When I was in jr. high, I remember some hairspray company (I wanna say it was Aquanet but I could be wrong)coming out with a sort of DIY hairspray. They were aiming to give consumers an alternative to aerosol can hair sprays which pumped CFCs into the atmosphere like there was no tomorrow. The hairspray in question had a pump on it in which you used to pump ordinary air into the cannister to create the desired aerosol effect. Whatever happened to this hairspray? Is it still available? If so, where can I purchase it?
Thanking ya’ll in advance.
I think IDBB means the kind that you manually pumped the air into, and it caused the bottle to spray like an aerosol without the ozone issues.
I remember that hairspray too, and I think it was Vidal Sasoon. I haven’t seen it since the early 90s though.
I’m curious – how is the spray of an aerosol hairspray different from that of a non-aerosol or pump of the type I linked to? I’m not sure I’ve ever used an aerosol hairspray, although I have used other aerosol sprays, and they don’t seem any different to me from a pump.
I have an olive oil sprayer that works much like the spray you describe. Perhaps you could buy one like it and fill it with hairspray that comes in a pump bottle. You may have to experiment with swapping nozzle sizes though, as I assume the olive oil sprayer’s can accomodate larger droplets than you’d want for an effective hairspray.
The above link is a cite I should have included in my reply.
Of course they are not “completely harmless” Even pressurized air in a can can cause harm if you heat it up enough. Their environmental impact is probably less than many other products people use without a second thought.
If I was to hazard a guess, I’d say Aerosols are roughly equivalent to their pump counterparts, as they both introduce volatile organic chemicals into the atmosphere. But that is just a guess, as I am not familiar with how the proportion of chemicals used in each type may differ.
Thanks for the info guys!
I’ll try that thing with the olive oil pumper, just for shits and giggles to see what happens. I haven’t used a lot of hairspray since oh…about 88 or 89,back when the Huge Hair Trend™ended. I remember being in upper elementary(4th and 5th)and jr high and using almost a can of hairspray a DAY to keep my hair big and floofy.
Yes, but the hairspray I use, and the other ones linked in my first post are all non-aerosol. So how would they differ (in effectiveness or environmental impact) from the type of spray that IDBB is looking for?
