Short hair has a reputation for being low-maintenance, and that reputation holds up beautifully right until you try to blow-dry a fringe with a brush the size of a rolling pin. The Brushworx Mystique Radial Brush Extra Small is the 15mm answer to that particular indignity.
TL;DR: A 15mm tourmaline-coated barrel wrapped in boar bristles, built for short hair, fringes and face-framing sections. Small enough to create real bend and root lift exactly where a larger round brush simply cannot reach.
Product Details and Benefits
- 15mm barrel, 38mm bristle to bristle. The smallest barrel in the Mystique radial line-up, and the one that actually fits the hair most brushes give up on — pixie cuts, short bobs, fringes, nape sections and the shorter pieces around the face.
- Tourmaline-coated barrel. The tourmaline coating is designed to neutralise static and reduce frizz while distributing heat evenly across the barrel, so a section smooths out in one clean pass rather than three increasingly annoyed ones.
- Boar bristles. Natural boar bristle grips the hair properly and carries the scalp's own oils from root through to the ends. It's the quiet reason boar-bristle brushes leave hair looking polished rather than merely dry.
- A tight barrel means real shape. Smaller diameter equals a tighter curve, which translates to genuine root lift, a soft bend through the ends and enough tension to straighten short, stubborn sections.
- Rubberised handle grips. Comfortable and non-slip, which matters when you're holding a brush in one hand and 2300 watts in the other with damp hands and product on your fingers.
- Hidden pick in the handle. A sectioning pick tucked neatly into the handle, so you're not patting down the bench for a tail comb halfway through a blow-dry.
- Great for all hair types, and particularly at home on short to shorter-layered cuts, fringes and men's styling.
- Built for smoothing, straightening, volumising and adding movement — the full blow-dry repertoire in one small barrel.
- Two-toned black and grey finish, from Brushworx, a 100% Australian-owned brush brand.
How to Use
- Rough-dry to about 80 per cent first. A round brush on soaking wet hair is not styling, it's resistance training.
- Use the hidden pick to section. Small sections, roughly the width of the brush — overloading a 15mm barrel is the fastest route to a tangle.
- Sit the brush under the section at the root and lift, following with the dryer nozzle pointed down the hair shaft in the same direction you're brushing.
- Roll the barrel through to the ends, keeping tension the whole way. The boar bristles will hold the hair; you just have to keep moving.
- Finish with a shot of cool air over each section before you release the brush.
Pro tip: For a fringe or a cowlick that refuses to sit, dry it in the wrong direction first. Over-direct the section hard to the opposite side with the brush, dry it there, then let it fall back where it belongs. The root has already been convinced to lie flat by the time it returns, which stops a fringe from splitting and standing up an hour later.
Why You'll Love It
Small barrel, serious control. If your fringe, your layers or your entire short cut has been quietly winning every morning, this is the brush that settles the argument. Add it to your cart and take the blow-dry back.
