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Natural Hairspray Recipe

Katie WellsAug 22, 2013Updated: Apr 7, 2022
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Hairspray is one of the worst offenders when it comes to chemicals in beauty products. It typically has aerosol, plastics, VOCs and more.

Luckily, like most beauty products, there is a simple, natural and easy to make alternative that is also less expensive and healthier for hair.

Surprisingly, it uses only a couple ingredients, including white sugar (an ingredient that is terrible for the body but can be great for skin and hair).

If you use hairspray, try this natural alternative… your health and the environment will thank you! If you are looking more for a texturizing and volumizing spray, check out this sea spray for hair instead.

Hair Spray Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cups filtered wter
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar (dark ones don’t work)
  • 1 tablespoon high proof alcohol like vodka (I prefer spiced rum for the scent)
  • 10-15 drops of essential oils of choice

What to Do:

  1. Boil water and dissolve sugar in it.
  2. Allow to cool to room temp and add alcohol and essential oils.
  3. Store in spray bottle and use as regular hair spray.

Note: This recipe lasts indefinitely if kept in an air tight container. Adjust the sugar up or down for more or less stiffness/hold (more sugar=stronger hold) but don’t add too much or hair will feel sticky. I have had some luck combining this with the salt from my beach waves spray for a texturizing spray. I reduced the sugar by half and added half of the magnesium.

Not a hairspray user? Here are some other natural beauty recipes that work well and save money:

How to Make Natural Shampoo [Easy way]
Make Your Own Natural Deodorant With This Simple Recipe
Homemade Shaving Soap Recipes
Luxurious Sugar Scrub Recipe
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Deodorant Bars
DIY Sunscreen Bars
Bug-Off Lotion Bars
Herbal Hair Color Recipes
Seven Natural Baby Care Recipes
DIY Beach Waves Hair Texture Spray
DIY Dry Shampoo for Dark or Light Hair
Natural Skin Care Recipes
Homemade Make-up Recipes
Feminine Hygiene Solutions

Have you ever made your own hair spray? Share below!
Hairspray usually contains a plethora of harmful ingredients, but this simple and inexpensive homemade version is healthier for hair and for the environment.

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (94 Comments)

  1. andrea

    August 25, 2013 at 8:15 PM

    Is There Anything Else I Can Use Instead Of Alcohol?

    Reply
    • Gail Maya-g Taylor

      August 27, 2013 at 5:15 PM

      I’m trying a recipe with colloidal silver instead of alcohol (to stop microbial growth or fermentation). It’s posted above with Nicole’s comment. Hope it helps.

      Reply
  2. Alex

    August 25, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    I tried this and was very excited, but then very disappointed. I’ve read other recipes where they say to up the sugar for better hold. For me, as I don’t wash my hair daily, it made it feel very ‘dirty’ and overly sticky the next morning.

    Reply
  3. Spgal

    August 25, 2013 at 7:57 AM

    Thank you so much for posting this. I think about how dangerous hairspray is everytime i use which is everyday. I can’t wait to make this EASY recipe…. i’ll let you know how it worked for me. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Jessica Boss

    August 24, 2013 at 9:03 AM

    I tried this yesterday and absolutely love it, I combined it with your sea salt spray and it really worked wonderfully! 🙂 Now I don’t have to debate whether to buy hairspray and moose for family pictures, saved money and is natural! thanks

    Reply
    • Gail Maya-g Taylor

      August 27, 2013 at 5:14 PM

      Hi Jessica, I’d like to see the sea salt spray, can you add a link or the recipe here? Thanks! -M

      Reply
  5. Kira

    August 23, 2013 at 6:55 PM

    I’m excited to try this!! My husband uses hair spray on a daily basis…maybe I can replace his cheap chemical spray with this natural one!!

    Reply
  6. Irene Tiger

    August 22, 2013 at 10:52 PM

    I’ll have to try this even though I don’t use hairspray much anymore…but question- wouldn’t the sugar in it attract flies?

