About a year ago, Kitty insisted on growing her hair. Up until then, she had been very happy to have a cute little Lousie Brooks bob. It was brilliant: it looked fabulous, unusual and it was very low-maintenece.
But now she’s got longer hair and it’s a total pain. Kitty is not what I’d call girly, or fastidious. Her hair spontaneously, in the night or just generally ties and scrunches itself up into the most terrible knots, despite me washing, brushing and conditioning it once a week. She is starting to develop dreads. Should I be doing it more? Am I right to get annoyed when she complains about having it brushed? (“This was your idea, Kitty!”)
What is the answer? I see other little girls with long flowing hair and no knots anywhere, how is it done?
This is a genuine question. Please leave suggestions in the handy comment box below.
You’re not doing anything wrong. Some hair is prone to knots and some isn’t. If she doesn’t mind, sleeping in plaits helps. And the double French plait looks super cute and is pretty indestructible x
If it is wavy look into the curly girl method
Hi Esther
I too have exactly same problem. My daughter has very curly hair too which loves to ‘dread’ itself seemingly overnight. I too was washing once a week but if I can do twice then it seems more manageable. Saviours have been a good (cheap) coconut oil shampoo and conditioner brushed through when still wet with The Wet Brush (another saviour bought on Amazon) . I then comb through some John Freda serum. Sounds a total pain but only thing I’ve found that works. As does plaiting hair before bed (when I get round to it! ). Finally, for daily brushing when she can be bothered or I stage an intervention (with threat of chopping it off to an inch all over) then I’ve found the Denman tangle tamer (about £7) to be the best. Good luck! Xx
Do you blow dry it? My daughter is the same and we find using a hair dryer makes the ends less knotty. Also a tangle teeter brush is essential if you haven’t already got one. Will be following this with interest.
Hi Esther
I too have exactly same problem. My daughter has very curly hair too which loves to ‘dread’ itself seemingly overnight. I too was washing once a week but if I can do twice then it seems more manageable. Saviours have been a good (cheap) coconut oil shampoo and conditioner brushed through when still wet with The Wet Brush (another saviour bought on Amazon) . I then comb through some John Freda serum. Sounds a total pain but only thing I’ve found that works. As does plaiting hair before bed (when I get round to it! ). Finally, for daily brushing when she can be bothered or I stage an intervention (with threat of chopping it off to an inch all over) then I’ve found the Denman tangle tamer (about £7) to be the best. Good luck! Xx
I absolutely swore by the Tangle teezer – my daughter has very thick hair and we used to have all sorts of words of a morning trying to unmangle her bum- length locks Someone recommended this and although I was sceptical it slid through her hair like a knife through butter. Now she is a teenager and does her own hair she of course has a bob. Typical.
https://www.tangleteezer.com/all-brushes/detangling/the-original.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAirXFBRCQyvL279Tnx1ESJAB-G-QvLs8LPeZ51mnGQ5hmfYVahvmvluhzc4kxl6SubG_0gxoC5ALw_wcB
I have exactly this with my two girls. I’d love them to have variants on shorter hair/fringes – and have managed to convince on this sometimes in the past – but mostly they both insist on it long. It only looks nice when freshly washed and blow dried to be honest. They have the same type of hair – loads of it, very fine and super-tangly. Lots of squealing in the morning and me following them a round with a brush. A hairdresser did point out the beginnings of a dread on one of them once. So, anyway. There are different brushes and products involved but honestly this is based on years of experience (they are both 11). You think they’d sort out their own hair by now, wouldn’t you, but there would definitely be more than one dread if they did. Anyway I use a blob of frizz-ease every time it’s washed and brush through with this:
The Wet Brush Blue Detangling Hair Brush https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004XA81ZE/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_k6NRybJ1GEHTM
Then, every morning, I spray leave-in honey conditioner (from Ocado) and brush like mad in sections with a Mason Pearson brush when I can find it or the copy Boots version of which we have about six. We call it the ‘silky’ brush because of the (temporary) effect…
The Tangle Teezer Hairbrush works brilliantly on grand daughter’s long, fine, curly hair.
Personally I find the Wet Brush works better than a tangle teezer. I swear by the DG Organics leave in spray stuff, in a bright green bottle from Waitrose. Oh and Aussie 3 minute conditioner. Still get knots but those things help. Nothing gets rid of the whining when brushing it though….
