Choose Your Ideal Bristle Pad

At Rock & Ruddle, our hairbrushes and combs combine beautiful designs with brilliant performance.

Our natural boar bristles are the secret to silky, glossy hair. Because their structure mimics your own hair, they gently glide through, spreading your scalp’s natural oils from root to tip for that healthy, just-left-the-salon glow.

Our guide below will help you choose the best bristle pad for each hair type. Please also see our FAQs about bristles below.

🌟 Mixed Bristles:
Our Mixed Bristle pad (natural boar combined with nylon tips) is our best seller! Perfect for normal to thick hair that can tangle. The brushing is pain free which is ideal for children and adults alike.

The nylon tips detangle like a dream, while the natural bristles condition and boost shine. Idea: brushing your scalp before shampooing helps lift away dry skin, so it washes away instead creating flakes.

🌟 Pure Bristles: 100% natural — ideal for fine, short, or delicate hair.

🌟 Synthetic Bristles: A brilliant vegan alternative perfect for detangling and everyday styling.

🌟 Baby Bristles: Feather-soft for little ones or sensitive scalps.

🌼 Smart, sustainable bristle pad design:
Every Rock & Ruddle brush has a removable bristle pad so you can keep yours spotless with easy care and even replace just the pad (not the whole brush) after years of love.

📏 Find your perfect hairbrush size:

  • Luxury: 9.25 x 3.25″ / 23.5 x 7.7 cm - for long, thick hair or extensions.
  • Large: 8.5 x 2.5″ /21.0 × 6.5 cm - the perfect all-rounder.
  • Small: 7 x 2″/ 17.5 × 4.6 cm - ideal for short styles, children, or your bag.
  • Shower Power Brush: 8.07 X 3.35” / 20.5 X 8.50 cm - designed for wet hair and in-shower use.

Your Questions Answered:

Q: Which brushes create most volume?

A: Our mixed bristle brushes are very effective at distributing sebum which conditions your hair giving more fullness. Used at least every morning and evening your brush will help detangle and make your hair silky and full. Style as normal.

Q: Which bristle type is best for fine hair or short hair?

A. Very fine hair can feel as though it lacks volume, regular brushing with our pure bristles will help distribute oils and condition each strand adding both shine and volume. Our pure bristles are also ideal for short hair which does not tangle.

Q: Which is the best brush for children’s hair?

A: Our small brushes are ideal for small hands. Our mixed bristles do not pull when detangling which make them very popular with our young customers. Pure bristles are perfect for very fine or short hair but our mixed bristles are best for detangling. Please do read our news story on detangling here.

Q: Which bristle type is best for dry hair?

A: Our natural boar bristles absorb and distribute sebum from the scalp down each hair strand helping to condition and reduce dryness. It may also help to use a nourishing conditioner, hair mask and even oil treatments such as with coconut oil for further conditioning. This also reduces hair static from developing. 

Q: Which bristle type is best for curly hair?

A: According to Renata Havránková who runs a specialist e-shop for customers with curly hair: “Rock and Ruddle is one of the best hairbrushes for curly and wavy hair. The mixed bristle brushes are very versatile being great for gently detangling curly hair as well as being a wonderful styling tool. Thanks to these brushes you will get perfect definition. I also view the ease of cleaning the brushes as a huge plus. I love these hairbrushes!!”  Thank you, Renata! Please do read our news story on caring for curly hair here.