Create Salon Worthy Hair At Home With GHD Helios Hair Dryer

If you’re anything like us, leaving the salon with a bouncing blow out all but guarantees a great couple of days feeling glamorous and put together. As we enter the eleventh week of lockdown, we’ve been on the hunt for a blow dryer that is quick, quiet, easy to use, and able to recreate the glossy volume of a professional blowout we’ve been missing.

Read on to find out why CF’s beauty writer, Allie, thinks the GHD Helios Hair Dryer might just be one of the best hair dryers on the market right now…

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About My Hair

Frizz prone, long and curly hair.

The Product: GHD Helios Hair Dryer

Blow drying my frizz prone, long and curly hair usually takes me anywhere between 30 – 45 minutes, depending on how I’m styling it. Using the GHD Helios, I average around 25 – 30 minutes to take my hair from towel dried to perfectly styled.

This is due to the GHD Helios’ motor and aerodynamic design that works to direct air through the precision nozzle at 120km/ph for intuitive, fast, and fuss free styling. The heat, power and cold shot controls are also conveniently located along the handle to enable quick switches between settings for a faster finish.

The Feeling

Without access to the gym, blow drying my hair has been one of the only arm exercises I’ve been doing. Fortunately for my tiny muscles, the GHD Helios Hair Dryer is incredibly lightweight at just 780g and has been thoughtfully designed with a slender handle and ergonomically weighted motor. The power cord is also a convenient long, affording complete freedom of motion.

The Sound

With everyone currently at home, finding a blow dryer that isn’t ridiculously loud has been an important requirement during my search. Similarly, for stylists not wanting to ask their clients the same questions over and over while styling, a silent blow dryer is a godsend. Though fast, the GHD Helios’ motor is surprisingly quiet thanks to its physicist designed acoustic technology. The artfully designed filter on the back of the GHD Helios has also been designed to help minimise and redirect sound.

The Look

Though less important than the technology inside it, the look of a blow dryer is certainly a factor in my and many others’ decision making. Luckily, the GHD Helios Hair Dryer is quite possibly one of the most sleek, impressive-looking and powerful hair dryers available. Choose from black and silver, white and rose gold, plum and gold, navy and gunmetal, chrome and silver, and pink and rose.

The Attachments

With the GHD Helios professional hairdryer, you aren’t limited to a single style, thanks to the accompanying range of attachments available. For perfectly formed curls and waves, snap on the diffuser and watch as the attachment’s contoured fingers separate and lift curls without adding frizz. To smooth and shape textured, coily hair, the comb nozzle’s double rows of strengthened, tapered teeth are perfect.

For extra long or thick hair, the wide precision nozzle takes styling to the next level for speedier, smoother hair in a flash.