Last year, I bought Living Proof's Prime Style Extender, which is supposed to lock your style into place all day. It worked pretty well, but it costs $20 a tube, and was the only hair primer option around.
Last week, I noticed a new hair primer called Make It Stay ($13.99) at Rite Aid (I later saw it at Walgreens for $9.99). Upon reading the box, it sounds like it's supposed to do the same thing as Living Proof's version, although the ingredients are quite different. So I had to try it out and see if it works!
I decided to try an experiement and apply Living Proof's Prime Style Extender to half of my hair, and Make It Stay Primer and Style Extender to the other half. I divided my hair down the middle in the back and applied a quarter sized amount to each half of my head from roots to ends.
They have very different textures. Living Proof's Prime is white and feels like a styling cream. Make It Stay is translucent and feels much thicker, like a gel.
The first thing I noticed while blow-drying, was that while they both seemed to cut down on drying time, the side of my hair that had the Make It Stay was dry in no time flat! I was shocked, as it normally takes ages for my hair to dry. After I was finished, I took a large barrel curling iron and started making waves in my hair. Usually, if I want waves I have to make tight curls and in an hour or two, they fall out a bit into waves. Usually if I start out with waves, my hair is straight again in 2 hours or so.
The following pictures were taken at 8am and then at 8pm- a full 12 hours later. I should also mention that I tucked my hair behind my ears more than once, which I have a tendency to do and always makes the waves come out sooner.
Living Proof's Prime Before and After- My waves stayed way longer than if I had nothing in my hair, but after 12 hours, they were pretty much gone. I would say that this side lasted about 6-7 hours before it started to fall flat. Not bad.
Make it Stay Primer- Um...wow! The fact that there's this much wave in my hair 12 hours later is amazing!
I am so impressed by Make It Stay! I loved that it not only made the waves last longer in my hair, but it cut down dramatically on blow-drying time. It also made my hair feel soft and didn't feel sticky at all. It actually felt like I had nothing in my hair at all.
I loved it so much, I went out and bought another of their products for damaged hair called Make It Healthy, so look for my review on that soon! They also have a formaldehyde free straightening product called Make it Straight.
For more information, visit their Make It's Website.
I'll pin this to my Dupes Board on Pinterest as a Living Proof Prime Dupe!
I've never heard of this brand, but wow. What a great concept and product! I have curly hair that I straighten sometimes but it takes more than an hour. I want to try this, or maybe the straightening one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this perfect review. It is awsome because I have this problem with my hair. I hope I can find it in Canada.
ReplyDeleteWow that's impressive! The pictures say it all!! I must find this!!
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Where can you purchase this?
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