And now,let us spray
Funny thing,I've also used AquaNet,which is EXACTLY the same formula as Rave,the same company even makes them.The fragrance,however, is slightly different,even in the unscented version,which still is scented BTW,it just supposedly has a non-lingering fragrance,but AquaNet went thru ALL the same changes at the same time as Rave.Years back,before Rave arrived,AquaNet,in the pink and black can,had the Extra Super Hold Formula,which contained up to three times more holding power than conventional sprays according to the can.'Tis true.Your hair was so laquered into place that you could NOT even comb it.I loved it.But it was very hard to wash out unless you occasionally used dishwashing liquid or Baking Soda to strip thru it.One gets the impression that the people at Betty Bouffant's Beehive Beauty Boutique had stock in the stuff.Today's extra super hold Aqua Net washes out easily,because it has little hold like its Rave cousin.I am apsolutely certain that the lowered VOC requirements has something to do with all of this.Manufacturers have been forced to lower the alcohol content of hairspray to supposedly save the atmospheric continuem,so to speak.The alcohol is needed for quick evaporation of the spray.Contrary to popular belief, alcohol in hairspray does not really dry out the hair.It dries too quick to have a chance to do that.But on wet hair it could because the wetness gives it time to dry out your tresses. Rave and AquaNet both have added more water to their sprays to replace some of the alcohol.They go on wetter,take longer to dry, and sometimes droop the hair as a result.What tress distress.