    Reply
    • Sherry Rogers

      August 25, 2013 at 5:50 PM

      The sugar will attract slightly but the alcohol will repel them so its all good:- )

      Reply
      • Gail Maya-g Taylor

        August 27, 2013 at 5:14 PM

        You could also add bug-repellent essential oils ex: geranium, citronella, catnip, etc. I would add very little (they don’t smell so great in quantity) but mixed with other fragrant oils may be quite nice… Hope this helps. -M

        Reply
  7. Marilee McCarthy

    August 22, 2013 at 9:36 PM

    Very creative. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you!

    Reply
  8. Sadie

    August 22, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    Can regular alcohol be used instead of vodka?

    Reply
    • Gail Maya-g Taylor

      August 27, 2013 at 5:12 PM

      Hi Sadie, I have read other recipes that do use rubbing alcohol as an alternative to vodka. I posted one in response to Nicole’s post (just above). Hope this helps. -M

      Reply
  9. Nicole

    August 22, 2013 at 4:52 PM

    Can you honey in place of sugar?

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    • Gail Maya-g Taylor

      August 27, 2013 at 5:11 PM

      Here’s a recipe I’m now trying. The colloidal silver and/or alcohol prevent any microbial growth or fermentation. Hope this helps!

      1/3 teaspoon of honey
      6 oz filtered water (use 8 oz water if not using colloidal silver)
      2 oz colloidal silver (20ppm) and/or 1Tbs rubbing alcohol or vodka per 8oz liquid (prevents any microbial growth)
      6 drops essential oil of choice (ex: 3 drops lavender oil and 3 drops tea tree oil)

      Reply
      • Dawn

        April 10, 2014 at 1:25 PM

        You should not use ANY type of silver for it can cause your skin to turn silver (which can not be reversed). There was actually a thing about it on Dr. Oz & The Doctors the other day. This condition is called Argyria. I do not recommend.

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        • Terrie Leonard

          April 11, 2014 at 6:55 PM

          We use and make colloidal and ionic silver all the time with a top of the line premium silver maker that I purchased from Silver Lungs. Silver is completely safe and is such a God-send. Please don’t be afraid of it; Dr. Oz and The Doctor’s are not one hundred percent natural product supporters nor do they support tried and proven natural cures. Dr. Oz is owned by the pharmaceutical companies and so is the other show. Dr. Oz showed his true agenda when he came out in support of deadly vaccines for human use. At present, silver makers have been outlawed in Germany and the powers that be are trying to outlaw them here in this country. The reason is because using silver works without nasty side effects and works quickly and is one hundred percent effective. The pharmaceutical companies, who almost rule the world and who are working feverishly to take our vitamin and supplement rights away, do not like this because this means that you are able to cure yourself of many diseases when silver is used and this means you are not dependent on their useless, expensive drugs which have terrible side effects that will slowly kill you. Please go to the Silver Lungs website and read all about Paul Gerson; it is there that you can read all about why he turned grey. For years Gerson, even after being warned about what he was doing was wrong when he made his silver, still continued to process the silver the wrong way using ingredients that should never have been used to make the silver in the first place. Dr. Oz and all the others should learn to tell the whole truth instead of lying to an uninformed public who looks up to them and expects them to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth instead of being a patsy for big pharma.

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          • Leanne

            May 12, 2014 at 10:42 AM

            I make my own also with a machine I made myself and I have to agree with Terrie we put it on everything over here…cut your finger put on bandage cuts gone pretty much next day…put it in dogs water if they start eating grass…we drink it if we think we got a bad shrimp…I put it in a salve for my fiancés dad’s psoriasis it keeps it at bay…fiancé lost a toe pre me to allopathic doctors…since then I have saved two more with silver and manuka honey…been doing this for years and have drank loads of it and I am not blue I promise…we are almost never sick either…if one of us gets the sniffles we put a few drops up our noses and its gone.

