Boar Bristle Brushes 101 - What You Need to Know 

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With horses, the old school way of grooming is to dry brush with different types of brushes, including boar bristle ones. You can create an amazing shine with these brushes. Nowadays, many people shampoo their horses and spray them with chemicals to make them shiny, which harms their hair too! It causes breakage and sun-bleaching and rain doesn't run off the horse, and instead sinks into the coat and makes the horse colder. Just thought these parallels were interesting!

I inherited my great grandmother's boar bristle brush as a child and was taught how to brush my hair with it. I still have that brush.

13:25 as someone with long straight hair, not as long as these Victorian women but long enough, I can say that that uniform wave pattern is what happens when you keep long naturally straight hair in braids for most of the time. It’s especially clear in that second picture of the floor length hair, as the waves don’t start until about where a braid would start.

I got a boar bristle brush last week - gone from washing every other day to (first time this has happened) four days, and got those Victorian style waves quite by accident the other day - boar bristle to distribute oil, put it up in a bun, and my hair was a uniform wavy line down my back. And my hair has never felt better (even though it's early days)

I'm using the same brushes at least 30yrs my aunt who was a salon owner for 40 years. I'm African American and we use the brush to lay the hair down say for a pony tail or regular grooming. I literally just finished cleaning mine. If you keep them clean they will go as long as mine. Great history info.. The fingerwaves from back in the day was also used with the finger itself putting a pin then waving the other way...

Tip for getting a boar bristle brush: I'm 67 and got my brush as a child & my mother who is 92 has several. If you have an older relative or friend they probably have a few, so ask her if she has an extra brush she would give you! They literally last forever!

I love how a boar bristle brush can fit into a low waste lifestyle 🙂

Kent brand quality boar bristle brushes are the best investment money can buy. They are handmade in the UK since 1777 and last a lifetime. I have had mine for 15+ years now and it still looks new, none of the bristles have fallen out. Kent website has numerous different types of boar bristle brushes depending on your needs. They are used to shipping internationally, as are in demand from all over the world.

For people in Europe: there still are some artisanal brush makers around, usually selling at markets, some online. Also sometimes you can find quite good boar bristle brushes at supermarkets, department and health stores (Germany: Karstadt, dm, Rossmann, Alnatura).

The way I like to think about it, a BB brush is like a broom on a hardwood floor. You're sweeping most of the dirt and mess off your hair on a day to day basis. Shampooing and conditioning your hair is like mopping and polishing your floor. It's important to do it from time to time to properly care for the floor, but you would never do it every single day because the wood will get damaged from water. No one would look at a swept floor and think it's dirty (unless your dog puked or something).

I retired 2012 and went from showering every am and washing my hair to washing my hair about two to three times a month and I now have hair length to the middle of my back.

i got an antique brush on etsy! i cleaned it thoroughly, i boiled it, i vinegar soaked it, i baking soda soaked it, i shampooed it, i soaped it, and did all of that twice. i think i can safely say it’s clean now and now i use it daily, washing it with washing soda every night after i use it. it’s so beneficial, and i feel like a princess with the golden metal handle and backing

I would love to see a video of you doing the full routine without skipping/editing in between of the boat bristle brushing and doing a comparison of beginning and ending results.

I have quite long hair and at the start of last year I bought the largest size Mason Pearson boar bristle brush and I have definitely noticed a big difference to the overall condition of my hair. I was washing it once a week and now it's more towards the every two week mark. When I grew up me and my younger sisters all had long (waist length) hair and that was generally washed on a Sunday and allowed to just dry. Most of the time we wore our hair in braids which I still do now, and there was certainly lots of hair brushing with old fashioned hair brushes.

I remember watching an episode of “The Brady Bunch” and Marcia was brushing her hair 100 times and I think it said something about making her hair shiny and I wanted to do that, but I couldn’t find any evidence that it did anything when I tried. And I remember things about distributing your natural hair oils around your head and just couldn’t see how a brush actually did that, so this is awesome. I will definitely look into this. Thank you.

