Revlon Silicone Bristle Heated Hair Styling Brush, Black, 1 inch barrel

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It’s a pricey tool compared to other similar options, but we noticed how sturdy and high-quality it felt throughout our tests. If you’re looking for a hair dryer that you can also use to brush out your strands for a smooth look, this one has our stamp of approval.

Having the ability to control the temperature of a hot air brush is key, says Ghamari. That’s because being able to choose the temperature will prevent you from overheating your precious hair. Have fine or damaged hair? Simply set your hot air brush to the lowest temperature setting to avoid damaging your hair further. Alex Brown is a celebrity hairstylist and the founder of Space by Alex Brown in Chicago. She’s worked with the likes of Kendall Jenner, Hailey Baldwin, and Bella Hadid, splitting her time between New York, LA, and her Chicago home base.Angela Trakoshis has more than five years of experience in beauty journalism. She has tried and researched countless hot air brushes and personally swears by them for at-home use. For this story, we recruited other testers with different hair types to test each hot air brush. Each tester graded each tool on the same scale and on different pieces of hair. Angela also interviewed stylists and spent hours conducting her own product research in addition to testing the durability, heat, and performance of each brush. Zoya Ghamari is a hairstylist and owner of Zoya Salon in Dallas. She specializes in hair extensions, top hairpieces, and wigs. She caters to clients in both Texas and California.

The newest version, which was released last year, comes with six different attachments that work to dry, blow out, smooth, or curl the hair. Each attachment glides smoothly through the hair without tugging or causing knots, and a major bonus is that the dryer head has a special flyaway attachment that quite literally works to vanish flyways in one swoop.

Hot air brushes with larger brush heads are ideal for those with long hair because long strands will easily wrap around the barrel all the way to the ends. Short hair likely won't wrap fully around the brush head, and therefore it will be harder to achieve flipped ends. And if you have long hair, then you know how time-consuming it can be to blow out your hair at home. When using a tool like this one that has a wider brush design, you’ll be able to shorten that process a bit without sacrificing beautiful results. It has three blow settings that you can toggle between: high, low, and cool. As with any type of hair dryer or hot tool, it's a good idea to prep your hair with a heat protectant before you use it. When switched on, the dryer blows through the brush head, and you can brush your hair through with it, twirling the device continuously in place until the section is dry. I have naturally curly hair, and it's one of the few products that smooths and shapes my hair without fuss. I only use it on low or cool settings because it's hotter than the surface of the sun." Cat Bowen