How to choose a hair dryer?

First, I'll tell you my story about why a hairdryer should be in every girl's house. After graduation, my husband and I began a new life, we moved to a new apartment and finally I got a long-awaited job. I had to go to work in a week and we went to have a rest with friends, and of course I took my new Braun hairdryer, then I never had a headwash without a hairdryer. So, the "big morning" of the first working day has come. When I woke up, I washed my hair, wrapped it in a towel and went to paint (probably many people do this), and when I came to the bathroom to dry my hair, I realized that I had forgotten the hairdryer at my friends' house. I immediately start to panic, after 20 minutes I have to leave, and if not, I will be late for work on the very first working day, which for me was tantamount to suicide. besides, we had just moved into a new apartment, and I did not know any neighbors from whom I could (neighborly) borrow a hairdryer. There was no chapel for my panic, and then my husband said in a firm male voice "now I will decide everything ..." and took out a vacuum cleaner, at first I was screaming something in horror, but then I realized that there was no time for hysteria and an urgent need to dry my hair. My husband did something with the vacuum cleaner and he began not to suck in, but to blow out the air, my husband pointed the vacuum cleaner at me, and I, with my head down with a brush, dried my hair, it’s difficult to convey in words, it was necessary to see. The bottom line is that I arrived at work on time with good styling and have been working there for more than 7 years, but the case with a vacuum cleaner, we remember quite often. I mean, there are times when you can do without a hair dryer, but there are also vice versa.

The life of a modern girl is hard to imagine without such a device as a hairdryer.

The girls felt the need for hairdryers long before they appeared (they dried their hair by the stove, by an open fire, in a strong wind), for the first time a hairdryer appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century in Germany. The girls who had a hair dryer at home were very rich, since the price of a hair dryer was equal to a year (!!!) of service in a good prestigious hairdressing salon.

Choosing a hair dryerSince those times, the hairdryer has changed a lot both in appearance and in its functions, but its indispensability has remained to this day.

Today there are two main types of hair dryers - professional and household. We will make a start from them.

Professional hairdryer

Professional hair dryers are most often used in beauty salons, hairdressing salons, but this does not mean that you cannot use it at home.

A professional hair dryer is distinguished by the quality of the hair dryer itself, high power, which will allow you to dry your hair much faster. Professional hair dryers usually have more attachments to make styling easier with one appliance. Professional hair dryers consist of several speeds, which makes it possible to adjust the drying temperature, and usually the cold air button is displayed. A professional hairdryer is suitable for all hair types. In modern hair dryers, there is usually a ceramic heater that does not dry out the hair and helps to maintain its structure; ionization, from which the hair does not electrify and which makes the hair smoother and shinier, and thereby simplifying styling, and the newest - tourmaline coating, hair dryers with such a coating are considered the best today.

Professional hair dryers are of high quality, long-lasting performance and the latest technologies aimed at preserving and protecting hair.

Manufacturers of professional hair dryers that are very popular: BaByliss, Ga.Ma, GammaPiu, Coifin, Ermila, Jaguar, Moser, Oster,Vіtek.

Apply a heat protectant before each use.

Household hair dryer

Household hair dryers are designed for drying hair at home. These models of hair dryers differ from professional ones, as they have slightly different parameters. The power of a household hair dryer is less than a professional one, which means that you will have to spend more time drying.Often, a household hair dryer has no more than two temperature regimes. Hair dryers of famous brands can have the function of ionization and cold air, just like professional hair dryers. More expensive models of household hair dryers may come with several attachments, most often a diffuser and a concentrator.

Popular manufacturers of household hair dryers: Bosch, Philips, Rowenta, Braun.

If your hair is below the shoulder blades, then you need to choose a hair dryer with a high power.

For girls with brittle, dry or short hair, you should choose a hairdryer with a power of no more than 1200 W, as higher power can damage the hair structure. For thick, long or heavy hair, a hairdryer with a power of 1600 W or more is suitable.

