Hair care appliance

A hair care appliance, comprising:

• a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the second end of the handle coupled to a first end of a body via a rotational hinge joint having an opening therein and configured to allow the body to move relative to the handle into at least one of a bent configuration and a straight configuration, the handle comprising a fan assembly therein and an air inlet positioned in the first end of the handle and the body comprising a heater assembly therein an air outlet positioned in a second end of the body opposite the first end of the body, and a first diverter positioned between the heater assembly and the rotational hinge joint, the first diverter being substantially planar, wherein a fluid flow drawn into the air inlet by the fan assembly is conveyed along a fluid flow path extending from the air inlet in the handle to the air outlet in the body and the first diverter is configured to partition fluid in the fluid flow path into upper and lower portions entering the heater assembly in both the straight and bent configurations.