comb your hair before washing
I brush mine after it has dried somewhat
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍲 ☕🍵 Tuesday, June 25, 2024
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Quick question - are those shower combs any good for detangling towel dried wet hair? Or do they only work well in the actual shower for spreading conditioner through?
My hair’s growing out a bit long again and I am going to do something to deal with it.
But for now I’m wondering if the shower comb, or if I get a different style of wide tooth comb for wet hair. (It would be from Kmart/Big W or Colesworth so I can chuck it in with the things I was going to buy anyway).
A third alternative is a generic brand ‘wet brush’ from Ebay.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I do both of those things. But for me that way leads to much more ripping out of knots. It’s like letting any knots dry only tightens them. And this is with a gentle shampoo and conditioner, because I’m using these bottles up before they expire.
I’d rather just find something very wide toothed I can rake quickly through damp hair but the teeth on the shower comb look a bit blunt and the ‘wet care’ style is basically the same as the comb I have. The wet brush is very similar to the one I have. The tangle teezer style can be used to detangle individual bad knots in lengths (wet or dry) but has such short bristles that it’s difficult to get through hair when trying to brush the top. I might try the combs with angled double teeth.
For context
I had extreme length hair for decades and it was well cared for. I managed it by combing extra products like leave-in through while damp, plaiting it, and brushing it morning and night starting at the tips. But I think it just tangles very easily because it’s so fine and even the shoulder blade/waist length it grew out to again is now too much for the amount of energy I can spare these days. I’m slowing down. I don’t want to buy luxuries like extra hair products.)
I’m also considering how much shorter I can go while still being able to tie it back. For me actual short hairstyles are the most fuss of all so that’s a no. My home cutting method results in layers so can’t go too short without turning it into a wolf cut (which means short pieces getting in my face or requiring pins/clips/styling).
Or I could suck up my intense dislike for salons and pay the money to get a low maintenance straight cut bob that’s barely long enough for an elastic. (If I could cut a neat straight line of the right length at home I would have already done it.)
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Mm, you near bayside? I have a hairdresser who knows i don’t like to do anything but brush hair, and he’s come up with a short femme cut that looks fab and all i need to do is wash. And i have hair that’s thick, wavy and double crowned.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I get very stressed by the entire hairdresser experience, and short is just too much hassle for me. (Constantly going back for trims, enduring the whole experience and constantly paying for it would be a nightmare.)
If it wasn’t for all that I would. I really liked having a modified mohawk in the past, and considered a Chelsea cut but can’t stand fringes
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I bought a Tangle Teezer brush years and years ago and it’s been amazing, it’s effortless. I have their Original brush and it’s great wet or dry, but I see they have one specifically for detangling wet hair too.
There are generics that probably do much the same thing.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I have a knockoff and can use it wet or dry, but it’s only really used for bad knots on lengths. The bristles are a bit short for me.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Best comb I’ve found for washing hair was a #2 about 15 years ago. Super quick lather and rinse since then…haha
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
As in a buzz cut? It’s been considered, believe me. But I live in an area of ferals and am too tired to add homophobic comments to what I already deal with