denman bush... no rentention

[afgirl]

i really wanted to love this brush i know alot of people do...
but for me oh em gee it was so horrible i googled i searched tried everything
from only detangling under running water with globs of conditioner to removing rows of bristles but this brush doesnt work for me i had so much breakage and when i relaxed none of the retention i expected...
lesson learned i cant just cant with this brush
ill stick to finger detangling when cowashing and combing on shampoo day

 

[ms.blue]

I have the goody version and I remove every other row but I won't use it to detangle my hair since it will cause major breakage. The only time I use that brush when my hair is straight. Normally I detangle with my shower comb.

 

[Ediese]

Sorry it didn't work out for you. It didn't work when I was transitioning, but it's a dream come true for my natural hair. I detangle with my bone comb first and then use my denman.

 

[Crystalicequeen123]

Sorry it didn't work out for you. It didn't work when I was transitioning, but it's a dream come true for my natural hair. I detangle with my bone comb first and then use my denman.

Cool, where did you buy your bone comb? I've been looking all over for one, and those things are the most elusive combs!!

 

[Kindheart]

I use the D4 and love it ,didnt quite like the d3 as its a bit narrower and pulled my hair ,thats also cuz i didnt know how to use it properly .
just a little tip use the brush dividing your hair in very small sections and detangle starting from the ends ,be very careful not to snap any hair off ,if you feel pulling detangle gently with your fingers first , take a smaller section of hair and comb through .

 

[LaFemmeNaturelle]

Yeah this brush doesn't work well for me either. I removed every other row and it still takes out too much hair so I will try it again when I am fully natural. I hate wasting money!

 

[Ediese]

Cool, where did you buy your bone comb? I've been looking all over for one, and those things are the most elusive combs!!

I'll try to search to find it. There was a thread a few months ago about bone combs and I bought it then.

 

[topnotch1010]

i really wanted to love this brush i know alot of people do...
but for me oh em gee it was so horrible i googled i searched tried everything
from only detangling under running water with globs of conditioner to removing rows of bristles but this brush doesnt work for me i had so much breakage and when i relaxed none of the retention i expected...
lesson learned i cant just cant with this brush
ill stick to finger detangling when cowashing and combing on shampoo day

Girlfriend, never detangle with a brush, and I mean NEVER! Always use a wide tooth comb to detangle. Brushes are for smoothing only.

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

I love detangling with my Denman.

 

[Eclass215]

I think that if your ends are already stressed, detangling with a Denman might be too much manipulation. I personally love it and wish I would have found it earlier, but maybe it's not best for everyone.

 

[yaya24]

IA W/Ediese on detangling with a bone comb first and then the denman.

I purchased my bone comb online at hairsense.com-- hairsense also has an ebay account where you can get the combs at a cheaper price. I got 2 combs for $19.50.

I feel that the combs truly make a difference.

 

[pmichael52172]

I don't use mine to detangle either, but smoothing. I only use my Denman brush when I'm blowdrying my hair and it works like a charm. After I've combed the leave-in through with a wide toothed comb and sectioned my hair. I let it air dry until damp, then I smooth the sections with my Denman. I then start blowdrying with the nozzle and Denman and not a strand is broken or lost.

Now I REALLY like my Denman comb! I use it nightly when sectioning my hair to put it on a roller. It catches and removes any shed hair (I know because I inspect it).

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I'm a natural. It doesn't work for everyone. I loved my denman when I was listening to everyone say it was shed hair...it wasn't. After a while (and I detangled first) I had breakage throughout my head that I had to grow out. I promptly threw that sucker out. I'm 4a but my strands are fine. Maybe they just couldn't handle it. My hair was growing just fine without it, and now that it's gone (free at last!) my hair is thriving once again. I had to cut out layers from stylist, and some chunks that I was blending in that happened because off the denman (basically cut it almost to shoulder from mbl last year), and i'm back to mbl (hoping to get to waist) now that that awful brush is outta my life. I wish I never looked at a denman ever (still may have to cut another inch or two to even it up but I'm braided up so I'm waiting and will determine that when I straighten my hair again in Feb. Basically I'm staying braided up for low manipulation purposes)!

If you have soft, fine hair (with curlier/kinkier texture) the denman maynot be for you...I don't know if others with fine hair will chime in but...it gave me an annoying set back.

 

[IrrationalThoughts]

I love and miss my D5. that succa was weighty. I have a D3 now, not so great. but I use it once a month super carefully.

 

[omachine]

i've given up my denman bush also....i am completely natural and that bush gobbles up my hair...i recently started finger combing ...it has been the best move i've ever made...my hair seems to stay detangled longer, i'm retaining more stands and i've gotten much more gentler when handling it....

