Do you use a BBB and does it help?

[Becky Safari]

Yes, it really helps smooth frizzies and even out oil

[Miss Catrina]

I mean, "help" how? I don't think it's helping my blood circulation and making my hair grow faster or something, but it's been a great styling tool for smoothing things down, and my hair feels like silk after.

[Qamar]

I have an insanely expensive BBB, but almost never use it because even on day of wash it takes my clean hair and turns it into an oil slick--this despite the fact that my scalp and hair tend to be dry. It makes the length SUPER shiny, but the oily scalp looks horrid and I get bumper crops of split ends every time I use it. Needless it say, its languishing in my cupboard. I use a tangle teezer or boxwood comb instead and my hair is far happier for it. The BBB gets brought out for surface smoothing if I do a Gibson bun or something similar. Yes, I do wash my brushes, so a dirty brush isn't what causes the oiliness.

[Panth]

I have an insanely expensive BBB, but almost never use it because even on day of wash it takes my clean hair and turns it into an oil slick--this despite the fact that my scalp and hair tend to be dry. It makes the length SUPER shiny, but the oily scalp looks horrid and I get bumper crops of split ends every time I use it. Needless it say, its languishing in my cupboard. I use a tangle teezer or boxwood comb instead and my hair is far happier for it. The BBB gets brought out for surface smoothing if I do a Gibson bun or something similar. Yes, I do wash my brushes, so a dirty brush isn't what causes the oiliness.

I seem to get this too. I don't normally have an oily scalp (I used to on day 4+ with my old S&C routine but I don't any more) but the instant I use my BBB my hair looks limp and slick and oily, even if my hair is freshly washed. And yes, I too washed my BBB - so it's not that. I notice the same issue with DBF's hair when he gets hold of the BBB.

Perhaps it's something to do with being an F?

I wish it didn't do that because I like the shine it gives my length and I like the polished look it gives my updos...

[Wavelin]

I use it for tight up-dos on greasy days. I can't get it all the way in to my scalp though so I can't use it to spread sebum. I use my tangle teezer for that now.

[Theobroma]

I have one, but I no longer use it. It does absolutely nothing for my texture; all it gives me is even fluffier hair.

[pepperminttea]

I have one, it doesn't work for me sadly. I don't know if it's my hair being fine-ish, but it breeds tangles even on just-combed hair. It's just too grabby. I'm starting to wonder if it's because my BBB is paddle-style though, perhaps it's just too many bristles, but experimenting by buying another thinner one is too costly right now.

[charalito]

Love love love my BBBs. Use them to extend the time between washes spreading the sebum to the ends instead of it being all close to the scalp. I have to wash the brush (lots of residue), that's why I own several.

[AshNight1214]

My BBB makes my hair frizzy!! It gets all staticy even when I have oil in it (which is really the only time it ever touches my hair). Maybe I just have a static-fulled house...

[christine1989]

When this poll was originally posted I answered "no, I don't use one" but since then I have bought one and am loving it! My hair is an oily mess on the first inch or so then SO dry on the remainder so a BBB distributes the oil and makes it so I don't have to wash every day .