Best Luxury Hairbrushes of 2024: Tried & Reviewed | Allure

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Question for the group: Can a luxury hairbrush do more for the natural health, shine, and fullness of your strands than any product could in the long run. According to experts, fancy hairbrushes offer a resounding yes on this front. As with hair tools like blow-dryer brushes and multi-stylers, the quality can really vary—so it helps to be discerning. Designed “to last a lifetime,” these prestige hairbrush rollouts are betting on craftsmanship and employing prestige materials such as cellulose acetate (an alternative to plastic) and the guide of artisanal manufacturers.

Plus, some of the very best luxury hairbrushes, if not all, are even manufactured by ateliers that have specialized in brush-making since the 1800s. Sprinkle in the legend of boar-bristle heavyweight Mason Pearson, French hairbrush brand La Bonne Brosse, and hair-care staple Oribe, and you might consider this crop of hair tools a worthy investment. With that, consider these the hairbrushes worth the price tag.

Balmain Hair

Neiman Marcus

Why it’s worth it: Balmain Hair’s Spa Brush comes at the height of the luxury hair brush trend, sparking a design that was inspired by the wizardry that takes place backstage during runway season. Just as it can tease out hot-styled waves when you’re in a rush, this brush can also be your secret weapon to a slick updo without any spots left untamed. “If hair is in a bouncy blowout, I would use a boar bristle brush to softly brush the hair to remove tangles and distribute oils from roots to ends,” says celebrity hairstylist Mia Santiago. Best of all, it can be used on extensions as well as medium to thick and long hair, since its bristle and nylon point tip blend detangles and spreads out oils, serving as your grease and frizz shield.

Materials: 100% boar bristles, nylon ball tips, black rubber base

Guerlain

Nordstrom

Saks Fifth Avenue

Why it’s worth it: Embossed with the great Guerlain bee, the Guerlain Abeille Royal Scalp and Care Hair Brush has exactly 376 nylon fibers at two different lengths and thicknesses to soothe a sensitive scalp and comb out frizz and tangles without any tugging. Aside from relaxing the scalp with its fibers’ massaging heads, this brush doesn’t induce static and works to detangle the hair from root to tip and promote natural shine. To develop this brush, the brand drew on Shiatsu massage to help promote hair growth.

How the brush is made: Designed in partnership with 2004-born Japanese haircare tool-making brand S.Heart.S, this Guerlain scalp brush focuses on an ergonomic design that has a lightweight hold and nylon bristles that are strong, flexible, and crafted in France.

Materials: nylon fibers, waterproof resin, gold base

La Bonne Brosse

Goop

Maisonette

Moda Operandi

Why it’s worth it: It can be hard to find a luxury detangling brush that doesn’t stress curly or thick hair textures. That’s where La Bonne Brosse N.04 The Miracle Detangling Scalp Brush stands out: Its nylon bristles are grouped in various sizes, resulting in deeply satisfying detangling sessions sans damage, and the handle was carefully designed to be comfortable to hold.

How the brush is made: Every bristle strand is manually adjusted and applied to the rubber cushion on the N.04 The Miracle Detangling Scalp Brush, followed by “bathing the brush in a recipient to affix the small epoxy balls at the tip of the bristles,” according to the brand. After the second part of the process is left to dry for several hours, you have the makings of soft bristle tips that massage even the most sensitive scalps.

Materials: cellulose acetate, nylon fibers, vegan, rubber cushion

Crown Affair

Goop

Moda Operandi

Crown Affair

Why it’s worth it: Ideal for wavy hair and fine hair in particular, Crown Affair’s The Brush No. 002 dissolves any pestering knots lingering around the inner sections of dry hair. Its wooden brush bristles can help target product build-up on the scalp and strands. (Heads up: The brush itself isn’t meant to get wet since it has classic wooden pins as bristles, so keep it out of the shower.)

How the brush is made: The handle of this brush is hand-carved in Italy and made of natural beechwood, while the pneumatic pad features an open hole to air out the pressure between scalp and brush contact.

Materials: wood pin bristles, natural beechwood

Sisley-Paris

Nordstrom

Dermstore

Bluemercury

Why it’s worth it: Paddle brushes just know how to grab a nice chunk of hair at a time when detangling and smoothing thin hair, curly hair types, and everything in between. This Sisley-Paris Hair Rituel The Radiance Brush targets dry under-layers of hair in need of a shine boost. It also offers extra slip, with the ability to comb stiff, tangled, or otherwise dense strands back to their silky state.

Materials: mix of boar and coated bristles, wood handle

Prose

Prose

Why it’s worth it: In an age where beauty brands have begun to see the impact a proprietary algorithm and questionnaire can have on consumers’ needs prior to purchase, Prose tackled exactly what it means to offer a customizable hairbrush at luxury scale. (No seriously, you can even get your Prose brush monogrammed with your initials before you receive it in the mail.) The Prose Hair Brush collection features a Boar Bristle brush for fine and medium hair textures; a Boar & Nylon brush for medium to thick hair; and a Tipped-Metal Bristle brush for thick to curly hair. All are meant to deliver form and definition and assist in distributing your hair's natural oils.

How the brush is made: These brushes are made by hand by artisans in France with European beechwood.

