The most common question I get is "Who does your hair?" (One time at the grocery store, a woman jumped (yes, literally jumped) right in front of me and said, "I love your hair! Who does it?" Scared the daylights out of me. It's just hair, people! LOL!), but the second most common is "How do you do "the bump"?" - everyone wants to know about "the bump". I've even given mini tutorials in restaurants and elevators. Ha!
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If you've ever tried to do a bump - even a small one - then you know that it works best when your hair is dirty. It's virtually impossible to get any height to stay in when your hair is freshly shampooed. With the help of a good dry shampoo, I can usually go 4-5 days between shampoos, and in the past, my bump always looked best on days 3-5. I wasn't about to go "bumpless" on days 1-2, so I had to find something to hold that bump.
I've been using texturizing powders for the past few years, and they work - but the down side is that they also leave your hair feeling really tacky. For days. And you have to be careful as you're applying them. Too much can be a disaster, not enough and you might as well not bother. Hairspray alone just wasn't enough - not even the super hold formula. Mousses, root lifters, volumizing sprays - none of them worked. I have a lot of hair - it's thick and it's about to the bottom of my bra strap in the back - and the weight of it pulls the crown flat unless there is something very strong holding it in place.
A few weeks ago, I came across Sexy Hair's Spray Clay
Can I just say that this stuff is amazing? It's now my holy grail bump product. With this, my Spornette teasing brush
(*This Sonia Kashuk brush was purchased for about 4 years ago, and is supposed to be a reasonably-priced alternative for the very pricey Mason Pearson brush
The Spray Clay sounds like it would be sticky or stiff, but it's not. It sprays out in an almost dry aerosol. Just like my beloved Sebastian Shaper Hairspray (not Shaper Plus - I hate that stuff!) I section the crown of my hair and spray the individual sections just before I flat iron them. The hair is perfectly soft after I straighten it! I can't even tell there is anything on it. I then take the teasing brush and backcomb (brush?) that section of my hair, and smooth it down. Normally, my clean hair is almost impossible to backcomb, but with this, it backcombs well and maintains the volume. After I finish all of the sections, I smooth the top again, crisscross my part in the front, and use hairspray (Sebastian Shaper
If you have any issues with keeping volume at the crown, I recommend giving Sexy Hair Spray Clay
Do you have problems keeping volume in the top of your hair?
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