Hair Dryers that Save Energy? Is That an Oxymoron?
26 12 2007
Air Dry? But…But…
The obvious way to dry your hair in an environmentally friendly way is to let it air dry. Nuff said.
But My Hair Sucks!
But…what if you have stupid wavy hair that looks really bad air dried? Hair like mine? I had cute ringlets when I was a wee one, but now that I’m an adult, with the fading of my cuteness have gone the ringlets, leaving a wavy ugly fest if I don’t blow dry. It might be vain, but I don’t always want to air dry my hair and have to wear a hat. I have a freakishly large head, ok?? And I haven’t been able to find information about this anywhere!
Off course you must thoroughly towel dry your hair, and you can use a lower energy setting on your hair dryer, but does this really save energy if it just means you have to blow dry longer?
I let my hair air dry for a while and then blow dry it to save energy. And time too.
If You Want to Look Crazy
Using the hand dryer in a public restroom will not save energy, but it would save you money on your electric bill. And lend credibility to your requests for change in the parking lot outside afterwards.
Is Infrared the Secret?
Infrared hair dryers say they use less energy than conventional hair dryers. They’re quite a bit quieter too. My mom has one, and it takes a little bit longer to dry my hair with it than a conventional hair dryer, but heck, it works, and it is supposedly gentler on one’s hair too, wreaking less havoc on those potentially split ends.
Instyle Magazine recommends Bio Ionic’s infrared hair dryers, but those run close to $175. Yikes! A company called Tourmaline supposedly has good infrared hair dryers too, but it seems like infrared is not infracheap. Sigh…
Any more product recommendations?
