I have always had a lot of wispy hairs around my hairline that annoy me. I have very fine hair, and have several fans going at all times in my work space, and the feeling of those little hairs tickling and tickling my face drives me crazy. I’ve been looking for a strong hold gel that I can just put on the stray hairs in the morning, and then forget about it. I want a gel I can rely on to hold all day- and then some.
I am old enough to remember the incredibly strong hold styling products we had in the 80s we used to spike up or hold up the masses of volume that we strove to get into our hair. I remember I.C.E. Gel by Joico had a really strong hold, as well as that teal blue gel KMS made, or the spray gels like Spritz Forte by Sebastian (I still remember its sweet, alcohol smell) that faithfully kept your hair in place through a long night of dancing, and through what came after.
I can’t find any of those old reliable products any longer. Is it that one or more of the ingredients in those oldies but goodies is now possibly banned? Or, it could just be that nowadays, not as many people want to put that kind of 80s gravity-defying volume in their hair.
I tried a few big box store gels, like Gorilla gel, whose holding agent-heavy ingredient list looked promising in terms of delivering hold, and a few other gels that claimed to give a “super strong hold.” None of the products I tried held the little wispies beyond an hour or so, and I ended up returning them all. I found the Got2 Be gel in the yellow tube to have an adequately powerful hold, but the smell and texture of the product reminded me too much of Elmer’s glue. It just wasn’t pleasant to use. (Their hairspray is amazing, though.)
I read through the reviews submitted for supposedly stronger holding gels here on Amazon, and this one caught my eye. Many reviewers (thanks, guys!) mentioned decently strong hold. I decided to try the smaller tube of it, and if it didn’t work, I would give it to a friend.
It arrived. I sprayed some water around my hairline, and brushed the hair back. I dispensed about a dime size of the Hard Holding Gel into my palm and distributed it to my other palm, and then applied the product to my hair line. The Gel is a fairly viscous blue gel, on the thicker side, but not annoyingly so. It has a light, fresh neutral scent that is barely detectable. It’s formula reminded me of the not-strong holding Gorilla gel, so I decided to add more product to my hairline, as I wanted to make sure I had enough to feel what it was like, and also to make sure those annoying hairs were finally tamed.
It was hot and dry today, so the gel dried quickly. And- I was transported back to those no-nonsense hair gels of the 1980s.
This stuff has true holding power. In fact, by accident, I had put way too much in my hair, and when I run my hands over where the dried gel is, it does feel crunchy. But weirdly- it doesn’t feel not right to me. I guess it’s because I don’t intend to brush out my hair later, or perhaps that I am used to products that hold like this from using them back in the day. I just want my hair to stay put, for as long as possible. And I can tell that this Hard Holding Gel is going to deliver.
I tried brushing through part of my gelled hairline so I could report what that was like. The gel brushed out clean, without any flaking, and no crunchy feeling remained. Though I really over-applied the product, I can’t feel it on my hair, unless I touch it. I mean- there’s no weird extra stiffness or feeling of a product’s presence on my hair, as with the Got 2 Be gel. My hair is, finally, just doing what I want it to be doing.
This smaller sized tube is going to last me a long time, because I know now that a much smaller amount than I initially applied will be powerful enough to do the job. This gel re-activates easily with a bit of water, too. And it rinses out clean.
Anyone looking for a powerfully holding hair product that will allow you to spike or slick back your hair or otherwise have it defy gravity, and have it hold ALL DAY, should definitely check out this product. This stuff is the real deal. Thinking back again to the hairstyles of the 80s, I bet this gel would even be powerful enough to hold up one of the big Mohawks a few of my buddies sported. And to do that takes some no-nonsense, powerful holding hair gel. Really glad my search is over for the ideal, dependable go-to styling product. Highly recommended!
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SexyHair Style Hard Up
Provides Maximum High Hold up to 48 Hours
Flake-free gel with a maximum high hold finish and up to 48 hours of humidity resistance. Formulated for fine, medium and coarse hair types.
Suggested Use: Apply to damp or dry hair, use to mold and sculpt hair into desired style. Water soluble, washes out with shampoo
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Great Value, even if it's 2x more expensive (but no higher please). Best Hard Gel w/out the flakes!
Finally a gel that doesn't make me look like Mr. Dandruff man...no more flakes in the afternoon! I bought this gel about a month ago and use one or two pumps per day since my hair is very thin and sticks up otherwise. After all that use there's still 2/3's of the bottle remaining (pics of gel after one month of pretty heavy usage). I was forced to waste about one or two pumps when locking the pump for traveling purposes, which I recommend doing before putting gel in hair instead of after like I did unfortunately (to lock pump, press the pump down and rotate it left/right). I prefer the 10.2 Fl Oz tube since it was easier and cleaner to travel with, but the pump is much more convenient otherwise. The 16.9 Fl Oz is more expensive as some of the other reviews mentioned, but it's really not that expensive compared to the previous 10.2 Fl Oz tube at $16.99 (side note: sounds like the 10.2 Fl Oz tube is either discontinued or out of stock after browsing the major retailers). This 16.9 Fl Oz pump is more expensive by about $0.10 per Fl Oz or roughly $1.50 more expensive using the same Fl Oz. Yes, it's a bummer if the 16.9 Fl Oz pump is two times the cost as it was before, as others pointed out, but the current price is right for how long it lasts and the quality of the product. Highly recommend compared to all the other hair gels out there imo.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2023
Style: Hard Up | 1.7 fl oz (Travel)Verified Purchase
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Used this for almost 5yrs
Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2023Style: Hard Up | 16.9 fl ozVerified Purchase
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Excelente producto y excelente proveedor la entrega fue rapidisima
Reviewed in Mexico on February 19, 2022Style: Hard Up | 16.9 fl ozVerified Purchase
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Great product
Reviewed in Canada on September 16, 2021Style: Hard Up | 5.1 fl ozVerified Purchase
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2024Style: Hard Up | 1.7 fl oz (Travel)Verified Purchase
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Reviewed in Germany on March 23, 2024Style: Hard Up | 1.7 fl oz (Travel)Verified Purchase
