BaByliss Elegance 2100 W Hair Dryer, Ionic, Lightweight, Smooth Fast Drying, Cool shot , Amazon Exclusive

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It feels much cooler than the lowest heat setting, and it helped set our style in a way even the Dyson fails to do. You only get a single nozzle as standard, but this is also the case with the GHD Air and that model is four times more expensive. It outperforms some of its more expensive competitors in drying time, smoothness and ease-of-use, plus it’s largely a well-designed piece of kit.

Unfortunately, like with many of its rivals, this cold shot button is positioned a little awkwardly on the handle so using it for longer than a minute or so started to ache our hand. They mention that it's easy to use, has various heat and fan settings, and the glitter looks amazing. Travel dryers from TRESemmé and Remington have produced faster times, but they lack the conditioning technology so we’re willing to make that sacrifice for hair that’s in better condition.

BaByliss currently sells 12 different models of hair dryer, many with its distinctive curved design and often in a variety of colours. Pleasure to use Very good performance, light, long flex, easy to use, good for styling or a quick rough dry. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I was sold on the colour alone and also have the matching straighteners which are well worth a try too. Compared to its other rivals, however, the Salon Light’s sound level puts it in the middle of the pack.

I have relaxed afro hair and my daughter has thick hair and both textures were a breeze for this dryer. Given its similarity to other BaByliss models, we wouldn’t be surprised if a diffuser from a different model was suitable with this one, although we haven’t tested that yet. We assume this is where the Salon Light gets its name from; because it’s lighter than other BaByliss models because it’s certainly not the lightest hair dryer around. It didn’t get too hot during use, was easy to attach and remove, and didn’t rotate mid-dry unless we wanted it to.

The Salon Light weighs marginally less, at 540g versus 650g, and elsewhere in the Salon Light’s favour is that its 3m cable is 80cm longer than that of the Orchid. The in-your-face colour and slightly cheap-looking finish is where the Salon Light starts to reveal its budget side. This hairdryer was advertised as having a narrow nozzle head for smooth drying but in fact its quite a wide nozzle. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). It touts ionic technology, which is designed to release negative ions towards the positive ions in your wet hair.