When Dyson released its Airwrap (8/10, WIRED Recommends) in 2018, the beauty world went wild for its revolutionary take on a multi-tool—and its equally wild $600 price. Since then, we've seen impressive interpretations that cost half that, including T3’s brand-new Aire 360.
This multi-tool has one base that acts as the motor and handle, along with four attachments: an oval brush, a SoftAire drying concentrator, and two curling barrels. T3 is one of my favorite hair brands, and it's used this multi-attachment method before with the Switch Kit Curl Trio, our favorite curling iron, and the AireBrush Duo. The brand's tools just work well and are typically aesthetically pleasing. If you're a fan of blowouts, I think you'll love this one too.
Let Your Hair Down
People love blow-dry brushes because they make blowouts easier. Rather than trying to style your hair with a round brush in one hand and a dryer in the other, you just need one tool. I generally find them to be more work than I'm willing to put in, because with very thick, very coarse curls, it takes many, many passes to get a somewhat smooth look. I typically still need to flat-iron my hair afterward, so it's not just a puff ball.
That being said, T3's brush does work well. It took the curl out and it wasn't as puffy as with some other ones I've used, but it still took a long time. I tried it on my mom's curly hair too, which is similar to mine except now that it's gray, it's a bit coarser than it was before. I had much better results on her, but it could be that it's just easier to do on someone else.
The Airebrush comes with a drying attachment so you can rough dry before going in with the brush, as this typically works better on damp rather than soaking hair. For our hair, it was better on nearly dry to completely dry hair. For my sister who was lucky enough to be born with silky strands, she could get a bouncy blowout in 20 minutes.
You might be done after this step, but I prefer to add curls—whether I'm flat-ironing or doing it this way, my hair looks a little better with some wave as to not draw attention to the crispy ends. Like the wands you might be used to from Dyson or with the similarly impressive Shark Flexstyle, T3 auto-wraps your hair around the curler and keeps it in place with airflow, no clamps needed. One thing to note, though, is Dyson went from needing two curling wands to go in each direction to just one, with a switch at the top to change direction. So far, Shark and T3 still need two.