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So a couple of weeks ago, I impulse purchased a Revlon hair volumizer at Costco when it was on sale... $39.99. I fell in love with it at first use, not even knowing what I was doing. My grays (that are colored) make my hair sort of frizzy. If I want my hair to look finished, then I previously was drying it with a normal hair dryer, then using a flat iron to smooth it out. But the flat ironing made it really straight, with no volume.

Introduce the volumizer, and I'm able to dry and straighten my hair at the same time, AND give it volume, so it doesn't look stuck to my head (my hair's length is between my collar bone and chest). Seriously, the first time I used it, it looked like it did after I went to my hair salon for the first time in 14 months, about three weeks ago. It just felt so light and airy.

So I told D that I'd bought one, and she told me to be careful, that volumizers can damage the hair because they get so hot; I did a little research, and yes, people say it can damage the hair if you're not careful. I've just spent the last 14 months growing it out... I don't want to damage it, especially given that D's wedding is in four weeks!

So, enter the Dyson Airwrap Styler, their version of a volumizer (with some other useful attachments that would allow me to get rid of all my hair tools, curling iron, etc.) It's expensive, really expensive, but the technology doesn't damage your hair like the other volumizers can. D has it, and likes it (her hair is very fine), but says I'd probably be fine just to keep the Revlon for now, and when I go in to see my stylist in three weeks, ask her opinion. Now, D washes her hair every day; I wash my hair, probably three times a week, so that's all I use the Revlon product now. D says since I only use it three times a week, I'll be fine and won't damage my hair.

Anyone here have any experience with styling volumizers and damage to the hair? Honestly, I'm wondering how much damage it can get in comparison to when I dry my hair with a blow dryer and then use the flat iron on it. Seriously, even using just the blow dryer and not the flat iron, my hair looks pretty wild. The volumizer is amazing.

I have fine straight hair. It is colored as well. I am 51, so yes I get the gray hair texture issue. I have a volumizer from Rev. and it does dry my hair out and currently sits in a drawer. I splurged on the dyson dryer about 6 months prior to them releasing the air wrap. It is the BEST splurge I have ever made. I shampoo every other day, use a texture spray all over and leave+in condition the ends. I comb/part into place then go all late 80s and scrunch it. Then I blow dry with the diffuser upside diwn. I don't touch it with a brush. If I want it straight, I flat iron. I only straighten once or twice a week and use my calista staying tool most days. But this gives me volume and has kept damage to a minimum.

In short, try the dyson tool.

When prepping for the wedding if my son, my stylist introduced me to spray in volumizer. It's changed my life, literally. I'm strictly no fuss, have very fine hair that I highlight, and my natural hair is frizzy and limp. I found a cheap product that works as well as the expensive one in the salon. I shampoo every day, dry my hair upside down, and spray sections while rolling it around a brush. All told, takes me 10 minutes, I don't have the patience for more. My hair stays smooth and full all day, through workouts and even some rain or humidity.

But the volumizer builds up and causes extreme static electricity. I'm assuming that means it's extra dry. I use a clarifying shampoo a few times a week or rinse with baking soda or vinegar.