Dafne dares to ask…The other day I bought Luxurious Volume Thickening Blow Dry Lotion by John Frieda. It works, but it feels just like hair spray, looks just like hair spray, and makes your hair sticky like hair spray. Might it actually be hair spray? And if so, can I use just any type of hair spray for this purpose, or this one is actually better than a normal one if it’s used during blow drying?
The Right Brain responds:
As Dafne pointed out in her original question in our Forum, the product contains the following ingredients:
Alcohol Denat., Aqua, PVP, VP/VA Copolymer, VP/DMAPA Acrylates Copolymer, PEG- 75 Lanolin, Polysorbate 20, Parfum, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Linalool.
(BTW, we LOVE when our readers do their own ingredient research; it gives us more time to sit around watching YouTube videos of Sicu the Polar Bear.)
Blow dry lotion = hairspray
Anyway, PVP, VP/VA Copolymer, VP/DMAPA Acrylates Copolymer are all hairspray ingredients used to hold the hair in place. This is a hairspray that’s designed to be used during blow drying. Can you use any hairspray as a blow dry lotion? It’s tough to say without seeing the concentration of each ingredient. It’s possible that the water and alcohol levels (as well as the resins themselves) could be optimized to give you more “play time” during blow drying. But you could certainly TRY any old hairspray and see if it works for you. The worst that can happen is that your hair will end up a tangled mess.
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I often use normal hairspray while blow drying. The trick is using the right one. A light/flexible hold gives you enough time to dry your hair in the desired style but if you want a bit more hold (like I do!) then I use super firm hairspray. However, it dries VERY quickly so you need to be on the ball with your blowdrying!
I use Bio Ionic Thermal Active Blow Dry Spray and it is AWESOME!!!
One of the best Hair Spray styling product on the market is Shea Radiance Thermal Smothie. It is a spray and does not make the hair crunchy or sticky. I usually apply when hair is wet or damp and use a diffuser to blow dry. Result is excellent