I have long, super, super curly mixed hair that I usually straighten myself by blowing it out. And even though I’ve been doing this regularly for the past ten years or so, I have never gotten coordinated enough to do the whole hair dryer in one hand/round brush in the other thing. Even when I’d try, my arms would get tired and I’d give up before 1/4 of my hair was dry (I have a lot of hair).

My life changed when one hair stylist I went to used a hair dryer with a comb attached to it to dry and smooth out my curls. One thing in one hand. “I can do that,” I thought to myself.

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