Hairspray

Sixties dance musical

Hairspray is an aerosol product sprayed onto hair to hold a style in place.

It creates a stiff, lacquered effect that keeps hair from moving: She used so much hairspray her hair didn't budge in the wind.

The term also applies to pump-spray versions.

Hairspray was ubiquitous in the bouffant era of the 1960s and remains a styling staple.

retro

beehive

Honeycomb housing structure

bouffantVoluminous teased hairstyle
pompadourHigh-fronted upswept hairstyle
backcombingStyling hair against growth

teasing · ratting · volume · flip · sixties · fifties · rockabilly · victory rolls · pin-up · updo

musical

John Waters

BaltimoreMajor Maryland seaport
segregationForced separation by group
integrationCombining into a whole

1960s · dance · Broadway · Edna · drag · civil rights · teen · NBC · musical comedy · Tony Award

product

aerosol

Mist in gas

holdMaintain in grasp
stylingArranging for appearance
fixativeSubstance that preserves artwork

spritz · canister · nozzle · lacquer · mist · setting · volumizer · finishing · shellac · stiff

Categories

2007 FilmsTransformers, Ratatouille, Juno, 300, Spider-Man 3
Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
musicalsWicked, Les Miserables, Cats, Chicago, Grease
Stage MoviesA Chorus Line, All That Jazz, Cabaret, Chicago, West Side Story
Rock MusicalsJesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Rocky Horror, American Idiot, We Will Rock You
PlaysHamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear

Opposites

hair product function

Hairsprayhair oil

Lubricant for strands

hair remover · conditioner · hair serum · relaxer · moisturizing conditioner

theatrical genre/tone

Hairspraytragedy

Disastrous or sorrowful event

drama · Les Misérables · Sweeney Todd · Schindler's List · Hamlet

musical theater style

HairspraySweeney Todd

Homicidal London barber

Cabaret · West Side Story

Family

hair, spray, hairs, haired, hairy, hairier, hairiest, hairiness, hairless

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG