Sedu Beach Beauty Sea Salt Texturizing Spray (6oz)

I got this because i absolutely loved the John Frieda Beach Sea Salt Spray, it smelled soooo good. This stuff does not have that same scent, its just a coconut smell(not beachy). It smells fine and works fine, but it is no comparison, so don't get it if thats what your looking for... Does anyone know where to get the John Frieda spray?

So, I was really excited about this product after reading all of the great reviews on here and on Folica.com. I noticed that it didn't work for everybody; but the majority of people seemed to adore it, so I was hopeful.I have long (about to the middle of my back) color-treated medium thickness hair that runs on the dry side (even when it isn't colored). My hair is naturally wavy, which lends itself to being more curly if I don't blow dry it. It doesn't look great natural so I tend to dry and straighten it. I typically wash my hair every 3-4 days.I wanted this product to give me the beachy waves promised and/or give me an option to not heat-style my hair that uses my natural body.I applied it exactly to the description on the bottle. I even tied off the cords that I twisted my hair into so they would stay put while they dried.To me, I didn't find the scent overpowering as most people did. I think it smells nice.My problem with the product is that it left my hair feeling sticky. Not hard or stiff like gel, just ...not clean. I had to wash my hair the next day because it didn't survive the night and felt like utter cr*p on my head in the morning. I also don't like not being able to brush my hair. It's ok for one day but after that it would be a birds' nest.I didn't love the results either. I had 2 or 3 good beachy waves and the rest was just a mess. I had a big concert to go to that day so I put the front up in a clip and managed to get the rest looking decent enough; but I was really disappointed. It took a lot more time than I expected and I felt dirty and not attractive at all.I'd say I'll try it again using different techniques...but here's the reason why I won't:It stripped a lot of the color out of my hair. I was worried that would happen, and it sure did. So I won't be using the rest of the bottle because I put a lot of money and time into my hair (I have a black/red ombre) and after washing this sea salt out the red is pretty much gone. I am aware that red is a finicky color to begin with, but never have I lost it in one wash before.

I just got this yesterday and had to try it this morning. I used John Frieda's Beach Blonde sea spray back in high school when the 'beach hair' look first came around - over a decade ago - and fell in love with it. A year or so after graduating, I found it on clearance at a local Walgreens and thought that maybe they were just deciding not to sell it anymore... I never knew JF was DISCONTINUING the product line, or I would have bought 10 years worth of the stuff!!! So anyway, I have spent the last 8 or so years searching for a product that did what the JF spray did: allow me to spray, scrunch, and go. My hair has a nice natural wave to it when I air dry, and with the right product configuration... I avoid the dreaded pony on days when I don't have time to "fix" it. As I'm sure most of you reading this have, as well as other reviewers, I've spent countless dollars on every curl-reactivating, wave enhancing, spray sprunching, beach-hair, bed-hair, bad-hair product on the market - to no avail. Victoria's Secret has a wave enhancer in the Super Sexy line that works well, but it is meant for a more subtle wave. I could use 1/2 a bottle of it on my long, thick hair for the desired result... and at $20 a bottle, that just isn't very feasible.Then I came across Sedu on Amazon... read what others were saying about the similarities to JF Beach Blonde and just had to give it a whirl. FINALLY. It does exactly what "Beach Blonde" did and has a very similar suntan oil, coco-nutty, vanilla undertoned smell. The scent is not overwhelming, but lasts. (Definitely makes you think you spent a weekend on the beach come Monday morning...) It can be used on wet or dry hair and like JF spray, has a nice all-day conditioning effect about it. After it dried this morning, I did finish it off with a little Paul Mitchell Super Skinny to combat flyaways, but that likely has to do with the mixed up textures of my hair. I'd say a person with fine hair could use this alone perfectly.In any case, I am exuberant about something that works after all these years! Now, all I need is a tan!

I got this since the product I REALLY wanted (the John Frieda beach waves salt spray stuff) is no longer made. While this spray smells nice, it didn't create the type of waves / loose curls the Frieda spray did. I have tried it on dry hair, damp hair, completely wet hair and nothing seems to make it really work great. I wound my hair into the "ropes" it tells you to make and it did nothing. I scrunched it like a spray gel and this produced some waves, which then got frizzy when it dried. The Frieda spray reduced the frizz by having a little more oil, whereas this slightly turned me into a puff ball. Overall, I will continue to shop around and in the meantime pray to the John Frieda gods that they start making the salt beach spray stuff again.

I ordered this product as a replacement for some beach hair sea salt spray that I'd had been using for a really long time. I ran out and wasn't able to get the same kind. At first I was disappointed with the Sedu Beach spray because it is very different from what I had before. My hair is very fine, so I wanted to add some texture and bring out my natural waves. The product I had before had a sticky feel to it, which gave my hair good volume and texture. However, it was not good for very windy days because it would get tangled easily.Now that I've gotten over the fact that this product isn't the same, I really do like it. It doesn't leave a sticky feel at all, but nice waves. The instructions on the bottle say to spray and then twist hair into rope sections. That didn't work at all for my hair, but I've had good luck just spraying it on and then scrunching. I get soft, pretty waves. It does have a very strong scent (kind of like coconut)so you have to be careful about combining with other products.