Hey jh, welcome back from the hiatus! I thought you quitted the hair game. Hahaha.
Anyway, the OS Sea Spray i got from you a year back is running low. I am contemplating whether to get the same sea spray. It works very well for me, but i feel that when i inhale in some of the spray after spraying, i felt a little bit hotness in my lungs. Don't think it is very harmful to the health since there isn't any toxic ingredients, but well, still a little bit concern. Wanted to try other hair volumizer products, such as hair volumizer gel. However, I don't think any of the seller carries it here. Any thoughts on why it is not rated here?
Thanks!
Hey bro! Thanks for the welcome. Yes, i had been relatively inactive due to other upcoming plans. Will be sharing more here, in due time. Since you asked, i would try to provide some of my inputs here.
Personally, i am not a believer of volumizing gel right from the start. This is because the purpose of volumizing is to add life to the hair and to counter limpness but this is contrary to my perception of gel. Generally speaking, gels are water based hairstyling product that will stiffen the hair. Needless to say, it will be heavy and this applies to volumizing gel too. Now the question here: How could it volumize the hair? Maybe it works for people with short styles to give hold but it will be unlikely to work for typical hair length and texture, especially for asians IMO. Some might argue that it might not necessarily stiffen as some volumizing gels could be formulated with other ingredients (e.g. aloe) to soothe the hair. This might be true but one thing for sure, the weight is definitely there to pull it down. Result? Heavy hair that will not be volumized.
In spite of this, some can also say that blowdrying can help to achieve optimal volume. Seasalt spray requires some extent of blowdrying, as it is liquid and not mist (will not evaporate easily). Yet this amount of blowdrying is considerable to me already. With volumizing gels, it can be imagined how much more effort on blowdrying is required. And we have to look at the shine factor too. With the high level of moisture in volumizing gels, i would say out of the many types of volumizing products, it could easily top the chart. Here, i think suitability in our context is not quite there. All in all, it is not a product that can be controllable IMO, so this is why i am disinterested in this product.
P.S. Lets not forget that the varieties for volumizing gels is very limited in the market actually. Recalled that big sexy hair volumizing gel was mentioned here previously. You may look into that if you're interested but honestly speaking, the suitability in SG's context is questionable.