Boar Bristle Brush Better?
I had long heard, years ago, that a boar bristle brush was better for the hair and made it look a lot better than a regular brush that is made with metal or plastic combination bristles. Also, if you get one with a vented middle, you may also get an additional fast drying benefit if you go this route. As far as worthy hair care products and tools go, I know that when I’ve used any kind of brush that’s a large round one with a vented middle, it does seem to dry my hair faster because of the additional air circulation that goes through the other end from the dryer.
Boar bristle brushes are made with the 100% natural boar bristle, and it will be marked that it’s 100% authentic, so don’t be fooled by fakes that try to look like a natura brown bristle if it’s not marked that way. Supposedly the benefits you get from using a boar bristle brush as opposed to any other bristle is more shine, less static, and a smoother appearance to the hair.
I have to say, after I bought mine, which by the way is not vented but I wish it was, at first I wasn’t a fan because my other brush, made with some sort of plastic composite stiff bristle, seemed to get through my hair more like a comb would, whereas the boar bristle brush - at least the one I purchased, seemed to just kind of drag through my hair, and get caught in it without really separating the strands like a more substantial “hard bristled” brush would.
But, once I realized that it did impart more shine to my hair and my boyfriend even started using it to control the flyaways and flipped edges of his longer hair he’s growing out, I am hooked. Next step though is to get a better, salon quality vented boar bristle brush, and this way I’ll not only have the smoothness and shininess, but also it will hopefully dry much faster with my Sedu thermal ionic hair dryer (which I still love by the way, although the ionic smoothing action seems to be running low after about a year and it may need to be replaced soon which I’m not too happy about).
