Choosing a blow-dryer can definitely be a little daunting. Do you really need to spend hundreds of dollars just to dry your hair every day (or every few days)? The answer is…definitely not. While top dryers offer lots of heat settings and controls to help you create a frizz-free look, lower-priced options will still get the job done. But you can certainly invest in one of the top dryers, if you so choose. (After all, you’ll use it almost every day.)
“I have been noticing in recent years that many of my clients are getting quite good at doing their own blowouts,” says Chad Kenyon, celebrity hairstylist at Salon Benjamin in West Hollywood, California. “Nevertheless, a self-blowout lacks the control and precision that a professional stylist provides you, so a lightweight yet powerful blow-dryer is in order.”
Here are a few of our top picks, all of which follow Kenyon’s top qualities: lightweight and powerful.