Fact:  backcombing trashes hair.  (Just ask your granny or your mum.)  Saltwater, ditto…  But these truly brilliant new sprays from V05 are the hair-friendly alternatives. We’ll start with V05 Plump It Up Backcomb Spray – which is just what it says on the tin:  backcombing in a spray.  No need to tease roots with a comb:  just spritz this onto dry hair, concentrating on the roots, and use your fingertips to rub it in and fluff hair up.  We’d recommend it not just for anyone trying to create a va-va-voom ‘look’, but women whose hair is on the skimpy, thin side.

V05 Give Me Texture Dry Texturising Spray also sprays directly onto dry hair - then scrunch with fingers for an I-just-got-back-from-the-beach tousled definition to curls and waves.  There’s a touch of sea salt for authenticity – but conditioning elements, too, so you don’t suffer the same surf-induced hair damage neat seawater delivers.

Entirely hair-raising.  In a good way...

UK readers find V05 Plump It Up Backcomb Spray at www.boots.com/£3.69 for 200 ml - buy here - and V05 Give Me Texture Dry Texturising Spray - same price, same size - buy here