UPDATE—July 11, 2023: Good news! The Dyson Corrale is on sale for 20% off for Amazon Prime Day 2023, which is the most we’ve ever seen it discounted. That means you have until just before midnight to snag this editor-loved straightening tool that’s meant to smooth hair and tame frizz and flyaways with salon-like results. If you need any more convincing: It’s one of the best Prime Day 2023 beauty deals and a former Glamour Beauty Award Winner. What are you still doing here?
ORIGINAL STORY—March 10, 2020: We didn’t think it was possible for a hair-dryer to break the internet, but when the Dyson Supersonic came onto the scene in 2016, it did exactly that. While the dryer initially made headlines because of its $500 price tag, it garnered a loyal following thanks to its ability to blow out even the thickest of hair in half the time. The brand had similar success with last year’s Airwrap, and today it launches the Dyson Corrale, the appliance company’s first flatiron.
As with its other two hits, Dyson set out to rethink the traditional styling tool. Think shiny, sleek results in fewer passes with less heat damage and no fried-hair smell. This is thanks in part to the iron’s “flexible plates,” which move with your hair instead of smooshing and tugging at it, so flyways, frizz, and long-term damage are reduced. Inside the plates is Dyson’s Intelligent Heat Control, which monitors the heat of your hair 100 times a second to make sure it’s the temperature you selected all the way down the strand.
A few other notable function: The straightener is cordless, so you don’t have to worry about knocking all your products off the sink when you’re in a hurry, and the outside of the flatiron stays cool to the touch—a bonus if you straighten your hair while traveling or at the gym, since you can just throw it back in your bag without worries. There’s also a lock button that keeps it compact when you store it.
But all that innovation comes at a cost, and at $499, the Dyson Corrale isn’t exactly cheap. So is it worth it? We had four Glamour staffers with different hair types put it to the test. Read on for our honest thoughts.
Bella Cacciatore, beauty associate
Bella Cacciatore