I have always preferred boar bristles, even during the times that my hair was very short, for the reason that you mentioned. It feels wonderful and is stimulating to the scalp. Other types of brushes have their places, but certainly cannot substitute for boar bristles. Usually, damage occurs if you try to hurry when you detangle, even if you are just using your fingers, so gentle, purposeful strokes administered with care, is key, if you wish to keep as much on your head, undamaged, as possible. A head full of long, healthy hair is such a beautiful treasure that is so misunderstood, and often undervalued, these days. It isn't everything, of course, but it is glorious, to behold!

My hair is graying and fine and is nearly passed my bum but after finding your channel and becoming intrigued with obtaining better hair care and length (and volume) retention, I went to Ulta and spent a penny for a 100% boar bristle brush. I haven’t gotten to the point where I can go beyond a week before washing my hair (it’s very dry), however I’ve noticed that just using the brush twice a week makes my hair so soft that I don’t want to wash it at the end of the week and get all that softness out! I have a long way to go but I dry-detangle my hair now with my fingers (no more ripping through it with a pick when it’s wet) and I can tell a difference….especially after using olive oil (don’t have anything else) on the lower third of my hair once or twice a week. Wow. I’m sold on putting oil on my hair! Doing more research though as to the more appropriate oils to use. Thanks for all your videos! 🌺

I have long, thick hair and have been brushing my hair with a BBB every night. I detangle with a Buffalo horn comb first. I've been doing this for about 2 weeks and have noticed some difference in my hair.

Marcille waves are also called Finger Waves. A thick gell was used 1st, then combing with a rat tail comb, and using your fingers to form (press) the waves in place.. Long narrow metal jaw clips held the waves in place till the hair dried. In 1981 you still had to master finger waves to pass the US cosmetology exam. I had a Mason Pearson brush for 30 yrs! They're so expensive now. I just bought one from Amazon for $13 5 yrs ago. Even if someone is a vegan, they should use a boar's bristle brush. So many benefits. I'm 60. I only wash my long (now grey) hair once a month! Sticky debris, hair and fuzz/dust comes off. My hair looks and feels fresh. You u can spray with rosemary and lavender water too. Hair products hit the market by storm late 60's. All about profit. Nothing works as well as old fashioned methods.

Katherine thank you so much for making a video on the forgotten practice of the beautiful boar bristle brush. Boar bristle brushes are a huge part of my life and have been for 7 years when I found out about them. Unfortunately for our time being born in 1995 they were definitely forgotten. I remember being a little girl and getting the conair plastic bristle brush with the ball tips in my stocking lol. My aunt and uncle had an antique mall growing up and during my exploring I would find brushes like this and never knew how they worked and I remember being confused about why they were hair or nylon bristles only knowing about my plastic ball tip brush. I never thought much about them after that. I never had nice hair growing up, I used to rip my knots out with the dredded plastic ball tip brushes. When I became interested in the late 60s early 70s 7 years ago longing for that long long hair I had been trying to achieve for years I started taking notes on old television shows on what the girls were doing with their hair. I remember watching the brady bunch (room at the top) and marcia was at her vanity brushing her hair with that huge mason pearson hairbrush and I was thinking to myself omg what is that brush that's what I need that's the key! And ever since then I set out to buy boar bristle brushes. I started small then my collection grew huge these past few years. I've collected so many hair magazines from the early 70s and beauty guides and sure enough they were telling the women to always brush their hair with boar bristle brushes (or pure nylon which I've come to find is just as good!) And woukd advertise beautiful brushes which I am fortunate to have in my collection in their vintage form, most brand new when I found them! Marcia Brady and Jan also used all nylon brushes in the earlier seasons of the brady bunch which nylon was just as popular. I used to turn my nose up at nylon but I use it all the time now, just as much as my boar hair! If cleans just as good if not better than some softer boar hair brushes and distributes the sebum perfectly! Nylon was very popular in the 40s and 50s as seen on glamourdaze channel here on youtube. I purchased my first mason pearson in 2017 and it's still beautiful and I always carry the mason pearson pocket in my actual pocket daily! I love the mixed boar bristle with nylon especially in the pocket version because it's the best for detangling my tailbone length hair on the daily and keeping it clean and neat! In 2019 I cut my hair up to my shoulders and grew it to my tailbone which it's starting to pass now, with just shampoo and my daily boar bristle brushing! Nothing else! Infact I still don't need anything else! Occasionally for fun I will do some type of oil treatment but very seldom! That's how good brushing is in itself! In this product sea of today I find this topic so refreshing as I too have tried to pass on the word about boar bristle brushing to the women in my family and my toddler girls strands will always be polished with a good brushing! It really is the best for all types of hair! Take a look at the 70s drugstore brush selection I mean it was huge, packed with the most beautiful luxurious boar or nylon brushes ever known, built to last. On today's shelves they put the ugly masculine boxy looking excuse of a boar bristle brush at the bottom shelf and the plastic wet brush/plastic destroyer pin brushes continue to rule the shelf! I hope to see this change someday! I actually own the Philip Kingsley book from 1979 where he would say don't brush! Never brush! Don't do it! Use a comb! And even in the early 70s there was a brushers/anti brushers feud going on mentioned in the hair magazines, the magazine telling all the beautiful hair benefits of brushing and clearing the misinformation. Unfortunately the anti brushers won and boar bristle brushing faded away and basically went extinct and hair became nor as nice or natural or long as it used to be as it seems that in the late 80s boar brushing was dying out and by 2000 was gone forever. I will always stand by my hair brushing and I can say it is the number one reason why my hair continues to grow and grow!

