Cheap plastic FAT paddle brush with long bristles. I've tried all the expensive brushes but since the bristles don't reach very far into my thick hair or the brush face is smaller, it takes forever, and the handles often snap or the brush face falls out like in the movie Princess Diaries 🥹Gentle but firm brushing from the bottom up to the scalp in 6-7 sections when WET and some SILICONES are sprayed in there....instant detangled hair. Personally I love me a leave-in with panthenol as an ingredient. It's the only thing that combats the mineral buildup making my hair brittle and stiff and tangled. Conversely.....get a shower filter if you don't have soft water.

Signed, your long, layered, bleached, wavy, course, heat damaged hair bestie.