Revlon One Step Volumizer vs. Amika Blowout Babe Thermal Brush

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.