Aqua Net hairspray has been around forever! It was my mom's brand of choice in the 60s and continued until "Final Net" pump spray hairspray came out. We used the blue can of Aqua Net to hold our Farrah flips and feathered hair in the 70s and even had a can in the file room to spray on our nylon slips when the static electricity in the office I worked at got too bad in the very late 70s.

I was just reading about the old aqua net. Is there any place that I could find the old aqua net,the one that took 2 shampoos to get out? I have been using V05 and tresemme,but I miss the old aqua net,especially the fragrance.

I remember when I would spray my hair with a 1/2of the can of aqua net,I would spend the next two days with a rock hard style. I miss the old formula, is there any old style aqua net still around??

Ah, yes. I used the extra-super hold Aqua Net in the silver and pink can. good stuff!

i hate this

Have linked this great site in a 'recalling-the-80s' blog for a uni assignment. Mentioned my Aqua Netted hair to attend a Duran Duran gig in 1982!

Do remember how much this stuff costed?? i need to know for a school project!!!

I was just watching Judge Judy and there was a woman on there whose name was Aquanetta! I guess her mom must of really loved the stuff!

Trying to find a can of Aqua Net with the net on it - my mom always had one on her make-up table. I would love to find a vintage can like that. Let me know if you have any ideas at www.AnEveningWithLucilleBall.com

I'm doing a school report on this, and all this information is really helpful. Thanks!

I have been using Aquanet everyday since 1986!

I love it! All the comments about this hairspray. It really brings back happy memories. Now in my 40's, I still am looking for the same hold that Aqua Net gave me.

Does anyone know where to buy the vinatge bottle ones? x

Aqua Net is still manufactured, and honestly, the can hasn't changed much, either. Still available in the pink can, and now in an "unscented" version in purple. It's about the cheapest hairspray on the market- a huge can is under $3 at any mass retailer. It's still out there, ladies, and it still works!

Holy Cow! This stuff made my higher than high 80's do last for days. Once my friend and I did an experiment and sprayed our hair about every 5 minutes to see what would happen - it was like have a shellacked plastic football helmet on! So cool. lol!

The white and pink can is the best! It works every time. Nothing else does for me. It's getting harder to find lately. I ordered a bunch online in case stores stop selling it. You will NOT find a better holding hairspray.

My new trailer (TAB Teardrop) has just been named AQUA NET. It is teal & Grey. I'm a vintage junkie.

there was an aqua net shampoo and hair gel around the fall of 1986. everything from the 1980s that smelled good was either discontinued or they changed the product so it smells bad. their marketing research(probably comprised of their friends and families opinions)is wrong when they say new fragrances are wanted and that no one wants these old products that smell exactly as they did.

haha. i just finished watching a tv show about the 80s rockers and the women that supported them. like the sunset strip stuff. haha. you should watch it. it has commentary about hair and how they used aqua net. i guess this stuff really must have worked!

I just finished my can of UNSCENTED Aqua Net. I purchased another, and the UNSCENTED now has the new PEUTRID (SP?) scent. I knew something was wrong, when they changed the shape of the can. Why must they mess with something that is so good. Now I can't use the stuff, because of my Chemical Sensitive Severe Asthma. It was the last of the hair sprays out there, of the UNSCENTED, that I could use. To the person who loved the old scent of Aqua Net_it's gone_not there anymore :o( I am hoping that someone from the company is reading these remarks, and brings back the old UNSCENTED_it's not that old_it's just a month ago that I purchased the REALLY UNSCENTED can of the product. They messed up with another good product. Sad to see it go down the tubes. Anyone know of a really, and truly unscented hair spray, please email me at lynnvondran@embarqmail.com Thanks! Lynn

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I have used aqua net hairspray since 1985 and i love it! I have alot of hair and it is very curly nothing hold my crazy hair down but the can of pink and white aqua net! But since changing the can about two months ago it doesn't work quite the same. :( I still love it and I hope is around for another 20 more years!

found it online. Just Google planetrx.com and then add this to the address... /Shop/Brands/index.cfm?b=13909&rfr=ggl&kid=112175&gclid=CM3Wveryq5oCFQcTzAod1Vcsbw

i love aqua net i did a science expirement on aqua net and hairsray and suave hairspray and the suave smelled so bad

I've used Aqua Net #3 unscented extra super hold for years and years (the purple can). They recently changed the can style, and apparently the formula was changed, too, because now it's not nearly as strong. It just makes my hair wet without much holding power. I emailed the company (Lornamead) May 9th but haven't heard anything from them. I've been buying up all the old style cans I can find in town!

