Hairbrushes for straight-ish, frizzy, thick, long hair...any recommendations?

[fillybuster]

I'm tired of cheapie plastic brushes that seem to rip my hair out by the roots and/or totally fail to remove/reach the enormous number of knots and tangles that seem to be hiding under the surface.

In fact, I'm so fed up with it that money is (almost) no object if anyone can recommend a really good hairbrush that will last a while and will make my hair look brushed, as opposed to my normal dragged-through-a-hedge-backwards style.

Any suggestions?

Denman Classic is what I recommend - I never use anything else

Thanks I heard something about using brushes with natural bristles...do you know anything about that?

I have tried natural brushes & find they don't go through my hair well enough. My mum swears by them.

TBH I think finding the right hairbrushis something you can expect alot of trial & error for..

Mason Pearson are meant to be excellent, also agree Denman are very good
www.hqhair.com/code/search_listing.asp?excludeSearch=746&SearchTerm=mason

My dd has hair like this and I ended up buying her a brush from AirHedz

I think we have the Midi 'De-tangling' one.

John Lewis stock them

Mason Pearson also get my vote...and they last forever (I still have my child size bristle and nylon brush as well as a large bristle brush).

Yep, I second Denman ( paddle brush ) or if you want to splash out Mason Pearson are fantastic on long/thick hair, i think its better to have a mix of nylon and natural bristles, as it gets through thick hair better.

Kent Headhog brush here
Hate the Denman classic myself

Thank you thank you thank you.... I remember having a mason & pearson brush as a child...will give that a go first & possibly invest in the denman one as well.

I've had years of being cheap and buying pants hairbrushes and I never (well, twice a year) get my hair cut, so I can probably justify the expense just this once

Used to use the headhog, but didn't really find it that good for me....gave mine to my sister...

HAve seen Mason Pearson in JOhn Lewis, you can have a look before you buy, better than buying on line i think,
Perhaps you can report back, my hair sounds similar to yours, thick and frizzy and have never managed to tame it yet!

This is what you need. It is insanely expensive but is a wonderful brush. Mine is at least ten years old and still going strong. My hair is very like how you describe yours - but isn't long any more, I just got fed up one day and had it all whacked off!

I have hair like you (only shoulder length) but I never use a brush only a comb something like this:
www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1067101&classificationid=1040121

I was sure that the current wisdom for longer hair which tends to frizz is comb only.

wow, Bluestocking! I love the fact they mention the brass screws point north to south

surely it would depend which way up you hold the brush? that makes no sense whatsoever!

another vote for the wide-toothed detangling comb
Kent do the best one

I think it just means 'we're such dedicated craftsmen that we even make sure the screws are tightened just so' -- and if it brushes your hair to perfection, then we can allow them a little nonsense