

When I use a flat iron, it's usually cranked up to 400 degrees or higher. Even at its hottest, it ranges from 176 degrees Fahrenheit to 220 degrees Fahrenheit. The RevAir has three temperature settings, including cold. The wand works by pushing air down in the direction of the hair to avoid frizz, while openings at the very top blow air toward the scalp to dry that area as well. With my hair type, that's not uncommon, but I've seen videos of the coiliest curls being elongated into a perfectly stretched style that looked beautiful. It took all the curl out of my hair, but I still needed to smooth out some of the puff with a flat iron. The bottom layer of my hair, which is coarser and curlier than the rest, needed smaller sections and a bit more time the top layer of my hair was quick.

The company says you'll need 30 to 90 seconds, and I found that to be accurate. With my thick, extremely curly hair, I can crank the RevAir up to 6 or 7, and in about 30 seconds the hair comes out dry and straight. You'll probably screw up the first few sections as you figure out exactly how much hair you can do at once and what heat and speed settings are right for you.
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Once it's fed all the way to the roots, you slowly pull the wand back until your now-straight hair is free to lie against your neck. Then I sectioned my hair and started feeding each into the wand. I started with clean, wet hair and applied a generous amount of the company's hair primer-you're not supposed to use sticky products, like oils, gel, or mousse, but the company says you don't need product for it to work. What if it doesn't work? What if it pulls and tangles my hair inside it, or even worse, gets it stuck or yanks my hair out? But it doesn't. It's the perfect internet product, given its size and design-it literally looks like you're funneling your hair into the hose of a shop vac. I've wanted to try the RevAir since I saw it on YouTube a few years ago. Left to my own devices, I look like Monica Gellar on vacation. With my hair, the only person who has done this successfully without a flat iron was a Manhattan hairdresser who can only be described as a very expensive magician. You hold a brush with one hand and the blow dryer with the other, painstakingly smoothing out each section one by one. If you've ever gotten a blowout or done one yourself, you know it's quite a process, especially the thicker and wilder your hair is.
