Author: Tracey McAlpine Category: Beauty, Hair, Tools
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How to use this innovative hairbrush and top tips for protecting fine hair

If you’ve ever experienced hair loss you’ll know how devastating it can be, especially after illness. Tim Binnington noticed his wife combing her hair with her fingers when it started to grow back after a life threatening illness, this inspired him to create a brush to help protect it. Having been a professional hairdresser for over 25 years, Tim knew that a traditional brush could easily break the fine hair.

The result is Manta, a hair brush made from a soft-touch silicone material without rough edges that might catch or damage the hair. Manta has patented technology, Flexguard, on the base which enables each bristle to have complete 360 degree motion. This gently untangles hair and minimises breakage, so the Manta brush glides through the hair effortlessly.

Daily brushing can cause damage to the hair but can now be prevented using Manta. Tim says “I wanted to focus on the root cause of the problem and reinvent the way we brush our hair. The Manta is the answer for anyone who wants to keep their hair condition as healthy as possible.”

Zoe Irwin, Ambassador for Manta, and multi-award winning hairdresser shares her top tips to achieve healthy full hair:

Don’t fight your natural texture, work with it

The key to healthy thick hair is not to spend every day fighting its natural texture. Learn to embrace and enhance what your hair wants to do. Of course, have the odd day adding curl when your hair is straight and vice versa but, make an appointment with your stylist to learn how to really work with your hair as nature intended and this will mean your hair is at its fullest.

A dark purple Manta hairbrush laying on a wooden background with ribbon and flowers
Manta is a soft pliable brush that fits comfortably into your hand for gentle hair brushing

Weekly deep conditioning treatments

Have one day a week when you feed your hair with deep conditioning treatments, they act in a very different way to your daily conditioner. Your hair is like a sponge, it can only soak in so much at a time. Try, applying a treatment, leave it for 15 minutes and rinse off. Towel dry and apply again. You can do this three times to achieve a super hydrated effect that will ensure your hair takes time to dry and frizziness will be kept at bay for longer.

Be extra gentle with wet hair

When hair is wet it is more likely to break, gently work through knots and tangles with the Manta brush to ensure far less breakage. The Manta is the first brush to mould to the shape of your hand and scalp. This creates less tension on each strand of hair with every stroke, while stimulating the scalp to promote healthy hair growth. When you have towel dried your hair, use a light leave-in conditioner and lightly work through with the Manta brush for even coverage. Next day styling? Reapply a hydrating leave-in conditioner before you re-boost your style with heated appliances.

Alternate hair cuts

For super full hair ask your stylist to give you a little maintenance cut where the hair is gently twisted when dry and only the split ends are snipped off. Do this in-between your trims as having an inch taken off the bottom of your hair does not always capture all these ends that can split further up. This is the best way to attain really thick hair.

Careful cleansing

Hair damage is the chemical or physical breakdown of parts of the hair that either weaken or make it more vulnerable. Shampooing and grooming actions cause the cuticle to be more susceptible to further erosion, so make the cleansing part of your beauty regime really gentle. Before you step in the shower gently run the Manta brush through your hair to smooth. Wet the hair, place shampoo in your hand and rub your hands together. Then pat the product on the front, top and nape of the hair and very gently massage your roots with your fingertips – this will ensure less breakage happens. Rinse thoroughly and apply conditioner to your hands in the same way, take the Manta brush and glide through to distribute the product on the ends. Being careful and gentle in the washing stage makes a huge difference to the thickness of hair, creating less tangles as you cleanse means maintaining hair full ness.

Beware of coat hair

Hair that tangles at the nape of the neck caused by friction can knot densely and be more likely to break. Carry the Manta brush with you and gently run through nape hairline after taking off your coat and scarf. This will prevent any tangle build-up as the Manta will cling to the shape of the head so that even at the nape of the neck hair will be freed easily with no place for knots to hide.

A dark purple Manta hairbrush laying on it's back showing the gentle bristles on a wooden background with ribbon and flowers
Manta is created from soft-touch silicone material that doesn’t damage the hair

Massage your scalp

Every night for ten minutes when hair is dry, massage your scalp. Use firm movements with your fingers and circular gestures with the Manta brush to really move the scalp. It will relax the scalp and relieve tension but also will really stimulate the hair follicles and increase blood flow. The differences I have seen in the thickness of my client’s hair that have done this is incredible.

Get your vitamins

Ensure your first meal of the day contains protein and vitamin C which is essential for hair growth, to feed the hair from within. If you need an extra boost take Megi Wellness Advanced Hair Growth supplement.

Manta hairbrushes are available in Black, White, Burgundy and Pink, they cost £25.00 and are available from Manta Hair and *Amazon

 

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