Joan Rivers Beauty Great Hair Day Fill in Powder- Brunette Reviews

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Been using this about a year and would never be without it!

In a pinch, I used regular dark eyeshadow. It ended up rubbing it all over my pillow and even on my hand whenever I rubbed my head. Embarrassing...

Good Hair Day DOES NOT RUB OFF EASILY like regular eyeshadow. It's buildable and stays put a for days. In fact if I go 3 days without washing my hair (lightly touching up), on the fourth day I pay extra close attention to cleaning my scalp because the powder will still be there if I don't.

Great stuff and will buy again!

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I don't love this product. But for my needs, it's the best I've been able to find, and it does an adequate job.

I have frontal thinning. As such, hair thickeners such as Toppik and Caboki are NOT recommended--they are basically powder fibers that you sprinkle on your head, and you wind up with a sharp change in color at the hairline--that classic "Dracula" hairline. Because Joan's product is applied to the scalp, it acts to create a shadow effect in your hair. You have to have surrounding hair to hide the fact that you have dark smudges on your scalp...but if you do, it works reasonably well. I've asked my husband if he can tell I have the product in my hair, especially since my thinning is up front. I have a thin hairline, and the spots I fill are directly behind the hairline. Hubby says he cannot tell. If you stand up close to me and look closely, you WILL see the product. But most people will not be that close, and even up close, you have to be looking to spot it.

The product takes time to put on. You cannot simply smear it onto your scalp the way you smear eye shadow on your lids--if you do, the world will know you're wearing this stuff. You have to do a dab-dab-dab motion in order to keep it looking natural. Move a section of hair, dab dab dab, and move on to the next section. To cover the front of my scalp takes 5-7 minutes. If you're particularly thin up front, it will take several efforts to become expert enough to make the stuff look like shadows instead of obvious black smudged in your hair.

I have not had problems whatsoever with the product running from sweat during workouts, or getting caught in the rain, or swimming--and I've indeed done all of the above. However, running your hands through your hair or scratching your scalp WILL end with black on your fingers or fingernails. In fact, I've noticed that I have to clean my nails often--I get dirty blackness behind them every day.

I tried Caboki in hopes that I could circumvent the downsides of this product. Caboki is similar to Toppik. At least for me, these types of hair thickeners are not an option. Besides being incredibly messy (you sprinkle it on you head, and so the powder winds up EVERYWHERE), it also is VERY obvious if the area you are covering is frontal. Those products will work much better for someone who has top or back balding, and has enough surrounding hair to hide it.

I'm coming back now for my first refill of Joan's product. It's not perfect. But short of a transplant, it's the best I've found yet for frontal thinning.

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Seriously. Joan discovered the use of eye shadow for her scalp, just like some people also use eye shadow for filling in sparse eyebrows. My suggestion is: find an inexpensive eye shadow at the store like I did to hide my scalp and gray hair between coloring. (I didn't get the idea from Joan.)If you think it won't work as well, go for what Joan offers but understand it's just a pigmented powder you can find anywhere...even on Amazon.

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I have purchased this product because my hair is thinning at the front of the crown. I am using it, but it does rub off on your fingers and it does run if you sweat from your head/forehead. I have tried other products and so far this is fair compared to the others. You need to address the problems of this hair care product. Running down your forehead if you sweat, caught in the rain, rubbing off on your fingers if you touch your scalp, running off if you go swimming and get your hair wet and so on.

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I am a 33 year old female with female pattern thinning in my hair. (Thanks, heredity!)

I cannot even express to you the frustration and sadness that I feel that I have to even use products like this...

So in my search of finding non-invasive solutions to my hair thinning problem, a friend recommended this to me. I have light brownish/reddish hair and so I purchased the blonde option (according to the information, the "blonde" color is the most versatile, they say to not use the "light blonde" option unless you're a platinum blonde)...and it came real dark. Basically a brown. Which was ok with the roots of my hair, and my roots are pretty light brown.

Here is what I noticed:

1. It STINKS. Some people may think it's an "okay smell"... but it essentially smells very STRONG and like rotten baby powder. IT SMELLS LIKE OLD WOMEN'S HAIR....wait, maybe old women's hair smells that way because they use this?! Anyway, I was seriously sooo self-conscious the first several days of using this product because the smell was so strong.

2. It goes on really thick. It's like a big "splat" on your head that is very noticeable. Maybe the best word I can describe it is "BLOTCHY". While watching youtube videos on this product, I noticed that the person showing the demonstration would dab the brush into the powder and then tap it several times before putting the brush on her scalp. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. You have to tap the powder off because for some odd reason (maybe it's a really cheap formula?) if you don't do that, you get a very noticeable blotch. And it is a thick enough powder that it REALLY accentuates your hair follicles so here I am, with lighter hair, having black dots showing on my scalp. REAL nice....

3. It's just weird. I don't know if it's a cheaper type of powder, but most...wait, ALL... of my beauty products don't have that type of consistency. It's light, yet oily.

4. Because I had to tap the powder, the dark powder easily got into other things in my bathroom. And one time I scatched my head and touched my face and lo and behold I had a dark streak on my face. The product purports that it won't transfer onto other things like your pillow, clothes, etc. NOT TRUE.

5. In an act of absolute frustration one day, I grabbed my eye shadow (Maybelline Stylish Smokes 225S "Made for Mocha") and brushed it onto my scalp at my part. It worked! I have been using it ever since. It doesn't transfer onto everything like Joan Rivers' powder did. The eye shadow covers my scalp wonderfully without getting blotchy or weird. And it seems to last all day just fine.

I will continue to just use my Maybelline eyeshadow in lieu of anything else. Overall, putting something on your scalp is a good idea. It definitely gives the appearance of filled in hair. You can get really close to my head and NEVER notice I used something on my part. I do it every day and it takes only a few seconds.

Also I am hoping to do a hair transplant (which will only be about $6k) by the end of 2013. I am currently using the HairMax Laser Comb and Men's Rogaine foam.....we'll see how it all goes..

I hate this hair loss crap as a female. Hate it!

****Update 6/21/2013 Click on my name (C'est Moi) to see my Men's Rogaine Foam review....****