Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Review: Dyson Airwrap for Short Hair.



As I mentioned recently, I managed to get my paws on a secondhand Dyson Airwrap styler which I was dying to try even though it's not really meant for my hair. I was pretty sure, in fact, that it would make me cry. My hair is legitimately short*, straight and fine and I don't generally do much to it aside from a quick blow-dry and some flat ironing of the ends. But, I recently got a haircut I didn't like, so I decided the Airwrap couldn't make things worse. I was right! 

The Dyson Airwrap seems advanced, but it's surprisingly easy and fun to use. Trust me, if I can use it without ending up having to cut it out of my hair, you can totally handle it. For hair as short as mine curls/waves aren't yet a thing (I'm growing it out because I'd love to achieve this look) but I can get crazy volume with it, something I was never able to achieve with a regular round brush/hair dryer. 

The set comes in an enormous fancy box with a handle and a bunch of attachments: a pre-styling dryer, a volumizing round brush, firm smoothing brush, soft smoothing brush, and two sets of curl barrels. 

If I'm in a rush I'll just dry it a bit and use the round brush attachment which gives me very good results. But, when I have a bit more time I pull out the barrels to get crazy volume and shine. Here's my process (please note that it's impossible to do mirror selfies without getting crazy eyes):


First, I spray a little B&B Tonic on my wet hair and then some product - lately I've been loving R&Co Rodeo Star mousse. I use the pre-styling dryer to get my hair mostly-but-not-quite dry. The dryer attachment is pretty powerful, though if you have a lot of hair, it probably isn't going to replace a regular hair dryer. (In my case it does because my beloved Super Solano finally died on me last week. RIP, Super Solano.)


Then I hit my bangs with the firm brush because they dry quickly and I want to avoid bang wonkiness.


Then I section off the bottom layer of my hair and and use the large barrel on it, section by section. The styler kind of sucks your hair onto the barrel which is scary at first and then it's fun. Also, hello crazy eyes.


Please note the insane curl action on the bottom! I then use the barrel on the top in sections and then repeat this process on the other side. I use the round brush attachment on the back because it's too short for the barrels. All of this seems complicated but it takes less than 15 minutes. After the barrel action, I'm left with this:


This is...not great. I know. I KNOW. But please take a moment to notice how freaking shiny my hair is:


Still, that bubble bob is not it so I give my hair a few minutes to relax and then as a final step I use my flat iron and straighten the ends. Here's the final style in much more flattering light:


So good! So much more volume than I ever though I could achieve on my own. Here's the other side: 


I still have some growing out to do (all those stupid little layers!) before I can achieve some bouncy waves, but overall I'm really impressed with the Dyson Airwrap. It's fun and not hard to use. I honestly didn't think I'd keep it but now I don't know how I managed without it? This is dangerous. Anyway, if you have really short hair I am not saying you should go out and drop this kind of money on a styler but if you've been thinking about it for a while, maybe treat yo self. It's well-made and fancy af. (Plus, I don't know about you but I could use a little fun these days, even if it's from a weird hair tool.)

From what I can tell it's backordered (to ship in Feb) or sold out pretty much everywhere but I have seen them pop back up for sale a few times, so keep your eye out! Or, don't give in to this nonsense and keep doing what you're doing. You look great. 


*The Internet needs to understand what short hair is. Please, I beg you, stop calling your hair "short" if it's long enough to put in a ponytail. THAT IS NOT SHORT HAIR. What you have is MEDIUM LENGTH HAIR. I can't tell you how annoying it is to go looking for short hair Dyson Airwrap tutorials and finding folks with hair below their shoulders calling their hair "short." IT IS NOT. 

6 comments:

  1. Likewise, Internet, please stop calling shoulder length hair "long". If it doesn't pass your collarbones, it is not long. And therefore whatever tutorial, style guide, or whatever hair aid I'm looking for is totally useless to me. Le sigh.

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    1. This is a real problem! It's so so annoying.

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  2. I got the Airwrap over the summer and it has become my precioussss. Never has my fine, flat hair been so voluminous! I recently cut my hair to chin-length and it's still been great. Flat-ironing the ends, like you said, is key to avoiding the beauty-pageant look. Every time I fix my hair with it, I get compliments from my teenage boys, which you know is high praise.

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    1. Isn't it the best? I am honestly shocked at how much I like it.

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  3. You have had the best short haircuts as long as I have been a reader. You will rock the wavy bob too!! I covet this stupid hair toy and I don't even like to style my hair! It is wavy bordering on curly but after close to 40 years of brushing and all that I find it near impossible to leave it alone and just let it be curly. SIGH...

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    1. Thanks! One of the hardest things to leave behind when I moved is my amazing stylist. I will tell you, I am not generally super into spending time on styling but the Dyson makes it really easy!

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