Sunday, March 14, 2010

Curly Brush from Hell!

A woman's worst nightmare:



This.
Thing.
Is.
Junk.

I use it (yes, I still use it, what choice do I have?) to blow dry my hair to add volume and a bit of a curl at the ends. Only there is one huge design flaw in these hairbrushes. Not just this specific one, all of them! When you have your hair wrapped around it holding the brush with one hand, holding the dryer with the other, you are supposed to turn it round and round. Inevitably, some hair comes off and falls to the side (toward the handle). Which would be fine if there wasn't a stupid crack where the top of the brush was put together with the brush handle! These tiny crevices trap any loose hair thats fallen off the brush and rips it out when you twirl it! How did the geniuses at the salons NOT figure that out?! Why isn't the brush head and body all ONE piece? Riddle me that! Yes, I want to use these brushes but no I don't want to loose 5% of my hair every time I do! Not only do I like my hair actually in my scalp, but it hurts when pieces are torn randomly from my head! Pain is beauty? Um no. Not when this stupid problem can be fixed so easily. Below is an example of a great brush, however the bristles aren't the right kind. I've tried these brushes, they don't work... they just rub your head. Why are all of these solid-body brushes equipped with the wrong bristles? To piss me off, obviously!



And check out this green beauty! See the white band in between the brush head and the brush handle? Now there's two cracks for even MORE hair loss! Awesome! What the hell is that white band for? Decoration? Nicely done. I totally want to buy this brush because of the fancy handle. Not. Who is inventing these things anyways? Men? Men who don't have a clue what would make the perfect brush because their hair is 2.5 inches long?


So, what's my solution? I've tried taping around the deadly-crevice-of-doom, but because most of these cracks are on a curvy part of the brush, I can't get the tape to go on right, so instead of the crack ripping out my hair, the tape does. Neat. I've also tried wrapping hair ties around the crack, but that led to the same result as the tape.

Every time I go through the hair-product isle I look for the brush of my dreams. But alas, no one has been smart enough to invent it. Meanwhile, I will continue to try rigging my brush to fit my needs (my needs being to NOT have my hair ripped from my person). Hmmm... maybe I should whip out the hot glue gun...

$50 bucks to the person who find me the perfect round hair brush!

2 comments:

  1. Hmmm, if the glue gun doesn't work, try aqua seal! Great post, Sassafrass :o)

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