Hair brushes were commonly given to new brides and new mothers. Brushing hair or producing wigs to look refined was a luxury only afforded by the prominent people of that time.Īs society grew and became more civilized, the need for a hair brush was more for aesthetics, rather than for general grooming, but it still remained in favor for the wealthy. In ancient times, grooming was necessary to reduce the amount of head lice. To this we assumed was due to some style of a hair brush. Their carvings and paintings on walls and pyramids also showed neatly kept hair or wigs.
Unearthing Egyptian tombs revealed hair brushes along with combs and mirrors.
Portraits and sculptures of ancient Greeks and Romans showed tidy, braided or styled hair. When someone decided to drill holes in a handle and somehow add bristles that stayed, is still unclear. One theory is that the paint brush used for millions of years was slowly transformed into a hair brush. Shards of sea shells, stones and bone could be sized to untangle a snarl or knot. Animal hairs, such as wild boar or horse, were rigid enough for brushing. Handles were formed from wood, bronze or copper.
The one thing that is known is that they were all made from natural materials. The history of hair brushes do not have a definite inception date.
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