Volume is on everyone’s mind over the summer.
Most hair thickening lines either need a ton of time to work, or they just provide superficial thickening effects and no real hair regeneration.
Now, there’s Kevin Murphy’s Plumping Line does both. Used over a period of time, it will help prevent hair loss and help hair become stronger, but in the short term, it helps hair look and feel thicker thanks to a polymer which binds to the hair.
One ingredient that’s familiar? Biotin! Biotin is used in the industry to thicken eyelashes, and is also a key ingredient in the Plumping line of products.
The Plumping line includes a shampoo ($36.80), conditioner ($36.80), and a treatment and styling product called Body.Mass ($41). Body.Mass can be applied directly to the scalp to help regeneration and circulation. The brand says that it takes 14 days to really notice a difference, but I would say that you’ll definitely notice a difference after using this line for about a month. I apply Body.Mass to my scalp after every time I wash my hair, and it has to be the first product that you apply. Truly, this is the only thing I apply on my scalp, and the rest of my styling products go on the lower lengths of my hair. Body.Mass is supposed to be a treatment and styling product, but because I’m really intent on strengthening the roots of my hair, I prefer to use this just on the scalp. For $41, it feels a bit of a waste to spray it all over the hair.
After 4 months, there will be enough hair strengthening that the hair cells are structured.
Unlike most thickening products, this line is not minty. It does, however, smell amazing – floral and herbaceous and completely high-end and pleasant – almost like a perfume with patchouli and musk in it. It does not smell like soap! If you use Body.Mass the scent lasts in your hair a little longer, and leaves it looking and smelling amazing.
I haven’t been using this product for 4 months, but in the three weeks that I’ve been using it, I have noticed that I’ve been shedding less and my hair is easier to handle. Totally worth the money, and comparable to treatment products such as Nioxin.
Pick it up at salons.
