For me, a bad hair day automatically means I’m going to have a bad day in general (no, I’m not being dramatic!). I’m the best version of myself when my hair is smooth, bouncy, and full of volume. Unfortunately, I don’t have a personal hairstylist on speed dial (yet) to give me salon-worthy blowouts every morning. So in my quest for consistently good hair days, I’ve tested just about every hot tool on the market.
And for a while, I had completely sworn off blow-dryer brushes. Once I graduated from college, I upgraded to the finer things in life—like heatless curls and the Dyson Airwrap—so my old drugstore blow-dry brush quickly entered the beauty tool graveyard.
That immediately changed once when I tried the viral L’Ange Le Volume Brush Dryer alongside dozens of hot tools for Cosmo’s Holy Grail Awards, and it officially was crowned our favorite blow-dry brush.
Keep reading for my full review of the L’Ange Volume Blow Dryer Brush plus details on how to use it, along with some pretty impressive salon-level results from team Cosmo.
About the L’Ange Le Volume Blow Dryer Brush:
Why It Won a 2026 Holy Grail Beauty Award
| Ease of use | The brush allows you to simultaneously dry and style your hair in minutes |
| Bristles | The brush itself has gentle bristles that don't tug at the hair |
| Price | For $69 (and it's often on sale) this smoothing tool is a pretty sweet deal |
This is a blow-dry brush that simultaneously dries and styles the hair. It’s got an oval-shaped barrel, ideal for smoothing and adding volume to the hair, and it comes in two different sizes. And with three different settings, high, low, and cooling, depending on your hair type, you can toggle between high and low, then set each section after styling with the cool shot.
How to use the L’Ange Le Volume Blow Dryer Brush:
If you’re new to the world of blow-dry brushes, welcome. They’re so simple to use, and much easier to maneuver than your classic chaos of a bulky blow dryer in one hand and a round brush in the other. Start with hair that’s about 80 percent air-dried, then work in sections, slowly gliding the brush downward from root to ends with a good amount of tension. This is what gives you that smooth, sleek finish.
Once a section is fully dry and styled to your liking, wrap the hair around the barrel one more time and hit it with the cool-shot setting for about 10 seconds to help lock in the style. This extra step makes a huge difference in minimizing frizz and keeping your blowout smooth and bouncy for longer.
My L’Ange Le Volume Brush Dryer Review:
After showering, I let my hair air-dry 80 percent of the way. I prefer to minimize the amount of time I spend using hot tools to help prevent damage, so the less heat I’m adding to my hair, the better, IMO. Then I spray ColorWow’s Dream Coat throughout my entire head (my go-to any time I blow my hair out) for heat protection and to add a glossiness to my strands.
I use the blow dryer on the high setting since my hair is on the thicker side. Compared with other blow-dryer brushes I’ve used in the past, this one was so easy to drag through the lengths of my hair. Usually by the end of a session, I would have tangles and clumps of hair left in the head of the brush. But this one has sturdy yet soft bristles that make it so easy to glide through the hair, with minimal pulling and tugging.
From start to finish, this entire process took me 10 minutes—the time stamps on the photos in my camera roll literally say 11:15 p.m., then 11:25 p.m. (and yes, I do my hair very late at night; I’m not a morning person). I add in some finishing oil—lately I’ve been loving Chris McMillan’s for some lightweight frizz-taming, and that is all! A shiny blowout in mere minutes thanks to this one tool.
And if you love a big, bouncy blowout, it’s the perfect tool to use with rollers for some added volume. “This is my favorite styling tool—I reach for it over and over,” says Cosmo staffer Sabrina Toto. “The cooling button is a total game changer for me because I use rollers. It helps my blowout hold volume and last all day, and the bristles have just the right amount of grip for my hair for easy styling.”
Final Thoughts:
As someone who completely swore off blow-dry brushes, L’Ange has rekindled my love for the 2-in-1 tool. While the motor is a bit weaker compared to other hair dryers (which is understandable because this is less than $100, while high-speed handheld blow dryers are more than triple the price), it’s perfect to use on partially (or even fully) dry hair for a shiny and bouncy finish.
For $69, a 10-minute blowout is a pretty sweet bargain, and extra points for how smooth and tug-free my entire styling sessions have become with this and that I don’t need two separate tools for the blow dryer and the brush.
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Jasmine Hyman is the assistant beauty editor at Cosmo who covers all things hair. She tests dozens of hair tools a year, including the L’Ange Volume Blow Dryer Brush.
Jasmine Hyman is the Assistant Beauty Editor at Cosmopolitan, where she writes about the latest beauty trends and must-have products. Her most prized beauty possessions are a meticulous skincare routine and salon blowouts. You’ll also likely find her in bed reading a good book or endlessly scrolling TikTok (spoiler: it’s usually the latter) while listening to Harry Styles’ entire discography on repeat. Follow her on Insta to be inundated with pictures of her meals.