Daily brushing with a boar hair brush is the ONLY thing that keeps my flakes at bay. If you're a dry scalp person like me, I suggest trying out a wash less, brush more technique.

I have 3c/4a hair and I use a tangle teezer for wet hair, and a wooden Tek brush for dry hair. I think this Boar brush will help me keep my stretched hair clean. I always get upset when I have to wash a good braid out away 😢. Thank you for this wonderful video 🥰✨

I have so enjoyed learning to take better care of my hair...thank you.

Thanks for the awesome info! Im going to try it!

Coming back after about 1 month with a boar bristle brush. My hair used to have really oily roots after just one day between washes. I started with 2-3 days in between washes and now am able to go 4-5 days without a wash 😮 AND ITS ONLY BEEN A MONTH!! This has been the #1 product for my oil roots, dry ends issue

I'm a mixed girl. I grew up with a boar bristle brush when I was really young. But as I got older, I stopped using it because of negative associations with it from when I was small. (My relatives would smack & scrub my head & didn't realize they were being too rough!) The other day, my friend helped me style my hair with a new gel & used this brush. I was surprised and tried it myself - literally smoothed my hair perfectly & distributed my oils + the gel perfectly. I'm so glad your video explains the origin & benefits so clearly. Honestly, it fits my routine perfectly because I already do not wash my hair daily & my wave pattern has been disrupted due to bleaching. I feel so silly, I only thought men used it for short hair maintenance.

I just recently purchased a bbb for the first time in my life. What a weird experience lol. I expected it to go through my hair like every other brush I've ever owned. This is a great video and now my bbb and I are getting along much better. It makes so much more sense now that it's a smoothing brush and to clean the hair. I'm 63 and I've always had at least past the shoulder length hair. 2 months ago I chopped it off to ear length. Dumb idea! After menopause I had a massive hair loss and have been desperately trying to thicken it back up since. I take a good quality collagen in my coffee every morning and that's helped tremendously! It's been about 3 years so it doesn't happen overnight. Now I'm implementing some of your ways to help it grow healthier. The collagen helps it grow pretty fast. We use too many chemicals in our lives and unfortunately women's hair is one of the ways we've paid for it. Thank you for all your inspiration and advice. 💖💜💖

Thank you very much dear. You answered all my questions!

Thanks for sharing your research. It has helped me revamp my hair care and get my scalp feeling much better. Am excited to try my new brush

This was very helpful. I always thought my hair was too thick for a boar bristle brush, but now I know how to use it, it works great.

I just got a boar hair brush, pretty cheap one for now, and it has changed my hair! 😭💖 I'm so glad I found this video. I have so many broken hairs/small hairs that stand up and the brush helped a ton!

Hi Kat! I'm from Argentina. Thank you for your help! I just got mine my BBB and I really like the ritual in the evening to brush my wavy hair. Thank you!

