I’ve never understood how one day the hair gods seem to smile on me, and the next I have incurred their wrath. I know you know what I mean! A good hair day can make all the difference between feeling groovy, or feeling like something the cat dragged in.

Well, I’ve written beauty reviews on every aspect of hair: removing hair, growing hair, strengthening hair, nourishing hair…You get the picture. But I realized that I’ve ignored one of the most basic tools that you need to take great care of your lovely locks. Brushes. Hair brushes are essential to prevent your crowning glory from becoming a mangled mess.

When looking for brushes, hair type, environment, and health are all factors.

1.       Hair type- Whether your hair is fine, frizzy, thick or flyaway all makes a difference when choosing brushes. Hair that tends to get static, or grow slowly, may responds well to something like the Frederic Fekkai Classic Brush, made with boar bristles that stimulate the scalp.

2.       Environment- If the humid weather is making your hair frizz, you may need something like the Sephora Smoothing Hairbrush - Sephora Brand Paddle Brush - that tends to calm rather than excite hair strands.

3.       Health- Of your hair of course. When choosing brushes, hair health is important because you want to treat damaged hair as gently as possible. While a Sephora Brand Large Volumizer Hair Brush might be ideal for creating an illusion of depth, damaged hair should be enriched with nutrients first, and treated as carefully as possible.

Of course, this means that on different days, and at different times, you may need different brushes. Hair is a tricky thing. There’s a lot that goes into it. But like I’ve said in all my beauty reviews- having the right tools is essential to doing any job correctly.

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