Your Hairbrush

[sneezles]

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[Peggy]

Hi Susan! :D Did I miss something??

Peggy

[Gumbeaux]

I use a Vent brush. It works good on medium thickness hair and is easy to clean. I purchase them at a beauty supply store.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/vent.jpg

[mom2garret]

Susan: Did you post something w/o getting a reply or just change your mind? REpost your question and I promise to try to help! ;)
Jodi

[Chefzhat]

???

spontaneous implosion - it's going around.

Debie

[tbb113]

I was too embarrassed to admit that my hairbrush is years (maybe decades) old and it is a cheap goody brush. I occasionally take the hairs out of it and when I think of it (every few years or so), I wash it in the sink with shampoo :eek:

I usually comb my hair :)

[sneezles]

???

spontaneous implosion - it's going around.

Debie

Something like that! :rolleyes:

Jodi,
I asked a couple of questions but after 65 views thought no one wanted to discuss the subject... :cool:

[ChristineVA]

I have a big, blue Goody comb that my old next-door neighbor gave to me when I was 12. I am now 42. :o

[Chefzhat]

Sneezles, I looked at it but was in a rush to get somewhere. Of course, now I can't remember what you asked. CRSyndrome . . .

:p

[mom2garret]

Susan, I am sorry, I never saw the post :( You give so many people so much help, if you post it I will look for it and respond. Or, drop me an email.
Jodi

[Gilgamesh37]

I suspect that there were lots of views & no replies because many of us are in the same boat---we have an ancient hairbrush we know we should probably replace, and we know that we don't clean them nearly as often as we should. :o

I have a lovely boar bristle Mason Pearson brush my ex-SIL bought me at least 12 years ago. I run it under the tap every couple months but haven't given it a good proper soak/clean with soap in.....a looooooong time. <sheepish shrug>

[sneezles]

OK, I read a snippet in March's issue of Health about harbrushes. The question was about having a brush that's about 5 years old and still seemed to do a good job. The response was that a brush should be replaced once a year...

My questions were:

Do you use a boar bristle brush?

How often you clean your hairbrush? As in removing the hair and washing.

How often do you replace your brush?

I buy the cheapo Goody ones and replace every 6 months or so. I have about 6 brushes but am not good about actually washing them. I ordered some new boar bristle ones with the ionic thingy.

[ChristineVA]

I buy some type of Tigi brush through a beauty supply store. I also have some Cricket anti-static brush. None of my brushes are natural. I do wash the Tigi brushes about once every two weeks because of product buildup.

[Peggy]

I don't use a boar bristle brush. I buy mine at the Beauty Supply and the bristles are plastic.

My mother taught me to remove the hair and wash my brush with soap and water every time I wash my hair. Don't tell her, but I probably only do that once a month and I wash my hair every other day. :eek:

I buy a new brush about every two years.

Peggy

[jtoepfert100]

OK, I read a snippet in March's issue of Health about harbrushes. The question was about having a brush that's about 5 years old and still seemed to do a good job. The response was that a brush should be replaced once a year...


This is interesting since everything I read about the good quality boar bristle brushes is that they are worth the cost because they'll last forever. :confused: I've never been willing to buck up the money, though.

Oh, and wash a brush?????? I clean the hair out of mine regularly but that's about it. I also only replace mine when the bristles start falling out. :o

[Meganator]

OK, I read a snippet in March's issue of Health about harbrushes. The question was about having a brush that's about 5 years old and still seemed to do a good job. The response was that a brush should be replaced once a year...

My questions were:

Do you use a boar bristle brush?

How often you clean your hairbrush? As in removing the hair and washing.

How often do you replace your brush?

I buy the cheapo Goody ones and replace every 6 months or so. I have about 6 brushes but am not good about actually washing them. I ordered some new boar bristle ones with the ionic thingy.

I use a plastic Goody one also. I throw it out when the rounded things on the ends of the bristles start to come off and it starts to scratch my scalp; that's probably every 6 or 8 months. I clean the hair out every time I use it. I usualy get a new one before I think of washing it.

[hlao23]

I rarely brush my hair (WAY too much natural curl) but if I straighten it, it needs to be brushed and I have one of those plastic vented brushes pictured in one of the earlier posts. Easiest way to clean it? Put it in the washing machine with a load of towels...looks brand new. Of course, pull out as much of the loose hair as you can first.

[Gumbeaux]

I don't think washing a brush in a sink using soap and water will come anywhere close to sanitizing it. I think the only way to completely sanitize a brush would be to buy an all plastic brush and keep it in a barber's sanitizing jar.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/marvyjar7.gif

[Meganator]

I don't think washing a brush in a sink using soap and water will come anywhere close to sanitizing it. I think the only way to completely sanitize a brush would be to buy an all plastic brush and keep it in a barber's sanitizing jar.

I don't think it's necessary to really sanitize it unless it is being shared among people, like in a salon. But they do get kind of dusty, and if your hair is oily, they get oily, so soap and water would clean it up fine.

[gertdog]

I have a big flat Aveda paddle brush that I love. I've had this one for about 3 years; the previous one got dropped, breaking the handle- had that one for at least 5 years and probably still would if it hadn't broken. I pull the hair out of it after each use, and every once in a while (like, twice a year) will bring it into the shower and shampoo it.

[Sarah428]

I have a big flat Aveda paddle brush that I love. I've had this one for about 3 years; the previous one got dropped, breaking the handle- had that one for at least 5 years and probably still would if it hadn't broken.
I think I have that same brush! :) I've had it for at least 9 years....that's why I haven't posted, I was somewhat embarrased :o, but it's the best brush ever!

[Gail]

Throw out my brush? No way. That pup's gonna be used till it falls apart... (like the one I had before it.)

It's a Denman plastic-bristled one. I also have about four styling brushes, various makes, all synthetic though. Seems to me I had a boar bristle brush many years ago and chucked it. I didn't feel it really got down into my hair enough (I have pretty thick hair and a lot of it!)

I wash them every once in a while.

[little_bopeep]

I run mine through the dishwasher every few months.

[mbrogier]

I never saw the original post yesterday, Susan.

I don't mind admitting how bad my hairbrushes are.

I have a humongous stiff spikey round brush that I used to flip my hair out when it was longer. It still works now that my hair is short short. I also have a smaller round brush with boars hair bristles. It came in a gift pack with some hair care products I bought at a high end salon once. I try to remove my hairs every once in a while, but I can never get them all out.

Rob uses my large round brush or a comb.

I had no idea you were supposed to clean your brushes so often or replace them. I just replace mine when they look bad or start falling apart--or I lose one.

[hollysmom]

SInce both of my girls borrow my brushes all the time and then misplace them, I am constantly replacing - so I have no idea of the shelf life of a brush!

SSM

[Chefzhat]

Ah - I see why I didn't answer! I don't use a brush!!! Just my fingers and a blowdryer, man!

Debie

[mom2garret]

I bought a new brush last April (a paddle brush) but I still have my trusty vent brush that I have had for over 10 years :o :eek: . I love the way it gets right down to my scalp. I seem to get lots of hair stuck in the brush so I try to "grab" the hair and throw it a few times a week but clean the brush, sad to say I dont.
I guess I should!!!!
Jodi