Sexy Hair Spray & Play Volumizing Hairspray has the best record for all-day hold: 25 of 26 reviewers said it held their style. Pureology Lock It Down Hairspray (26 of 29) and Redken Max Hold Hairspray (25 of 28) are close behind. Amika Fluxus Touchable Hairspray has the highest share, at 100%, but from a small group of reviewers, so treat that one with care.
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Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for hold. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.
Best record Sexy Hair Spray & Play Volumizing Hairspray 25 of 26 say it holds all day See price & reviews on Amazon Complaints about weak hold grow further down the list: 14% of Sebastian Shaper Plus Hairspray reviews, 27% of Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode Hairspray reviews and 52% of Kenra Professional Volume Spray 25 reviews.
Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.
Sexy Hair
Best for hold plus volume
87% praise the hold and 40% like the scent. Stickiness splits opinion: 20% say it isn't sticky and 10% say it is. Counted reviews are all from Ulta.
Pureology
Price is the main complaint, at 13%, and 10% say the hold gave out. On the plus side, 33% say it isn't sticky and 23% like the scent.
Redken
Best for firm hold
37% say it isn't sticky and 27% like the scent. Weak hold and a clogging nozzle each come up in 10% of reviews.
Amika
Just 8 reviewers brought up hold, and none said it gave out. 55% like the scent, and 27% say it isn't sticky against 18% who say it is. On Amika's own site, 17 of 18 say it holds, which we show but don't count.
Sebastian
Best for hold without crunch
Not sticky is the standout, praised in 39% of reviews, and 25% like the scent. 14% say the hold gave out. It also holds in humidity for 11%.
Bumble and bumble
Weak hold is the complaint, in 27% of its reviews, and it is sold as a flexible-hold spray. 38% say it isn't sticky and 31% like the scent.
Kenra Professional
Weakest record here, at 48%. 52% say the hold gave out, though 17% say it holds in humidity. Counted reviews are all from Ulta.
The 7 products ranked here carry 9,853 reviews at Ulta. We searched them for hold and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between May 2020 and Sep 2026.
A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.
Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.
Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.
Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.
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In these reviews, Sexy Hair Spray & Play Volumizing Hairspray comes first at 25 of 26, followed by Pureology Lock It Down Hairspray at 26 of 29 and Redken Max Hold Hairspray at 25 of 28. Amika Fluxus Touchable Hairspray has a perfect record, but from a small group of 8 reviewers.
25 of 28 reviewers said it held their style. 37% say it isn't sticky, and 10% mention a clogging nozzle.
The best pick sold on Amazon is Sexy Hair Spray & Play Volumizing Hairspray, at 25 of 26. Pureology Lock It Down Hairspray, Redken Max Hold Hairspray, Amika Fluxus Touchable Hairspray, Sebastian Shaper Plus Hairspray and Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode Hairspray are also sold there through the brand.
Not for many reviewers: 14 of 29 said it holds, and 52% say the hold gave out. That is the weakest record here, at 48%.
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