Additional functions of the hair dryer

Cold air function... The most primitive additional function that almost all hair dryers have. It allows you to fix the styling without damaging your hair with heat.

Ionization function... This function neutralizes static electricity, which means that the hair will be protected from drying out. Thanks to ionization, hair becomes smooth, soft and shiny, like after going to the salon.

Ceramic heating... Hair dryers with ceramic heaters are necessary to protect the styling from high temperatures. The ceramic heater acts as safely as possible on the hair structure, while evenly distributing heat.

Tourmaline coating... When heated, this coating begins to actively emit a mass of negatively charged ions, which make the hair manageable, smooth and shiny. In this case, the drying process is significantly reduced.

Replaceable filters... Each hair dryer has a filter designed to keep dust and hair out of the hair dryer. In cheap models, replacing such a filter is impossible and the hair dryer breaks down faster. In more expensive models, this filter can be changed.

The more the power of the hair dryer, the more gentle it treats the hair.

For a long time I had a Braun household hairdryer, and it took me a long time to buy a professional hairdryer, but the next planned trip to the hairdresser convinced me. During the next haircut, the master told me that my hair length was overdried and asked what kind of hairdryer I use and whether there is ionization in it, which does not allow the scales to open, but on the contrary smoothes them and thereby protects (well, something like that she said) ... Although my Braun was a good hairdryer and served me for a long time, it did not have such functions. To which she told me that it is better to choose a professional hairdryer, which will be even cheaper than some Braun models at a price, but many times better and advised me to BaByliss and Ga.Ma, and already according to reviews on the Internet, BaByliss dropped my choice.

Dry your hair 80% with a hairdryer, and then let it dry naturally.

I want to tell you about a hairdryer, which includes all my requirements for it, this is a professional hairdryer from BaByliss Pro, specifically:

BaByliss PRO Tourmaline Pulse (BaByliss BAB5586E SL IONIC)

The hairdryer is equipped with two ionizers and technology ceramic-tourmaline for a more even distribution of temperature along the air flow (for me these parameters were key).

1. The hair dryer must have an ionization function, this hair dryer has it, as evidenced by the inscription - SL ionic (photo below).

2. Convenient to use: lightweight, easy to hold when laying, convenient location of buttons, has a matte rubberized stylish body, very pleasant to the touch. The photo shows that the hairdryer is small enough and it is convenient to hold it with one hand, and with the other, for example, with brushing, to style your hair. The power is 1900 W, and the weight is only 420 g.

How to choose a hair dryer3. Multifunctionality, the hair dryer has several modes of drying speed and air temperature supply: 6 air supply modes: 2 air flow rates and 3 heating temperature options.

Professional hair dryer4. Of course it has a cold air button.

The hair dryer has a filter designed to keep dust and hair out of the hair dryer. This filter can be changed, which means that the power of the hair dryer will not drop over time.

Hairdryer Babyliss5.A convenient cord (length 2.5 meters) and a concentrator nozzle, which is made in the form of a cylinder with a flattened end, which allows directing the air flow pointwise. And I bought separately an additional attachment - a diffuser, for a softer hair drying, which more protects the hair from overheating and injury. The diffuser is suitable for styling naturally curly hair.

Hair dryer for home use Bebilis

This hairdryer is for those who value not only convenience, but also aesthetics in hair appliances.

To summarize, we can highlight the following main characteristics of a hair dryer before buying it:

  • power;
  • several levels of air temperature;
  • the degree of hair protection (ionization, ceramic heater, tourmaline coating);
  • additional accessories and attachments;
  • body material, shape and weight of the hair dryer.

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  1. Olya

    Oh cool! I took your advice and took this one - technoportal.ua/hairdryer/jaguar/jaguar-hd-3900.html. A normal choice, isn't it?

    • Yuliya

      Not a bad option for home use, it is a pity that there is no cold air supply and ionization.

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