You can also use scissors to cut up the clumps. It helps a lot. Remove what you can then put your brush in hot water. It really helps getting the oils off the bristles 😊

@IifegivesyouIemons

3 ай бұрын

omg thats such a good idea, changed my life

The problem with the wet brush and other, they have little knobs at the end trapping the dust bunnies until even trying to hand pick them off is practically impossible

@jamie82389

3 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@gretchenisasquirrel

3 ай бұрын

I use a spooly, sticking it down between the rows

@angelhellokitti

3 ай бұрын

Use a small tooth brush and soap or shampoo to scrub it then rinse boom it’s gone.

@KN-yk9lp

3 ай бұрын

That's one of the reasons I use the Tangle Teezer. They're really easy to clean.

@holaizzy

3 ай бұрын

Yup!

Honestly thank God for videos like these. I've learned how to shave properly, how to shampoo my hair, brush my hair, clean my makeup brushes and now how to clean my hair brush. KZread and Wikipedia are the moms I never had lol

@honeyvee4147

2 ай бұрын

Very relatable.

Omg I thought I was the only one who had this problem I’ve asked so many people and no one seems to know what the heck I’m talking about!!! I feel so validated lol

@andreeastahie1630

3 ай бұрын

SAME!!!! I even start thinking there is something wrong with my hair.

@kaylawilliams2737

3 ай бұрын

Literally, I thought something was up but glad it's normal😂😢

@heehoopeanut420

3 ай бұрын

same, I do think it is a wet brush issue tho, not just them but really any brush with the bumps at the end. The little puzzles get trapped. no one else I know has this happen tho, and it didn't happen to me until a few years ago. so weird😂

@tanjapavlovic5624

3 ай бұрын

Soak your brush in a mixture of shampoo, vinegar, baking soda and hot water for about an hour. You can use a regular Q-tip to remove the hair and dust bunnies

@thenailarchitect0808

3 ай бұрын

No girl believe you me you will never be the only one experiencing something. Lol you have hair you'll have dust in your brush and sometimes dry scalp. Your not alone is what I'm saying ❤

Love the name dust bunnies 😂 Crazy that I saw this today as I was looking at my brush yesterday and thinking that those bunnies need to go on my brush 😂

@sammyt5588

3 ай бұрын

Same!!

I use a tangle teaser, the one without the handle, and it cleans up so easy with dish soap and a toothbrush. And since it has no ball tip points, dust, oil and those fuzzies dont happen on it either.

@Lenaa1125

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! I have mine for almost a decade and it looks and works great

@alldayHK

3 ай бұрын

easiest brush to clean fr

@Aphrodite01

3 ай бұрын

Maybe I need to get a tangle teezer but the bristles look sharp like they would hurt. I have wet brushes & similar which are great for detangling and gentle but the dust bunnies are annoying. I scrub with a toothbrush & use dish soap or sometimes shampoo.

@kurbagakermitt

3 ай бұрын

@@Aphrodite01 oh no worries they absolutely fine, they dont hurt my head at all, bristels arent that hard to hurt😊

@martinsdontjump

3 ай бұрын

You don't have to buy a fancy tool you can use bobby pins toothpicks crochet hooks there are so many things you can find around your house that can do this

I actually do this with just a normal comb, and it seems to get rid of the dust pretty well

@nicolethenightowl5888

3 ай бұрын

Such an underrated comment! I was told to do exactly this with a comb before sanitation.

@herbisaurus4111

2 ай бұрын

For me is a toothbrush the best way to get rid of them.

Also take the hairs out after every use. It helps against buildup and is cleaner in general.

@rissjohnson3308

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, to be honest it’s bizarre to me that not everyone does that. How is the brush even going to brush through your hair if the bristles are blocked by hair in the first place?

Unfortunately the problem with the Wet brush or any with the little knobby ends is you can’t get the fluff off!! It’s virtually impossible 😮

@vogelvrouw

3 ай бұрын

Warm water and soap always works for me, especially if you scrub with a nail brush

@Lamboffee_Swiftie13

3 ай бұрын

Where can you buy this??

@debbie_LJ

3 ай бұрын

Use a denture cleaner and shampoo! Works great and much cheaper💗

@phantomkate6

3 ай бұрын

Hot water, dish detergent, and gentle scrubbing with a nail brush or old tooth brush dislodges most of them for me. Tweezers for the rest!

