Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode

'Cult' is a word oft bandied-about in Beautyland. But when it comes to Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode, it's no cliché .  This hairspray really does have its own stellar fan club, who rely on its fixing power to ensure that catwalk 'dos' and Vogue photoshoots are not wrecked by drooping tendrils or slipping chignons.

And for the first time, it's available in the UK.  Spray de Mode is one of those beauty souvenirs that hairdressers would schlep back from the States in their (excess) baggage.

Now, we'll 'fess up that we're not hairspray girls ourselves - but we know so many stylists who rave about this that we wanted to share, nonetheless.  It holds firm, yet is flexible.  (No 'helmet-head' with this.)  The how-to, apparently, is to hold the can 10 inches away and spritz in 'fluid strokes'.  It can also be sprayed onto sections and 'fixed' with heat tools.

So:  spray it again, Sam.  (McKnight, that is...)

UK readers:  Bumble and bumble Spray de Mode at www.bumbleandbumble.co.uk/£21.50 for 300 ml - buy here (NB  Spray de Mode's flying off the shelves so fast they can barely keep it in stock, but if it's not on the site, there's a button you can click - and they'll e-mail you when a new consignment lands) US readers find it at www.sephora.com/from £15 for 4 oz - buy here