Thank you for your videos and product ideas. I got a boar brush and what a world of difference. I also love the castor oil product in your list. I use it a lot and does wonders for regrowing hair hair and retain newly grown hair. I love it. Thank you for all of this. Ase!

You are such a fascinating place to learn so much about history! Now I really want you to go deep into historical skincare.

Thank you so much Katherine. 🥰🥰🥰

So super helpful! Thank you so much!

Sooo interesting, love it !

I absolutely love your videos, unbelievably entertaining , interesting and educative.Thank you you for your awesome, extraordinary work.❤️❤️❤️

I bought a bbb on a whim and when I tried to use it I knew something was off so I searched on here and I’m so glad I found this!

I have super fine, straight hair and you've taught me more about my hair than I thought I needed to know. Thank you!

Love my belula bbb, works great for my fine hair 💜💜

I got myself a sisal brush for Christmas and I LOVE it... I'm never using a plastic brush again!! So pleased I came across your videos and historical methods💕

I appreciate the length of your videos as I love this subject! I listen while I do my housework. :D I've implemented many of your suggestions, the highlight being the aloe juice on my fine hair (I put it on right after washing to moisturize and seal). Thanks again!

Years ago it wasn't easy to find the boar bristles brushes. When mine broke after being given as a gift, my hair suffered. Thankfully they are available along with wooden combs. I have curly hair and use for the same purpose the night after oiling my ends. It cleans my scalp and transfers the oils naturally making my scalp appear like I washed the day before. It's a process and might not respond that way the first few months trying. I hold my curl by twisting up or braiding. I also put up in a pineapple while showering and then release about 20 minutes later. It naturally curls running fingers through. I hope others enjoy your videos as much as we do. I moved another trim appointment forward not needing with healthy end and am enjoying my length again. As a teen I could sit on mine but forgo the length once older. I've had much success with argan oil calming my long salt and pepper locks. Thanks for sharing

I swear, just a few hours ago I started looking for the right boar bristle brush for me! did you read my mind?😳 really needed this video!

Very informative video. I have boar bristle brush and I thought its useless, but now I realize I didnt know how to use it. Thank you

I really appreciate your easy to understand videos and explaining the why being things! I have recently started with my natural hair care after losing so much over this past year. Within 1 cleansing my hair feels better. Looking to add boar brush to my routine so this was very helpful.

Thank you!!!!! I bought one a long time ago but because I have thick hair I felt discouraged. But now that I understand how it works I will be using it again.

You taught so many interesting facts in this! I loved your deep dive. Curly hair girl here turning into a hair geek again. I was taught how to boar bristle brush by the ladies in our church and our church beauty salon as a child. I still have one in my drawer. Washed it and I'm back to adding it into my hair growth routine for sure. I cut my hair in 2020 to the nape of my neck (mostly for energy release). Then it grew and I bleached it LOL. Once I was over doing my experiments I let it grow again and did a 3" chop in Nov 2022 to get rid of much of the bleach and even out the layered style. I'm now almost to a single length (top is catching up) BUT I love the beautiful thickness and simplicity. I'm at armpit length and I can't wait to see my hair down my lower back again hopefully this year!

I use a tangle teaser to clean my brush just Brush the boar bristle with the tangle teaser and everything comes out nicely

Thanks for your information presented beautifully. 🌺

Thank you for this video, Katherine! I bought a boar bristle brush last year but since I didn't know how to use it properly for my curly hair and also had no idea how to clean it without getting it wet, I just let it aside and never touched it again. Until this video came up and taught me everything! 😍 I was even brushing my hair with it while watching the video, hehe. Thank you so much! 😘

I started using a BBB - I haven't used shampoo or other chem hair products in a few years. The BBB has made all the difference and yes! The wave and texture are heavenly!! I love your channel.

I’m on month 3 of boar bristle brushing and I’ll never go back to plastic lol they include a comb the sets are so nice thank you for your advice !!!!