Hi Claudia and all !!! I called them, and they claim they didn't change their formula, but they are not telling the truth about the matter. They did change their formula, because, as I said back in April, it stinks! and like Claudia said, it just makes your hair wet and floppy. I tried to go without it, for the little bit I need to hold the hair from blowing in my face with the slightest bit of wind, I figured it that maybe it wouldn't make a difference. Well, after a day of misery with my hair, I decided to do a GOOGLE search. I found many homemade recipes for hair spray!!! Here is what I came up with through reading many of them: Reconstituted Lemon Juice (you know what this is, from one of those little plastic lemons you find near the realy thing) A Few Drops of Rubbing Alcohol A spray bottle *I put about an inch of the juice in the bottle, and add about 6 or more drops of alcohol. WALA!!!!!!!!!!! You have a very health friendly hair spray! And, rather cheap, too. Guess what!!! It doesn't stink! My hair doesn't fall out anymore, and my brush is clean as a whistle!!!! Hope it works for you. It's cheap enough_try it. It works for me. :o) Lynn PS If you have purchased the NEW formula_it's in the NEW can_they will refund your money, if you have your receipt and send it to them. May I suggest everyone who doesn't like the new stuff, call their toll-free number on the can, and report it. If enough of us do that, maybe they will change it back to what it has been for MANY, MANY years in the past. Thanks for your post, Claudia_I was hoping others found it repulsive, as I did. Thanks Mary for your email asking for me if I found anything new to use, it reminded me to post what I am doing now. Next, I will try the Lemon Juice Concentrate, to see if that works. If it does, it is even cheaper than reconstituted lemon juice! I'm all for cheaper products! Have a GREAT day everyone! :o) Lynn

I don't want to leave a message about Aqua Net hairspray. What I wanted to know was if anyone remembers a hairspray from the 80's that was really fruity smelling. It wasn't Aussie and it came in a pump bottle. It has been driving me and a friend of mine crazy because we cannot for the life of us remember what it was called and we can't find it anymore. If anyone could help us out in remembering it, could you post a message on here? Thanks so much.

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Tracy, was it Pert? That smelled fruity. Or Prell?

I know they changed their formula. My hair started falling out and turned to straw. I'm 63 but I've always had healthy hair and always used Aquanet. Suddenly, it wouldn't hold. My hair would be a mess and limp before I got to work. When I visited my daughter and used a can I left at her house, it held. I threw all my cans away. I bought Treseme Super Hold ($3+) at Walmart and love it. It holds better and doesn't damage my hair. Thank God it was the hairspray and not just getting old.

I have been using Freeze It hairspray since Aqua Net changed,now it is heavy duty hairspray,keeps my hair up all week. But I would go back to Aqua Net ,if they would go back..i used it for 40 years.

OMG my mother still uses the classic Pink&white can of Aqua net, they sell it at kmart. its like $3.99

This is a follow-up to my comments above. I printed a copy of my email to Lornamead and mailed it to them, since I didn't get a response to my email. They sent a letter saying the formula didn't change even though the shape of the can did, and they also sent me a coupon for a free can of Aqua Net. I'm glad to hear others of you also think the formula changed and it's not just my imagination! Thanks, Lynn, for the homemade hairspray formula - I never thought of making my own! And thanks to Marie and Nancy for suggestions for other hairsprays.

Ha! Everybody's mom used that stuff. The kids found out if you sprayed it on a hard surface and lit a match to it you would get a streak of lightening. crazy.

