HAIR GEL REALLY WORKS!!!

OMG! So, when I first started, I made the common mistake of neglecting my brushes in water once or twice....and the result is a bent brush tip!

Well, I finally got around to trying to straighten them out with the hair gel-everyone keeps saying how they "heard it works" but never tried it themselves.

I tried it out, and it took a few minutes, but my brushes are straighter and pointier than ever!

I gave it a try on my other brushes that AREN'T bent, and they are even better too!


I'm thinking about making this a regular part of my brush cleaning routine, but just had to share the news if anybody is hesitating-IT WORKS!!! 

Hmm, i have never heard of the hair gel tip.

Do you just jell them up after washing and leave it on or rinse it out?

Thanks :-)

I'd already washed and dried them out- I was actually about to throw them away-they've been sitting in my case for so long, totally useless.


I put the gel on while they were dry and shaped it with my fingers til it got really sticky and damp- but then magically it started to hold it's shape and stopped bending.

I let it harden for the night, rinsed it and recleaned with pink soap, and voila-brand new brush!

Thanks for sharing.

Ohhhhh! Good to know, Thanks!

I'll try it on some of my older brushes that I am not sure what to do with... Thanks for sharing !

Thanks! I wonder if it would help shape some of my "cheaper" brushes. I'll have to try.

Instead of using gel every time you clean your brushes just put a bit of clean soap in them afterward and form the brush. The soap will dry hard enough to keep the brush in shape and will wash out in quickly.

oh, that's good misha!

I dunno if I'll have to do it every time I clean-so far the new shapes are holding up!  

Good to know... Thank you! My filbert brush is pretty bad. I'll have to go home and try it!

Great idea, thanks for sharing

I have successfully used the boiling water method. I know it's said that this softens the glue inside the ferrule, etc., but I've found that a quick dip and swish in a pot of boiling water, followed by shaping the brush tip to a point and then laying it flat to dry, works very well. The brushes are not "like new" but they're definitely in much better shape for use. I've "saved" about 75% of my icky brushes like this.

sounds great-how long do you submerge? 2 minutes?

not that long - about 10 seconds to swish in the pot, then i rinse in regular tap water, then i dip in for a fes seconds more and then re-shape. try it on one that you don't care about and see how you like ti.