…even though you know you should.
Do you have any personal items (no, not THAT personal!) that you just can’t let go no matter how old, battered and bruised?
Here’s mine…
I am as ashamed as I am proud of it.
My beloved 27 year old Mason Pearson Nylon & Bristle hairbrush that my mother bought me when I was just 2 years old.
It’s seen better days.
I’ve dropped it hundreds upon hundreds of times over the years… it’s been submerged in water, raked through various shades of hair dye, cleaned with all kinds of horrifically damaging cleaning fluids and yet still, it soldiers on.
The nylon bristles have split in places and you can clearly see the marks from a temper tantrum I had around age 13 when I threw it against the wall and then sobbed my heart out when I realised I’d chipped the head.
It’s been sung into, used as a back-scratcher and even circum-navigated the globe with me.
Am I ready to part with it? Am I hell.
This is still the brush I reach for in the mornings to weaken the tenacity of the knots that have appeared overnight before reaching for a paddle brush to finish the job.
Leila has just started to use the one that I bought her in May for her 1st Birthday and already she loves it. It’s a little smaller than mine, easier for her tiny hands to grasp. She bashes herself over the head with it more than she manages to pull it through her locks but she loves to find both brushes and pair them together as in the above photo.
I wonder if she’ll still be brushing her hair with it in nearly 30 years time. I hope for my sake that hers won’t show the signs of quite so many teenage tantrums though.
Mason Pearson hairbrushes are available to purchase instore at Liberty or online at HQHair – price varies depending on brush size.
C’mon, give up your secrets… got any beauty related treasures that you just can’t part with?