Hi I was recently told that Aqua net hairspray is really good and holds well. As i love doing my hair big i really need some of this hairspray. Does anyone know if its available in the UK as i really must have this and ive looked for it on google but to have one shipped over will cost £48.98 which isnt worth paying for one hairspray no matter how good. Would really appreciate it if you could email me a response thankyou very much :D NicoleSoutham@hotmail.co.uk Thanks x

good gawd my nasal cilia is sticking together just thinking about it. you learned quick not to breathe too much while doing your do. lol. 80s rule dude. there's nothing funnier than being 48 and saying stuff like that...

Tracey, i think u and your friend might be thinking of Bold Hold, remember that stuff, in the yellow spray bottle? Magic

Oh my god, a parallel universe. I have a aqua/with grey trim trailer (tab) I bought six months ago. I too am a vintage junkie, look at my website bargainvintagejewelry.com. My tab is also called "AquaNet". From your twin, in Arizona

I used to buy 1 can per week. Now that you changed your product, I am using 1 and a half cans per week. I am 40 years old and used this product since I was 14. I am looking to get the old cans back.

I'm a huge hairmetal fan and love to tease my hair up big. They stopped selling my favorite hairspray at cvs and I was browsing for a new brand when I spotted the classic pink and white can of aquanet on the bottom shelf and remembered it from some things I had read online. It was only like $3 for a giant can (much cheaper than the other I was buying) and works sooo well. My hair has held up to the Georgia humidity perfectly. I'm only 18, but I'm so glad I bought some Aquanet... It was all dirty and dusty on the top from lack of love :)

I think they just sold the rights to produce it to another company or something. It's a totally different product with the same paint job to fool us. They're lying and we just got screwed. Use something else. KD

I gave up on the new Aquanet at Walmart. My hair came out in the brush and it made my hair bushy instead of the smooth hold the old Aquanet gave. I am very dissapointed with the new. Won't use it anymore. Went to Suave.

My twin friends and I want to go as 80's chicks and I came across this website. Where can you find this stuff? I totally want to get some so our do's can look real! They still have it at CVS pharmacy? I'm looking later!

I want to know if anyone has ever sprayed fresh flowers with aquanet and what happend? A friend told me the flower tunrs almost glass. I need to know I have some roses I want to save for ever!!!

I've switched to Suave Freeze Hold Shaping & Finishing Spray. I stumbled upon it when trying to find an alternative to the unsatisfactory new Aqua Net formula, and like it much better. Has great holding power, no aerosol, and you can pour it into a smaller spray bottle for travel. Love it!

I HATE THE NEW AQUANET. I HAVE USED THE PINK AND SILVER CAN FOR YEARS. THE NEW STUFF IS LIKE WATER. YOU HAVE TO USE HALF THE CAN TO HOLD YOUR HAIR. BEEN SEARCHING FOR SOME OLD STUFF AT BIG LOTS. NO LUCK

Hey guys, I found some of the old aquanet spray on ebay. Of course it is expensive. $9.95 a can plus $5.00 shipping.

I think Tracy Miller (question above) might be thinking of good old Salon Selectives brand, fruity hairspray...

PLEEEEEEEASE bring back the old formula the can shape was deff not the only change it doesnt even hold anymore Ive been thru many a brand trying to find a good one and I think Ive found it Professional by Natures therapy got it at Walmart it cost alil bit more but if ur like me its worth the HOLD I just know aqua net has lost alot of valued costomers....

I was at the store this week and brought the coupon for a free can of Aqua Net that I mentioned above. Since they didn't have any of the old style cans (and old formula) left, I just left the coupon with the cans on the shelf. Someone will be delighted!

I think that the pump bottle spray that Tracey from above was thinking of was called "Stiff Stuff"- it was a white bottle with pink and purple squares of lettering on it. Classic! My friends & I were fans of that AND the tall Gold can AquaNet- ahhhhh memories!

I just had the worst luck with agua net!! I have used it all my life, but for some reason it now smells like fish, it is grosssss!!!!!! Even my daughter noticed how stinky it was as soon as she started to spray it...yuck. if anyone has noticed this, please let me know, im wondering if we are nuts..