Dippity Do Original Hair Gel, Volume 10+, XX-treme Hold (Durable), Power, 350 ml / 11.8 Fl Oz

Reviewing Dippity-Do Original Hair Gel, Volume 10+, XX-treme Hold (Durable), Power, 350 ml / 11.8 Fl Oz.It was a sad day a few years ago when I walked into my local beauty supply store & asked for something like Dippity-Do with which I could do a wet set. Not surprisingly, the clerk didn't know what I was talking about. When I explained that it was a product we used in the 60s & 70s, she went to a bottom shelf, and blew the dust off a container (literally) of pink gel. It worked pretty well, but not as well as I remember Dippity-Do. A year later, I went back to the same store & asked for another jar of the pink stuff & the clerk informed me that they no longer carried it. She said most salons used setting lotion. Tried that, huge bust. My fine, straight hair needs something industrial strength. Tried a lot of the styling gels & even mixed some together, but the curl would only last a few hours.No longer made by Clarol, this is the closest thing to Dippity-Do I remember. My curls lasted a few days, no flakes or residue - and I really slather it on. After towel drying my hair, first I comb it thru all of my hair. then as I'm setting (& some of my hair begins to dry), I spritz it with a little water to "activate" the gel again. If you have hard-to-hold, short hair like mine, try setting as above with large & medium perm rods (remove the string & cap & hold in place with claw hair clips). My hair, which is a Marilyn retro style, came out perfectly, finger-separating curls & fluffing up with a pick. Finish up with Aqua Net hair spray or something similar.I don't think you have to be into retro-style hairdos to love Dippity-do. It's still a great product & am so glad I found it again!

When you get older... pretty much everything in life gets worse, especially your appearance. At 41 I started to notice that my shiny, silky, soft ringlets were looking scraggly, dry, matted, and frizzy. Which is because... my nice hair was being replaced with scraggly, jagged, coarse hair. Hair that stands straight up and makes me look like I've been electrocuted. I call these hairs my Hag Hairs.Very few gels made my Hag Hairs lay flat. I had to apply two different kinds at once, in layers, and use almost a quarter cup at a time. And still... by mid afternoon, the Hag Hairs were sticking up again. And then I happened to see that my old favorite, Dippity Do, had made a comeback. And I thought... maybe?I have defined curls again. They look soft and shiny again. No gel in this world can kill the Hag Hairs, just like no gel in the world can bring joy back to a frumpy joyless middle-aged life, but they seem to blend in with my good hair more.This gel... is as close to a miracle as you can get if your hair sucks like mine does.

Used this when I was 16. Been looking for it for years. So happy to have found it. It is as good or better! Holds hair perfect and lasts several days. Done ordered for my sister she couldn’t believe how much better looks.

I want to say first of all that the product is excellent. Does what it claims to do and doesn't damage my hair. I do have a problem with the packaging. As far back as I can remember, Dippity Do products came it jars. That's where the name comes from, you dip some out with your fingers. Now it's in a bottle, it's harder to control how much comes out. If you get too much, you can't really put it back in. And when you're almost out, you have to cut the bottle to get the product that's stuck in there. The idea is obviously to make us waste product so we buy more when we haven't technically run out.I found one Dippity Do product in a jar, the Light Hold Gelee. But something other than "Light Hold" would be nice. I'm now trying other brands - in JARS.

I used it for staying power, my hair is fine with no gold. It did ok. As good as the newer mor e pensive on the market today. Will buy again.

I know Dippity Do is pretty old school (hell, my mom used to use it on my hair in the early ’80s) but there’s a reason it’s still my gold standard. It holds like nothing else. If I use Dippity Do with rollers one day, I can typically get about 2–3 more days of curl before I need to wash my hair. Love this stuff!

Loved it as a kid 60 years ago, back in high school. Love it now. Puts the bounce in your hair better than any other product.

I can't speak to the product's use because after opening the top, the smell was completely overwhelming. I threw it away. Wherever this horrible goo ends up in the environment is a tragedy.