Hair Tools, Brushes & Electricals.

What is in the hair tools range

The range splits three ways: cutting kit, detangling kit and styling kit. Cutting is mostly WAHL clippers and trimmers alongside Fine Lines UK hairdressing scissors in 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5 inch. Detangling covers paddle brushes and flexible bristle detangling brushes in small and large. Styling covers afro combs, edge brushes and loc tools including the Murry Collection dreadlock crochet hook kit.

Plenty of it is salon stock that home users buy anyway. The Sibel Paddle 500 pneumatic brush and the Fine Lines UK barber scissors get bought by stylists and by people cutting hair on a kitchen chair on a Sunday afternoon.

Picking a brush or comb for your curl pattern

Waves and looser curls, roughly 2b through 3a, will usually take a paddle brush on damp hair with conditioner still in it. Tighter 3c and 4c patterns do better with a flexible detangling brush or a wide tooth comb, worked from the ends upward in sections you have already clipped away. A stiff paddle brush dragged through dry coils is where most breakage starts.

Afro combs and twist combs are for lifting and shaping a finished style rather than getting knots out. Edge brushes with firm boar bristle, such as the Magic Collection hard narrow brush, are there to lay gel flat along the hairline and nothing else.

Clippers and trimmers, and what the difference actually is

A clipper takes bulk off and builds a fade. A trimmer sharpens outlines, necklines and beard edges. The WAHL Super Taper Classic is the corded workhorse, the Fade Pro and 5 Star Legend are built around fade work, and the Baldfader Plus goes closer than either. For line work the Neo Liner and the 5 Star Cordless Detailer Li are the sharper options.

Corded gives constant power with no charging to plan around, which suits a fixed spot at home. Cordless suits anyone circling a chair or cutting someone else’s hair. If you are buying one thing first, buy the clipper and add a trimmer later.

Keeping tools working in a UK home

Hard water through London and the south east leaves a chalky film on anything rinsed and left to dry on its own, combs and brushes included. Rinse in cool water, shake the bristles out and dry them face down on a towel rather than leaving them damp on a shelf.

Clipper blades want a brush out after each cut and a drop of blade oil across the teeth. Scissors should live in their case, not loose in a drawer where the edges knock together. Indoor heating in winter drops household humidity to around 30%, which leaves hair drier and more static, so detangle on damp conditioned hair rather than dry through those months.