As far as straightening goes there are two options, both firm and soft smoothing brushes, which you can play around with depending on just how sleek you want to go (soft brushes tend to make hair sleeker). Unlike a flat iron, which removes volume, a straightening brush will straighten your hair while allowing it to remain full so your hair will still have the same thick look as before, only without any waves or curls.

The slightly curved design of the brush head helps keep hair smooth by following the natural curve of hair. It’s shaped like a barrel, with 5mm cool-touch bristles that are evenly spaced out across the surface to comb through hair and leave your locks smooth, with added volume and a loose curl. Hair drying hot brushes use hot air to dry and style the hair, combining the impact of a blow dryer and hair brush – the technique you've undoubtably seen your stylist use in the salon. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.If you’re looking to invest in a new hair tool for spring, then a straightening brush could be the way to go. We used the tool to both straighten and curl our hair, and found that it performed particularly well at taming flyaways and creating a glossy finish. The brainchild of Dyson, a company best known for its high-tech vacuum cleaners and cooling fans, the corrale is packed with innovative technology to help combat heat damage. Guys, seriously, if you haven't seen the viral Tiktoks surrounding the GHD Glide, where have you been?

One of the best multitasking beauty tools around, cordless hair straighteners are easier to manoeuvre allowing for simpler styling of both sleek and curly looks. The Edge features three heat settings: a cooler setting (127ºC) suitable for fine hair and two higher settings (149ºC and 177ºC) for coarser hair and tighter curls.

If you prefer a bouncier blowout, we found you can create volume with the bristle design of the brush or a pin-straight style on some days thanks to its flatiron heating technology. The typical blow-dry brush works across hair textures but is amazing for a big, bouncy blow-dry on finer hair types as the air flow helps to keep a bit of texture as it dries. Anything that cuts our getting ready time in half is a welcomed addition to our beauty routine and we’re guessing you feel the same.

Coming in a close second is the ReVamp progloss volume and wave ceramic hot brush for styling dry hair.If your strands are a little beat up it’s a good idea to minimize any and all hot tool styling since high temps can do more damage. We pointed it down towards our face, wrapped a strand of hair over the top, and glided it through strands while twisting it away from our face. If you are using Babyliss Diamond heated for the first time, use the lowest heat setting and higher heat until you get the desired results. Very recommended for women who have smooth and medium-coarse hair, a great anti-frizz hot iron brush.

The styler works equally as well when creating tousled waves as it does straight looks and comes with a zip-up case for easy storage, meaning you can pop it in your bag for touch-ups while on the go. With three different temperature settings going up to 180 degrees, this brush is suitable for a variety of different hair types – we found that a higher setting worked best on our locks.As you would when using a straightener, start at the top of the hair and glide the brush slowly down, pulling the hair taut as you go; you may find you need a couple of passes on each lock to achieve a fully straightened look. You see, a good drying hot brush will literally revolutionise your at-home blow-dry because let’s face it, unless you’re a hairdressing pro, the whole round brush and hairdryer technique is a little hard to master (and nobody wants arm-ache on a Monday morning). Unusually, the edge of the brush is heated, which helps keep the temperature even as you stroke the brush through the hair and allows easy styling of waves as well as poker-straight hair. We were able to easily use the brush to add some volume to our roots, and even create some soft waves.