@SpottedLabCoat

3 ай бұрын

​@@phantomkate6old toothbrush is what I suggest. Just scrub at the base of the teeth and you most of the time won't even have to worry about getting things up and over the knobs. I brush with the shampoo on and then again while rinsing under running water and it's at the rinse stage where most of it comes off.

I have the tool she’s using and it doesn’t work all that well on the Wet Brush. The little balls at the tips prevent the collect lint from being pulled off the bristles. No matter how hard I go at my wet brush with that tool plus a tooth brush, I always have the finish the job by hand, extracting the lint with my nails.

@deathxdisco

3 ай бұрын

I always use tweezers to pull the bit off that won't come off past the bobble at the end of the bristle

@veronika9379

2 ай бұрын

Use a fork for the big hair clumps, the dust bunnies in my case have always come off when I shampoo and clean in sink after hair removal

EASIER- Use one brush to clean the other! Scrub them together on bristle side.

I use a fine tooth comb to remove the hair, then wash with one pump dawn diluted in a full sink of water. Works like a charm!

@GarryBoyer

3 ай бұрын

With my daughters' brushes, I use two wet brushes against each other and it comes off in like five seconds. I will try your comb idea next time for the more tricky bits!

@betsyadams9670

2 ай бұрын

This is how my mom washed our brushes growing up so I continue to do the same.

I use the tangle teezer brush because it never has this problem. There aren’t little plastic caps on the bristles so it’s super easy to clean.

Would love to see a short of how to shampoo brushes :)

@daniellemartin9896

3 ай бұрын

Step one- don't use shampoo. Use dish soap. Just wash them. It's not a special process.

Denture brush cleans it best!! Soak for 10-24hours and scrub like mad when it's still wet then let dry for 24 to! I have 2 brushes for this reason one is clean when the other is getting cleaned 😊

Wow I haven't seen those things in my brush for ages, ever since I was a minor and lived at the family home and we shared a brush lol, nowadays I wash my hair way too often and clean or wash my brush almost daily.

Omg okay people no please just use soap and water after that spray with alcohol and you can use a rat tail comb to remove hair. It’s best to do it every time after you brush your hair and clean every 5-6 weeks

One tip - Change from plastic brushes to bamboo ones. I used to clean the hair build up off of my plastic brushes bi weekly (I have very long thick hair). I've had a bamboo brush for a year now and only cleaned it once since. I 100% notice the difference.

tysmm for reminding me to clean my brushes!!!

This is precisely why I pull my hair off the brush after every wash so as to prevent it from getting to the point of dust and dirt matted in. The point of no return, essentially

I use a rat tale comb to get mine out before washing / soaking my brush in water. It gets most of it out, I even do it each time I’m brushing my hair so when I do a full on clean of my brush it doesn’t take long to get all the gunk out. Hope this helps 😊

If anyone has one of those scalp scrubbing tools those work wonders on the brush too, I use it to get all the fluffy stuff off my brush weekly and it works wonders. Then I just both tools afterwards.

U can use a tail comb as well , then steep it in hot soapy water they jist slide off after that

I clean my brushes in the shower every week while I have a deep conditioning mask in. It’s easy and quick if you do it every week.

A cheap nail brush with a handle works great along with warm water and Dawn soap soak.

I just use a a multitude of combs. I don’t use brushes for this exact reason,too damn difficult to clean. Same reason why I stopped using beauty blenders lol.

I'm such a fanatic when it comes to washing my brushes!! I remove all the hair after every use and clean them at least once a week when soaking it in shampoo so that never happens to me!!!

Journeyman hairdresser here - I’d recommend dish soap instead of shampoo!

I have the same brush cleaner. It came in a multipack of different styles on Amazon for like $10. It’s amazing!!

I have had one of those tools for YEARS and I love it. I use Dawn to wash my hair brushes and some of my makeup brushes because it breaks down the oils. And before people say it is too harsh, they use Dawn to wash baby ducks caught in an oil spill. That is where I got the idea.

@user-ul1xq2db4f

3 ай бұрын

Dawn is awesome for everything. I especially love it in a bucket of hot soapy water with some white vinegar to mop with!

@tabytastick

3 ай бұрын

I came here to say the same thing. Dawn works great!

@priscillanieto3322

2 ай бұрын

Dawn is actually super harsh. Those ducks are covered in the thickest, hard to remove oil you can imagine, so dawn is just proving how amazing it is at removing that. But girl, it is HARSH. Dawn wouldn't be able to remove that from ducks if it was gentle.