My grandmother was born in 1919 and I remember seeing one of those silver engraved old fashioned brushes that matched a hand mirror at her old house. I don’t know what became of it but I’ll ask my mom. My grandmother was notorious for throwing out valuable things, esp if they weren’t brand new. She threw away a lot of my mom’s sewing work and her own mom’s (my great-grandmother’s) work and preferred to buy things brand new and didn’t value the craftsmanship and culture of early American traditions/skills as much as I would’ve liked her to value them😔 I didn’t learn to sew from my mom and now I have a family of my own. We’re trying to get them moved closer to us but it’s proved difficult, hard to find houses, they’re settled where they are, etc. when she gets here I’m going to get her to teach me to sew!!!!!

I have straight, fine hair, and so I'd heard boar bristle brushes help control oil a few years ago and got a brush. It didn't help too much, but with your original hair care video I started detangling my hair first and then using my boar bristle brush, and it worked so much better! So even for us people with straight, fine hair, I've had much more success cleaning my hair by detangling first. I look forward to potentially getting even better results from cleaning my brush more often and with vinegar (I've mostly just been getting the lint out to clean it every week or so).

I've used a boar bristle brush my whole life, didn't know others didn't! This winter my scalp has gotten pretty oily so ended up buying a small travel one that folds up in my bag and it's helped a ton the last few weeks while at work.

My grandmother used her mother's silver backed boar bristle brush. It sat on top of another boar brush which had much shorter bristles and appeared smaller. If I remember correctly , the second brush was embedded gently into the bristles of the main brush to protect it from dust . She may even have used the second smaller brush to clean the main brush. Every day she put a light layer of oil over her fine short grey hair. She had very soft shiny hair. I don't know if she washed her hair at all. She always smelled good, though! 👍

Thank you so much for your hair care sharing......... I live it. ❤️❤️❤️

I just came across your videos yesterday. I wish I would have found out about boar bristle brushes sooner, but I'm looking forward to trying them out. I honestly think this is a forgotten concept because of consumerism. I've joked in the past that in an apocalypse, I'd either have white girl matted hair or have to shave. But I love knowing i can take care of my hair, use less product and water, and take this healthy approach. I hope my brush arrives soon. Thank you for making these peaceful videos that are historical, informative, and interesting!

Had found two different small 100% boar Brushes awhile ago. Then today I called local Ulta got a large square and an oval large Brush. So happy. Took some time to find them. I've been getting nice compliments on my hair since using jojoba oil and shay butter plus my herbal hair cleanser. Thank you for your beautiful detailed instructional videos. I can now go from one week herbal washing my hair to two weeks.

Katherine 🤗thank you. I’ve been exploring different brushes and have come to this conclusion. 🤦🏻‍♀️initially it’s expensive, then when I subtract out what I spend over a year on shampoo and any other products like conditioner, plus time saved in the shower as well as now creating less recyclable or trash 🧴bottle waste… 💯% a Boar bristle brush is the way to go. Appreciate your links for finding the right one for me💕🙏🏼

I saw this video and decided to give it a go. I do comb my hair with a wide tooth comb (sorry but I don't have the patience to finger detangle and I get the same amount of breakage anyway), and then use the brush. Best hair care tool ever! Thank you for letting me know about this ❤❤❤❤

This is true it helps, I was about to get a Mason Pearson and then discovered in France a new brand of pure boar bristle came called La Bonne Brosse, and I am so happy with it. Changed my hair for sure. I was doing it all wrong all my life

Masen Pearson Brush B3 Ivory color life changing. The B3 is the handy size pure boar bristle. 💗

I cannot stop watching these videos, I find them so interesting as your philosophical approach to haircare is so different to mine. I'm one who greatly enjoys all kinds of chemical concoctions, hates the time consuming nature of home-made haircare and the dreaded BBB, and doesn't stretch washes. Amazing what different approaches will do - I have tailbone length hair, but mostly straight, so I haven't been failed by conventional haircare in the same ways that would lead me to stick with other methods!

Thank you for teaching me how to clean my BBB!

There seems to be something called a Tampico brush too. Tampico is some sort of plant fiber. Thanks for the video.

Amaizing video! This is what I was looking for. I would like to see a hole routine of your washing hair day. I have curls I was afraid to use It.