Sounds all too familiar. My daughter left the house like she was dragged through a hedge backwards as she would not let me brush her hair. Fast forward several years she now spends s lot of time brushing her hair, so much she makes it greasy. The ‘wet brush’ works well
I’ve got the reverse with my little girl- had hair like that character from game of thrones who looks after the stark son who can’t walk- one of the wildlings. Now had it cut into bob she looks fabulous. But in the bad old days I used the extortionate but great original sprout leave in conditioner and dentangler spray and a hairbrush called wet brush. She wasn’t Amal clooney levels of sleekness hair wise but not far off
Until a few weeks ago my hair was down almost to the tops of my jeans. And super, super fine. Like a new born baby. It’s awful. BUT! I can give advice for people with hair that knots instantly! Get a tangle teezer, seriously the best brush I’ve ever used, take a handful of hair at the mid lengths and hold away from the head leaning some slack at the roots but gripping firmly then brush the ENDS first. This will stop you brushing the tangles down into huge clumps at the ends and the slack at the roots stops it hurting. Also by brushing out the tangles in the ends of her hair first you’re stopping it breaking half way down the hair shaft. Also maybe invest in a super lightweight leave in conditioner for her plait the hair loosely at bedtime. If you’re feeling really generous buy her a silk pillowcase as this reduces static from moving her head in her sleep. You can get reasonably priced ones on Amazon! Hope some of this helps, I 100% swear by the tangles teezer and brushing method though. Did my nieces fine, curly and long hair the other day and she hugged me afterwards as it was the first time she’d had her hair brushed when it didn’t hurt 🙂
Sounds very like my daughter. My rules are as follows (not following them means a trip to the hairdresser). Always have hair brushed before bed and put into plat/plats. Always wear hair up for school. After school and at weekends though she can do whatever she likes. My daughter has really thick hair which gets very knotty but I just use my own adult paddle brush – I don’t mess around but because of it’s size the job is done very quickly. May all sound a bit military but it works. xxx
My daughters also the same but now teenagers so I cant get near them. They still have crazy thick hair. Yes I agree with plaits at night to sleep in if she will let you! Tangle teezer hair brushes also good about £10 from Boots although we were always losing ours so recommend buying a couple. Wait til you get nits then you’ll be in trouble X
Styling my daughters hair always did my head in with all wispy bits coming out after 10 mins and lookin my messy. So my answer is scalp plaits, practice and get really good. They are a faff to do every day but for days out when you want their hair out of their faces and to stay out & look nice all day they are fab. Parting down the middle and doing one each side is loads easier and start with a tiny bit of hair so they stay neat and in place. 👍🏼
Loose braid at bedtime. I spent my childhood with my hair in rags (V fashionable in northern Mexico at the time) so I have no good memories of long hair.
Mine is the same. Def plaits every night, French if you can manage it. And threats to chop it all off if she doesn’t comply. Keep a large pair of scissors handy at all times, just to reinforce the message.
My 6-y.o. daughter also insists on having long hair and it’s so fluffy it seems to tangle just when sitting still! We have a deal that initially she brushes her own hair with a Tangle Teaser (I finish it to get rid of the main tangles) and she has to have it tied back over night, preferably in two plaits. We also use detangler spray, even after it’s just been washed – it does help a bit and I think it also has the psychological effect that she *thinks* the tangles are easier to get out when we use it…
http://www.dgjorganics.com/products/organic-wild-n-crazy-kids-hair-juice-detangle-spray
Use on wet or dry hair. There are lots of similar products on the market, kerastase etc, but this one worked well with my daughter.
Or a tangle teaser brush, but I never found that very easy to use. As it takes time and mornings were always too rushed.
Brush every day, Johnsons tangle spray is excellent for this. Plaits at night if she will let you. Condition twice a week. Failing all that, let her get a really bad knot requiring scissors, show her said knot once you have cut it off and she will be more amenable to a quick brush once a day.
I feel your pain, I have three daughters with long hair and the middle one turns into Satan where her hair is concerned. Conditioning masks once a week work quite well but she is a complete ass but it’s a case of grim and bear it I’m afraid. Plaits seem to work quite well. Neat and knot free and last about two days, especially if you get the hang of French plaits. Good luck!
