Vidal Sassoon Answers 1875W Direct Ion Ceramic Disc Dryer for Coarse Hair

Good Dryer For The Money

The dryer I bought is the same as this one but looks slightly different. It's the Vidal Sassoon "Solutions" line and I got the one to "smooth" coarse, thick hair. It's 1875W with Direct Ion Ceramic Disc. I bought it at Shopper's Drug Mart in Canada for $39.99. I'd been using a 17 year old Conair on my short, very thick, wavy/frizzy coarse hair. It was taking me over half an hour to dry my hair and even then it was always a big frizz ball. My fat iron was working double duty. I've learned over the years that cheap drug store brands don't do the job as well as professional but I didn't have the cash to shell out on a professional dryer so thought I'd give it a shot. This dryer looks pretty cheap but works great! It took me just over 5 minutes to dry my hair (it's short and has been thinned out considerably) on the warm setting with air flow setting to low. My hair was a LOT less frizzy, still not as smooth as when my stylist does it but for $40 I'm not complaining. My flat iron didn't have to work as hard that's for sure! The dyer is fairly light and on the low setting was pretty quiet, I haven't tried high setting yet. This dryer has 2 heat settings (hot and warm), two air flow settings (high and low), a cool shot button, a "turbo" button, and a button to turn ions on or off (although not sure why you'd want off). The heat and air flow buttons are on the back of the handle and I managed to accidentally hit them a couple of times changing the settings. Apparently the back comes off for easy cleaning although I fiddled with it for a minute and couldn't get it off. The "instructions" basically are just the product warnings and nothing else. If you're looking for a well priced dryer that does a good job I'd recommend this line.

March 4, 2011