Only recently tried this and yes, I have an extra 2 days between washing. Hair is also in better condition.

historical people also wore bonnets , coifs and hats and headscarves, hoods hijabs etc that absorbed extra oils from their scalps along with braiding - braiding on my 2b -2c hair makes uniform waves - when I use vintage rollers a setting product is needed to hold the marcel waves in place and it is dried with a vintage portable hooded hair dryer , then carefully brushed out against the hand with a boar bristle brush . when your hair is shorter ie mid neck and up brushing doesn't help much because the is not much ends for it to go to and redistribute which lead to more cleaning more often past the 1920s. I detangle my daughters thin fine hair wit my boar bristle brush but i use a wide toothed comb for detangling my wavy hair then the boar bristle to smooth it out.

Very helpful ,thank you.

Hi Katherine! Would really appreciate a video directed toward people with thinner hair.

Katherine, you read my mind!!! Just yesterday I was thinking about researching more about the BBB and what to look for in one. I bought a couple of them recently, but I found out that the first one was "cruelty free" *ahem*... plastic and the one I bought a little over a week ago is already falling apart because the wood is splitting from washing it even though I was careful not to let any water seep into the base.

Wonderful video

Love my Masen Pearson boar bristles ivory white brush. 💗

When I tried to use boar bristle brushes as a teenager. It pulled on my hair. I'm pretty sure it would do the same thing again. Many, many decades later, but I'm definitely interested in this one. And I'll be watching very intensely as I do all your wonderful videos

I got one! It's great! I lost a lot of hair from haphazard methods and then got the inspiration to recover and repair it before I'm too old to grow another mane. Beard loves the bristles too and the results were immediate with the very first session. I don't know if my hair actually grew much in the past 3-5 days, but the brush seemed to make it longer by I guess smoothing down the openings and scraping off the scuzz. Thank you for making this video! I haven't seen anyone else say much about these, but maybe in passing. I've already adopted long ago a will to simplify my self care methods and have already been going weeks without washes, only finger detangling and the plastic comb that I chucked just before getting the boar brush and just after a friend with waist length hair told me she only uses fingers. I only want to get it back down to mid back length and with this brush it already seems to be growing better than ever. I'm glad anytime I can ditch plastic bottles of solvents and grease...I mean that crap is better suited for cleaning and greasing machines! Thanks again.

I wash my hair once a month . I had to hair train my hair to do this . Now my hair is reacting different this month this is my 2 month being able to wash my hair every 30 days. What's different this month is when my hair started to get what I thought was way to much oil I stuck it out I didn't use any products that would stop the oil . After like a week later my hair obsorbed the hair oil and it don't look bad anymore it don't itch much . My hair is finely adjusting its producing less oil and iam not over making the oil . I'm happy . My hair is super soft . Ik there's more to go but at least iam making progress

Thank you for posting this! I have been trying to find a good quality boar bristle brush for a while now. Purchased one of your suggestions and it’s wonderful! My hair is extremely fine and I don’t have much of it thanks to autoimmune thyroid disease since I was young. I look fondly at pictures of my wavy hip-length hair that I had as a child before my thyroid went nuts. Boar bristle brushing has strengthened my hair significantly! There really is nothing like the natural oils our scalps produce! I also had no idea I needed wash the brush after using it. LOL That would’ve helped me out as a teenager. I always just figured the more oils trapped in the brush the better, but that makes way more sense. Can’t clean hair with a dirty brush!

