Minimum hold. (Boots 'Essentials' Maximum Hold Hairspray)

Member Name: Vaula

Product:	Boots 'Essentials' Maximum Hold Hairspray
Date:	10/07/09 (128 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Small price, nice looking bottle, light neutral smell.

Disadvantages: Doesn't give a hold.

I have long, wavy, kind of unruly hair, and was using this spray for a long time whenever I needed to 'glue' a section of hair on the top of my head in place, before I realised that there are a lot better ones out there. I guess the fact that the product is Boots brand (cheap and cheerful) should have tipped me off.

The unperfumed version of the product is packaged in a light lilac metallic spray bottle, which is very minimalistic and quite stylish in design. The perfumed version comes in a darker lilac bottle. The unperfumed spray comes in a big full size bottle 450 ml and a small travel size one, 75 ml, which is very light and fits nicely into a handbag.

The smell of the product is neutral and light, so your co-workers will still be able to sit next to you, which is not what can be said of some of the more high-end hairsprays.

The problem of the product is that it doesn't actually do what it's meant to. This spray is the strongest one in the range and only gives any hold to the hair for about 30 seconds, before the hair is exactly where it was before. I've tried gunking it out as well: spraying a good wallop of the product into the offending section, but this just leaves the hair looking very greasy, and again, doesn't give the hold that I would need.

Maybe this spray would be suitable for very thin or short hair, of if used while the section of hair is being teased a lot as well, but it certainly doesn't work on mine.

The good thing about the product is the price, as the 450 ml size bottle retails at £1.57 in Boots, and the travel size at around 60p.

Summary: Cheap and cheerful hairspray, that doesn't give hold to my hair. May be better for thin/short hair.