Today you can find many kinds of combs, very different from each other. With such an extensive choice it is difficult to decide what exactly is needed. After all, a properly selected hairbrush is a guarantee of their beauty and health.
How to choose a comb for hair?
The main criteria for choosing a comb:
- purpose of application (for combing, laying, etc.);
- length, type of hair and their condition;
- quality and material of the comb.
In general, it is recommended to have at least two types of combs - to create a hairstyle and for daily combing.
Types of combs for different hair
First, determine which comb is best to comb your hair every day. For the health of hair, daily scalp massage is important. It increases the blood circulation of the skin, thereby improving the nutrition of the hair, activating their growth. Comb the hair from the back of the head to the forehead, then in all directions, without straining and keeping the head loose. However, with oily hair, you should not get carried away with the massage, because the sebaceous glands are activated, and the grease from the head surface is distributed along the length of the hair.
Massage brushes can be wooden, plastic, metal, with natural bristles.
Wooden comb has many positive properties. Especially useful are such combs without lacquer coating, then all the energy of the tree will be transmitted to the hair.
Pay attention to the breed of wood from which it is made. Birch prevents the appearance of dandruff, oak soothes the skin, and juniper strengthens the hair. This is an eco-friendly and gentle comb, it does not electrify the hair. Wooden brushes are ideal for daily use, especially such combs are useful for thin, weakened and split ends.
The metal comb is suitable only for normal, healthy hair. they can easily injure both the hair and the scalp. For daily use it is better not to use it. But it also has a significant plus - the metal excellently prevents the electrization of hair.
Plastic combs of various shapes are good for hair styling. With their help, it is easy to give the hairdo the desired shape and make a haircut. But for daily use they are also undesirable.
For brittle and split hair, you can use a comb with natural bristles. Also, such brushes are desirable for children.
Pay attention to the rubber base to which the comb teeth are attached. For hard hair, it should be firm, and for thin hair it should be softer. Teeth on the tips should have a rounding or balls.
For long hair, the comb must have a long, long teeth, staggered. Thick combs and combs of cylindrical shape often lead to entanglement.
Excellent for long, thick hair, combs with sparse teeth are suitable, combing with which should be starting from the ends and gradually approaching the roots. The same hairbrush is suitable for curly hair.
For hair styling with a hairdryer, the perfect comb is carbon brushing. This is a cylinder-shaped brush with a metal body that has circular holes and carbon teeth. Basis of brashing is heated from the hair dryer and helps to give the desired shape, root volume.
For hair of different lengths and to create a particular hairstyle, these combs come in several diameters.
Hairbrush for hair straightening is a comb-pliers for styling, which is used for drying with a hair dryer. She holds the strands tightly, and under the action of hot air the hair straightens, stretches. Typically, these combs have a ceramic coating.
Professional hair combs , which are used in the salons, are very diverse. This comb for hair cutting, for styling and straightening, combs combined with denticles, various combs, forks for napes, silicone combs, tunnel bilaterial, etc.