I have the exact brush ty for the education

Wow, big thanks. Your channel has been a big part of my hair recovery research, at the end of my lack of attention to detail in my basic fashion sense, too much Grunge in the air for my Libra rising taste. Hello, I'm one of the rare males who doesn't quite feel himself without a magnificent mane and a beard also since my 30's. Other channels have great science on the structure of hair and basic things about hair anatomy, but for my tilt in life your chemistry is way more appealing to me than anything sourced from modern laboratories. I just want to get back to mid back length, down to my chest in the front, not as long as yours, but I'm inspired to follow you due to the vibrant health of your hair, mine similar but somewhat less curly. I do take a vegan path in life, so I'd like to try out a sisal brush. Plastic has been my only previous experience with brushes, and a comb that was part of the catastrophe that reduced my mane to a short bob. That my hair is curly makes it even more devastating. My hair has improved in just the last 2 days from following your information, and a kind barista in my town whose hair is straighter than mine, but as long as yours and she said she hasn't had a comb or brush in ten years, fingers just fine. I don't know about any of her other hair stuff, perhaps more products than I care to use. I dig your take, the ancient chemistry from minerals, plants, fungus and animals, the last the least on my list as the trauma of the boar's death is contained in the energy of the bristles. That said, wow the sparkles from just finger detangling and ditching the plastic comb that kept my mane from growing back faster I can feel with my exquisite touch sense. I feel a spark of Qi when I squeeze shut the ends of my hairs, dragging scalp oil down with my fingers. Hairs aren't just dead decorative stuff, but sensory extensions that ancient male hunters and bards used to have greater animal intuition of the habitats of the hunt and the public performance of ritual theater. Thank you so much for sharing your way with simple ingredients! Clay and vinegar! So great. Sham-poo and conditioner is so much bad chemistry, much of it actually endocrine disrupting and carcinogenic. Why would I want poo in my hair after all? LOL!

I used to do this as a kid and completely forgot about it. I’ll need to find a boat bristle brush soon!

Usually I’m skeptical of the whole holistic hygiene but I really trust your videos. I likely won’t ever adopt your routine due to connivence factor of shampoo and conditioner… but you certainly got the hair to prove that your method works !

My hair was super oily today but I kept from washing it because I’m trying to stretch out how much I wash my hair. Also today, was when my own boar bristle brush arrived and after a few passes it was absolutely noticeably less oily feeling at the to of my head because of it spreading the oils. I am so excited!

Boar bristle brush my new favorite English words now it sounds cool love it.sorry I'm german in German it's Wildschweinborstenbürste😁😅

I don't know why but I find your videos relaxing, Maybe it's your accent (canadian?) And very interesting and informative. I used to have a boar bristle brush but I didn't know how to use it properly and it got gunky.

Great way to dry shampoo!

Always thought that hair wave pattern was from braiding. My hair looked like that in those years when I had hip length hair that I’d braid regularly. Certainly not an expert though!! And now I’m going to order a new brush… Thank you for this great and inspiring information. Makes me broaden my definition of “sustainable” to include hair care to boot.

your channel has inspired me to see what happens with my hair if i stop using shampoo!! i’ve been having trouble getting it to grow past a certain stage and no amount of trimming or masks are encouraging it to grow despite how much it grew when i was younger. i’m wondering if my natural oils might be more beneficial? i’m gonna try to come back and update every week or two.

I recently bought a boar and nylon bristle bush but after watching this, I ordered one of the 100% boar bristle brushes. I am trying to let my hair grow as long as possible and, so far, my hair is in really good shape but now that it is down to my bra strap at the back (straight, fine but not thin hair), I am researching ways to protect it. I bought a silk pillowcase and am wearing protective styles every day and to sleep. Thanks so much for your videos.

I love my boar bristle brush! It's great for my hair and scalp 🙂🌹

I live in Argentina and since I couldn't find any bbb, I got a horse bristle brush instead. It's a cheaper choice and it works wonders.

It is possible to clean without water in other areas too. For example, freezing for clothing and oil cleansing and dry brushing for skin.

I'm gonna try detangling my hair by hand to extend the life of my brush before brushing, but I think you can be rougher when cleaning them, it's not been a problem for me to go in with some good soap and a little scrub on the bristles to make sure they're oil-free, I think using vinegar isn't going to be as good in the long term. I think it's definitely been harming the bristles of my brush though to be using it without detangling first. I was given a nice kent brush as a present a year and a half ago, one of the last gifts my mum gave me before she died, and it's definitely showing some wear. You can also get some nice boar hair brushes from some black stores for fairly cheap, but they can be quite soft.

Thanks!

I have the wave pattern you mentioned I get it from putting my hair up in a bun or twist up with a hair stick every day.

I’m hoping to grow my hair hip length, thanks again for this informative and helpful advice. Did you send me a link a few weeks ago as I was sent something that said I won a prize, not sure if it were really you. ? It makes more sense . I love all your videos. So neededed in our age of confusion.

I was really hoping that you would explain the difference between light and dark boar bristle brushes