Need horrible hairspray

Si_Clist

Can anyone please recommend a really naff, horrible cheapo aerosol hairspray a bloke can buy that leaves hair sticky, rigid, or preferably both? Ideally it won't pong like a tart's handbag either

This is for spraying model trees to keep the "foliage" from falling off. Kind of like a varnish but cheaper and easier to apply ...

Owain_Moneysaver

Tesco Value Hairspray (although it's probably been renamed Cohen Couture Farm Grown Hairspray now) should meet the requirements of naff, horrible, cheapo. Not sure about tart's handbag as I've never smelt one.

And I do hope that's not some horrible euphemism

GlasweJen

Poundland do a gold one with a blue stripe that wlll work. I wouldn't worry about the smell as that will go away fairly quick with a good airing

Si_Clist

Thanks folks. Shame you can't still get that 'orrible stinky lacquer in the refillable squeezy bottles that the girls used to use on their beehive hairdos in the 1960s.

How they ever got that stuff out of their hair once it had set, I never did understand. I know there was lacquer-removing shampoo, but even so ...

GlasweJen

Si_Clist wrote: »

Thanks folks. Shame you can't still get that 'orrible stinky lacquer in the refillable squeezy bottles that the girls used to use on their beehive hairdos in the 1960s.

How they ever got that stuff out of their hair once it had set, I never did understand. I know there was lacquer-removing shampoo, but even so ...

The Poundland stuff is as near as damn

Si_Clist

GlasweJen wrote: »

The Poundland stuff is as near as damn

Right then, that's me sorted! Thank you very much indeed.

McKneff

Si_Clist wrote: »

Thanks folks. Shame you can't still get that 'orrible stinky lacquer in the refillable squeezy bottles that the girls used to use on their beehive hairdos in the 1960s.

How they ever got that stuff out of their hair once it had set, I never did understand. I know there was lacquer-removing shampoo, but even so ...

We used to use sugar and water in them bottles if we ran out of spray....stiff as boards.
Couldnt use ut during the day, we got circled bt wasps, bees and flies lol

heartbreak_star

Insette is also the shiz for that. I used to use it a few years ago to a) hold my goth backcombing in place, b) hold my dance bun in place, and c) stop flock from shedding on miniature bases.

Just the stuff the purple "Spikey" one is best!

HBS x

Magnolia

Si_Clist wrote: »

Thanks folks. Shame you can't still get that 'orrible stinky lacquer in the refillable squeezy bottles that the girls used to use on their beehive hairdos in the 1960s.

How they ever got that stuff out of their hair once it had set, I never did understand. I know there was lacquer-removing shampoo, but even so ...

Belair hair lacquer - was actually shellac so water based - still took some washing out but it would keep your 'hive' up there for weeks :cool:

suejb2

Back in the day (80s) there was a punk in our village with a sky high green mohican!! He used washing up liquid to keep it stiff....


..ooh errr misses!

Si_Clist

Magnolia wrote: »

Belair hair lacquer - was actually shellac so water based ...

That's the stuff! Could I 'ell as like remember what it was called! Yes, it was shellac, but definitely not water based. If it was, they couldn't have dissolved the shellac in it, and the !!!!!! definitely wouldn't have been drinking it when they ran out of meths