Written by: geemegan
Ah how refreshing to get an insight into the Gatsby series from a female point of view! Although my hair is a bit long and thick for this product now, I used to use it a lot back when my hair was quite short (like shoulder length).
Well when I first used this, I just tried to do what they did in those hilarious tutorial videos (you know the ones with the sleepy looking guys); getting a finger-full, spreading it on the palms of my hands then sort of getting it all in your hair. After several attempts, I realized that it just won’t work with my heavy hair. But I think the feathery type hair would still work with that technique. Anyway, so I realized that I needed to apply the stuff to each layer of my hair, not just in one go. It holds reasonably well; if you’re looking for spikes, then this is not for you though. It’s good to just give the top layers of your hair a bit of extra volume. And you can do the twist thing pretty well. I find that it’s also quite good for making greater distinctions between each layer or grouping hair. However a decent blast of spray is required if you want the style to last all day. So far I haven’t encountered any negative effects this product has on hair, but then again I don’t use it everyday nor do I use a great amount each time. Even so, it doesn’t seem to be as hard on your hair compared to others in the Moving Rubber series; it washes off relatively easily, it doesn’t leave hair dry or damaged and the smell is pleasant and still remains subtle throughout the day. Oh and the smell is delicious. It doesn’t smell like a hair product. It smells a green apple Breezer. Yum.
| Pros | Con |
| Not shiny or wet looking at all | A bit troublesome to apply for people with heavy or thick hair |
| Great for adding a bit of volume | Additional product is needed to ensure the style will last the entire day |
| Good hold for light, “feathery” hair | |
| Easy to wash off | |
| The scent is really yummy | |
So overall, I found this to be a pretty good product, especially because I have this thing against Moving Rubber for some reason. It’s great for adding a bit of volume to your hair, or to define layers. I would recommend this one for girls with short to medium hair as well as guys with medium to long hair.
Now leave a comment below (:
asdfghjkl says:
July 28, 2010 at 6:09 pm
The girl version of this product is called Lucido L. FYI (:
etrekas says:
June 8, 2010 at 7:01 am
*do not recommend for girls*
the Gatsby Moving Rubber series was produced only for boys
there is a hair wax series for girls, not called Gatsby
if girls use Gatsby…cannot imagine, the hair all stick together
i dont remember the name for the girl hair wax, but anyway, gatsby is for boy only
GATSman says:
March 15, 2010 at 8:17 pm
is this one like green air rise?
im thinking about getting this because i want a new style
it sounds like green air rise because of the “volume”
Brian says:
March 18, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Orange is stickier than green, so it works on a wider range of hair lengths and is overall more versatile. If you have long-ish hair, I’d go with orange.
GATSman says:
March 28, 2010 at 11:37 pm
it also makes your hair wavy in a good way right?
ckckck says:
November 25, 2009 at 2:50 pm
-Not shiny or wet looking at all
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Strongly disagree with this one.
It does gives a shine (not the heavy randomwax one) but it doesn’t look like your hair is productfree.
weesee says:
November 25, 2009 at 5:45 am
post pics of scene-like hair styles? ^^