How to Use hair spray in a Sentence
hair spray
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Be sure your hair is clean and free of hair spray or gel.
—USA Today, 23 Apr. 2020
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Mist a 1- to 2-inch section with hair spray for hold and start to glide the iron down the hair.
—Amber Kallor, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
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Finish with your choice of a shine spray and light hair spray to keep the look in place.
—Kristin Corpuz, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2019
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But don't break out the bobby pins and hair spray just yet.
—Neha Prakash, Allure, 25 Oct. 2019
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Next to the scissors are hair sprays and dyes, brushes and beard oils.
—Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
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To achieve the look use a curling iron and finish with a spritz of hair spray to set the look in place.
—Wendy Sy, Allure, 28 July 2022
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There are no bottles of hair spray on the washroom’s counter.
—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2021
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Step 6: Finish the style using a light hold hair spray.
—Hallie Gould, Marie Claire, 10 Apr. 2014
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If hair is longer, start the process on dry hair and firm the pomade with a hard-hold lacquer hair spray.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
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For hair spray, spray the stained area and let sit for 15 minutes, then rinse and place in the washing machine.
—Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 Feb. 2020
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At first glance, the product looks kind of like a bottle of vintage hair spray.
—Kristie Dash, Allure, 1 Oct. 2017
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Philipps had her bright blonde hair sprayed brown, while Williams wore a sequined black dress and a long blonde wig.
—Megan Johnson, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2017
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The ladies’ rest room features a red couch shaped like a pair of lips; tall cans of aerosol hair spray are arranged by the sinks.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 May 2020
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Got hair spray from pound shop right with all Halloween stuff ....Spray it on thought yeah looks ace that.
—Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 2 Nov. 2018
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For hard-to-curl hair, spray a little hair spray on it prior to curling it.
—Jennifer Manfrin, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2021
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Spray a clean toothbrush with hair spray, and brush upward to hold eyebrows in place.
—Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
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Finish with an extra strong hold hair spray to keep bangs frizz-free all day.
—Allure, 18 Dec. 2017
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To maintain your sleek style throughout the day, spritz your hair with an extra-hold hair spray.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2021
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Ladies would perch on spinning chairs in a cloud of hair spray while rows of bonnet dryers hummed over the chatter.
—Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 7 July 2021
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Each girl wore her black uniform and sported the team hairstyle, a low bun gleaming with hair spray.
—Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
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Bats Day May Each spring since 1999, armies of Goths have piled on the hair spray, pale makeup, and black garb before dragging their bodies to the park.
—Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Oct. 2017
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The truck includes Branded Hair Co. products like edge control, hair spray and more.
—Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2022
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The spray works as a triple threat — equal parts dry shampoo, texturizing spray, and hair spray, so this is the perfect time to stock up on the 3-in-1 product.
—Kelsi Zimmerman, Allure, 31 Aug. 2017
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Hardy said his brother-in-law Dale Warner told him that his wife left on April 25 with a travel bag, a phone, a curling iron and hair spray.
—Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
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With just flexible heat protectant hair spray, Cole was able to shape the hair, before locking in the strands with a high hold spray.
—Akili King, Essence, 16 Jan. 2024
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It’s early evening on a Tuesday in December, and the humid bathroom smells of Aqua Net hair spray.
—Kelly Meldrum, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
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The best part would be standing out there by himself, miles from this sardine can with its warring smells of perfume, sweat, and hair spray.
—David Canfield, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019
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Just make sure to use a strong-hold hair spray, like Aquage's Finishing Spray, to reach maximum levels of sleek.
—Grace Wade, Health.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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Then, flip your hair forward, misting a little hair spray or dry shampoo at the roots, James suggests.
—Wendy Sy, Allure, 26 Jan. 2022
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Kneeling on the ground, Ms. Sacks untied the bags with a gloved hand and, using her iPhone flashlight, pulled out her haul: Tresemmé hair spray.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
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