Rock hard hair spray required

I have hair like that NanKate and I use Tesco Maximum hairspray. I think it's about 80 pence in a purple can. It holds mine OK!

Consider using something other than hairspray, have a look at VO5 mega Hold weather resistant gel spray. Give your hair a blast of it, then arrange as you please with your fingers, tail end of a comb etc, then lightly mist it again to hold in your chosen position!

(If you want REAL volume effect, bend forward and spray your hair sort of upside down, however prepare to be alarmed when you first look in the mirror after!

I use L'Oreal Sculpting Spritz Ultra Strong hold, which is a gel spray, and also a gel from a tube. Both together should help as phoenix says!

I use them to stop my hair from taking over the world!

Use a volumising mousse on your scalp then blow dry upside down for maximum volume then finger into shape a blast with Shockwaves should keep it held for the day,or grow it long like mine and tie it up on top and save a fortune on products.

Thanks everyone just the advice I need.

That is the wonderful thing our Gransnet you can ask a question and within a short time you get a sensible answer.

to you all.

I have recently found 2 photos showing different extremes of my hair! Might see if I can add them to profile.

I use Fat Hair - Thickening Gel to Mousse and either Fat Hair Lacquer or Shockwaves level 5, the strongest hold. You can buy these in Superdrug.

I popped into Superdrug and they had the FatHair products half price. I bought the spray which I will use tomorrow when I wash my hair. I also
got the lacquer which I tried today and it gave a lovely firm feel, so thanks Agus.

I will try some of the other products mentioned too - so thanks ladies. I am hoping my limp hair will be a thing of the past.

I've been using Elnet since it first arrived on the market about 50 years ago! I like it because I can brush it out before I go to bed.

Same here! It keeps my hair, once put up, in an iron grip! Therefore I don't have to touch it all day!

I had to give up on Elnet as the smell made me heave. but thanks for the suggestion.

Tresemme Freeze Hold hairspray is good for keeping the scaffolding in place, once you've got your hair as plumped up as you want it. Even the strong winds don't blow it out.

Hope that nobody wants to run their fingers through it then.

NanKate the Elnet in the white can doesn't have that awful smell.

roses, yes! I think I'd rather have limp locks than be a helmet-head - but each to their own!

I haven`t used hairspray since I was about 19, my hair was getting so gunged up with it at the front that I looked to be going prematurely grey! Took me ages to get it out, and never used it again.

I have very fine limp hair - Tigi Queen for a Day root lift spray and their blow dry liquid is great- I also blow dry up side down for lift, and then Velcro roller till I step out the door

I use Tresemme Freeze Hold too. It stays in place all day at work!! I use Aussie Volume Shampoo and conditioner and Trevor Sorbie volume mousse.

I also have very fine flat hair. But I have a spikey hairdo that I use gel to spike up and then hairspray. It doesn't move all day. Both gel and hairspray are the cheap ones. I think if you have longish hair it doesn't help. Short and spikey is easy to manage.

Since Agus kindly put me in the direction of Fat hair products I have had much more manageable hair, so many thanks.

Also Lona I did not realise that Elnett could come without the perfume, so yet again this is the place to come for advice on anything.

Janeatha I also use the Aussie 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner for volume.

Now I need to start on sorting out my puffy eyes.

NanKate I don't think perfume is the word to describe the smell of Elnett!

I think cat pee smells better Lona

Glad to be of service NanKate.

Like Lona I use L'Oreal Sculpting Spritz Ultra Strong hold. It is the ONLY stuff I have found that stops my little bit of hair dropping.

It is like glue but effective. They have now changed the bottle and I am not 100% convinced it is as strong as it was.