HELEN OF TROY Hot Air Brush 1 inch Tangle Free with Soft Grip Textured Handle (Model: 1574R)

I have LONG, STRAIGHT hair that is hard to hold curl. After using my mother's hot air brush that has a rubber-type barrel and dates back to the early 1990's, I searched EVERYWHERE for one like it because it is perfect for my hair type--long, straight and fine. The closest I came to finding one like my mother's was this one (Helen of Troy 1" Model #1574R). The metal barrels do NOT give my hair ANY body or even any curl. Nothing! But this plastic-type barrel gives me softness OR curl, depending on how long I hold it in place. The rubber-type or plastic-type barrel has proven the absolute best for my type of hair. I bought the 1" at an Ulta store this week and am now on Amazon to buy a 1.5" because my hair is so long on the bottom that I want the smaller one to use on the top and sides of my hair and the larger one to use on the bottom. I highly recommend this product because the barrel is so much more conducive to providing body and/or curl to my very straight, fine, hair!!!

I've already recommended this air brush to several people. It's fast and easy to use, and was first recommended to me by my hairdresser. Yesterday, when I blow dried my hair myself, I told my husband, "We just saved $45 dollars."

I have a lot of trouble styling my shortish, fine, wavy hair with a brush and blow dryer. I felt like I needed a third hand, and kept having to put down and turn off my dryer to wrap my hair around the brush, then turn the blow dryer on again and style that section. Time consuming! With this hot air brush, I just blow my hair til it's barely damp dry and then style with the hot air brush. I can't speak to how it works for much thicker hair, but for my relatively fine hair, this is just fine. It's not super powerful, but I don't think it's intended to fully dry your hair, just to style it when your hair has already been mostly dried by a more powerful blow dryer. That allows you to hold the blow dryer far from your head and not blast your hair with the higher heat, and then you use the hot air brush as a styling tool without scorching your hair. For that purpose, it's a great tool.

And as others have said, after a while, the barrel can tend to spin and not lock up like it...Read more