Combs

Hi!
I have read a lot about how you are not supposed to use brushed to detangle hair. I also see a lot of people saying that combs with seams should not be used either. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good comb to use. the cheaper the better though because I am a poor college student.
-Maura

Hi Maura! Welcome!

The Body Shop makes a nice wooden wide-tooth comb for $5.

But I find combing with my fingers is the least-damaging route. But when I really must be absolutely tangle free, I like my Body Shop comb.

FYI, it's also least damaging if you begin by combing the ends out, then starting a little higher, then a little higher, until finally you start with the comb near your scalp and you run it the length of your hair.
If you comb the old fashioned way of starting with the comb near your scalp and just pulling it all the way down to the ends, you push tangles down to the ends, and you make them even tighter! And your ends are the most fragile part of your hair...

OK that was more info than you asked for. I'll shut up now. :)

I have a wooden comb and I always use it to comb oil through my damp hair. The wood soaks up the excess oil keeping my hair from excess greasiness and it conditions the comb and preserves it. Works great, I think!!!!

Hi again.
I got the body shop wooden comb and I like it so far. Thanks for all the help.
-Maura

I use sweet almond oil on my hair. I mix an ounce of it with about 3 or 4 drops lavendar oil and put it in an oil mister (from a kitchen shop, supposed to use it to make your own Pam type spray) and spray my hair with it. Keeps me from getting too much oil on it too!!