For the best at-home blowout, you'll need an incredible hair dryer. The right tool can leave you with a gorgeous, shiny 'do that feels soft and strong—but the wrong one can leave you with frizz, kinks, and heat damage. So, the Cut's beauty team rounded up our top picks for every hair type.
If you have fine flat hair, a good hair dryer is essential to avoid damaging your delicate strands. This mint-green professional dryer from ghd has earned a cult following (it's a favorite of celebrity hairstylist Harry Josh, who works with Gisele Bundchen and Karlie Kloss) thanks to its ability to dry thin strands quickly without weighing them down or making them dull. It also has multiple heat settings, a concentrator nozzle, and positive and negative ions to reduce flyaways.
The Dyson Supersonic is one of the most talked-about hair tools in recent years, and it's a favorite of many stylists (including Adel Chabbi, who styles Khloe Kardashian and Ashley Graham). This dryer is ultralight, has impressive airflow, and dries your tresses in half the time of other options.
The Parlux GoldPro isn't as well known in the States as the Dyson, but you'll see this lightweight hair dryer backstage at Fashion Week events. It scored perfectly in our Lab tests and is ideal for travel because it's so compact and has a folding handle that fits easily in your suitcase or carry-on. Plus, it comes with a diffuser and a concentrator, so you can switch between straight and curly hair with ease. best hair dryer