Elliot Jones,

Oh man! We can try to help you, but we'd all try to convince you to NOT to purposely put glue in their hair. Heck, almost nobody on this board uses a blow dryer or even hot water. We take an all-natural and heat-free approach to hair.

We hope you will convert to our hair religion. I can feel you roll your eyes as you read this.

Gelatin sounds hair-safe. You could um......... keep adding gelatin in between the spikes and make sure the extra hairs stay down. glob on some onto the ends. glob some some on the scalp. It's organic, should be okay... washes out. be generous with the gelatin.

Bikerbraid would know.. she used to use it for synchronized swimming.

I wasn't much help, was I?
Anais

Gelatin and wood glue would certain hold the hair.  Both are organic so you should be able to remove them from the hair with hot water and shampoo (a good oiling before washing will also help).

I'm afraid I can't help much more than this - as Anais said, most of us work more towards natural hair.

Here's a receipe for the gelatin hair gel:

1/2 to 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin

Thoroughly dissolve gelatin in 1 cup warm water. Keep refrigerated in sealed container.

For the hair spikes, I'd lean towards using more gelatin.  If you mixed a bit of wood glue into this mixture, you should get more gloss to the hair and it would hold better in damp conditions.  You could re-apply to the ends as necessary to prevent "fraying" and also to the base to incorporate the new hair into the spikes. 

[DISCLAIMER:  I have never worn spikes, I have never helped anyone put their hair into spikes.  My 22 year old son has worn his hair in a short buzz cut most of his life, so I have absolutely NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!!   ]

Wow! I never thought I'd see a recipe for putting glue in your hair on this website before!

*cue crazy shrieky violin music* 

Ha Ha!

I have a mate who has a 36 inch hawk! I want to surprise (shock) him when he sees i have liberty spikes, have any of you ever had a mad hair style???

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Hi, I know this thread is old but I'm new to the forum.  Have you found the solution to you liberty spike dilema?  I just had a laugh because it reminded me of a story of a guy with a mohawk who had his mom iron his hair with a clothes iron. Hahahah I don't know if it's a urban legand tho.

But anyhoo, as a teenager of the 80's I am endowed with some high-hair knowledge.  The secret is teasing your hair to the desired height, lightly spray with hairspray making sure you get the roots.  If you do not spray the roots, the whole thing will tip over. Blow dry while trying to hold the shape in place.  If your hair does not feel "solid", repeat light spray and dry. Then, lightly spray a last time and mold your hair starting from the roots smoothing to the tips while blow drying.  This is where you can control how spikey it gets.  You will probably have to do each spike individually, or a few at a time.

You have heard correct, mousse and gels do not hold, or they do not dry fast enough.  Aerosol sprays work better than pump (Aquanet was the choice back then. blech.) 

Sidenote, as soon as I got high hair out of my system, I never ever put styling products in it again.  I have had plenty to last me a lifetime. 

PS - Teasing if you dont know, is when you hold the ends of your hair up, and comb it the opposite way.  It should be big and fluffy like Robert Smith before you try to mold into spikes.