@angelag669

2 ай бұрын

@@priscillanieto3322 I think my brushes and sponges can take it.

Not sure how you feel about about the in rush- but you can pretty much avoid those nasty dust bunnies and junk- you just have to pull the hair out. It is really gentle in my hair and takes knots out really gently.

Clarifying suave shampoo and a denture brush is magic

I thought they were spider eggs! I almost jumped 😂

YES, omg I've been wondering what they were and now I can sleep soundly at night 😅

I recommend sticking it in water and just move it around really fast, especially up and down - the water takes it off and up the spikes so it’s easy to take out :)

The olivia garden brush cleaner is amazing too!

@RumiRose12

3 ай бұрын

Love their brushes

How do you recommend to clean boar bristle brushes without losing their sparkle?

I pick through it with the pointy end of a rattail comb, then I scrub the hair out with the comb, smother the brush with soap/shampoo and then surprisingly I use my scalp massager to scrub in to the bristles and it gets it really clean!!

My grandmother used a stiff rat tail comb for this purpose. Then she soaked the brushes and combs in warm dish soapy water for a couple hours. I still clean my brushes and combs this way.

I’m about to blow your mind. You don’t need any tools. 1. Take out the excess hair by hand. Just what you can grab. 2. A bowl of hot water (I use hot sink water and pour a BIT of boiling water from the kettle) and blue dawn 3. Let the brushes soak until cool enough to handle by hand. 4. scrub the two brushes together vigorously. Each brush cleans the other better than any tool I’ve ever used. No more lint bunnies.

whenever I get a dirty brush, I take some shampoo and a toothbrush that I use just for cleaning brushes and basically scrub away and it cleans the brush perfectly every time 👍🏻

I literally just saw a video of someone pouring Elmer’s glue all over the brush to be able to take out all the gunk 😳

Highly recommend the detangling brush from Kiss Colors and Hair if that type of brush works for you. The brush can be taken apart to pull out the rows of bristles and clean all the hair, lint and hair products. Put it back together and it's as if it's brand new. Takes like 5 mins if even that!

I love my denture cleaner from Walgreens for that exact purpose. Works very well and is cheap😁💗💗

Warm water and baking soda seems to work well for me. It softens all the hair and makes it easier to remove. I tend to take off some of the bigger pieces and then soak it for 10 minutes before scrubbing it a bit with my hands and rinsing it well. Gets my brush completely clean with no residue

@mistytsim

3 ай бұрын

I've also soaked in vinegar overnight with excellent results.

I bought that exact brush cleaner years ago from Sally Beauty. I loved it bc it made all my brushes look new again and wouldn't damage them.

I think it’s dust bunnies from the towel you put on your hair after a shower. It gets more fuzzies than you think

@daniellemartin9896

3 ай бұрын

Nope it's skin cells.

I actually use dish soap because I feel shampoo is a bit too weak for my brushes

If there’s any left after you soak and scrub your brush, get some tweezers and pull them off sort of in a sideways motion while it’s still wet! Helps me!

Its also good to clean the brush with something that will actually kill any fungus or bacteria left behind. Its a good 'just in case' measure and helps clear away any tough stuff like silicones, oils, etc.

I tend to remove all hair straight after each use. That reduces the "dust bunnies" & let's the brush breath.😊

I use a brush cleaner like that as well as once in a while when it's bad I soak it in a diluted white vinegar solution. It really helps strip all the oils off and helps remove the build up, for smell purposes. Sometimes if there is a vinegar smell left, I take a little soap and wash it.

I use the Equate brand anti dandruff shampoo and a nail cleaning brush. I wash them every week during my "everything shower" while I let my hair mask cook lol

Pulling out the hair from the brush after each use will help a lot. Very few dust bunnies, they can pulled out with something pointy & sharp.

Video just reminded me to go clean my brush Ty!!

I have that same exact brush cleaner. Game changer ❤

@annaholthaus5323

3 ай бұрын

What brush cleaner is it?

@MusicloverLiz

3 ай бұрын

@@annaholthaus5323 I responded to your question but it appears to have been removed. I don't think you can post the website for Amizen (purposely misspelled). Got to the website and type in "brush cleaner" and it comes right up.

I've been rubbing 2 brushes together at the same time 😂

scrub your tangle teaser brush against your wet brush (when wet and with some shampoo) it works!

