Curlsmith

 De-Frizzion Dryer

Submitted 3 years ago

By Simone B.

From Undisclosed

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My hair decided to turn wavy/curly when I hit my 30's and it's been a time trying to figure out how to take care of it. I don't diffuse often but this dryer has been a game changer when I do. It's super gentle, quiet, and doesn't get hot to the touch. Plus the diffuser attachment is gigantic.

It cut my drying time in half. Now I can get my dense 2c-3a hair dry in about 15 minutes. Not to mention that it locks in my styling products and the diffuser can fit so much of my hair without causing any creasing! Highly, highly recommend.

I've used pro-level hairdryers for the past few decades, but this hairdryer has out-performed all of them for my wavy hair! I can dry my hair so much faster and it ALSO looks better when it's done drying — it has really exceeded my expectations. I've used it for about 6 months and I'd buy it again in a heartbeat and highly recommend. I usually have to use the "low" air speed setting with hair dryers or I get too much frizz. With this hair dryer I can actually use the "high" air speed setting and my hair still looks even better than after using other hair dryers on the "low" setting. I've also always been picky about diffusers in the past (some have holes that are too big and lead to more frizz), and this diffuser is the best EVER. It's so big and I think that helps with efficiency. I love this product so much that I have seriously had the thought multiple times of stocking up with another one in case they discontinue it. The only thing that was a bit weird was the smell when it was brand new…it smelled like ozone when I was using it for maybe the first 5 times. I thought maybe it had to do with the technology but the smell went away after a few uses and now there's no smell. So it must have just had something to do with new plastics maybe? Anyway, not too big of a deal to me and I feel like I couldnt ask for more in a hair dryer.

I've had my Curlsmith dryer for a little over a year now, and I blow dry at least once a week so I've used it long enough to get a thorougj impression of it. I'll start off with my likes: I really like the lower heat settings on this dryer. Its hottest settings work well for hover diffusing, and the lower heat settings (medium and low) work great for touch diffusing. I get really springy curls by hover diffusing until around 75% dry on high heat, then touch diffusing the rest of the way by doing a few seconds of high heat, a few minutes of medium, then low, then cool shot. My hair is really healthy and I have no split ends or breakage when using this dryer. Now for what I don't like: the length of the nozzle is really long and I find it hard to hover diffuse or touch diffuse the back of my head with it. My head constantly knocks the diffuser off and it's overall not a comfortable position, no matter if I try to hold by the handle or nozzle. I went from a dyson supersonic to this, and the difference in nozzle length is such a hinderance to me where I'm at the point that I plan to replace it even though it still works fine. Next, the button placement is not ideal and the buttons toggle easily, meaning I accidentally change settings on myself every so often while trying to grip that huge hair dryer with its even larger diffuser. I've even accidentally hit the On button taking it out for use (multiple times) and startled myself (and my cat lol) when plugging it in. This has happened enough times that I always check the On button before plugging it in now. Lastly, I know it is celebrated by so many, but the huge diffuser just does not work well for my style curls. Because it is so big, I can't properly diffuse my curls for their springiest because I don't have enough control. Maybe that's a me problem, but I liked the smaller diffuser head on my dyson for that reason. Perhaps CS could offer the option of a smaller diffuser to resolve that issue for those like me. That said, my dyson died on me after not too much use, and their customer service is crap, so this is not my way of trying to sell their product over Curlsmith's. I would love this dryer so much more if its size was more manageable.

I saved up my Ulta points to splurge on the dryer. The wide diffuser is EVERYTHING. I have been trying different products and blowdryers for curly hair for 30+ years, even tried the Dyson hair dryer (hated it), this one lives up to the claim. My curls are bouncier and frizz free, and they hold their shape so well!