Original Sprout Miracle Detangler is the only thing to have worked on my daughter’s thick but superfine hair. We’ve tried others but they don’t work and usually smell so strongly and revoltingly of “fruit” that she attracted wasps.
https://m.johnlewis.com/original-sprout-miracle-baby-detangler-spray-354ml/p/231656522
We use tangle teaser and Wet Brush ( from Boots) I find Alice bands and hair bands work for tom boys too. My daughter also favours the side plait that incorporates her massive swathe of fringer that she is growing out. Sigh. Next week she’ll want to cut it. Fecking girls
Second the (loose) plaits at bedtime, and the tangle teezer brush. (have just done a quick search of blog because I knew there was a pic of one of my kids there with her ridiculous hair. THREE readers sent me a tangle teezer after I published that. http://relentlesslaundry.blogspot.sg/2012/11/about-boy-and-two-girls.html – scroll down to the pic [the text is so unimaginably irrelevant now, THANK GOD])
I have no idea for kids (so this may not help at all) but I’m in my twenties and have long hair. For me the wet brush is a godsend and about a tenner from boots.
Sorry Esther, not a clue: 2 boys, one of whom has thick curls, which also tangle like mad – I cut a dread out of his hair this morning whilst he was distracted by Charlie and Lola and chocolate cereal. One thing I do think you are absolutely right to do though, if I may say so, is not to wash kids’ hair more than once a week – I have a paediatric dermatologist friend who says she sees so many cases of allergic dermatitis caused simply by over-washing, particularly with sulphate-based washes and shampoos. Good luck with the tangles!
The Wet Brush definitely superior to the tangle teezer, and it has a handle so that makes it quicker and easier. Think you can get a little travel one that she could use herself. Try cult beauty they usually have an offer on. If it’s really really bad, brush with conditioner in
Buy some ‘Mane & Tail’ from your local (!) country store. Best kept hair secret ever.
Mum used it on us three girls, all with very long hair as kids, and I use it now on my daughters, and mine, and the dogs, and ponies. It’s a proper miracle product, read the amazon reviews. Just don’t use too often or it over softens the hair.
amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/CARR-MARTIN-Canter-Conditioner-Litre/dp/B002KSBN7Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1487839324&sr=8-2&keywords=mane+%26+tail+spray
Had the same thing with my 5 year old. She had a lovely bob, but was desperate to grow it out. We agreed to give it a go, but then the dreaded nits came along and the 10 nights of combing through wet hair was such unbelievable agony for all involved that she happily went to the hairdresser to cut it all off again (when we’d got rid of the bastard nits of course).
I agree with a tangle teaser and some kind of conditioning spray but I do also wash my little girl’s hair more than once a week. Usually two or three times and this does help with the tangles. The best shampoo we’ve found (after lots of trials!) is Waitrose own brand. Which is super cheap but brilliant…
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=471749&source=sho_&utm_source=google%2Bshopping&utm_medium=organic%2Bgs&utm_campaign=google%2Bshopping&tsrc=vdna&gclid=CjwKEAiArbrFBRDL4Oiz97GP2nISJAAmJMFaBhMibC4nil3h82VtdEugaN9odqi5xiZrqT30m9zXfhoCB5Dw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLn6vujtpdICFWID0wodM6EJqg
I found a mason and pearson hairbrush made a huge difference to brushing my daughter’s hair – better even than a tangle tamer.
Tangle Teezer brush?
My daughter has had long hair from the get go, it’s now down to her waist. The trick is a Tangle Teaser brush ( got ours from the hair salon) and a detangling spray for between washes. When it’s long enough put her to bed in a loose plait, less chance of it knotting up. I’ve had to master plaits, French braids, and Dutch braids to keep it under control. I’ve also resorted to being mean….”if you complain about the knots, tangles and pulling we’ll go straight to the hairdresser and get it all cut off!”
Good luck
Wow, hot topic. Going to be full and also say Tangle Teezer. My daughter is 3 and has curls so don’t want to chop them off. I brush at night and in morning, and before and after drying it. If she is going to a group or something I tie it back, mainly use an Alice band to keep it away from her face. I’ve always done very little with my own hair except wash and brush it, so it’s all something of a mystery to me.
