The style you want to finish up with will determine what products you apply before and after you dry your hair. “If you are hand-drying your hair, or are trying to make your hair look thicker, you may want to apply a sea salt spray,” says Kwan. “If you are smoothing out your hair, you may need to use a leave-in product, perhaps with heat protection, this will minimise damage and aid with the smoothing of the fibre. And to create more defined curl and to calm frizz, you could use a hair oil, serum or a sea salt spray, before you diffuse-dry your hair.”

The Best Brands For Hair Dryers

Dyson

Undoubtedly the most hyped hair dryer in history, Dyson made its first foray into the market with its ultra-lightweight, ultra-quiet and, let’s face it, ultra-cool Supersonic model in 2009. Much like its vacuum cleaners, cutting-edge technology and futuristic design (seriously, this thing looks like a ray gun from 2118) has helped the British brand suck its way to the top of the haircare pile. Albeit at a hefty price.

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GHD

GHD, short for Good Hair Day (and who wouldn’t kill for one of those?), is the market leader in hair straightening irons, and a mighty contender in the world heavyweight hair drying championship too. The Leeds-based brand has more of a range than Dyson, with compact travel dryers as well as bigger, beastier models like the Air, which is a salon favourite. Expensive, sure, but they’ll be drying that ‘do until middle age and the consequential hair loss takes a hold.

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T3 Haircare

Repping the US of A in the Warm Air War with Britain, California-based T3, has top dog status in the high end of the market. The brand is best known for being one of the first to use tourmaline, a semi-precious gemstone which, when heated, emits infrared heat and negative ions that speed up drying and prevents static. Diamond on my necklace, diamonds on my… dryer?