Heat damage on your hair can leave long lasting effects. Every colorist has seen effects of color fade. Blonds become blend, redheads muddy, there no shine and vibrant hues wash out. Usually that can be too much on our precious locks. No amount of conditioner treatments or keratin treatments will do the trick from extreme heat damage.
You want to use a tool that will prevent haircolor integrity. It’s been proven that any temperature above 302 degrees Fahrenheit will weaken the cuticle of the hair. It will erode leading to permanent damage of the cortex layer.
So, what can you do?
Start by taking preventing care on your hair and color before it happens. For example, eating a well-balanced diet, doing regular conditioner treatments to your hair and using the right hot tools with the right temperature settings when styling your hair.
As a professional hairstylist, I want to keep the integrity of the hair at the same time as achieving fast drying result when I am styling and drying my client’s hair. I also want my clients to be able to take the same care I do at the salon at home.
What kind of products and styling tools do that?
Meet the Airwrap Styler by Dyson. They have been able to put the brains and beauty together in one product. Dyson has hit us with one of the most amazing and unique styling tools our strands have everseen.
Having study different hair types and styling habits for 6 years, the Dyson’s team engineered the perfect styling tool for salons and at homecare. The Airwrap Styler has 6 different accessories and attachments that can be interchangeable to fit your styling needs.
The most interesting and unique feature about this tool, is the way it uses air instead of localized heat like flatirons and curling irons do. This way, there is less heat damage leaving smoothed,shiny hair without scarifying volume.
Smart heat control
A glass bead thermistor measures the temperature up to 40 times a second, transferring temperature data to the microprocessor and equalizing the product’s heat temperature. This way ,it helps ensure hair does not become exposed to extreme temperatures.
By breaking own the hydrogen bonds in hair while wet, it resets the natural style of your hair instead of “drying out” like the regular hot tools will do, keeping the moisture in the hair.
Let's dive into all its high-tech details.
Dyson has designed this Airwrap using jets of air, and a phenomenon called the Coanda effect. This occurs when the high-speed jets of airflow across a surface.
Helping prevent hair damage gives clients an excellent smooth finish without extreme heat. This is why professionals are changing to Dyson Supersonic Blow Dryer and Airwrap Styler. While the brand is better known for its vacuums, Dyson is using their engineering approach to a tool that helps people achieve a variety of styles on a variety of hair types at home. It’s user friendly, no hard learning curve, and it’s lightweight.
Motor
The Airwrap Styler it's powered by the Dyson Digital Motor V9, which pairs with the unique barrel attachments. The different barrels and attachments allow you to customize your curl, wave. The Airwrap Complete features six accessories ($549) while the Volume+Shape ($499.99)and the Smooth+Control ($539) each contain four. It also has a Cool air option to set the curl and close the cuticle. This way you can achieve long lasting curls and shiny hair all day.
Keep scrolling for a description of each attachment!
-1.2-Inch Airwrap Barrel:Smaller-barrel attachment can be used to achieve voluminous curls or waves.It is suited for most hair types.
-1.6-Inch Airwrap Barrel: Biggerbarrel, this one creates loose curls or waves for thicker, coarser hair types. While also maintaining the shape and body of your style.
-Pre-Styling Dryer: This attachment preps the hair for styling using a fast and diffused airflow. I leaves ideal moisture level(damp to the touch) before using the curling barrels.
-Round Volumizing Brush: Creates a lot of volume and shape—especially for those with fine, thin, or straight hair.
-Soft Smoothing Brush: is designed to strategically enhance body and volume to fine, flat hair while creating a smooth, blowout-like finish.
-Firm Smoothing Brush: Ideal for coarser and thick hair types, this attachment can be used to create an ultra-smooth finish that's straighter than curly.
How it works:
It attracts and wraps hair. Using air, The Coanda effect attracts hair to the barrel, then wraps it for you. No clamping, gloves, or awkward winding mechanisms (like the wand). Just voluminous curls and loose waves.
Styles and dries simultaneously– Engineered to style hair from damp. Combines powerful airflow with controlled heat.
Pro Tip:
If you have curly hair, you should straighten your roots with the Round Volumizing Brush or the Soft Smoothing Brush first and leave the ends damp.
Extra Specs:
- Negative ions: Help reduce static
-Sound level: 82 dBA
-Power/Heat setting: 4 heat, 3 speed
-Power: 1300 W
-Air Flow: 13 l/s
Is it worth its high price tag?
Think about it like an investment for your hair. Think long term. Consider the preventive care you are giving your strands every time you style, and blow dry your hair. Your hair already undergoes through a lot on daily bases. Especially when coloring and highlighting then jumping to use heat right after. This is not healthy for your hair.
You want to keep the integrity of your hair while also keeping your color from fading. The way you take care of your hair now does have long lasting consequences later. The best way to prevent less damage to the hair is by using less heat. But sometime our strands need heat in order to control it, give volume or to minimize frizz.
This is why is so important to invest in tools that can help you lower the chances of heat damage on your locks. I hope you find my advice helpful when choosing the best hot tools to minimize heat damage on your hair and your haircolor.
