Babyliss Big Hair giving me static-y hair?

[Mcmcmcmc]

Hi all,

I'm new to Mumsnet - have lurked for several months and finally decided to open an account!
I have a Babyliss Big Hair brush and would absolutely love it if it were not for the fact that it gives my hair A LOT of static... I tried removing all hair from the brush but it did not work.
Has anyone had a similar problem? Did you manage to solve it, and how?

Thanks in advance!

[sonata1]

We haven't had this problem. Do you use any hair products before using it such as heat defence spray or a smoothing serum?

[HeffalumpsnWoozles]

It did the same to my hair I used hair oil but when I stopped using the oil and started using Herbal Essences no paraben range no more static....not sure which helped as I changed both things together?

[Mcmcmcmc]

I actually do use heat protectants (spray or serum/oil), but I don't think they make a difference because the static is on the top of the head and on the frontal sections of the hair, framing the face (where a fringe would be, if I had one).
HeffalumpsnWoozles interesting to hear that paraben-free products have helped... I have never been too bothered about parabens, but now I want to try this! Thank you.
Anyone else had this problem with the BBH?