I Tested 17 Hair Brushes to Find the BEST for Healthy Hair!
Tangle Teezer$14.99- “It was the roughest on my hair. It pulled the most hair out, it broke the most hair strands. It was honestly kind of hurt”▶ 7:36
- “I personally would not recommend this brush unless you are somebody that has very coarse resistant hair”▶ 8:03
- “The bristles are actually pretty tightly packed”
- “The base of the bristle, like from about halfway down, does not budge. It's very firm and very stiff”▶ 7:08
- “There are no boar bristles mixed into this”▶ 7:21
FHI Heat$18.00- “The bristles are significantly more flexible than the Tangle Teaser, I will give them that”▶ 9:55
- “The material of these bristles is very rough and hard, especially compared to a lot of these other brushes”▶ 10:01
- “This ripped my hair out”
- “It caught on my tangles and then the rougher material meant that it wasn't very forgiving and pulled my hair out”▶ 11:35
- “I wouldn't recommend it if those things are true for you”▶ 11:51
- “The bristles are definitely bendier and more flexible than the styler”▶ 12:19
- “It is significantly better for me than the ultimate Styler”▶ 12:47
- “When I compare how much hair breaks off while I brush when I'm using this versus my favorite brushes in this video, there is a noticeable difference for me”▶ 12:49
Tangle Teezer$14.99- “Out of all of these brushes I just reviewed, this one is definitely the most gentle”▶ 13:32
- “These bristles are even gentler and even bendier than this detangler right here”▶ 13:36
- “If you are interested in a brush that is set up like this in terms of the bristles, you don't want the boar bristles, then I think that this is the gentlest option”▶ 13:50
Wet Brush$10.99- “It has ball tipped bristles which for a lot of people might be a problem”▶ 14:27
- “I like how widely spaced the bristles are and I like the fact that the bristles are super flexible”▶ 14:32
- “It still doesn't have any boar bristles which I think is why this pulls on my hair so much more than the brushes that do”▶ 14:38
- “I still think it's just a bit too rough when there are so many other gentler options”▶ 14:48
Olivia Garden$29.95- “The nylon pins are incredibly flexible they're a thin kind of like soft bendy material”▶ 15:52
- “The Olivia Garden brush is definitely more tightly packed the bristles are closer together and I think that is why my hair ended up catching on this more”▶ 16:16
- “I do have a way better experience with this than the ultimate Styler or the unbrush”▶ 16:37
- “I don't think it's a bad brush if your hair is somewhere like in between not super fragile and damaged”▶ 16:42
Wet Brush$12.99- “The bristles are more widely spaced”
- “This is still a brush that I recommend when people ask for an affordable option that they can just pick up at the drugstore”▶ 18:07
- “I loved this while I was using it. I felt like it made such a difference compared to other things like the unbrush”▶ 18:15
- “I do think that there are even better options than this”
Mason Pearson$154.00- “The reason why this brush is so hyped up and supposed to be like magic for your hair is because of all the reasons we just talked about it has the boar bristles it has the nylon pins it's nicely spaced”
- “The pins are super super flexible”
- “The tip end of the pins are actually slightly rounded like they're tapered so they're not just flat across”
- “I have less breakage it's gentler on my hair that felt like a huge game changer for me”
- “Do I love this brush yes do I think it's great yes do I think that you need to buy it at $275 knowing that there are other options that are much more affordable no”
- “It really is an incredible brush”▶ 21:36
- “It is by far the most expensive brush in this video”▶ 21:26
- “I don't think that the quality right here like of the handle of the base reflects that price at all like nothing about this feels Lux to me”▶ 21:15
- “It lasts them years and years and years like I'm talking 20 plus years”▶ 22:09
- “My favorite brush out of all 16 of these”
- “This gives me the perfect combination of everything that I've been talking about the detangling the gentleness all of that”
SHASH$65.95- “I don't think this is bad I just don't think that you will love it if you are looking for something that gives you the exact same kind of results as Mason Pearson”▶ 24:49