Ha – dull, not full. Possibly full too.
Hi, my daughter’s hair is a snaggle if woe. I slather it up with conditioner, leave for a few minutes then battle with a wide comb and threats to cut the whole lot off. This works for me.
Martha’s hair is worse if I braid it before bed, the dreadlocks are then just concentrated at the back. I spray with conditioner, comb and leave her to sleep with hair loose. Failing that she rocks mini bear buns (like Princess Leia but higher and smaller) as this style hides the worst.
Good luck.
Phillip Kingsley or Paul Mitchell kids detangling spray. both make brushing much easier.
Weighing in with the masses to say yes, Tangle Teezer or Wet Brush. We have both and I think I prefer the Tangle Teezer on the whole. Also this one, which is like a Tangle Teezer with a handle:
Hair Angel Tangle Cherub, Pink https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G939W2Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ODRRyb6DB6PVD
My daughter is 5 and has loads of curly, tangle-prone hair (see pic!) Those three are the shiz.
https://instagram.com/p/BMeOohIDMzW/
I swear by Original Little’s Sprout’s Miracle Detangler http://www.trotters.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=miracle+detangler. Works every time!!!
Agree with the above: plait at night, tangle teaser for brushing, detangling spray after washing and in the morning each day. When we wash we use a heavy conditioner (and comb through) and if the tangles are really bad we occasionally use coconut oil before washing. I also find regular trims at the hairdresser reduce the tangles and keep the hair more manageable xx
Wet brush, wide tooth comb or a denman brush but brush through from the ends up and patience. Mum would do a loose plait or let it go free at night depending on length – she’d also do half up half down using slides or elastics, French plait or pony tail for school when I was little. (Not too tight around the hair line to prevent traction alopecia) Mum’s a hairdresser so hopefully I’ve picked up a few things over the years.
Also a very generous spray of hair spray and on wet hair diluted tea tree or lavender oil to help prevent nits. Conditioner or a leave in conditioner creates the needed slip when there are massive tangles.
Agree with Natasha, Sprout spray, helped us massively. I use it too.
I prefer a Denman fine bristle hairbrush for tangles as it’s gentler. Also my 8 yo is over this stage as older hair is less tatty (4 yo bad v straggly still). For dread type tangles gently pull the hair apart with fingers rather than using a brush- again gentler. Finally, hair up at school rule as nits less likely (applying nit cream to long hair takes an hour) and fewer tangles too. X
Hair serum and a good hairbrush.
Our hair serum isn’t a children’s product. Probably Trevor Sorbie for extra gloss.
I don’t like the tangle tamer. A boar bristle brush is better.
I have 3 girls with long blonde straight hair who swim a lot, so it’s constantly knotty if not dealt with properly. I have suggested bobs but that’s laughed at.
Curly hair – leave a little conditioner in at all times, especially ends of hair
Agree with so many others:
– bedtime plaits
– mane n tail shampoo and conditioner – about 3 times a week
– tangle teaser for initial brush and then mason and pearson for shine!
– detangling spray – the milkshake one from waitrose is good
And most importantly if you want long hair you have to brush it/have it brushed properly with no arguments!
My mother used to braid mine most nights. Especially after washing. And it left me with awesome crimped hair. The 80’s are back now aren’t they?!
I do feel your pain, Esther. My daughter insisted on growing out her gorgeous, chic bob at the age of 6, much to my disappointment. Her hair is very fine and wispy and was a nightmare – I also used a tangle teaser and lots of (quite expensive) leave-in conditioner. She is now 14 and her hair is still long and tangly but at least she styles it herself now!
My mother used to plait my hair every other night after washing. Left me with super soft crimped hair. The 80’s are back in aren’t they? X
On this note can anyone recommend a good leave in conditioner I have yet to find a good one thanks X
Not strictly a leave-in conditioner, but I use Philip Kingsley’s Elasticizer – it isn’t cheap but a little does go a long way. My hair is fine but frizzy and this product leaves it smoother and much less frizzy.
Try Paul Mitchell The Detanglet. You can get large sizes of it via the online beauty sites, at reasonable prices.
Detangler, not detanglet….
