I finally received it. It took longer than estimated because my first shipment was declared a loss by UPS but I ordered a back up once it went missing (I knew it was gone when it went from "out for delivery" followed by no movement for 2 subsequent days days
. Since I didn't want the specific set on Dyson's website to sell out before I got it, I ordered a back up the day I filed the claim. The set on Dyson gives a wide tooth comb and paddle brush that some of the other limited edition sets with the same price do not and I wanted every perk I could get for that price tag). I just got a refund on the original order once the claim finished and kept the second order(which was delivered without an issue). Ordering the second one also allowed me to take advantage of a Rakuten Labor day discount and save ~50 bucks, so I benefited from the lost package.
This is my first impression: I am happy with this device. I saw a lot of videos of afro textured hair saying it didn't work, but I found all the videos I watched on youtube where the black women had poor curling results demonstrated a trend of women drawing the wand towards then away from their head in a pumping motion instead of rolling the hair up then letting it set and releasing the curl like you would use a curler. I found that just twisting the device will catch the hair and allow you to roll up with tension better than trying to use the wand and pulling it like you can a tension roller. I just takes some practice and you have to be patient to allow the hair to catch as you twist the wand. My curls lasted a while but these photos are my first try, so, I feel confident I will get better results with practice. I used this method:
- Spray already stretched hair for slight moisture (I tried Tresseme heat tamer on some parts and the discontinued 'Tigi Spoil Me' on other parts...the hairspray parts had better hold by the day's end. I will play around with setting products like lottabody and mousse as time goes on to see what works best)
- Turn on device then allow the ends of the parted section to wrap around the wand
- Start twisting the wand until I can get some tension on the loosely wrapped ends before rolling the full section around the wand tightly
- Once the ends wrap around the wand, roll the hair up and around the barrel like you would use a curler or curling iron(twist for tension trying to pull like a tension roller did not work lol)
- hold long enough to set (I haven't figured out of the cool shot makes a difference yet...I will practice more to determine)
- release by pulling the curler out (don't disturb the set curl when pulling the wand out...doing so will mess up your curl and make your curls drop quickly).
- About halfway through my hair I started pinning the curs because the wand would snatch up hair that was already curled and mess my "neat" curls up to become more messy. Next time I am going to pin from start to finish to prevent that from happening. I didn't re-curl the messy curls...lol I will try again next time lol.
I do believe this can work well on afro textured hair when the barrels are used like a curler. I did test all the attachments on small sections and I like them. I did stretch the back right of my hair with the Airwrap brush and comb attachments. Although I didn't like the way the soft brush attachment snagged my hair, I really liked all the other attachments. That surprised me because this is the first time I have found brush attachments that I like.
I stretched my hair using the Revair on 80% of my hair and Airwap on 20% of my hair(firm brush, soft brush, comb attachment and found brush). I used the Airwrap 1.2in barrel all over for curls. I typically do not like brush attachments but I am very pleased with these. Sorry the whole head photos are not as clear as the close up curls. Auto focus was acting up on me when trying to take pictures on my Canon so I switched to phone photography. I meant to smooth the front with the Coanda for the photo but I got distracted and forgot. That said, I did test the Coanda attachment yesterday and noticed it worked. I can see myself using that to smooth natural ponytails/puffs or on the perimeter of my stretched + "Airwrapped" hair. I just forgot to do it this time around. I also plan on buying the .8 inch barrel in the future. Tighter curls that naturally drop tend to last longer. That is good for me because I very rarely curl my hair more than once a month and I like to make sure curls last as long as possible when I do curl it. I think that is all for now.
ETA: Picture of the device. I like the color better in person than on the website. Very vivid.
In addition to the comb attachment, there's the new smoothing attachment, new firming brush which is re-engineered for better air flow... I'm gonna purchase them all loool.
