In my outfit post the other day I asked you if you knew what hair secrets I’d used to short cut the usual styling process. Some of you were right on the money! For a while now I’ve been receiving comments and emails asking me if I had tried Bumpits - these new hair “thing-a ma-bobs” that give you that kind of bouffant volume. The first time one of you asked me about them I wondered just where the hell ones “bum pit” was! They’ve been big news in the US for a while, but haven’t been regularly available in Australia yet. So I searched them out on eBay (paying attention to get genuine ones) and decided to give them a try.
I create so many different hair do’s that require teasing or other ways to get volume at the crown, that I had nothing to loose trying these… although there was the risk I’d end up looking like Sarah Palin! So I’ve been using them to create a 1960’s look, a Himegyaru look, even a bit of a Marge Simpson look! I’ve found them very easy to use, but I don’t know if this would be the case for everyone. The instructions recommend a little backcombing and lots of hairspray, but I’ve been using mine with neither. However, I do have a lot of very thick hair – the kind you could loose a pencil in for a week!
I just separate my hair, (like in the pictures shown on the official site) and pull the hair back over the Bumpit. Then I use a single hair comb to secure it at the base. I haven’t yet tried to wear them like the model, with no securing pins, as I don’t think they’d stand up to the rigors of my day without them. There are loads of tutorials around by different people showing you how to use these, but I think that the best execution depends very much on the texture of your hair. Emily Noel has some great reviews and tutorials over on You Tube that I’d recommend you check out as a good starting point.
Of course, because we are all different and have our own interpretations on these things, I’m hoping to get together a short SKM version of how I use the Bumpits for a more alternative look. If you have any advice or recommendations for each other on these – where to buy, good tips and what doesn’t work for you – please feel free to post it in the comments and we’ll see if we can all help each other make these work the way we want them to.
I have to say, I am a convert. The only thing I’d like is an even BIGGER Bumpit to make some very serious hair… or perhaps a systems where you could lock them together..
You know what they say, “the higher the hair, the closer to god!”
oh I have been wanting to try these for years now and I never seem to get around to it!
Perhaps they would not work so well for me since I have thinner hair?
I’ve been wondering if these strange contraptions would be the answer to the 5min beehive! Sounds like they’re a go-er!!
Thanks for the review
xxx
hmm interesting, I’ve currently been experimenting with hair rats and clip on bangs for when I want thick, lovely rockabilly hair.
XX Rosina Lee
i’ve wanted to try these since i saw the ad on daytime tv… worth the money then…?
It certainly looks interesting and perhaps worth of trying, but the name… they should have thought twice before choosing that =D
Your necklace on the previous post is absolutely gorgeous! I have been trying to find a bow necklace similar to that for ages with no luck. But that might be because I resist the lure of eBay. Otherwise I might end up in bankcrupcy =)
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I have these! Here’s a link to my bump-it do:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2457/3595879519_0c02e7d948.jpg
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I tried the bumpits and I have thin, blond hair. It worked, but I felt the smaller one was still too big and I looked too beauty queen. So I have not worn it again. But I found it very easy to use. I just followed the directions on the box. I had to tease my thin hair and then smooth it over the bumpit. It worked for a whole day!
You can check out my blog post on it:
http://talesofaretromodernhousewife.blogspot.com/2009/08/blue-dress-and-bumpitz.html
Hmm, those are intriguing! I may have to get some and try some new hairstyles.
Oh, I’ve never heard of them over here. Can’t wait to see a tutorial from you with’em, since your hair in the pic doesn’t show that well. I guess I’ll have to check out other pics of you and try guessing where you’re ‘bumpitting’ your hair or not until then. And that youtube chanel too!
Do they stay put or is there slippage?? I have quite silky hair that always wants to escape from whatever is holding it!
AWESOME. Sounds weird, but I feel that I have a flat-shaped head, and when I try to do a frenchroll or updo I always feel like they don’t look as elegant as they do on other people because I need um, more head. The bumpits might solve that!
For those of us with thin hair teasing is necessary. I figured out how to get around that, though.
I made a new hair rat, very thin, more a mat than a rat, that I lay over the top of the Bumpit. No teasing, no show through, stays just as well.
I was very tickled with myself.
Well now I’ve ordered myself a set
dolly parton in Steel magnolias no?
Still pretty happy with my patented hair flattener – a bike helmet as like you I have plenty of hair, but unlike you mine is coarse.
But it looks real purty on you! xx
I love mine
http://www.byhillary.com/2009/05/my-bumpit-tutorial_04.html
I have VERY thick hair that does not like to stay teased. It is so heavy it always falls. So its nice to throw the bumpit in and style it and go.
It so quick too.
i am super intriqued, will look for it around here…
Would these work with short hair do you think? I’m always looking for more volume.
Hi Ms C, I found these Bumpits about 2 years ago from Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast in a fake hair extension place but have since seen them in selected Price Attack or similar. They are a killer on fine hair though when they get tangled, a bit like the old roller brush tangle so be careful if your hair is thin or weak.
Chrissy
This is awesome! *voted*
=)