Setting Lotion

[Ginger_tuppence]

Hi, I saw your thread when I googled for reviews on Schwarzkopf Silhouette setting lotion. I thought you might like to know that you can buy it at feelunique.com! http://www.feelunique.com/p/Schwarzkopf-Professional-Silhouette-Setting-Lotion-Super-200-ml

 

[vintageTink]

I was going to pick up a bottle of Lottabody at Sally's. I knew that I had some but couldn't find any. Suddenly my husband comes in and says, "Do you want to keep this?"
He had found my Lottabody!

 

[MissNathalieVintage]

Moouse works too lisafreemont street did a review on it.
I like to mix water and Layrite grooming spray, works great for my thin corse hair plus it gets humid out here in my neck of the woods, this is what worked for me http://www.amazon.com/Layrite-Groom...873637&sr=8-1&keywords=layrite+grooming+spray

 

[vintageTink]

Problem is finding a mousse that doesn't weigh down my fine, dry, colored hair. Do you know what Lisa uses? She has hair somewhat similar to my own.

 

[Fräulein U.]

I think she mentioned Motions Foam Wrap.

 

[Alice~]

UK ladies, I recently starting using a new setting lotion that has worked really nicely for me. It's StaySet Setting Lotion Extra Firm and you can get it in Superdrug for about £2. I fill my little spray bottle with water then add a generous squirt of StaySet, and it holds my curls better than Lottabody ever has!

 

[Bixie Bliss]

UK ladies, I recently starting using a new setting lotion that has worked really nicely for me. It's StaySet Setting Lotion Extra Firm and you can get it in Superdrug for about £2. I fill my little spray bottle with water then add a generous squirt of StaySet, and it holds my curls better than Lottabody ever has!

Are you meant to dilute it like Lottabody? I just used the superdrug one neat on wet hair! :-o

 

[jazzcleopatra]

Any of the Shea Moisture brand "mousses" are actually more like setting lotions and very conditioning for the hair.

 

[Helena Grace]

I usually use a homemade flaxseed setting lotion which I understand to be the same as the linseed setting lotion. However, I'm unable to continue making it at the moment due to complications with access, and so was wondering if there was an alternative? I know Lottabody is apparently much used, but I am staying away from chemicals in my hair at the moment. Not that I'm completly against them - just that my hair is healthy and cooperative for once and easy to care for and I don't want to mess that up..... So, is there an alternative to flaxseed setting lotion that is preferably available at Walmart or the equivalent that works with no-poo methods of hair care?

Thank you!

 

[Alice~]

Are you meant to dilute it like Lottabody? I just used the superdrug one neat on wet hair! :-o

I always do - I'd get through it too quickly otherwise!

@Helena Grace - some of my hair styling books suggest beer as a setting lotion. I haven't tried it myself; but it says to let the beer go flat overnight and apply it straight. The smell should evaporate away! I have also read that plain old sugar water works great.

 

[Alice~]

Recently stumbled across The Leopard Lounge, an Australian hair salon with products specifically made for vintage styling (http://theleopardlounge.com.au/collections/ladies-atomic-hair-products). The prices aren't justifiable for me considering I do fine with my £2 lotion, but the packaging is gorgeous and it's interesting that they're made from original 50s recipes. I wonder if it makes much of a difference? Have any of you ladies tried their products?

 

[Helena Grace]

I always do - I'd get through it too quickly otherwise!

@Helena Grace - some of my hair styling books suggest beer as a setting lotion. I haven't tried it myself; but it says to let the beer go flat overnight and apply it straight. The smell should evaporate away! I have also read that plain old sugar water works great.

Beer? I had heard that before - but I only have negative memories and associations with that stuff. That, and I really couldn't procure it - but I would go with chemicals before using it. My apologies - I had heard it worked though.

Sugar water? Wouldn't that be a terror come summer and heat and bugs?

 

[queen of jacque]

Argan oil is my new favorite beauty tool, and I like it for setting my curls!

Pin-curling is still a new adventure for me. My hair is fine and naturally curly (/wavy), so I'd never had a good-enough reason to tackle pin-curls. However, I'd wanted a way to wash my medium-length hair, go to bed, and wake up with hair looking more done than frizzy and slept-in. I'm trying to reduce my morning routine, so pin-curls were worth another try. Understanding that product would reduce frizz but apprehensive about transferring product from my hair to my pillowcase to my skin, I wanted something I'd use just as readily on my face. Argan oil to the rescue.

On second-day hair, two drops of argan oil per pin curl (I do 8) gave me one of the best hair days I'd had in a while: no frizz and curls that behaved all day.

 

[Alice~]

@Helena Grace - I haven't tried either myself, but they pop up a lot in vintage beauty guides as alternatives to standard setting lotion.

 

[Bixie Bliss]

I'm definitely going to try that with the Superdrug one. It does smell pretty alcoholic so if it still works diluted it should be easier on my hair.

 

[RebeccaMUA]

When I used to set my hair with pin curls, I used to use Salon Care Elan Plus Extra Hold Conditioning Setting Lotion that I would buy from Sally Beauty Supply:
http://www.sallybeauty.com/elan-setting-lotion/SBS-120865,default,pd.html#q=setting+lotion&srule=Price(LowtoHigh)&start=12&sz=12&viewAllProducts=true

I really loved the way it didn't feel heavy or overly sticky and when I went to brush out my curls my hair would fall just right, never weighed down.