I am forever on a quest for fuller, thicker hair. I do not suffer from any form of baldness, I just have crazy skinny hair. All women seem to want the opposite of the hair we have, so I dream of my fine straight locks magically transforming to a thick wavy mane.
I've tried every product I've seen that has the word "volumizing" on the label. I am convinced that one day my life will be changed by glam hair if I just find the right product. So I share the experiences of this journey, with apologies to my friends who lament their unruly curls and heavy hair.
Because I've tried so many sprays, gels and mousses without success, I get very excited at products that don't fall into one of those categories. Such was the case when I recently decided to try Toppik Hair Building Fibers. It is a sprinkle-on powder that is primarily marketed to people with hair loss issues. While I don't have hair loss, my hair is fine enough that I sometimes feel self-conscious about seeing too much scalp at my part line. The ad I saw in skymall was enough to convince me this product would give me that appearance of thick hair that I've pined for.
I spent time reading product reviews of my own before making this purchase. The product can be somewhat costly if used daily, and I really don't want to spend money on something that I don't have some degree of confidence in already. Reviews were largely positive. I spent approximately $24 for a smaller bottle, which I would guesstimate to be about a week's supply with regular use.
The product is available in fairly standard shades, and it is important to match as closely as you can. I purchased the blonde color, and it was a good match for my moderately light shade. There are accompanying products recommended to go with the powder that I did not choose to purchase. There is a small, comblike tool that is supposed to better distribute the powder, but I didn't really feel like that was an issue. All indications recommend the holding spray. Based on reading reviews, I opted not to get the spray and just used my own regular hairspray instead. This worked fine and saved me a few bucks.
Toppik is sprinkled onto clean dry hair, at the rootline. You then distribute it through your roots either using their tool or your fingers. I felt fine with the distribution I got from my fingers. I did not have any odd clumps or flaking. It didn't take much time at all, under two minutes total. I finished with spray and it stayed put throughout the day. However, it didn't do a whole lot for my hair.
Since their ads show bald people transformed with this product, I gullibly believed it would make my hair look incredibly full. In reality, there was not enough transformation to really discuss, perhaps an improvement in appearance by ten percent. I tried using more of the product with no noticeable change. And while the product did stay in place, it was somewhat itchy and I would have powdery residue under my fingernails when I scratched.
I've tried every product I've seen that has the word "volumizing" on the label. I am convinced that one day my life will be changed by glam hair if I just find the right product. So I share the experiences of this journey, with apologies to my friends who lament their unruly curls and heavy hair.
Because I've tried so many sprays, gels and mousses without success, I get very excited at products that don't fall into one of those categories. Such was the case when I recently decided to try Toppik Hair Building Fibers. It is a sprinkle-on powder that is primarily marketed to people with hair loss issues. While I don't have hair loss, my hair is fine enough that I sometimes feel self-conscious about seeing too much scalp at my part line. The ad I saw in skymall was enough to convince me this product would give me that appearance of thick hair that I've pined for.
I spent time reading product reviews of my own before making this purchase. The product can be somewhat costly if used daily, and I really don't want to spend money on something that I don't have some degree of confidence in already. Reviews were largely positive. I spent approximately $24 for a smaller bottle, which I would guesstimate to be about a week's supply with regular use.
The product is available in fairly standard shades, and it is important to match as closely as you can. I purchased the blonde color, and it was a good match for my moderately light shade. There are accompanying products recommended to go with the powder that I did not choose to purchase. There is a small, comblike tool that is supposed to better distribute the powder, but I didn't really feel like that was an issue. All indications recommend the holding spray. Based on reading reviews, I opted not to get the spray and just used my own regular hairspray instead. This worked fine and saved me a few bucks.
Toppik is sprinkled onto clean dry hair, at the rootline. You then distribute it through your roots either using their tool or your fingers. I felt fine with the distribution I got from my fingers. I did not have any odd clumps or flaking. It didn't take much time at all, under two minutes total. I finished with spray and it stayed put throughout the day. However, it didn't do a whole lot for my hair.
Since their ads show bald people transformed with this product, I gullibly believed it would make my hair look incredibly full. In reality, there was not enough transformation to really discuss, perhaps an improvement in appearance by ten percent. I tried using more of the product with no noticeable change. And while the product did stay in place, it was somewhat itchy and I would have powdery residue under my fingernails when I scratched.
In fairness to the product, I was not using it to cover baldness as it is intended. I thought that would make it all the more effective, as I was essentially asking it to do less work for me. I can only speak to my experience as a non-balding blonde (perhaps the change is more noticeable with darker colors). This product wasn't bad, it just also wasn't good. I will not be purchasing it again for myself, but I wouldn't discourage someone from trying it who had a different hair situation from mine. I also wouldn't rush to encourage it, either.
Overall Rating: 3.4 on a 10 point scale
