I actually got the Tangle Teezer hair brushes last year (30 th June '14) but they didn't rock my world. In fact, I questioned the quality standards of every blogger who raved about them because they didn't detangle my knots at all. Then 9 months after I got them, they actually started to work for me.
The first & only Tangle Teezer I purchased was the Gold Compact Styler; When that didn't work out for me, I wrote to Tangle Teezer UK asking them if the brushes sold at Flipkart were genuine (because what other reason could there be for it not working out ?!?). They asked me to send them pictures of the packaging & then they confirmed that it made my hair frizzy, quite opposite to their hefty claims! Flipkart does have authentic Tangle Teezer combs. Then I told them about my experience with the Compact Styler & they sent the following mail :
So they offered to send me a Salon Elite brush & I got to choose what I want and I chose Sweet Lilac, coz I love purples! For a few days, the Salon Elite tangle teezer did work out for me, I even posted this happy instagram picture :
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But after those few days, we were back to square one, it made my hair frizzy... Again. I completely stopped using both brushes thereafter. So what changed 6 months ago? Well, this year my hair got pretty much unmanageable when it came to combing it out. My go-to comb was a wide toothed one and it seemed like the minute it combed out my knots, my hair would knot up again! Then one day I had a really huge knot that just wouldn't detangle! So I pulled out my Tangle Teezer Salon Elite in frustration and voila, I was able to sort out my hair in 2-3min compared to 15min with the comb.
But there's a another minimise breakage, damage and splitting like the claims, but they definitely small change that I made to my hair routine because of which don't the Tangle Teezer did not make my hair frizzy. I started using a hair serum after every hair wash. The product I currently use is the Ginerva Olive Oil Hair Cream, which is technically not a serum, but I use it that way. That particular day I posted the instagram pic, I had used the L'Oreal Liss Ultime serum, that's why my hair did not frizz up for the next few days & I was happy with the hair brush. Both the brushes I have work perfectly with my hair and detangle knots without making my hair frizzy. I can't say if they tug on the hair. I do need to go over my hair with the brush multiple times to get all knots out.
The thing is, as of this month, I have not cut my hair since 20 months, so yes there's a lot of split ends. I have dry, wavy, waist-length hair. I've never gotten any chemical treatments done. My hair gets knotted easily, that's why I find it unmanageable. Thanks to the Tangle Teezer combs, I can comb my hair quickly in peace both inside my home & while I'm on the go.
