Hairdresser Reacts To Early 2000’s Hair Tools (bumpits, hairigami, topsy tail & more)

Hi Beautiful! Today we reminisce on the past and dive into the glorious world of early 2000's hair tools. This tools were WILD and hilarious.
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[@biancan8842]

I think we deserve a video where Brad gets ahold of all these products, plus butterfly clips, and gives Ms. Mannequin an early 2000s makeover!

[@1994whitewolf]

Most r on Amazon

[@erincasto6640]

Can we please blow this up with likes so he does it!!!

[@sailornamaste997]

Honestly disappointed that this wasn’t done in this video 🥺

[@clre3013]

This is why I clicked on the video as I thought that’s what he was going to do lol xx

[@belleomalley1022]

YES

[@sylvie1815]

As a small town girl I'm here to tell you, the BUMPITS were IT! we all had them and did our hair like that. Also yes they fell out, you had to bobby-pin them in. The girls running laps in gym class had their bumpits falling out all over the the place and their orange glow tan dripping off their faces. Ahh the 2000's😂

[@zhazhagab0r]

We called them dinosaur hair in college.

[@julienapier9675]

I used bumpits a couple of times. Never fell out but ripped out some of my hair taking it out. Lol

[@sandrastreifel6452]

I was a teenager in the 70’s, and those BUMPITS hairstyles were old then! Teasing and hair lacquer say: “outdated” to me, still!

[@heatherhamerphotog]

The worst part about bumpits was when you bumped your head on something like the car door jam and the little teeth dug into your scalp. Ouch!

[@ellencox8415]

Not to mention in gym the eyebrows melting from pencil thin drawn eyebrows/Egyptian black eyeliner mixed with craft store glitter eyeshadow...

[@allisonh0316]

I used to wear a bumpit almost every single day in high school. It was definitely more than a “little bit of a tease”. My hair looked like a rats nest underneath a slightly smoothed top layer and I’d spray that sucker and shove about 6 Bobbi pins in there to hold it in place. It was chaos and pain trying to brush my hair out every night.

[@Hello-fz3cj]

haha omg me too 😂😂 I used to wear them every day without fail when i was like 18-21 years older 😂 looking back I have no idea why, but i had a bump it addiction and felt so naked without them in my hair

[@steph8030593]

Ugh combing out back combing 😖

[@melyndamonea8734]

Tried to teach my younger sister do it.little. Little come bought caught. In her hair.She had waist length hair and cried about losing any hair I couldn’t bare her crying so for 2 hours strand by by strand I picked her hair free Bump it left the face of the earth.

[@ComeOnInTheWatersFine]

Brad: "I've literally never seen anyone do their hair like this.." Clearly Brad has never been to rural Missouri. If you randomly selected 10 women from my hometown between the ages of 30 and 40, I guarantee that at least 3 of them are still using a bump it or similar product, probably combined with 5lb of hair extensions. All of it so hair sprayed down that gale force winds couldn't move it.

[@karlabunns]

Yeah something something about the taller the hair, the closer to God lmaoooo

[@jenmatt1923]

🤣

[@SNKemm]

L m f a o! I'm dying. I am not originally from Missouri but I live here now and I have for the last 13 years. I was just about to leave a comment about Missouri and the stupid bump it LOL it's true! What the hell is the damn fascination with this stupid hairstyle?

[@WowUrFcknHxC]

As a resident of St. Louis this is both True and an attack on my femme relatives. But they honestly deserve it for assaulting us all with that horror show.

[@x.kenna.benna.x]

LMAO I’m from Missouri and my cousin still teases her hair to the high heavens

[@oliviahall985]

I was a cheerleader from 2005-2009 and let me tell you, the bump it helmet hair thing was a LOOK. It my school, we only did the front bumps like Brad explained, but our rival school truly has the mindset of the higher the hair the closer to God. That, with really stripey highlights.

