How to Choose the Right Brushes for Your Salon

June 1, 2022 SBS Hair 0 Comments

As industry professionals, we understand the importance of having the right selection of hairbrushes for your clients. Each person that steps into your salon is completely unique, which means so is their hair. Therefore, having a hairbrush suitable for all hair types is essential for treating your clients’ hair appropriately and professionally.

Additionally, as a salon owner, understanding the difference between each brush type is vital. You must have the knowledge and skills to know which brush is suitable for a specific job and how to use it correctly to achieve the best look for your clients. However, if you’re building your hairbrush collection, it can be difficult to know where to start and what brushes to choose.

So, we’re looking into how our professional hairbrush brands can transform your salon and allow you to offer the best treatment for your clients, no matter their hair type or hair goals.

Understanding Your Client’s Hair Type

The first step in building your hairbrush collection is understanding the different hair types and how they react to a variety of brushes. As a salon owner, you’re guaranteed to be faced with a long list of hair types, including:

• Fine
• Thick
• Curly
• Straight
• Oily
• Dry
• Coarse

It’s important to note that a client could have a combination of the above, for example, curly and oily or fine and dry. You should be able to determine what their hair type is after washing, and as time goes on, you’ll get to know your clients more and get used to which brushes work best with their hair.

The Importance of Building Up a Hairbrush Collection

As each hair type behaves differently, you’ll need to ensure you have a range of professional hairbrushes suitable for each client. For example, a round brush is perfect for creating big volume looks but wouldn’t be ideal for someone wanting a sleek, straight ponytail. In that case, you could use a paddle brush.

In addition, having an extensive collection of hairbrushes as an industry professional is essential, especially if you have a busy salon. Purchasing multiple of the same brushes means that you can use a different brush on each client and have time to clean them in-between, creating a hygienic environment that is so crucial in a salon setting.

So, which hairbrushes should you have in your collection?

Detangling Hairbrushes

Every good hairdresser must have a detangling brush on hand. Knots are common in every hair type, so it’s essential that you have the tools to remove them painlessly. The B Brush Detangler is the perfect addition to your hairbrush collection. Designed by hairstylists, it is the perfect brush for the quick removal of knots and tangles, gliding through the hair smoothly and effortlessly, causing no hair pulling or pain for your client.

In addition, the B Brush is an extensionist’s best friend as it can help remove extensions quickly with no painful tugging.

Heated Hairbrushes

Heated brushes are a staple tool in all salons. We are lucky enough to stock a variety of the innovative hairbrushes here at Salon Business Solutions, including those by B.R.U.S.H. These are not just your average heated hairbrush; B.R.U.S.H tools are manufactured with key ingredients in the barrel to give hair that sleek and shiny just-stepped-out-the-salon look that your clients come to you for. The heated round barrel is pressed with argan oil, macadamia oil, and keratin – all primary elements used by the best professional hair care brands.

Truly a must for any industry professional, these heated hairbrushes are guaranteed to transform your client’s hair and give it the salon-fresh glow everyone wants. What’s more? They’re perfect for all hair types and are available in 30mm or 40mm models, the latter being for thicker, longer hair, so you can change which model you’re using depending on your client’s hair type.

Rounded Hairbrushes

Another fundamental brush in your collection is a rounded hairbrush. After our years of experience in the industry as hairstylists, we believe we have found the best round brush for blowouts. The Regincos rounded brush collection is ideal for those looking to style the perfect curly blowout with all the volume you would expect from a professional style.

Create dramatic bouncy hair using the Regincos Ceramic 65mm XLarge rounded hairbrush. This incredible brush has been specially designed to be lightweight, giving stylists the extra comfort and high control they need to create the perfect blowout.

In addition, the e.Cork Black Bristle 40mm Small is the perfect addition to any stylist’s collection. Because of its size, you can use it for a range of different applications, such as creating volume in shorter or finer hair as well as helping style fringes.

The Importance of Choosing Sustainable Hairbrushes

When building your hairbrush collection, it’s vital that you keep sustainability at the forefront of your decisions. Making simple swaps for a more sustainable salon is an essential practice that Salon Business Solutions encourages. Unfortunately, this industry isn’t as eco-friendly as it could be, so ensuring you make these changes and think about how your business decisions impact the environment is crucial.

We recommend Regincos brushes. Made with entirely environmentally friendly elements, such as wood exclusively sourced from non-endangered forests, this is a brand that cares about our planet. In addition, their handles are made from cork, a natural raw material that is not only great for the environment in comparison to plastic, but it allows for an anti-slip grip and is static-free, giving the stylist extra control over the tool.

Here at Salon Business Solutions, we are proud to align ourselves with brands such as Regincos, and we encourage our customers to do the same. Find out more about our sustainability pledge here.