I?ll get right to it: My hair is generally flat and limp and thin and lifeless and terrible. It air-dries into a stringy, straight-over-here-but-wavy-other-there mess that no cream or balm or low chignon can fix, and when left to its own devices, it?ll mat itself to the crown of my head and cowlick toward the front. Fun!
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Adding to the terribleness of it all is the fact that I have a long face: If my hair falls apathetically alongside it, it looks almost comically long. If that sounds like a first-world problem, it?s because it is?but it?s enough to make me invest half my annual salary in volumizing shampoos, teaser combs, and thickening sprays.
But there?s one product?my desert island product, if you will?that I?m literally never without. I carry it in my purse alongside my wallet and keys, and it travels with my next to my sunscreen and mascara when I?m going out of town: Big Sexy Hair?s Powder Play. Anyone that knows me probably associates me with the tiny red bottle, if only because I recommend it to anyone who?ll listen. STYLECASTER?s beauty editor Chloe once described my obsession with it as something she ?genuinely believes [I] would run into a burning building filled with sharks to save??and it?s true. Photo: Imaxtree
In short, Powder Play is a texturizing powder that lends natural-looking grit and volume to your hair. Once my hair?s dry, I like to sprinkle some into the palm of my hand, flip my head over, zhoo...