Boar Bristle Brush

If you want the Rolls Royce of the hair brush world, you should check out a Mason Pearson boar bristle brush.  Mason Pearson is an English company which has been in business since the 1800s, and they make some of the best quality boar brushes available on the market today.

Mason Pearson boar bristle brushes are special for a number of reasons, but the main one is that most of the work on each brush is still carried out by hand, using the same techniques that the original founded of the company started with over 120 years ago.  Their brushes are of very high quality and when you purchase one, you can expect to have it last for many years.

The brushes come in three types, which are recommended according to your hair type.  The first is 100% boar bristles, which is recommended for people with fine to normal thickness of hair.  This is because the boar bristles are quite flexible and are not designed to rip through thick patches of hair or to perform the job of untangling large numbers of knots.  The second type is a mixture of boar bristles and nylon bristles, which is good for those with nromal through to thick hair.  This brush can provide most of the benefits of boar bristles, including spreading the hair’s natural oils, while also giving some extra strength to the bristles, and therefore added ability to get through thick hair and knots, with the addition of the nylon.  Mason Pearson also offers a 100% nylon brush for those with extremely thick hair, although if you’re not going for the boar bristle models, it might not be worth paying for an expensive brush.

Mason Pearson’s brushes are also available in four different sizes and several different colors.  Sizes range from a small children’s model up to a large brush with 8 rings of bristles, which is enough for most hair lengths and thicknesses.

The only downside to a Mason Pearson brush is the cost – being handmade and of high quality, they aren’t cheap and can set you back sometimes $100 or more.  This is not small change so think about whether you can afford that much on a hairbrush, but if you decide you can, this is definitely one you’ll enjoy for a long time.