I hope this doesn’t freak you out, but i was thinking about Kitty’s hair this morning and how I would love to chop Joni’s hair off and have a cute little bob instead of the rats-tail-knotfest that is her head. BUT she LIKES having her hair brushed now. I use a tangle teaser, and if she’s got a book or tv or ipad then she will let me brush her hair, holding a bunch whilst i get the knots out and brushing it through gently but firmly afterwards…. I think it gives her tingles. I’ve tried 50 fucking thousand times to do french plaits on her but I give up. So i cheat and do two high up pony’s and plait them into two low down ones.
But it must be odd hearing that a complete stranger is thinking about your daughters hair.
not really! I write about her hair on the internet, so….
Original Sprout, miracle detangler is amazing. Pretty pricey but it lasts for ages. You can buy it in Trotters.
i have no idea what to use. but i think you’re right to be annoyed by her whining for having her hair brushed. only children and lady mary get their hair brushed! no need for whining! also: it is never too early to learn about bad hair phases (cos it’s never just days, is it) plus the importance of maintenance.
Tangle teezer, as recommended a million times, plait it for bedtime, but if the plait doesn’t happen, in the morning spray the Detangler thing from Child’s Farm (can buy on ocado) and then brush. Works v well on my daughter’s very long, curly but fine hair.
My daughter has a bob and I love it – so no useful advice.
Do you have a recommendation for a N London hairdresser? At the moment we oscillate between her going to mine (way too expensive) or going to the barber on the Kentish Town road (not a great result)
I have an amazing hairdresser who does kids haircuts if you want her contact? email me esther.walker@gmail.com for details & prices x
L’oreal kids super pear tangle tamer spray…..it is my saviour!!
Tangle teezer – life changing!
My mother bribed me to cut it off again with a $70 doll. It worked.
But seriously: as an adult, I found out that I have quite difficult hair: my hair reacts badly to sulfates, shampoos with too much protein, silicone detangler, etc. etc. The only things that really help are products/advice for black ladies with natural hair. You might raise to Kitty that she can keep it bobbed, submit to troublesome amounts of brushing, or she can keep it braided and sleep in a hat (what I did when my hair was long as an adult). None of those are bad options but she will probably have to pick one.
If it really knots it might be too much protein in her products – many people esp. white people with smooth hair think their hair must need “repair shampoo” when it seems dry and tangley but realistically it’s apparently all the extra protein from their products caking up along the cuticle and forming little velcro hooks.
One of my daughters has the full Sarah Miles head of frizz-curls – clearly some throwback gene making an appearance with Betty Davis eyes and double-jointedness.
I’ve had ten years of frizz taming and would echo the bedtime plait, serum when you wash it (and straight into a plait). And if, like me, you find the Tangle Tamer thingie is a load of old schizz, then buy a Denman bristle brush. It’s called a ‘grooming brush’, which implies horse-hair-taming capabilities.
http://www.boots.com/denman-grooming-brush-d81m-10098608
My 5yr old son has long hair and never really has an issue. It gets washed with shampoo once a week (the rest of the time it’s just a water dunk in the bath?!) Sometimes we use Johnson’s detangling spray and we have a wet brush pro. We also use Lyclear nit repellent every school morning (not sure if that’s relevant but just going for full disclosure!!) He never has crazy hair knots and it brushes really easily every day.
Conversely, the 2yr old has that weird bird nest thing every damn morning. I think some kids are just more prone to the wispy-hell-knot at the back of the head?? That said, even his is pretty easy to tame in a morning. So in conclusion, it could be the secret mix of water and lyclear, it could be a total fluke. I have no idea and this is a useless comment!! Ha!!
My sister married a white guy and they have 2 gorgeous mixed race children. My nephew has hair like Lennie Kravitz and will now sit when he’s on his ipad as my sister cuts out the worst of the dreads and teases apart the rest, (when he was really little he would not let anybody near him if they had a comb or brush in their hand) his hair is coarse and I think my sister uses something on it when it’s wet. My niece has beautiful soft curly hair, but it does get tangled, my sister plaits it/puts it up in a bun for school/gymnastics/swimming and a loose plait to sleep in. I think my sister uses a de-tangler/anti-frizz. Her gran used to do corn rows which kept everything neat and tidy……………..I think you need to plait it/put it up for school and a loose plait for bed.
