How, when, and why should you brush your hair? While brushing your hair is important for maintaining its health and beauty, it should be done the right way, at the right time, and using the right techniques. Here are our hair brushing tips to keep your hair and scalp in top condition.
Why is it important to brush your hair?
Gently and carefully brushing your hair can have many surprising benefits. First, it smooths and flattens the hair cuticle, helping it reflect light and giving your hair a healthy shine. Secondly, it increases microcirculation in the scalp, supplying essential nutrients to your roots and promoting hair growth. Brushing your hair also helps stimulate your sebaceous glands and distribute the natural oils they produce from the roots all the way to the ends—giving you nourished, stronger, and more supple hair. Lastly, and contrary to popular belief, brushing your hair can add volume to fine hair.
When should you detangle your hair?
There’s no need to pull hard on your knots to detangle your hair, because this can break the hair shaft and cause damage. Detangling can feel like an uphill battle for those with long or frizzy hair. But there are ways to get through this step effectively, using techniques that are gentle on your hair.
The best times to detangle your hair are right before bed (when it’s dry), right before washing your hair, or right after you get out of the shower and have towel-dried your hair.
It’s also best to use a specially designed detangling brush for the job—preferably one with nylon bristles. The Altesse Studio brush from the Beauty Collection is perfect for the task, offering unparalleled, high-performance results. Its unique bristle placement, featuring bio-sourced nylon, detangles and frees your hair from knots without any pain or breakage. Whether your hair is fine, normal, thick, or curly, we believe that all hair types can benefit from these detangling brushes.
To detangle your hair, take one of these brushes and start working through your strands, moving from the bottom to the top. If you have thick hair, you can divide it into two sections to make the process easier. This way, you’ll be able to effectively detangle your hair without pulling too hard, which can damage the hair strands.
When should you brush your hair?
Brushing and detangling your hair require different techniques. For best results, brush your hair twice a day for at least two minutes.
- Brushing your hair in the morning helps to tame it and keep it in place, while also distributing the natural oils produced by your scalp overnight, leaving your hair soft and shiny.
- Brushing your hair in the evening helps remove the dirt and debris that has accumulated in your hair throughout the day, while massaging your scalp to promote blood circulation and hair growth.
When done correctly, the “100-stroke brush ritual” offers a twofold benefit. It helps nourish the hair by evenly distributing sebum, while also providing a moment of indulgent relaxation as you gently massage your scalp with the brush.
This type of brushing requires a completely different kind of brush than those designed for detangling. We recommend using a 100% boar bristle brush, crafted exclusively from premium “first-cut” boar hair fibers using expert techniques—such as the Repair & Shine brushes from the Altesse Studio Collection. These are crafted using an innovative method that prevents the “thistle-like” effect, which can limit the restorative benefits of the boar bristles. Now that you know, all you need to do is choose the right brush for your hair type—whether fine to medium, thick, or curly—and you’re all set!