I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. I am also researching the RevAir. It looks tempting.
Dyson Airwrap
As you would expect of a premium tool of this price range it is beautifully presented, as well as the tools themselves, high quality materials.
The base where the handle is, is surprisingly lightweight, I was concerned initially that it may be cumbersome to hold, but no it was very easy to use in that respect.
The brush: I got the Smooth and Control kit and the brush does feel quite firm it will really smooth out textured hair quite nicely without the high heat. If I choose to keep the set, I may buy the softer bristle brush which is available to buy separately but I just think it will be more gentle on my fine hair strands. It’s not going to give you flat iron results but it really does seem to smooth the hair strand down and minimise frizz.
The curling barrels: I only used the the smaller size and I found the immediate observations:-
It feels quite hot on the scalp, certainly using it at the higher heat level which for black hair you would need to, I would think, but in doing so, it is going to feel uncomfortable at times on the scalp. I notice no one mentions this in any of the demonstrations lol. They’ll be a lot of people returning the item just for this alone but I can manage it okay.
Because it blows so much hot air it’s important (in my opinion) that a) you section the hair before curling and b) you pin up each curl as you make your curl, otherwise you’re just going to make a mess of your freshly curled hair.
The curling barrels are not going to maintain a curl on highly textured hair, it's just not.
On my 10 week post hair this didn’t look that great, my hair however, was soft, silky and volumised but the curls didn’t hold that well but I will try it a few more times before I make up my mind.
In conclusion this Airwrap is going to take a lot of trial and error before you can perfect the look. I think it will look really nice on hair from 0-8 weeks post, but what about the rest of the time?
I love the volume it gives my hair, it does make your hair look like you went into a salon for a professional blow dry. But I'm not sure it's enough, I'll be using it on my freshly relaxed hair and checking the difference.
