Face-Off: Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hair Dryer and Styler vs. Amika Blowout Babe Thermal Ionic Brush
All I want is silky straight hair without having to spend the day at the hair salon
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I grew up going to the hair salon nearly every Saturday afternoon with my mom. I’d be there for most of the day, first having my curly, frizzy hair washed, conditioned, and detangled, then sitting under a dryer with rollers in my head for an hour.
After the rollers, my hair stylist blow-dried my hair for another 30 minutes, before a final quick swipe of a flat iron on my already extremely straight hair. It’s a tradition I opted out of in my teens. As an adult, I wear my hair curly most often and only go back once a year or so when it’s time for a haircut.
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Meet the Evaluators
Photo: Jodhaira Rodriguez, Mary Beth Quirk/Consumer Reports, Tasha Massey Photo: Jodhaira Rodriguez, Mary Beth Quirk/Consumer Reports, Tasha Massey
Jodhaira Rodriguez
I’m a writer and product tester at Consumer Reports with waist-length, box-dyed curly hair. My curls are 3B-2C, dry, and frizzy. On most days I wear my hair in a wash-and-go style, but on those occasions when I straighten my hair, I use a Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hair Dryer and then flat iron my hair at home.
Mary Beth Quirk
Mary Beth Quirk, managing editor of CR’s shopping program, has medium-long red hair that has never been color-treated. When she allows her hair to air-dry, she describes it as “mostly straight with a few waves.” Her individual hair strands are fine, but she has a lot of hair. She usually styles her hair one to three times per week using a Dyson Supersonic hair dryer, paddle brush, and round brush.
Tasha Massey
Tasha Massey is a senior administrative assistant at CR. She has shoulder-length 4B/C hair that she does not chemically straighten. She usually blow-dries her hair every two weeks using a traditional blow-dryer and detangling brush and finishes it off with a pass of a flat iron. In between blow-outs, she touches up her hair with a flat iron every few days.
Rashmi Jain
Rashmi, a project manager at CR, has waist-length, color-treated frizzy hair. She usually styles her hair using a hair dryer and roller brush.
Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hair Dryer and Styler
Jodhaira Rodriguez
Photo: Jodhaira Rodriguez/Consumer Reports Photo: Jodhaira Rodriguez/Consumer Reports
