediately washed my hair as soon as I got it, towel dried (highy recommend an Aquis towel. I’ve used them for many years and it takes towel drying to a new level.) I used the dryer on low (as I saw recommended in videos) and can’t believe how fast it dried, how easy it was to use, and what a sleek, smooth look I got! The knob at the end makes it easy to turn the dryer in your hands but I was easily able to rotate it using 2 hands on the handle part. It’s rather lightweight despite it looking like it will be heavy and because you’re only holding one thing at a better angle rather than a dryer and a brush it doesn’t get heavy while using it. I always thought my hair dryer by itself was pretty fast (partly because of the Aquis towel) but I think this was even faster with no shoulder aches, heavy arms and with better styling! I don’t write reviews but I was so impressed with this dryer/styler I had to write a review. My only complaint - no way to hang it. I like to be able to hang hair tools. But I may be able to find a simple way to hang it. But a built in hanger loop would make it perfect.