The Best Hairspray, According to Country Singers
Asking a beauty professional—whether it’s a celebrity hairstylist, makeup artist, or Instagram influencer (hi, 2018)—for advice is always a safe bet. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find there are plenty of other women out there who are legitimate authorities in their own right. In our new column, Unlikely Experts, they’ll give real reviews and recommendations. Whether it’s surfers on the best conditioners, bikers on the best cleansers, or ballerinas on the best foot creams, it’s fair to say these women know best.
“I am that saying: ‘The higher the hair, the closer to God,'” Dolly Parton once quipped. But there’s truth behind her humor: After all, Parton and her peers created the iconic (and lasting) association of country stars with sky-high hair. These days, though, female country artists tend to do more of a glowed-up, natural vibe—think sunny blond with big, loose curls—than the perms of yesteryear.
Still, these are women who spend the majority of their time on the road or on stage—meaning they need products that can hold their hair in place through all kinds of weather, dancing, and ballads. So what hairsprays actually do the work? We asked 13 country artists for their favorites. Their picks, below.