          • jem

            November 24, 2014 at 7:49 AM

            Twice I SAW a woman in our community who has the GREY SKIN from taking too much silver. It CAN happen! I will never forget seeing her and hearing what happened. She is a Amish woman with GREY SKIN, it sure didn’t help that I saw her at a funeral!

          • Linda

            January 15, 2015 at 11:45 AM

            You said it perfectly. I also use Silver Lungs colloidal silver. Big Pharma are desperate for you not to learn about all the alternatives that are better for you and that WORK. I’ve used the silver when I feel a cold or something coming on with the nebulizer. Works like a charm. I also take a Tbsp everyday. So fortunate to have my silver before they might take it away. Great idea about putting some in the hairspray for bacteria. I’m making a batch today. So ready to quite inhaling chemicals. Thanks to all who are stepping up to change the world back to natural.

        • Angela

          August 29, 2014 at 12:17 PM

          Argyria is when there is too much silver in the body and turns the skin blueish. It’s not because people applied the silver to their skin.

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        • Christina

          February 28, 2015 at 9:07 PM

          I have no idea what Dr. Oz claimed about using silver but silver is amazing! You don’t want to take it all the time, just take it like you would antibiotics. My 3 year old son had some horrible bad breath all day every day for a few months. My dad thought maybe he was having stomach issues; remembered a classmate of his who had bad breath like my son, and my dad said that little boy had stomach ulcers. So I started giving him silver 3x a day and within 3 days his bad breath was gone! That was the only thing I did differently. Completely gone! I continued to give it to him for a full ten days. And his skin has not changed color. I had to start again because his bad breath returned recently. My next is going to be an elimination diet to find out what is causing the issue.

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        • Amy

          December 18, 2019 at 3:45 PM

          This is a myth, I’ve used colloidal silver extensively and didn’t turn grey, silver or blue. Argyria results only when one uses INCORRECTLY MADE Colloidal Silver. Colloidal silver from a trusted source is beneficial and has no negative side effects.

          Reply
        • Alisa

          September 24, 2022 at 3:04 PM

          This is false please look at the silver edge they have a lot of info on safety of silver

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      • Monique

        May 19, 2014 at 3:12 AM

        Hi Gail, RE your recipe with colloidal & honey – how does the recipe go for making this hairspray – do you boil the water & honey and after removing from heat add the colloidal & oils? These natural hairsprays are a great idea, i really want to try ’em, but I’d prefer to try the colloidal one vs the alcohol one, thanx!

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  10. May

    August 22, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    wow this is so interesting. Never seen a natural hairspray like this one. I don’t use it but i am still thinking that is a great alternative to conventional ones. Natural is always better …all the way !

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    • Ann

      September 15, 2014 at 3:22 PM

      This natural hairspray DOES NOT WORK and is TERRIBLE!! I have made it following the directions exactly and have also adjusted it with more or less sugar in FIVE different batches. Speayed very fine layers. No lift, but only offers a droopy, sticky mess. I gave this one star as there are no options for a zero.

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      • Mary

        October 27, 2014 at 5:35 AM

        Sadly this has done nothing for me either. I have baby fine, very flat, very straight hair. I look TERRIBLE with flat hair and that’s all I get with this. Guess I’ll have to continue to use my mega-hold, full of chemicals hair spray because I’m not willing to look horrible. I’m a real estate agent, I can’t afford to look like I don’t know how to fix my hair!

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        • Carla

          December 26, 2014 at 2:09 AM

          There are organic and natural hairspray (non-aresol) alternatives, I would recommend Everecents and also Giovanni as trusted brands…
          Google ‘organic & natural hairspray which will show both websites tht u can purchase these frm 🙂

          Reply
      • Kathy

        November 18, 2015 at 12:31 AM

        I use 2 oz water with 1 T of sugar and a few drops of essential oils and it works great!

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        • Richelle

          July 20, 2016 at 7:19 PM

          Which essential oils?

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