I am now briefly imagining Kitty in corn rows for school…
My mom used fabric softener sheets on me. When I was in college, I wouldn’t brush or cut my hair and I got dreads in the back and would use them then too. It sounds strange but it works. If I had a kid I’d just make her cut it–but I don’t have a kid. This is also coming from a daughter who was forced to have a few years of tedious long hair because her mother had been forced to have a bob as a child and always resented it. Vicious cycle.
Oh good grief! Esther, you are the adult, the boss!! You tell the child, not the other way round. Get her hair cut the way you want it. Stop pandering to the tiny whims. You decide what they eat, wear, when they go to bed. That applies to hair styles until they are old enough to take responsibility for their own decisions. Mine had a bob till she was 13 and decided to grow her hair. By then, she could wash and style it – it was not my problem. Grow up, woman. Don’t let them dictate!
No no no. Kitty is a really good girl, she does everything she’s told. She has NO choice in anything and rarely makes a fuss so if she wants long hair, she can have it. I’m not pandering to tiny whims.
I’m sorry for the rant sweetheart :-/
it’s OH KAY xxxx
Get the Crave Naturals Detangler brush. It works wonders on my Four year old granddaughter’s long tangly hair.
My daughter is three so hasn’t yet demanded Long Hair. Her hair is the way mine was when I was little so the moment it grows past jaw length, it is complete agony to have combed or washed. So she is stuck with that short bob until she can comb her own hair.
Whoever posted about hairdressers- we go to Ilham at Minikin in Crouch End who is BRILLIANT (and lovely). the salon is aimed at little kids so has toys at each of the seats etc- my kids are too big for it now really but we keep going there as she is so good and it’s about £16 a cut, I think. You have to ask for Ilham by name when you book as the others aren’t as good.
Maybe washing it more than once a week might help?? My hair is of the fine, easily knotted variety and it needs washing every other day to keep it calm.
My daughter has always lurched towards the unkempt end of grooming- however much I tried to keep her in step with her sinisterly neat-haired friends (Is it just me or is slightly messy hair actually an attribute; a talisman of imperfect sanity? Little girls with perfectly smooth and unruffled long hair will probably end up chanting Little Mix backwards, their miniature Shetland pony’s blood smeared on their cheeks, burning an effigy made of old Mini Boden catalogues and stale cupcakes in the likeness of their swishier-haired rival in a ritual they devised to maintain their coveted place at the top of the popular kids hierarchy. Or something. For neat (but still sane-looking) hair a Tangle teezer and hair oil should suffice. Kerastase elixir obvs the best, but Charles Worthington Moisture seal an excellent alternative. Plus, plaits at night seem to help dissuade the hellish spidery tangled knots.
Tangle teezer and a solution of water and conditioner
Make up a solution of conditioner and water in a spray bottle and when attempting to brush Kitty’s hair spray a small amount of this onto the tangle teezer and brush through.
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When I was a child and had long hair, I was almost never allowed to have it loose. It was pretty much a choice of one braid or two. Or maybe a ponytail, though even that tended to tangle a bit.
Also, if you’re using tear-free shampoo and conditioner, it’s milder on eyes but harsher on hair. Adult shampoo and conditioner are much better at keeping hair slippery enough not to tangle as badly.
May be a bit late but the Wet Brush really is an absolute god send – £9 on lookfantastic atm. I have the crappy ‘fine individual hairs but a shit load of them’ hair type that’s frazzled from years of being highlighted then dyed over, and it gets through mine like a knife through butter. I tried the tangle teaser but I think the varying lengths of the bristles meant I was only really getting the top layer. The Wet Brush is as close to pain free as I think I’ll get and really the only thing I can brush out wet hair with. Also, know it may be obvious but sectioning off and starting from the bottom and working up is the only way to get through knots (my slept on hair can only be described as Russell Brand circa 2006). And as others have said, loose plaits to sleep in, and often when I condition my hair I’ll comb the conditioner all the way through – mid-lengths and ends doesn’t really cut it for me.
https://m.lookfantastic.com/wet-brush-classic/11138508.html?affil=thggpsad&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&gclid=COeY6ZKYyNICFaQW0wodLMEE_Q&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CMb295KYyNICFQkS0wodgY8KFA&variation=11033078