VO5 Heat Protect Styling Spray

Because we all use a blow dryer or straightening iron or curling iron. It is almost impossible to avoid them. Who has time to wait 4-5 hours to air dry their hair? Not me...My whole routine after the shower takes me 1-2 hours. Blow dry with a round brush... 40 min. If I want to wear it down, it gets straightened.... 1 hour at least...
It's like an arm workout. No joke! So a heat protection product is a must for me and it's an easy way to get extra protein and hydrating ingredients in the hair. I got mine at 25p...score.. because the pump was broken. No big deal. I just put it in another spray bottle and it works just fine. 
The only thing I don't like about it is the smell. Not the actual smell, but how strong it is. Hold your breath when you use it or you will choke. And it stays in the hair, which might be a good thing; your hair will smell nice...and you will smell nice, but you can't use perfume with it or they will clash. It says it can protect hair for up to 230 degrees, which is exactly what I use on my straightening iron. Now does it actually protect? How can you tell? I can never tell. But I will always use some protection from heat, just in case it does. I spray twice in each section and then wait about 10 minutes for my hair to absorb it. Then blow dry. After that, spray once in each section, let it dry, and go in with the iron. 
Overall, I do like it, but the smell is too much for me. So after I am finished with it, I will look for a new one. Do you recommend something? 

Rating:

3 out of 5

VO5 Plump It Up Dry Backcomb Spray

Bought this thinking it will be like my beloved Batiste Dry Shampoo. It's not! I'm not sure why I even expected that since it clearly isn't a dry shampoo, but there are days when I want volume at the roots even though my hair is not greasy. It says it has collagen in it, which should have been a red flag for me, since I really dislike that Tresemme hair powder which also promised big hair.
I have the same problem with the VO5. My hair feels sticky and impossible to comb thru. And the volume, not so much. I did use it just as the instruction said: shake it, spray from 30 cm and massage. Did all that, still no.  Maybe my hair is too dense to put in it anything texturing, maybe it's too thick and heavy for powders to lift it up, I don't know; but I give up with products like this. They clearly don't work for me. 
Has anyone with fine hair tried this? Did it work for you? Please let me know.
  

Rating:

1 out of 5