trueimage.
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What are the best dentangling brushes for thick hair? I have heard of the Denman Brush & the Tangle Teezer but I am not sure on which one to try. Wide tooth combs are not really working for me.
Best Detangling Brushes? What Brush Do You Use To Detangle?
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YvetteWithJoy
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What are your hair characteristics, @trueimage.? I feel like that might matter.
I change my answer below to the KareCo Tangle Buster brush available online and at WalMart.
I discuss details in a later post in this thread.
The official Wet Brush (at Target, Sally's, etc.) works GREAT for me and has changed my life: When my hair is soaking wet and slathered with conditioner or detangler, I either use the Wet Brush first and then a wide-tooth comb and then my fingers . . . or my fingers then the Wet Brush then a wide-tooth comb. (Sometimes I throw in a fine-tooth comb, too, but that might be a lot of passes. I'm still assessing.)
I don't lose a lot of hair with the Wet Brush, either: It's like the bristles and little mini balls do for my hair what finger detangling does.
HOWEVER, I have coily, O-shaped, 4a hair. I tried the Wet Brush on my niecy's 4c hair and it was not the same situation at all! Not saying that would be the case for every 4c head: It might have just been something I was doing wrong with her hair.
I change my answer below to the KareCo Tangle Buster brush available online and at WalMart.
I discuss details in a later post in this thread.
I don't lose a lot of hair with the Wet Brush, either: It's like the bristles and little mini balls do for my hair what finger detangling does.
HOWEVER, I have coily, O-shaped, 4a hair. I tried the Wet Brush on my niecy's 4c hair and it was not the same situation at all! Not saying that would be the case for every 4c head: It might have just been something I was doing wrong with her hair.
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trueimage.
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I have 4C hair also !! Did you find another brush that worked for your niece hair?
YvetteWithJoy
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No. Sorry. I only see her when I travel to Georgia a few times a year.
HaveSomeWine
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Goody Bright Boost Paddle Brush:
Just about any paddle brush works for my hair, though.
Just about any paddle brush works for my hair, though.
Black Ambrosia
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I'm co-signing on the Wet Brush but I only like the big paddle brush version. The smaller ones I've seen don't seem to be as effective. I don't think it's the size though. The bristles seem stiffer or something.
IDareT'sHair
PJ Rehabilitation Center
Right now I'm using my fingers......but I do have a Felicia Leatherwood Detangling Brush, a Knock-Off FL Detangling Brush (from a Saddlery) and a Tangle Teezer with and w/o a handle on stand-by if I need it.
I also like my Ba.ss Bam.boo Brush.
I also like my Ba.ss Bam.boo Brush.
Curls&Justice417
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I like this brush that I got at Sallys.
uofmpanther
4ab, lopo, fine, low-med density
I agree that it depends on hair type. I'm a 4a/4b mix and can't use a Denman.
I use a Conair paddle brush, and also the Goody version of the tangle teaser for really tangled spots.
I use a Conair paddle brush, and also the Goody version of the tangle teaser for really tangled spots.
TwoSnapsUp
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Felicia Leatherwood Detangler Brush
Worked the best with my type 4 natural hair and now my relaxed hair.
Bunnyhaslonghair
Ebonics Queen
I'm a solid 4b and the wet brush is my ace boon coon. I recommend it all the time. Has anyone tried the wet brush and found something that is even better? I'll be picking up the paddle version today.
Felicia Leatherwood Detangler Brush
Worked the best with my type 4 natural hair and now my relaxed hair.
This gets my vote however I have the cheaper partrade brush. I was surprised how well it works. I am going to get the Leatherwood because the partridge tapers toward the top and I don't like that.
YvetteWithJoy
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Good question. Please let us know if the paddle Wet Brush performs significantly better than the standard one.
One of these days I want to try the larger Kent detangling brush. The Kent 16t comb is great on my strands.
Tefnut
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I have better luck with my Denman since I removed every other row. I did this a month or so ago. Before that I hadn't seen my Denman in 4 years.
Nap85 explains below. Start at 3:56
Nap85 explains below. Start at 3:56
YvetteWithJoy
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I'll have to try this. I can't get my Denman through my 4a hair.
Tefnut
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I can but I only use it when I have conditioner in my hair while detangling. I used to hear girls say they're using a modified Denman brush and scratched my head. I finally looked up a video explaining and had an Aha! moment.
YvetteWithJoy
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AgeinATL
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I have the jumbo rake and I absolutely LOVE it. I HATED the denman, even when I removed every other row. It was always too harsh for my coily hair. I have had my HS comb for more than 5 years and it is holding up like its new. It works out the shed hair and gets out the tangles without tearing out strands in the process.
Tefnut
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OK, I'm sold.
I always finger detangle first but like a comb through as a backup. I'll try them out.
Is the Magic Star Jumbo Rake the one you have:
Thinking about that and getting this styling comb by HS too:
I saw some stylists like the Ultra Smoth Coconut Infused Detangling Comb:
I always finger detangle first but like a comb through as a backup. I'll try them out.
Is the Magic Star Jumbo Rake the one you have:
Thinking about that and getting this styling comb by HS too:
I saw some stylists like the Ultra Smoth Coconut Infused Detangling Comb:
LoveCraze
Naturalista
Tefnut
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MileHighDiva
A+ Hair Care Queen
Hairsense.
AgeinATL
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OK, I'm sold.
I always finger detangle first but like a comb through as a backup. I'll try them out.
Is the Magic Star Jumbo Rake the one you have:
Yes ma'am! Get you one!
I plan on getting that styling comb next. Waiting on a sale.
PureSilver
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Those seamless combs look scary to me.......I'm not liking how to teeth looks at all 
YvetteWithJoy
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Those seamless combs look scary to me.......I'm not liking how to teeth looks at all
My seamless comb is very gentle. The teeth aren't pointy. The material is crazy smooth so the comb gliiiiiiides through my hair. I only use it on a conditioner-and-water saturated section of hair after I have already been able to get the Wet Brush through it. It removes tangles and knots that the Wet Brush misses. I have very little hair loss as I detangle.
However, I am still assessing whether I make too many passes with tools as I'm detangling. It could be causing mechanical damage that is building over time, I don't know.
The reason I do it: My hair is like the lady's below, and she uses what's called the "Funnel Method" to fully detangle her hair. I was LOST until I discovered this video and method, just straight spending HOURS and HOURS trying to get my hair detangled and de-knotted.
More often than not this is the order that ends up doing my hair really well, with only a tiny amount of hair loss:
- Fingers and praying hands method: Smooth, soften, elongate, unfurl section of hair using lots of detangler/conditioner and water
- Course/wide-tooth pass from the bottom inch, making my way up: Wet Brush accomplishes this for me and separates webbed strands
- Medium-tooth pass from the bottom inch, making my way up: Removes tangles that the Wet Brush can't catch
- Fine/narrow-tooth pass, from the bottom inch, making my way up: Functions like finger detangling (like the peel method, the harp method, etc.), undoing knots I used to have to clip out
GGsKin
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OK, I'm sold.
I always finger detangle first but like a comb through as a backup. I'll try them out.
Is the Magic Star Jumbo Rake the one you have:
Thinking about that and getting this styling comb by HS too:
I saw some stylists like the Ultra Smoth Coconut Infused Detangling Comb:
I've already got a mini magic rake. I saw that styler comb here and ordered one today.
Tefnut
Well-Known Member
Really? Even the rake?
Those seamless combs look scary to me.......I'm not liking how to teeth looks at all
Tefnut
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