You've seen the hype around Dyson's hair dryer. Now, meet the Dyson Airstrait Straightener ($500). "It's expensive, but it's pretty freaking amazing," Roup says. It dries and straightens wet hair simultaneously, which makes your hair routine faster than ever. But if you're having flashbacks to the '90s wet-to-straight tools that burnt strands to a crisp, don't worry. Instead of using heat and tension like traditional straighteners, this new tool uses heat and airflow to create a super sleek look, without hot plates that singe your hair.
"It can take your hair from soaking wet out of the shower to looking like you've just had it professionally blow-dried or used a hot straightener — but without [as much] heat," Roup says. "And for me, my hair's really thin and I feel like the more heat I put on it, the worse it gets and the more damaged it gets. I'm at a stage of my life where I want to invest in products that aren't going to kill my hair. So I was really excited to use it and really impressed with how fast it actually worked." And when you're a mom of a kid under 2, every second you can get back is welcome. "If I can just wash my hair, it's a win," she says.
Pro Tip: You can lock the two arms of the Airstrait together, and then it functions like a regular blow dryer, whether you just want to blow dry without straightening or add volume to your roots.