Materials: naturally sourced rubber cushion, beechwood, boar bristles, wired bristles

Mason Pearson

Nordstrom

Dermstore

Revolve

Why it’s worth it: Mason Pearson Bristle and Nylon Brush is a legend in itself, and for good reason: There's a lot that goes into it. "I always make sure my Mason Pearson [brush] is in my kit and salon! The bristles are strong enough to detangle the hair, soft enough to not break it, and amazing at evenly distributing the natural oil from your scalp through your hair all at the same time. This makes your hair, shinier, healthier, and gorgeous,” says Santiago. This brush is the original, the one that made a case for considering a hairbrush as an investment piece. It’s been floating around backstage during runway season since the early aughts, and is handcrafted, hand-polished, and set to last.

How the brush is made: Each Mason Pearson Bristle and Nylon Brush goes through a total of 18 defining stages per the brand, centering its individuality around the ruby red pneumatic cushion first patented by founder Mason Pearson during the 19th Century.

Materials: boar bristles, nylon tufts, cellulose acetate plastic

Oribe

Nordstrom

Bluemercury

SSense

Why it’s worth it: The Oribe Italian Resin Flat Brush promotes a natural fullness with a mixture of boar bristles and rounded nylon sitting atop its monochrome rubber cushion. Mandee Tauber, a New York-based hairstylist and Oribe Educator, recommends a brush with a mix of boar and nylon bristles, because they help move oils from the scalp down to create a beautiful sheen in the hair. And with the Flat Brush in particular, “the variation in bristles height also helps ensure the perfect grip—a must for a snatched ponytail,” she says. “These brushes are also amazing at offering anti-static benefits!”

How the brush is made: Oribe works with artisans at an Italian resin manufacturer that helps create custom-colored cellulose acetate sheets that are blended, and then hung to age for around eight weeks. To finalize the artisanal marbled resin design of the Flat Brush, the sheets are sent to a brush and comb manufacturer to hand-polish the brush into its shape.

Materials: Italian cellulose acetate resin, boar bristles, rounded nylon tips, 97% natural rubber cushion

Snow Fox Skincare

Amazon

Why it’s worth it: The bristles on this brush are extra long with needles that stimulate all of those little pressure points that invigorate your scalp. Specifically, they are intended to benefit individuals with thinning hair and all hair types for that matter. With a firm feel against the skin, this brush, as the name suggests, grants the sensoriality that a gua sha brings to your skin-care rituals. A note on craftsmanship: This brush is completely cruelty-free and every purchase gives back to the Taiwanese artisans that hand develop and assemble each brush together.

How the brush is made: Woven by Taiwanese brush makers and families with a mix of stainless steel, gold, and titanium brush needles.

Materials: 24-karat gold plated needles, hand-carved beechwood, stainless steel, rubber

Aerin

Aerin

Why it’s worth it: Aerin’s Gold Hair Brush in compact form is the epitome of quiet luxury—and the hair accessory to have on hand in your tote or suitcase. (You know, in case you need to comb out a knot with 24-karat gold-tipped bristles.) The brand has both a gold comb and brush on hand to suit your detangling and style needs, and is made in Italy.

Materials: gold-tipped ivory bristles, acetate, 24-karat gold

Hairbrushes made with boar bristles can have an impact on breakage, frizz, and shine, according to Santiago. “Boar bristles do so many different things: you can use them to massage your scalp, which removes buildup and stimulates hair growth,” she says. “They lightly clean the hair by removing buildup throughout and evenly distributing oil from the scalp.” As boar bristles continue to reign as the material of choice amongst many luxury hairbrushes, it's important to note that it too, can softly remove tangles on second-day blown-out hair per se, when you simply do not want to compromise on the form that your blowout or loose waves delivered in the first place.

No need to worry about having to toss the brush you paid a pretty penny for after a certain period of time. To ensure your luxury hairbrush remains fresh and like new, Santiago advises washing your hairbrush once a month. “Use a clarifying shampoo once a month to remove buildup left behind [on the brush],” she says. Additionally, she says it's best to remove the strands you shed onto your brush that have accumulated after everyday use at least once a week. A nice (and $9) assist we look to in doing so, is the Jenny Patinkin HBB Hair Brush Brush.

Brushing your hair regularly already has a multitude of benefits, especially as it helps minimize hair shedding. So when you couple that with investing in specialty crafted hairbrush that will elevate your styling regimen. “these brushes are designed in a specific way to help with manageability from varied lengths in bristles,” says Tauber. “They can also have a higher level of comfort from the handle down to the pneumatic cushion—the pad that the bristles sit on.”

We always enlist a range of testers for any review, but hair-care products and tools are another story. While some can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and concerns, many are created with specific consumers and their needs in mind. When reviewing tools, we also take into account testers’ experience levels. For instance, an innovative new blow-dryer may feature industry-leading technology, but if the only people who find it intuitive to use are professional hairstylists, we have to consider this when determining whether it is worthy of a recommendation.

For our review of the best luxury hair brushes, we enlisted the help of multiple editors, writers, contributors, and hairstylists with a wide range of hair types, concerns, and desired outcomes. Testers considered performance across three primary categories: efficacy, safety and ease of use, and value. For more on what's involved in our reporting, check out our complete reviews process and methodology page.

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