Steam Hairstyling Appliance Having a Reduced-Size Base

Provided is a steam appliance intended to style hair, including: -a base having a fluid reservoir including means for demineralizing the fluid that are arranged upstream of said reservoir, -an intermediate chamber for raw fluid, said intermediate chamber being arranged upstream of said demineralizing means, -a cover intended to close said intermediate chamber, -a portable unit for styling the hair, said unit being remote from the base and having means for outputting steam in the direction of the hair, -a line including at least one duct intended to put the base and the portable unit into fluid communication, -means for vaporizing the fluid and means for outputting steam in the direction of the hair. Said intermediate chamber includes in its interior a splitter intended to increase the flow cross section of the fluid through the inlet of the demineralizing means.