Avanti makes tools. Not shampoo, not masks, not colour — irons, dryers, brushes and the attachments that go with them. That focus is the reason the range is worth understanding properly: thirty products at ProHair, and almost none of them are duplicates of each other. Each one exists because a specific combination of hair length, hair texture and finish demands it.
This is the overview guide. It takes you from "I want my hair to look like that" to the right shelf, and then hands you off to a detailed guide for the final choice. If you already know you want a flat iron, skip straight to the flat iron guide.
Start with the finish, not the tool
| What you want | What you need | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Poker-straight, glassy | A flat iron, sized and surfaced to your hair | Flat irons |
| A smooth blow-out with body | A dryer plus a thermal round brush — both, not either | Dryers · Round brushes |
| Defined curls or ringlets | A clamp curling iron | Curling irons and wands |
| Loose, undone waves | A wand, sized to your length | Curling irons and wands |
| Your own curls, dried without frizz | A diffuser — and no brush at all | Diffusers and attachments |
| Detangling and daily brushing | A cushion brush | Cushion, vent and skeleton brushes |
The six shelves, in one paragraph each
Flat irons — nine models
The largest part of the range, from a 5/8" travel iron to a 1-3/8" infrared salon tool. Three things separate them: plate width (set by your hair length), plate material (tourmaline ceramic for fine or lightened hair, titanium for coarse and resistant hair, nano-silver where hygiene matters because the tool is shared) and the heat range. On the heat range, the number that matters is the bottom one, not the top: nearly every iron here reaches 446–450°F, and almost nobody should be ironing at 450°F. The Tourmaline & Ceramic 1" starts at 265°F, which makes it the range's answer for damaged hair.
Curling irons and wands — three models
All FreePlay, all tourmaline ceramic, all to 430°F. The choice is shape then size. A clamp iron holds the section for you and makes a defined, repeatable curl; a wand has no clamp and therefore no crease, which is where the lived-in wave comes from. The 1-1/4" wand is the one for long or thick hair, where a narrower barrel drops out under the hair's own weight within the hour.
Dryers — one professional model
The Turbo Professional Ionic, 1,875 W on a DC motor with ceramic and tourmaline in the element. Two specifications matter on any dryer, and neither is the wattage on the box: the motor type, because DC is lighter and quieter for the same airflow and weight is what decides whether you finish a blow-out properly; and separate heat and speed controls, because the setting most blow-outs should be done on is high speed with medium heat, and a single-dial dryer cannot produce it.
Thermal round brushes — nine models
The tool that actually shapes a blow-out. Barrel diameter is set by hair length, on a simple rule: the brush needs at least one full wrap of hair to work. 25 mm for short hair, 33 mm for bobs and lobs, 43–44 mm past the shoulders, 53 mm below the shoulder blades. Avanti runs that full ladder twice — once in plain ceramic with a vented barrel, once with a silicone gel handle that takes noticeably less force to hold through a long brush-out. The Extra-Long model adds mixed boar-and-nylon bristles for extra polish on very long hair.
Cushion, vent and skeleton brushes — six models
The quiet workers. A skeleton brush is mostly holes and is for getting hair from soaking to 80% dry as fast as possible — the step that shortens a blow-out more than any dryer upgrade. A cushion brush has bristles set in a flexible pad that gives before the bristles do, which is what makes it right for detangling and for a tender scalp. The eight-row ceramic vent brush is the one for hair thick enough that a normal vent brush slides over the top of it.
Diffusers and attachments — two models
If your hair is curly and you have decided dryers are not for you, the attachment is almost certainly the problem. A nozzle blows a curl clump apart; a diffuser spreads the same air wide and slow so the hair dries in the shape it formed in. The Silicone Folding Diffuser collapses flat for travel and suits waves and looser curls; the Universal Finger Diffuser has long fingers that reach into the root, which is the fix for curls that are defined but flat at the crown.
Buying by hair type
- Fine, fragile or lightened → the lowest starting temperature you can find. Tourmaline & Ceramic 1" flat iron (265°F first step), a 33 mm round brush, and the dryer on medium heat rather than high.
- Normal, medium density → almost anything in the range works. Buy on length: 1" iron, 33 mm brush, and add a wand if you want waves.
- Coarse, thick, resistant → titanium plates and more grip. 1" Titanium or the 1-3/8" Infrared, a 43–53 mm round brush, and the eight-row vent brush.
- Curly and coily → a diffuser first, and the finger diffuser specifically if the roots sit flat. Skip the round brush entirely.
- Short hair → a 25 mm round brush and either the Mini 5/8" iron or a 1". A large barrel cannot grip a short section.
- Very long hair → wide everything. 53 mm brush, 1-1/4" wand, wide-plate iron. Narrow tools on long hair means double the sections and double the heat exposure.
Where Avanti is not the answer
It is worth saying plainly. Avanti carries one dryer, not a range — if you need a travel dryer, a hot-air styling brush or a barber-shop model, BaBylissPRO is the deeper collection. Avanti makes no cordless tools and no multi-styler. And it makes no haircare at all: heat protectant, which is the single most important thing you can put on hair before any tool in this guide touches it, comes from elsewhere on the site — start with the heat protection collection.
The three rules that apply to every tool here
- Heat protectant, every time. No plate coating, ion generator or infrared element protects hair. A product does.
- Fewer passes at the right temperature beats more passes at a low one. Timid ironing at 250°F that takes four passes does more cumulative damage than one confident pass at 330°F.
- Hair sets as it cools, not while it is hot. The cool shot on a dryer and the few seconds you let a curl rest in your palm are what make a style last past lunchtime.
The detailed guides
Flat irons: plate width, material and heat
Curling irons and wands: barrel size and the clamp question
Hair dryers: wattage, motors and ionic drying
Thermal round brushes: barrel size by hair length
Cushion, vent and skeleton brushes
Diffusers and dryer attachments