I also picked up a cheap dencher brush and use that to scrub my brush with shampoo after removing all the hair and dust bunnies.

‼️I clean my brush with dish soap and scrub it EVERYTIME i wash my hair (once a week). Its just so gross to me to run a brush with oil and hair products through my clean hair! I also use a wide tooth plastic comb and not a brush. I have pin straight hair and let me tell you its so much healthier and better for any and all hair types to not use a brush. Its just too easy to use too much force and rip your hair by accident when using a brush. Its also easier to clean and quicker. My hair has grown so much since ive stopped using a brush four years ago. My hair is hip length now. Highly recommend everyone give up their brush and switch to a comb at least temporarily just to see for yourself the difference it makes.

OMG thank you! Finally an easy way to do this.

Putting the brush that you're using to clean with sideways, so that the prongs/teeth bring the dust bunnies up along the shaft as close to the top as you can really helps too

I have a toothbrush I keep specifically for cleaning my hair brushes. I remove the hair with a rat tail comb, squeeze a little shampoo onto the toothbrush, run my tap on the hottest it will go and give it a scrub and rinse. I set them to dry on a microfibre cloth. I also scrub my rat tail comb and wide tooth comb. I do this roughly every 4 days because that's how often I wash my hair and I don't want to use dirty tools on clean hair, but in between whenever I use my brush I quickly and roughly remove trapped hair. Maybe that would be overkill for you or maybe that will work well for you as it does for me. But yeah that's how I do it.

I use a reuseable straw brush that you get with reuseable straws.

super easy, after removing the hair, i use a toothbrush with some dish soap to scrub :)

Personally I use dawn dish soap and scrub with a washcloth between the lines vertically/horizontally. Rinse well. Then smack my brush bristles down and pick off whatever is left. Takes like 5 mins. Leave to dry bristles down. Rinse with witch hazel if you have dandruff or allergies (I have cats I'm allergic to) I do this maybe once a month. *I also pull all hairs out of the brush after each use.

I also use hot water and a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to clean my brush after all the hair and dust is removed! It's really good for clarifying the scalp when used afterward so it's not harmful to hair and gives it a good clean

Have been waiting for some one else besides my best friend to talk about this shared experience 😌

Use a comb to remove access hair on it before you start scrubbing. We use cheap nail brushes with shampoos or antibacterial soap to scrub everything off in the salon 😊

Soak your brush in water with fabric softener. After anout 20 mins, use another brush or tool to scrub the bristles. The softener makes all the bits soft and they come off much more easy.

I soak my makeup and hairbrushes in dawn dish soap. Everything comes off beautifully. ❤

1/2 cup ammonia to 2 cups of warm water. Soak your combs and brushes for 10 minutes. Use a comb to go through the brush. Use the brush to clean the comb. Rinse with warm water. Clean every month. No need to purchase anything special.

To everyone complaining about the Wetbrush bristle knobs: pull the clumps to the sides of the bristle, not straight up over the top. If they aren’t too compacted, I find pulling them apart from the side breaks up the clumps around each bristle a lot better. Good luck hope this helps ❤

THANK YOU, this has been driving me crazy!!! Ive only ever had this happen with my wet brush, i love the brush, i think its just the shape of the bristles. I just use tweezers to pluck the little dust bunnies.

Thats why I shampoo/clean my hair brush everytime I use the shower or when I'm on the toilet. Although I now switched to a knobless hairbrush which just makes it easier. Also those aren't 'dust bunnies'. The 'oil' that your scalp makes is a mixture of squalene and wax. That is your brush removing the wax from your hair, which is why after using the same brush without cleaning it can make your hair greasier. Almost like ear wax if that helps. Its not gross, but its your bodies natural way to protect your hair from split ends. We just messed with our scalps balance too much that we don't produce enough squalene to provide movement all the way down to the ends making it a bit more even. I stopped using shampoo (on my hair) and now only use silicone free conditioner and no one can tell the difference. Shampoo is not worth it unless you are washing something out of your hair.

My shower head has a setting that you can use to essentially power wash your shower walls. It works like a charm on my brushes 😂

Shampoo it thoroughly and tap it against the side of the wash basin (bristle side hitting the basin). Do it repeatedly, and all these suckers should pop right off. Plus, it helps to squeeze the water out of the cushion, which is important as the inside can get mouldy if not dried properly. Set it upside down on a windowsill by an open window for a day to get 100% dry.

