How long has it been since you used or even bought a can of hairspray? Have you even looked for it in the hair product aisle? I started thinking about this one day when I was frustrated with wispy hairs sticking out around my ponytail. I was completely baffled as to what might possibly work to keep those fly-away hairs down. Should I try gel? For one, I couldn’t think of where I may even have gel and for another, wouldn’t that just make my hair unnaturally shiny in spots and crusty feeling? Not the look I was going for! If I patted the hairs down with water, they’d inevitably dry and start flying around again. Then I remembered that, years ago, I’d had a travel size bottle of hairspray that seemed to work miracles in such cases. Holding the style in place but not leaving my hair sticky, crispy, or too glossy. As I started my search of old make-up and travel bags, digging through boxes of old hair products, it occurred to me that I should probably just pick up another bottle the next time I was at the store. I never did find my little emergency bottle of hairspray. And by the time I next got to the store, and started looking for hairspray, I couldn’t find what I wanted. I couldn’t even find the big old aluminum bottles of Aqua Net that used to be a staple in my parents’ bathroom closet. What gives? Were they banned? Is that what all the talk about CFCs was about? How many years, exactly, has it been since I used hairspray or heard anyone reference it? So you tell me: does anyone use hairspray any more or has it gone to the hair product graveyard?
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