 

[FebeeSigns]

Detangling with JUST a comb for me doesn't work out in the long run. My shed hairs cannot all be captured by a wide toothed comb and some of them just dangle on my strands. I need to use a brush every now and then and I love the denman knockoff by Goody. As well as Shine + Therapy infused with jojoba oil brush.

 

[BriDa5242]

me too I have TRIED so many times for this to WORK , watch youtube video's etc, so I just detangle before I wash then use a wide tooth comb , I have come to accept that it is NOT working for my hair

 

[Jenn22588]

I love my denman. I have fine 3c, 4a & b hair. I've tried finger detangling when I was cowashing everyday but after a while sections of hair would be matted. My hair curls so tight that a wide tooth comb doesnt work. I always start with one but I usually still have tangles. The denman does take out tons of hair but its worse when I don't use it. I. make sure my hair is drippping wet with conditioner and I start from the ends with my hair against my hand. I've never had a setback in the couple of years I've been using one.

 

[lilsparkle825]

i love love love my denman....even more so now that i have removed every other row. this thing makes both detangling AND smoothing my hair for buns and rollersets a dream. *pets brush*

 

[tocktick]

I'm sorry this didn't work for you OP but at least you know the best way to detangle for your hair. I use this brush but I finger comb, use my wide-tooth comb and only then brush my hair in sections. If I don't finger comb and then use my comb, I will hit snags and will obviously get breakage if I try to run the brush through. I load my hair up with comb too.

I find I have issues if I don't use my Denman because I will have shed hair left over, thus causing knots and tangles.

 

[princessdi]

Girl, you're not the only one. It doesn't work for me either. Especially while my hair is wet. It may work better while dry and flatironed, but I won't be using it any other way.

 

[nappystorm]

Sorry it didn't work out for you. It didn't work when I was transitioning, but it's a dream come true for my natural hair. I detangle with my bone comb first and then use my denman.

Girlfriend, never detangle with a brush, and I mean NEVER! Always use a wide tooth comb to detangle. Brushes are for smoothing only.

IA W/Ediese on detangling with a bone comb first and then the denman.

I purchased my bone comb online at hairsense.com-- hairsense also has an ebay account where you can get the combs at a cheaper price. I got 2 combs for $19.50.

I feel that the combs truly make a difference.

I don't use mine to detangle either, but smoothing. I only use my Denman brush when I'm blowdrying my hair and it works like a charm. After I've combed the leave-in through with a wide toothed comb and sectioned my hair. I let it air dry until damp, then I smooth the sections with my Denman. I then start blowdrying with the nozzle and Denman and not a strand is broken or lost.

Now I REALLY like my Denman comb! I use it nightly when sectioning my hair to put it on a roller. It catches and removes any shed hair (I know because I inspect it).

ITA I detangle in sections with a wide tooth comb and use the Denman as a finishing tool. Try that, OP

 

[afgirl]

even with all of the tips you ladies are suggesting i still wont touch that thing maybe next time i straighten ill use it on straight hair... but i really feel like this brush caused me a set back in the short time period i used it and i really dont want another one when i think ive gotten my regi down...
i think despite my set back my hair is in good shape

 

[NubianPrize]

I have one of these things,too & I not only took out every other row,but also took out every other bristle on every row. It will still take out too much hair if I'm not careful. I can do a MUCH better job detangling with a wide tooth comb, so that's what I use. I actually like a paddlebrush I have that has more flexible plastic bristles & goes thru my hair better than the denma. Don't know why they recommend that thing for kinkycurly hair !!

 

[Emz Forever]

I am relaxed and the denman didnt work for me either. Broke far too many hairs for comfort so I gave it to my mum who's natural and she loves it. I got a Tresemme paddle brush instead which is working great. I never used any of the brushes for detangling though... mostly for styling.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I edited my previous post to show I'm natural. I don't know if that matters but it didn't work for a natural 4a with mbl at the time and caused a set back for me last year. I don't think it works for all naturals, at least it didn't for me.

 

[Curlykale]

I'm sort of a 3c 4a and my hair is pretty strong and natural. I had to eliminate it from my life as well: still growing out the breakage that it caused me, which is the only breakage I EVER got in 17 months and it's pretty evident, I look like I have many flyaways but I'm 100% sure it was the Denman. I used to use it on detangled hair, under the shower, with my hair drenched in oil and running water, and very gently, just as a final touch for my oil rinses... and then for styling. So my verdict is: not for me, thanks.