I’m a hairstylist – the everyday staple you probably NEVER clean but should, it gets filthy
A SCOTS hairstylist has revealed that a basic item should be cleaned regularly and people have been left shocked.
Mathew Watt regularly posts incredible hair and beauty hacks for followers on social media.
And in his latest video, Mathew, who works at Edinburgh hair salon Socially Painted, revealed that there’s one item that people never clean but definitely should.
He told beauty lovers in a video on TikTok that their hairdryer can quickly get filthy if they don’t clean it regularly.
In the clip, the stylist showed followers how to take a hairdryer apart to give a proper clean.
Mathew, who goes by The Hair Expert on the popular app, also explained that doing so it keeps it working better for longer.
In a step by step video, he starts by taking the filer off the back end of the hairdryer.
Do to this he simply twists it and it pops off.
Mathew then scrapes at the thick layer of stoor and dust that built up inside the filter cap.
Once it’s loosened, he brushes it off until it’s completely gone.
He then brushed the back of the hairdryer as well to make sure there’s nothing built up.
When he’s finished it clips the filter back on and the hairdryer is good to go.
Mathew caption the post: “HOW to CLEAN your HAIRDRYER and keep it working 100%”.
Since it was posted, the video quickly racked up more than 2,300 views and 100 likes, comments and shares.
Users took to the comment to share their surprise at having to clean the inside of their hairdryer.
One person said: “How come I didn’t know this was a thing cleaning it. I’m a right midden!”
While others added the other different ways they clean it.
Someone else wrote: “I just use the nozzle of my hoover”.
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