good idea, too hot
Reviewer:
Jean Philips
Mon Oct 23 2006
This item arrived broken; the barrel would just fall off when in use. Even if it had stayed on though the barrel got too hot to handle. I can only imagine that it would have fried my hair.
2nd one just burnt out
Reviewer:
Anne
Mon Sep 18 2006
I've had 2 hot tools airbrushes, and the 2nd just burnt out on me. I love it for styling my hair, but I don't think it's worth replacing every 6 months when I only used it about once a week.
Hot Tools Air Brush
Reviewer:
Vonni
from Honolulu, Hawaii Mon Jul 24 2006
I'm a hairdresser and bought this product at a beauty supply store. It worked for about 6 months then it started to quit as if it was over heating. I loved the way it tamed the frizzies, although I never used on my clients. There is no way of sterilizing it. I was about to order another one today until I started reading all the negative reviews. I have changed my mind.
BURNING MOTOR!
Reviewer:
Nancy
Fri Jun 16 2006
This hot air brush only lasted 1 month before all the settings except for low would not work. It started to smell like it was burning and one day the motor did actually start to burn. Good thing it wasn't touching my hair at the time because I feel it could have started my hair on fire.
LOVE GONE WRONG
Reviewer:
frazzled
from WA Wed Jun 07 2006
once upon a time --- when I first purchased this item I was in love --- it worked beautifully on my fine hair --- then after I had used it probably no more than 6 times it started smelling like it was burning up. This is really disappointing when you spend a fair amount of money on a specialty item and it is not made well enough to last for a reasonable amount of time. I am NOT living happily ever after!!
quick & easy
Reviewer:
mary
from houston,t x Fri Jun 02 2006
it takes just a few minutes to dry my hair with this and it styles my hair at the same time. this is the second one i buy. i broke the brush on the old one and the bristles on the brush are just dead by now. but never had any problems with the motor. works great!
Great, Until It Burned Up
Reviewer:
C.R.
from New York, NY Tue May 09 2006
This brush worked very well -- until the motor burned out. The brush lasted about six months, and was used only once or twice per week. I would save my money.
Lasted a month
Reviewer:
Maribel
from Bell, California Thu May 04 2006
This hot air brush was great!!! It would leave my hair smooth and with lots of volume. Unfortunately, it only lasted one month, I guess the motor burned out. This was very dissapointing.
Great original product!
Reviewer:
Julia
from Seattle Sat Mar 04 2006
I purchased my only Hot Tools air brush in 1997, and it still works great! Makes my hair smoothed-out and shiny, gives it body, and I use it daily. Sorry to hear the latter models may have flaws.
motor burned up within 2 months
Reviewer:
Carla
from pa Tue Jan 17 2006
The hot air brush helped keep my hair smoother (must be the ionic feature) but the motor burned up already! I have only had it two months! And I haven't straightened my hair every day...if I do straighten it, I don't wash it the next day (sometimes for 3 days) because it still looks clean. The motor sounded cheap from the first time I turned it on...and one day it just popped, the reset/GFI button tripped and turned it off, and it smelled like burned wires! So disappointing after spending so much money! Helen of Troy (the maker) agreed to replace it free but I'm still paying for shipping. I would like to get a refund and get another brand but I guess I'll try another one. Hope it was just a fluke but after reading other reviews I don't think so. If it happens again I'll fight for my money back and get another brand! Plus the bristles are too short for my thick, curly hair and I have to manually wind my hair around it. My advice: don't buy this hot air brush but look for better reviews on another brand.
Ionic hot air brush
Reviewer:
Sue
from Twin Falls, Idaho Fri Dec 09 2005
I bought this product in October 2005 and w/in 30 days it quit. The merchant allowed me to return it and I was given another hot air brush. Within 30 days it quit. I bought it from a beauty supply merchant and they indicated they had other customer complaints. Isn't this product supposed to be of a better quality? I would think anyone using this tool professionally would be embarrassed to have a new tool quit. I was on vacation when the first one quit and greatly inconvenienced.
Not as good as it looked
Reviewer:
Karen H.
from San Diego, CA Tue Nov 01 2005
I purchased the Hot Air Brush, and it does not perform up to my expectations. The bristles are way too short, it wouldn't even grab my hair. My hair is medium-long, and I have a lot of it. I had to wrap my hair around the brush with my hand, because the bristles wouldn't grab it. It might work for someone with short, thin hair.
Excellent choice
Reviewer:
Roxana
Thu Oct 13 2005
I've been using this brush for a while now and this is my second one. The first purchase last about 1 -1/2 yr and then died, so I decided to order another one. I love it, it is the only thing that work perfect to straight my hair smoothly and with natural curl out style, besides the salon 2hr blow dry by hand. I have recommended this to a lot of people, specially with natural curly frizzy,corsy hair. I just wish it would last longer and maybe they can make it hotter and more powerful in the future, but definatley is much better than those flat irons outthere. Thank you
It just quit working-waste of MONEY!
Reviewer:
theresa
from WA Fri Sep 30 2005
I have used the revlon brand for 12 bucks and it has 2 attachments BUT it was not ionic, and from all i hear they are better for your hair. I went to the beauty store, bought one and did not bother to save the box or receipt since in all my years this has not happened. I was out 40bucks and back to my revlon :-(
Motor Useless - Ion Technology Good
Reviewer:
Susan Logan
from Leo, Indiana Mon Aug 29 2005
This dryer will not last!! I am sending back the dryer for the second time to Helen of Troy. They will send a replacement but if it is past the 1yr warranty you have to pay $16.00 + shipping the product back. The motor keeps dying on these dryers in 1yr or less! (I only use the low setting.)At this point I don't even think it is worth trying a 3rd time! I'm throwing it away and going to a different brand.
This works great
Reviewer:
Kayansha
from morenovalley california Thu Aug 18 2005
I'm black and I have super curly frizzy hair and when I use a regular hairdryer it does not make my hair straight like I want it to be so I brought this because of the brisles and it has a blowdryer inside which is so cool so when every time i do my hair it's stick straight and I don't even need a flat iron {even though I use one anyway just to make it straight for days} so if you have thick coarse curly frizzy hair this is for you and by the way my mother is mixed so I have a little white in me but it's great for all races including black people
I love this
Reviewer:
coco
Sun Jun 19 2005
I love this product. It does not make my naturally curly hair frizzy. It also straitens and dries my hair very fast. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was the barrel kept falling off until I super glued it on, now it doesn't move.
arrived damaged, flimsy
Reviewer:
Labon
Fri Apr 29 2005
Not impressed given that the release button for the brush head was broken upon arrival. It appeared to be a very flimsy design. I have a hot brush from Revlon that cost $20 and just keeps on ticking...thought I'd upgrade but this product was definitely not worth the time and money spent.
Easy Styling With One Appliance
Reviewer:
Angela And Sambo
from Texas Tue Mar 15 2005
Its two products in one. The appliance comes with two attachments. One for blowdrying and one for styling. I do like the product and enjoy the ease in styling my hair without having to hold a blow dryer and a brush at the same time. However, the barrel is only a 1 1/2 inch. I have shoulder length hair and would rather use a smaller barrelled Air Brush instead. It does the job and would recommend it for others that have fine, straight hair to add volume with ease.
Excellent
Reviewer:
Gina
from NJ Mon Mar 14 2005
This product helped me straighted my hair the way that only the salon had been able to do! It would take me about 20 minutes to get it straight and it looked horrible and frizzy. with this product it was straight within 5-10 minutes and looks great. i love it.
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