hair dryers

 The best hair dryers in 2020

Your hair dryer can make or (literally) break your hair. Finding one that doesn't cause heat damage to your strands, is fast drying for wet hair, and leaves your locks perfectly soft and shiny is a game-changer. But all too often we resort to using hair dryers that leave you with fried hair or frizzy hair, or make our arms tired from having to hold them for so long. 

Enter hair stylists to save the day. These are the people who spend hours and hours every day drying people's hair, so they know a thing or two about efficient, quality hair dryers. The good news is there are plenty of great hair dryers out there that anyone can buy and you don't need to have access to hair stylist-only suppliers. 

The Remington Hair dryer is a great traditional hair dryer option for a basic hair dryer that performs well, protects your hair and won't break the bank. The dryer has a damage-protecting coating and three different heat settings. It also comes with two attachments, a diffuser and a concentrated nozzle for two styling preferences. "This is a decent lower priced dryer that features current technology to help keep hair healthy," says Shelly Aguirre, stylist at Maxine Salon in Chicago.

Personally, I prefer a more powerful hair dryer since I have thick, coarse, curly hair and it needs a lot of power and heat to get it into a sleek blowout. But for a budget dryer, this one is lightweight and gets pretty hot, which is great for smoothing strands. 

The Remington blow dryer is the best option overall for someone who is on a budget, or seldom uses a hair dryer. Someone who has short, fine hair or thin hair or does not use a blow dryer very much would be happy with this value hair dryer. The BaBylissPro dryer is a midpriced option that performs similarly to its $100-plus counterparts. When I tried the ceramic dryer myself, I was impressed by the drying power in such a sleek and relatively compact design. The dryer comes with one concentrated nozzle attachment (no diffuser) which is something to keep in mind. You get the standard three heat settings -- hot, warm and cool -- plus two different speed settings.

"This is another lower priced dryer, but it still performs well making it a good bang for your buck," Aguirre says. For $60, you get a great blow dryer -- stylist approved! -- and you can feel confident that the ceramic technology isn't doing more harm to your hair than necessary.