We’re selective about the formulas we use on our hair, skin, and nails. The Spotlyte 7TM highlights recently-released and/or noteworthy products for thicker looking hair, one day at a time. Let’s go shopping!
Hair thinning is a daunting — yet often inevitable — side effect of aging. (Yes, it even happens to celebrities.) It can be partially hormonal, partially genetic, and can also be exacerbated by lifestyle factors like stress. If you’ve started to notice that your mane appears less lustrous than usual, consider fortifying your strands with a nutrient-dense, protein-packed formula. Doing so can instantly restore the appearance of fullness. Below, we’ve rounded up seven foams, serums, and mousses that can help to get your strands back into fighting shape.
Products For Thicker Looking Hair
Hair Volume Enhancing Foam
Revitalash® is known as an eyelash-centric brand, but the fact that it offers a hair-thickening tonic is hardly surprising. The Hair Volume Enhancing Foam ($175) relies on a blend of fatty and amino acids to nourish, strengthen, and add shine to the hair. Despite its ultra-nourishing ingredients, the formula is oil-free, so there’s no risk of greasy residue.
Bosley® Bos-Revive® Thickening Treatment
- LifeXtend Complex hydrates and nourishes while strengthening and fortifying the follicles and hair shaft for thicker, fuller-looking hair. Gentle and safer cleansing without harmful ingredients.
- Promotes healthy hair growth
The Bosley® Bos-Revive® Thickening Treatment ($40) works by inhibiting DHT, the hormone most commonly responsible for hair loss. In addition to spurring hair growth, the formula also functions as a color-protectant and styling product. Hair appears more voluminous as soon as you run this stuff through your mane. You’ll have to wait a few months before seeing a noticeable effect on fallout or thickness.
PHYTOCYANE® Botanical Revitalizing Serum
- helps jump start healthy new growth
- encourages keratin production for thicker, stronger hair
PHYTOCYANE® Botanical Revitalizing Serum ($65) aims to strengthen existing hair and promote new growth with grapeseed, ginkgo biloba, and soybean. The concentrated formula is individually packaged, so there’s no guessing whether you’ve applied enough.
Toppik® Hair FattenerTM Advanced Thickening Serum
- Fuller hair instantly
- Formulated without sulfates and parabens
As we age, we lose keratin, the protein responsible for hair strength. The Toppik® Hair FattenerTM Advanced Thickening Serum ($18) adds some of that protein back. Simply pump and rake the foam through wet or dry strands. Immediately, hair appears thicker without stiffness; over time, it feels significantly stronger.
RaincryTM Daily Densifying Treatment
- BUILD DENSITY – This treatment is designed to add root volume and heat protection to support new hair growth for greater-looking density, showing the true power of strength in numbers.
- PROVIDED BY NATURE – This multitasking formula is made with pure ingredients like bamboo and Vitamin B3, is pH balanced and keratin treatment safe, and is paraben, sulfate, phthalate, and cruelty free.
Like a multivitamin for undernourished hair, the RaincryTM Daily Densifying Treatment ($38) contains biotin, B vitamins, and keratin. Together, they work to promote growth, diminish fallout, and strengthen strands. Simply spritz in damp hair and style as usual. If your styling routine involves heat, it’s also worth noting that this formula contains a thermal protectant to protect your hair against damage.
Rene Furterer® Paris 80 ATP EnergieTM Concentrated Serum
- Address the underlying causes of hereditary and hormonal hair thinning; Help preserve existing hair and visibly re-densify thin; sparse hair with this drug-free concentrated leave-in serum
- Strengthens the hair follicle and helps to maximize the supply of nutrients to the scalp
The Rene Furterer® Paris 80 ATP EnergieTM Concentrated Serum ($72) is small but mighty. Simply snap open one of the single use capsules to access a host of herbal hair-supporters, including licorice root and lemon, which strengthen the bulb and energize the scalp, respectively. Not to mention, this treatment only needs to be administered once or twice per week in order to be effective.
ReverieTM CakeTM Restorative Scalp Tonic
- WHAT IT IS: Treat Your Hair + Scalp To CAKE, A Restorative Serum That Smoothes, Soothes, Protects, And Promotes Regeneration.
- WHAT IT DOES: This Leave-In Treatment Is Powered By Active Ingredients Such As Apple Stem Cells + Hydrolyzed Protein From The Sweet White Lupine Plant - Together They Delay The Aging Process While Restructuring + Strengthening Hair Follicles.
Natural beauty fans will love the ReverieTM CakeTM Restorative Scalp Tonic ($72). In addition to its squeaky-clean ingredient list, it contains ingredients that support the scalp’s PH and moisture levels. By doing so, hair has a supportive, nourishing environment for growth.