Face-Off: Tymo Ring Hair Straightening Comb vs. Drybar The Brush Crush Heated Straightening Brush
Like a flat iron but better, hair straightening brushes are supposed to make hairstyling easier and quicker
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Straightening brushes are flat irons’ new, cool cousins. Like flat irons, they aren’t meant to be used on wet hair, just on already dry hair. My current routine includes drying my damp hair with the Revlon One-Step Volumizer, immediately followed by a quick pass of a flat iron over the freshly dried hair, but I’m not always happy with the results. (My hair is curly, frizzy, and pretty dry.)
The process takes me anywhere from 1 hour to 90 minutes. Though nothing can really compare to a salon blowout or silk press, I was curious to find out if a straightening brush could up my at-home hair game.
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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 3B-2C curls are dry and frizzy. Usually, I wear my hair natural, but when I straighten my hair, I use a Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hair Dryer and a flat iron. My biggest issue with the Revlon One-Step Volumizer has always been how difficult it is to maneuver around my roots.
Mary Beth Quirk
Mary Beth Quirk, the managing editor of CR’s shopping program, has medium-long naturally red hair. Her fine hair is mostly straight with a few waves. She styles her hair at home a few times per week using a Dyson Supersonic hair dryer, paddle brush, and round brush.
Tasha Massey
Tasha Massey, senior administrative assistant at CR, has 4B/C shoulder-length hair. She straightens her hair regularly at a hair salon and at home but does not use any chemical straighteners. At home, she uses a hair steamer for hydration, then a blow dryer and flat iron to achieve her desired results.
Rashmi Jain
Rashmi Jain, a CR project manager, has waist-length, color-treated hair that she describes as frizzy and low-porosity. She usually styles her hair at home using a blow dryer and round brush.
Tymo Ring Straightening Comb
The Tymo Ring is shaped like a traditional hair comb with smooth, horizontal teeth. Because of the smoothness of the comb’s bristles, hair is not gripped as it passes through the comb—it glides smoothly through the hair just like a comb does, as long as the hair is detangled.
It has five temperature settings that range from 266° F to 410° F. The comb has an auto-shutoff feature that turns the straightening comb off after 30 minutes.
Jodhaira Rodriguez
Photo: Jodhaira Rodriguez/Consumer Reports Photo: Jodhaira Rodriguez/Consumer Reports
