How to make hairspray – DIY recipe
I love finding ways to make over some of my favorite health and beauty supplies. My latest quest was eliminating hair spray from my monthly grocery bill. I never dreamed it would be so easy to make homemade hairspray and the results would work so well!
For just pennies, I was able to cross one more item off my list of things I am doing to Learn to Live Without Walmart. Plus, when I looked at the list of ingredients in my old time favorite brand of hairspray I was shocked to think I had been spraying all those chemicals in my hair for years.
These were the ingredients in my favorite brand:
Hairspray Ingredients: SD Alcohol 40-B, Water, Isopropyl Alcohol, VA/Crotonates/Vinyl Neodecanoate Copolymer, Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer, Panthenol (Provitamin B5), Aminomethyl Propanol, Lauryl Pyrrolidone, Methyl Gluceth-20, Cyclopentasiloxane, Masking Fragrance.
So for just a few pennies for a 16 ounce spray bottle I still can get my hair to stay where I want it and I am no longer spraying garbage in and around my head.
How to make DIY hairspray:
- 1.5 cups distilled or boiled water
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoon of vodka
- Boil water and dissolve sugar in it.
- Allow to cool to room temp and add alcohol.
- Store in a spray bottle.
I have been extremely happy with the results of this makeover product; I just wish I had tried it years ago!
Thanks for stopping by!
Tracy Lynn
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Wow! I was just looking the hairspray bottle I was using today and thinking, I wish I knew how to make this stuff myself! Your post is so on target today! Thanks Tracy!
How can this product be made without the vodka?
I have made this recipe as well and it works good.
1 cup filtered water
4 teaspoons sugar
6-8 drops essential oil
1. Heat water in a small saucepan to boiling.
2. Add sugar and stir to dissolve.
3. Allow to cool. Add essential oils (if using).
4. Place in spray bottle. A funnel comes in handy here :).
Putting a new spray bottle on my shopping list today so I can try this. Thank you for sharing!
I cant wait to try this! Im hoping my hubby will love it too. He is a bit more picky than I am 😉 Thanks for the great recipe!
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Hairspray is one of the two things I haven’t found a natural replacement for. I am excited to share and make this.
I have been really happy with the results…I hope you are too!
I love this -I’m running low on hairspray so I’ll be giving it a try soon.
I’m anxious to try this! I am doing a Homesteading Challenge over on my blog to learn a new skill every month in 2015. Making beauty care products is on the list!
Visiting from the Homestead Blog Hop. 🙂
Mandi
http://www.ourlifeouthere.com/homesteading-challenge
Unbelievable! That sounds way to easy! Thanks for sharing this on the Art of Home-Making Mondays. I will try this VERY soon!!! 🙂
It is one of those stupid-simple recipes that works really well!
I wonder if my husband would use this…pinning to try it for him!
Great idea, vodka has many uses and I need to get some to make vanilla essence so might give this a go. Thanks for sharing at Good morning mondays. blessings.
grear idea!! Can’t wait to try it!!
I do have a couple questions though.
How does it work in high humidity?
And do you ever have problems with
any insects?? Silly question I know but
Bees and all things stingy hunt me
down already.
Thanks!
Regards,
Deb Henry
FB – deb deb
Deb I have not used this spray in high humidity yet since I just made it a short while ago. I am happy with the results so far and can’t wait to see how it holds up to our SC summers!
i was curious if anyone has tried this…any feedback? Sticky hair? Thank you!
Susie,
I know it is hard to believe that this works so well, but I am really loving it. I have it in my hair right now. I don’t find it sticky at all. I know a couple times I put too much on and it stayed wet looking so I have found a light spray works best.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this homemade hairspray recipe! I am super excited to make this.
Please remember that alcohol in any form on your hair will lighten color on your hair.
I am going to try this with honey instead of sugar. Honey is known to seal moisture into your hair so I think it will work well for my curly hair. I will let you know how it turns out!
Please do I would love to see how it works!
Can you use rubbing alcohol instead of vodka?
Sandy I am sorry but I have only made it with vodka so I am not sure how rubbing alcohol would work. If you try it out please post and let us know how it works. Others may wonder the same thing.
Hi Tracy, I’m curious to know how the hairspray worked out through the summer?
Connie I didn’t have any trouble with my hairspray during the hot sticky months of summer!
I think this is the first time I’ve read about making hairspray! Thanks for the idea, Tracy.
Brilliant! I think I’ll give this a try. With 3 females in my house we seem to go through alot of hairspray. I think I’ll add a few drops of lavendar EO for scent as well!
Where did you find a fine mist spray bottle? I can’t wait to try this!
Denise I found them on Amazon. http://amzn.to/2aCwonf
how simple! This one is worth trying – thank you for the recipe!
Sounds like a great idea but won’t the mosquitoes think I m a walking target?
Pinning! I was so interested to read this post. I had no idea you could make a natural, homemade hairspray. Thank you so much for sharing with us at The Hearth and Soul Link party. Have a lovely weekend!
I love this! I had also given up hair spray because of all the junk in it. This is great and I can’t wait to try. Pinned and you will be the featured post on this weeks Friday at the Fire Station link up!
Thanks for linking up at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week Tracy.
I just love it and I will surely try it. I was really upset with the hair spray due to bad stuff present in it. But, after reading your article, I m really happy and now I will able to prepare and use it. Also, I will clean up my hairbrush or comb .