Full Thickening Cream is a new hair product by Living Proof designed to create fuller, thicker looking hair that lasts all day, without falling flat. Since I have thinning, frizzy, limp, lifeless, straggly hair, I have been dying to try this product. Designed by scientists, it contains a new ingredient called Poly Beta Amino Ester-1 that thickens each individual hair strand, yet it doesn’t leave hair crunchy or stiff.

I went to Sephora three times in the last  month because I had seen the product online and it was getting rave reviews, but I wasn’t able to finally buy it until a few days ago. I also saw a QVC spot where they were demonstrating the product, and the hair on the models kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger as the half hour show went on, and I was so jealous! At $24 for a small 3.7 oz bottle, the cream is pretty pricey, but I was willing to spend the money to see how well it worked on my hair. One of my biggest beauty concerns is my limp, thinning hair and even though I’ve tried several different thickening creams, volumizing sprays, and special shampoos, nothing has really worked to create the illusion of thick hair.

According to the directions, to get the most out of Full Thickening Cream, you are supposed to apply a nickel-sized dollop to wet hair, and then blow dry your hair. The product can also be used on dry hair or wet hair that you air dry, and it says to experiment with the amount of product you use. It’s not a root lifter, so a separate root lifting product may be used if you want. The LivingProof.com website has more specific details, plus videos that show you how to maximize your results.

Get Living Proof Full Thickening Cream at Sephora

Full Thickening Cream Results
The first time I tried the product, I put it on my wet hair and let it air dry. The second time I used it on wet hair but then blow dried my hair. Each time I would estimate my hair looked about 10-20% thicker than normal. That’s not a huge difference, and my boyfriend had no idea I had used something different on my hair, but guys never notice these things. At the end of the day, my hair hadn’t really gotten too much flatter. The cream is not greasy at all, which is great for me, because I hate greasy styling products. I am absolutely terrible when it comes to styling my hair, so I think people that know how to work with their hair could see better results. I have shoulder-length wavy hair, with hardly any layers, so someone with a shorter, layered hairstyle may have even better luck.

The product has a citrus scent, which I thought smelled fine, and true to its word, it didn’t weigh my hair down or make it crunchy or stiff. My hair looked slightly duller than usual, but a little glossing spray can disguise that. This product doesn’t really work on frizz (how I can have frizzy, thinning hair is beyond me), but the thickening cream can be used together with Living Proof’s popular Frizz products as well.

Bottom Line
For me this product was not a miracle, but it’s definitely worth trying because a lot of people are raving about it and saying how great it’s worked on their hair. How you tried it? What do you think? Have you tried other hair products by Living Proof? What products have you used that actually work to make hair look substantially thicker?

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