Aqua Net or Rave?

Do you remember the smell of your favorite hairspray? As a child of the 1980s and early 1990s, the smell of Rave and Aqua Net bring back horrible images of gigantic, crunchy bangs. You know, the kind that wouldn?t budge for 3 days if you were walking through 80 mph winds in a rainstorm. My mom called my bangs ?The Claw,? and, unfortunately has many photographs to prove how unflattering and ridiculous the hairstyle was. But, oh, on school picture day, how the girls? bathroom smelled like Rave. We?d be lined up in a row, much like a firing squad, only our weapons were a can of aerosol hairspray in one hand and a pick in the other. Teasing our bangs until they stood up on end, we would have competitions to see who could get their bangs off of their forehead the highest. What was your spray of choice and how high was the highest hair in your school!?

Jenn

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I needed aerosol, so after that, whatever was on sale was fine with me

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White Rain.

my mom still uses it and I love the smell. It reminds me of Jr. High

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My mother used to say that she should have bought stock in Acqua Net with the amount of cans of it that my sister and I used to go through!

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To this day I get flashbacks from the Grape Aussie(?) spray. My fh laughs every time I use it!

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Posted by SweetCin704

To this day I get flashbacks from the Grape Aussie(?) spray. My fh laughs every time I use it!

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Yes, I remember Aussie. Smelled so good. And Stiff Stuff.

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I was a Stiff Stuff girl myself

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Rave or Salon Selectives.

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Posted by xjulietx

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Posted by SweetCin704

To this day I get flashbacks from the Grape Aussie(?) spray. My fh laughs every time I use it!

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Yes, I remember Aussie. Smelled so good. And Stiff Stuff.

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i remember stiff stuff!! I went thru a bottle of that a week!!

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I loved Paul Mitchell freeze and shine super spray

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Posted by Anniegrl

I loved Paul Mitchell freeze and shine super spray

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So did I!!! It wa expensive and I begged my mom to buy it for me!!

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Is anyone brave enough to post a picture?
It's so crazy to look back and see how cool we thought we were with our giant hair!!

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OMG the memories...I can still smell those hair sprays!

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I have a big hair prom picture I'll show you...

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Rave or Aussie--Aqua Net reminds me of Grandmas!

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Totally Rave. And I did my bangs so high, and they were stiff as a board. God, I love the 80's

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Posted by SweetCin704

To this day I get flashbacks from the Grape Aussie(?) spray. My fh laughs every time I use it!

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Yes, I remember Aussie. Smelled so good. And Stiff Stuff.

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Oh man I loved them both!! But I was sucked into the 'stiff stuff turns into maggots' urban legend and stopped using it

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I used Spritz Forte.

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Posted by Goldi1021

I used Spritz Forte.

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Me too! I was trying to remember the name. I only used Aqua Net when I ran out.

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Posted by SweetCin704

To this day I get flashbacks from the Grape Aussie(?) spray. My fh laughs every time I use it!

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Me too! It reminds me of my first year in college. My housemates used TONS of it.