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22 Must-Have Hair Tools for Perfect At-Home Styling in 2025
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items The 22 Best Hair Tools for Styling and Growth
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Styling Tools
Blow Dryers
Tools for Curly Hair
Hair Growth Devices
Styling Tools
If you want the look of a blowout but don’t necessarily want to use a hairdryer, this brush should be in your beauty cabinet. The barrel uses far infrared heat, which penetrates the hair shaft by heating strands from the inside out, and Amika boasts ...
Amika Blowout Babe Thermal Brush, Black
This innovative hair device has more capabilities than most, even in the new realm of Swiss-Army-Knife stylers. It’s a hair dryer, blowout brush, straightener, and curling iron—all in one. It has a dual-sided nozzle to blow dry and smooth frizz, than...
Drybar Air + Active Heat 8-in-1 Multi-Styler
The one styling tool all ELLE editors agree on is the GHD Chronos, a motion-responsive straightener that can leave hair perfectly smooth in a single pass. The new Chronos Max has plates almost twice as wide as the original version—you can now straigh...
ghd Chronos & Max 1" & 2" Flat Irons
The GHD Duet Blowdryer can essentially make your hair look like it’s been professionally blow-dried every day. A combo hair dryer and styler, it uses GHD’s Heat-Air Xchange Technology, an aerodynamic system that converts energy from the air into heat...
ghd Duet Blowdry Hair Dryer Brush - No Heat Damage
Designed with rounded edges to create voluminous and full-bodied curls, this two-in-one blow dryer and styler removes any extra steps, transforming your wet hair to a styled blowout look in one fell swoop. Our tester noted that this brush was great a...
REVLON One-Step Root Booster Round Blow Dryer Brush
A true multipurpose beauty tool that weighs just 1.5 pounds, this does triple duty as a blow dryer, curling iron, and thermal brush. With suction similar to the brand’s famed vacuums, this device offers a host of different attachments that can be swa...
Shark HD435 FlexStyle Air Styling & Drying System
Trying to style long hair with a curling iron can be difficult, as a too-short barrel can leave you with lackluster curls and odd kinks. T3 aims to solve that with their SinglePass Curl X, which features an extra-long barrel (6.5 inches compared to t...
T3 SinglePass Curl X 1-1.5" Barrel Iron
Messy box dyes can stain your clothes and bathroom tiles and sometimes leave you with patchy and uneven results. But the L’Oreal Colorsonic makes coloring as easy as brushing your hair. Pop a color cartridge inside, and the device automatically mixes...
Colorsonic Hair Color Device & Cartridge - L&R Distributors
This tool aims to give you Olsen-style Jesus waves. Developed by hairstylist Joseph Maine, it has a double-barrel clamp that you press over your hair to get S-style (not bouncy) hair waves. S waves are typically difficult to achieve for non-professio...
Trademark Beauty 3 Barrel Hair Waver 1 Inch
Sometimes less is more. That’s definitely the case with the GHD Mini Flat Iron. The bite-sized version of the brand’s flat iron features 40 percent slimmer plates, which makes it ideal for shorter haircuts and precise styling. With two heat sensors t...
Mini 1/2" Flat Iron - ghd | Ulta Beauty
Blow Dryers
Dyson’s newest tool is 20 percent lighter and 30 percent smaller than its forerunner, but dries hair just as quickly. Our tester, who has short, slightly wavy hair, said that it was capable of drying her hair in just five minutes. “If I don’t have th...
Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer Ceramic Pink
Lightweight and sleek, this blow-dryer weighs the same as a smartphone and has a thin tube for precise airflow. It utilizes what the brand calls Oxy-Active Technology, which infuses the hair with oxygen and negative ions to protect hair health and wa...
GAMA Italy Pro Hair Dryer Rose Gold - Lightweight
Lightweight and compact, this blow dryer utilizes what the brand calls NeutraHeat technology to seal the hair’s cuticle, adding shine and quickly drying hair without damaging the strands. With 12 heat and speed settings and a patented design for quie...
Neuro by Paul Mitchell Dry+ Travel Hair Dryer
L’Oréal and ZUVI teamed up to create a hair dryer that doesn’t use thermal rods, which are damaging to the environment and can be harsh on hair. With its infrared light and wind technology, this dryer helps ensure that your hair dries without frizz. ...
AirLight Pro Hair Dryer with Infrared Light
Tools for Curly Hair
Developed with curls and coils in mind, this lightweight dryer is said to release negatively charged ions that break down water molecules to quickly dry hair. Expect bouncy volume and smooth strands. Our tester really enjoyed the shape of the diffuse...
DevaCurl DevaDryer, 1 ct.
This steamer opens up your hair cuticles, allowing products like conditioners and masks, which nourish strands and prevent damage, to be absorbed more deeply. The dewy steam is also warm and soothing itself, melting away tangles and knots. Our tester...
The Hair Steamer - PATTERN | Ulta Beauty
With innovative, air suction technology, this device draws your hair inside of it, stretching and smoothing each strand with minimal tension and stress. This is particularly ideal for curly and coily hair that can be difficult to blow dry. With seven...
RevAir Reverse-Air Hair Dryer Starter Pack
Every curl and coil is unique. The Curlsmith team gets that, which is why they created the Curl Reviving Wand that comes with four interchangeable ceramic attachments that can be combined for different looks: For example, two twisted barrels give you...
Curlsmith Defrizzion Curl Reviving Wand - 4 Attachments
This hair dryer, specially formulated for curly hair, is the first on the market to combine a diffuser and a hair dryer to create a two-in-one hourglass-shaped tool, without any extra attachments. Other special features include an extra-large diffuse...
Bellissima Diffon Supreme Curly Hair Dryer XL
Hair Growth Devices
How can something so compact be so powerful? This tiny at-home device’s LED lights help stimulate hair growth, and the scalp massage feels great, too. Our tester found that using this tool was as easy as brushing your hair, and she was shedding less ...
Foreo FAQ 302 Hair Regrowth Scalp Massager
This smart hairbrush combines red light therapy, microcurrent technology, massage, and heat to reinvigorate the scalp. There’s a serum-filled pod inside, so as you comb through your roots, the “bristles” release stimulating ingredients like green tea...
Laduora DUO Red Light Therapy Hair Growth & Repair Brush
This hair growth helmet might look like something out of a sci-fi movie, but its technology checks out. Made with 120 red light bulbs for full-head coverage, this 10-minute treatment helps improve hair thickness and hair growth. Our tester found that...
CurrentBody Skin LED Hair Growth Helmet