@daniellemartin9896

3 ай бұрын

Most of that work is unnecessary if you just use dish soap instead of shampoo

remove hair with whatever tool works for you, I use a rattail comb. Then I use a nailbrush to dry brush it to get rid of anything that the first treatment didn't. You can also use a papertowel and rubb that against your brush to removed the bunnies. It's usefull inbetween cleanings. Then soak in shampoo + warm water, brush with nailbrush to get it really clean. Rinse and let dry. Like brand new.

from my experience that's mostly fibers coming off of your blanket getting stuck in your hair and onto the brush. i once freaked out because they were green but than i realised it's because of my new bright green blanket

I use brushes for brows and just brush in between comb teeth. I add soap, shampoo or shower gel. It is really effective and also doesn't damage and bend the teeth of my hairbrush)

I have no actual proof, but according to my mom-foresics, most of the “dust bunnies” that remain after removing your hair from the brush are actually composed of lint fibers from your clothing. You will notice you get more if you use/sleep with plushy/minky fabrics. They can easily get caught and stay in long hair between washes. Before having children vs after, the amount of those dust bunnies that would accumulate in my brush or drain (if you have one of those fine mesh ones in your shower) has doubled. And if you compare it to the lint collected from the dryer lint trap, I’m sure you’ll find it’s almost identical.

I use a rat tail comb and pick through each space. It is quick and works pretty well too. If there are any fuzzy left over I use a dense brush and “brush” through the brush lol.

i use toothbrush to clean my brushs and every time I wash my hair I clean my brushs with it

My mom used to use another hairbrush and a comb to clean her brushes.

For this reason tangle teezer will always be number 1

I have a 2nd brush, and i brush them against each other. Job done.

I've found that using store brand products creates this issue with the Wet Brush. Since switching to organic shampoo and conditioner, I have not had this gunk on my brush at all! It's your hair products

Warm water, one tablespoon apple cider vinegar, one teaapoon baking soda, comb, and a towel. Soak brush, use the pointy end of comb while it is resting in the water (do it over towel, it will splatter) then rinse under tap water, tap dry on towel, let air dry for an hour or two and way less effort

When I had those brushes when I was younger I loved to pluck the dust bunnies out. It was very therapeutic

This is super helpful! I haven’t seen yet in your shorts though I may have missed it. Do we wash our hair brushes like our hair or another way?

@daniellemartin9896

3 ай бұрын

You wash them like any other dirty plastic items. Use dish soap not shampoo.

After removing all the hair, give it a good soaking in baking soda. Softens up the oily dust bunnies to make them easier to remove but you always gotta scrub.

Lint feom your terry cloth towels. It is reduced if you use other things to dry your hair that don't shed lint so much. Also, of you remove the hair after ever brush by sliding your finger up the back of the brush from handle to tip, then grabbing the hair in one handful and pulling it off, you pull off most of the build up just by removing it every time.

I grew up cleaning the brushes by rubbing them against each other (in one direction) so if you can't/don't wanna get the "tool" you can try that instead

Use the fatty part of your palm and rub the dry brush in one direction until the hair comes off into a ball. Next wash your brush with drop of dish soap and hot water. A wide tooth comb can help get any excess hair out. Take an old towel and rub firmly in one direction a few times till it’s dry. That’s it. If you have any little bit of lent left over use tweezers or don’t worry about it. Pro advice, you don’t need to buy extra stuff to clean a hairbrush.

Nice to know. I have long hair and use a medium comb, works fine on my hair and I don't have to worry about lint and hair on the brush.

I clean out the hair first, too, but then I pop them in the dishwasher. It's so much easier.

I remove hair with my hand and then scrub with a toothbrush that is only for the hairbrush. It works great for my brushes cuz they have segments that get dandruff attached to them.

I use a stiff bristle brush with a little water and shampoo to scrub my other brushes.

But what IS it??? Dust bunnies ? Gunk?? I wanna know th deets!!

I soak brushes and clips in vinegar and baking soda, and most of that stuff comes off super easy. Shampoo will not disinfect your brushes, so that’s why I do the vinegar thing 👍

@daniellemartin9896

3 ай бұрын

You're just soaking them in salt water. Use just baking soda or dish detergent.

@saradurisseau7640

3 ай бұрын

@@daniellemartin9896 I use no salt, nor did I say I do. Salt would also disinfect. I’m gonna keep doing what I’m doing, I’ve been doing this for almost 30 years 👍