how do you clean your

@ersmommy1 (12588)
United States
February 12, 2009 2:11pm CST
hairbrushes? At least once a week I remove all hair that gathered onto my brush. About once a month (sometimes a bit longer) I soak the brushes in water with a dab of shampoo. Do you clean your brushes? Or just buy new?
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• United States
17 Feb 09
My mother used to boil hairbrushes. I'm not entirely sure why. I never really asked. I don't think boiling hairbrushes seems logical. So far as I know, unless a sibling is bushing their hair and has lice, there shouldn't be any plagues on the hairbrushes to kill by boiling. Shrug.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I clean my brushes. I will actually remove alot of the hair with each use but to clean my brushes I will actually put them in a sink and add water and then some baking soda and let them set for 10 minutes or more then all I have to do is move the brush around and then tap it on the sink and every is clean.. I usually use baking soda on alot of things I want to clean since it is the best cleaner.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
13 Feb 09
as you said i keep those brushes in a mug of soapy waterwhich does remove the dirt and it does loosen the strands of hair,which makes removing of the hair easier.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
12 Feb 09
I lose so much hair when I brush my hair I have to clean mine out every day. I don't soak mine as often as I should though. I know the oil from your hair gets trapped on the bristles and needs to be washed off sometimes. I have 3 hair brushes the are exactly the same right now, so it is not as bad as it could be. I keep one in my car, one in the bathroom, and I have one in my daughters hair accessories case.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
12 Feb 09
I clean out my hair brush every once in awhile but not really a set time frame. The kind of brush I have I'd be afraid to soak in water and shampoo because it is plush in the middle, although I would assume it'd withstand it as I've brushed my hair when it's wet with that brush before.
@samma00 (342)
• Canada
12 Feb 09
About once a month I'll take all the hair out of my brush. I'm the only one that uses my brush, occasionally my boyfriend will, so It's mainly just my hair thats all stuff in it.