8 Best Hair Dryer Brushes to Make Wash Days So Much Better
The easiest way to get salon quality blowouts at home in one easy step.

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Drying your own hair at home can be such a hassle (if you're anything like me, you dread how sweaty and tired it makes you). But blow dryer brushes totally changed the game for me. These 2-in-1 saviors style and dry hair in one step, cutting way down on styling time (and the associated fatigue).
Hair dryer brushes pair the styling skill of a large round brush with the drying power of a hair dryer. Bristles detangle and smooth hair while heat dries it for a bouncy, smooth, salon-level blowout in a single step, which takes less time and skill than a traditional hair dryer/brush combo.
Our pros test and vet hundreds of hair tools a year, and in our most recent test of hair dryer brushes in the Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty Lab, our experts evaluated:
✔️ Brushes tested: 10
✔️ Duration of testing period: 10 weeks
✔️ Temperature readings taken: 10,980
✔️ Time drying hair swatches: 225 minutes
✔️ Tester surveys tallied: 49
We conducted in-Lab hair swatch tests and trialed products with consumer testers, vetting products for ease of use, performance, drying time and more. After evaluating the results from our testing, we've rounded up the best of the best.
Jessica (she/her) is the director of editorial commerce and product reviews with over a decade of experience as a product tester, reviewer, writer and editor of beauty and lifestyle content. Previously she was the beauty editor at USA Today's Reviewed where she launched the Beauty vertical and tested hundreds of products and has covered trends for publications like The Boston Globe and The New York Times. You can usually find her sorting through piles of beauty products — and testing the best ones on camera.
Danusia (she/her) is a senior chemist in the Beauty, Health and Sustainability Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute where she evaluates haircare, skincare, cosmetics and beauty tools. She holds a B.S. in chemistry from St. John’s University and a M.S. in pharmaceutical sciences with concentration in cosmetic science from the University of Cincinnati. Danusia has over 10 years of experience in the personal care industry including formulation, product development, claim evaluation and efficacy testing.


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