With around the corner, there's no doubt shopping carts will be filling up with the latest in and hair styling, especially the , which has been making the rounds for quite some time now.

However, with might not be for everyone.

That's why I tried a more affordable product that's now available at - after dropping down from 169.99 - to see how it compares to other .

began taking off online after some really favourable on the beauty retailer's website claimed it's "just as good as the Dyson," albeit much cheaper.

This can be used to create a number of different hairstyles with its hair dryer, hot brush and curling attachments.

But the promise of having a hair salon bouncy blow dry at home was more than enough for me to want to give it a go.

So, as soon as I opened my box, the pink-coloured packaging and compact storage case to match the air styler and its attachments caught my eye.

In terms of design, I can say these two products are very similar in look and functionality, and the added touch of colour is, of course, a plus.

Then I tested the air styler's powerful 1200W hair drier, which dried my hair thoroughly and effortlessly as I combined its three heat and three-speed settings to suit each part of my head.

But the true test came at the time of styling my wavy hair into sleek curls, a process I was not quite so sure would work so effortlessly, considering I'd become used to doing it with straighteners or a curling iron.

While it took me a moment to figure out how to use the auto curling barrels, the twist-to-style handle soon became a lot easier to manipulate, helping me create waves with a lot more volume and bounce than I had previously envisioned.

And even though I don't have the same ability to use this handy tool as I do with straighteners yet, my motivation to keep practising is that, after using the styler, my hair was a lot less damaged and fried than when I use straighteners.

Usually, when I wash my styled hair, and it goes back to its natural shape after curling it with my straighteners, it feels and looks a lot rougher, duller and more frizzy.

That was surprisingly not the case after using the air styler, which means there's a possibility I might have been frying my hair off (guilty?), or that this tool is actually a lot less damaging.