- “They're just a bit too bendy I'm not getting the same detangling benefit”▶ 24:56
- “I also don't think the quality is as good with this one either”▶ 25:03
ion$11.99- “You get a closer brushing experience to the Mason Pearson with this one”▶ 25:18
- “The bristles are super flexible and would feel softer if it were not for the way that they just cut off at the top”▶ 25:27
- “This is just flat it's sharp it feels very pokey and uncomfortable while I'm using it”▶ 25:36
- “For $1.99 if you are looking for something that is comparable to Mason Pearson this would be the one to go for over some of the others”▶ 25:45
- “These bristles are so bendy that I feel like I don't get quite as good detangling with it as I do with Mason Pearson”▶ 26:01
- “I think it just takes me a little bit more work to brush through my hair when using this but it gets the job done”▶ 26:09
- “For being $30 compared to something like $275, I think that this is a really solid option”▶ 26:15
- “The issue I have with the Rock & Ruddle brush is honestly the size, like compared to Mason Pearson you can see it's significantly smaller”▶ 26:28
- “The bristles have a really good amount of flexibility and I feel like I get similar detangling and gentleness to the Mason Pearson brush with this”▶ 26:45
- “These definitely just feel a bit sharper than Mason Pearson”▶ 26:57
- “It's definitely a great brush”▶ 27:08
- “I love the fact that you have a ton of different options for the paddle color. I got pink glitter”▶ 27:10
Kent$48.00- “This one is also more widely spaced than Rock and Ruddle, more comparable to Mason Pearson in that sense”▶ 27:21
- “These bristles are very flexible. Unfortunately, these ones feel pretty pokey and sharp to me too”▶ 27:30
- “I still think it's an excellent brush”▶ 27:43
- “If you're interested in a brush like this, you want one that is a bit higher quality but you're like, I can't even think about spending over $70 on a brush, then this is one that you may really love”▶ 27:45
Drybar$85.00- “What I love about this brush is how large it is. It's the most comparable to Mason Pearson in size”▶ 28:15
- “These bristles compared to all of the high price point brushes are the firmest but not too too firm, so I feel like I get the best detangling with this but it's not too rough on my hair”▶ 28:23
- “The quality of the bristles here and everything about this brush is definitely there. It's held up really well, the bristles are not fraying at all”▶ 28:42
- “If you're looking for the option that detangles the best knowing that you'll lose a little bit of gentleness, then I think Drybar is great. I really love this brush”▶ 28:49
- “Drybar offers the best detangling while being the least gentle of the three, still not like rough on the hair”▶ 31:32
- “This brush is made of handcrafted beechwood”▶ 29:06
- “I think that this is the most flexible of the high price point options so the most gentle because of that”▶ 29:08
- “The trade off for that is that the detangling is not quite as good as dry bar”▶ 29:15
- “The bristles are more widely spaced which I think just makes this even more gentle”▶ 29:26
- “This is another brush that I use all the time. I feel like I reach for this one most often when my hair is already dry and styled and I just need to brush through like at the end of the night”▶ 29:37
- “Crown Affair where it's like two steps down from dry bar in terms of detangling but then a couple steps up in terms of how gentle it is”▶ 31:44
- “This is the brush I was talking about that feels so much more luxe than Mason Pearson and like makes a little bit more sense while you're spending that kind of money”▶ 30:11
- “This is allegedly a custom designed Italian resin and like you can just tell such a difference in the material”▶ 30:18
- “Out of all of the brushes I have showed you guys that are potential dupes for Mason Pearson this one has the most boar bristle coverage”▶ 30:40
- “This is going to be gentler”
- “The bristles are perfectly flexible”
- “This is something that I reach for all the time because of the fact that it's gentler it is a brush that I love so much it's held up so well over the past few years like zero signs of this being old”▶ 31:11
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