Fog Bar Red – Strong Fix

Written by: Brianlam

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First Impressions

Well, Weesee and Trevor have told you most of what you need to know about this line of products:  not much in the bottle, but it’s light in your hair and pretty darn durable.  The main difference is that Red is for short hair, and thus spikier styles.

Now if you’re wondering why this review has taken so long, I can explain.  The whole idea of spray wax is pretty revolutionary—a product that goes on like hairspray but is still malleable like wax?  As you can imagine, it takes some getting used to.

The Review

My first attempt to use it, I failed miserably.  I sprayed it on in short bursts and styled my hair as if I were using a wax like Gatsby.  But because the spray is in your hair, and not on your hands, you really don’t want to touch it too much, otherwise you’re rubbing product off onto your hands rather than into your hair.

Considering how much this stuff costs, I was scared to use it again until recently (when I had cut my hair to a shorter length).  I was more successful this time around, and I understand the function of Fog Bar much better now.  In essence, it’s really more of a hairspray than a wax.  The main difference is that Fog Bar, in addition to holding your hairstyle, can give it texture.  However, you can’t really use it to shape your hair.

 

So what do you do then?  Well, it’s back to basics:  blow-drying.  Air-drying won’t cut it here; you really have to blow it to get it into the correct shape.  Once it’s dry, you can spray it and twist/pinch/crimp into your desired end result.