Wood has a coating that becomes sticky and gooey and rubs off.
The brush is a good size for purse and has nice bristles, good for smoothing fly always. The first time I tried to really clean the brush with water some kind of coating or stain on the wood came  off. It got very sticky and gross so I ended up just scraping it all off, it took some time but underneath was clean smooth wood. My pic is after the cleaning, I didn’t think to take a pic of before. I don’t use any hair products other than shampoo so this could not have been from anything I put on the brush. Other than the weird sticky stuff  it is a great brush for the price.
Rating: 3 stars