[@Me_1983-]

Yessssss higher the hair closer to God, it was a southern thang 🙌 😁 I still love big hair, won't lie lol

[@ladyboywonder9139]

🤩🤣

[@neonfox582]

Solution: don't be a cheerleader

[@asj3488]

@@Me_1983- you're from the south huh xD so am I lmao

[@oliviacaron7088]

@@neonfox582 there’s nothing wrong with cheerleading though. It was my favorite sport, and to this day I look back with fond memories. I will say a lot to the girls were your transitional gossipy backstabbing mean girls, but there were also down to earth, nice, kind cheerleaders too. Also if you don’t know cheer is more than a sports hype man. The competitions were serious and very cool in my opinion. Crazy what humans can do sometimes

[@melanieannplans2666]

As a Millenial, I so appreciate this walk down memory lane! Also: who here remembers the little butterfly hair clips!?

[@Basilissa_Sunight]

My aunt bought a BUNCH ot them for styling my hair! You know: those little twists that starts at your hairline and are pinned in place with a hairclip... Too bad my hair was WAY too thin and the clips would just slip down immediately...

[@ceticwitch9466]

Yes!! Twist the hair back into butterfly clips, the go to 90s girl hairstyle 👌🏼

[@amberpare3681]

I had the little tiny butterfly clips and the ones with the bouncy spring under the big glittery butterfly. I remember my hair always getting stuck in those ones!😖

[@michelledavis7413]

I had butterfly clips that changed colour in the sun!

[@ninabeena83]

Haha, the first time I experienced them? (The late 80s) or when they came back in Vogue? (the late 90s) 😂😂

[@AmberCantrell]

A girl I went to school with wore the LARGE bumpit every single day and styled it with a scene aesthetic. An icon truly.

[@DarkSithBarbie]

I literally remember the late nineties and early 2000s being all about putting as much crap as possible in your hair. Gems, beads, neon extensions, feathers, string, weird barrettes that made your hair do the thing. It was the wild west of hair accessories.

[@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken]

Ah, so that's where I got it. I still love it lol

[@MusicalMeadows]

Bumpit hair is definitely still a thing in the south. "The higher the hair, the closer to Jesus" is a saying for a reason. The original use of the Topsy Tail was stupid but the mini-topsy tail was a godsend. Especially once the hair bloggers got ahold of it. They were great for making faux waterfall breads and faux french braids!

[@draya4429]

Also in Jersey😭😭

[@amber689]

Huge in Texas!

[@malaikanaomi1408]

I guess I’m really close to Jesus with my afro then😂

[@echerylmorris2935]

Yeah gurl, Jack it up!!!

[@blaineyeamlak]

you mean karen hair

[@CameraLinz]

"the fact that this was pre-recession" explains so much about every bit of style from the early 2000's.

[@sangwoossaggyballs7555]

What's pre recession?

[@van2165]

@@sangwoossaggyballs7555 before the recession or 08’

[@sangwoossaggyballs7555]

@@van2165 sorry I really don't know what recession is😭

[@Tanjaaraus]

@@sangwoossaggyballs7555 When the economy takes a hit. So people getting less money, then spending less money, the shops struggle and their employees are paid less so they buy less. And it's a pretty hard thing to break out of and can end up with a financial crisis. The same thing happened in 2020 when people had to keep home and couldn't work - which is why the stimilus checks in the US was a thing. To keep the people buying things, and the shops afloat. So pre-recession people felt safe with their economic situation and was more likely to spend their money on frivilous plastic hair tools like these. (or rather, parents where more likely to buy easily break-able toys and gadgets for their kids and themselves)

[@sangwoossaggyballs7555]

@@Tanjaaraus ohh thank you for that very detailed and clear explanation, I really appreciate it! We learn something new everyday :D

[@korinda76]

I loved and STILL love the Topsy Tail! I probably have a dozen of them in various sizes. I have fine silky straight hair, so they actually work way better than splitting a ponytail and pulling through by hand. My hair is so soft that it would cause the hair band to slide too much. I styled my hair this way for my wedding, too. I always get compliments and people asking how I did it. I also use them to tie big bows on presents. Handy little tools!

[@phoebeeverest7185]

Omg I have one too! I use it for school so my it just gives pazaz to your ponytail and i find easier with it because like yours my hair is fine, silky and straight

[@queenrose5506]

doing a ponytail braid with the topsy tail is so much easier and neater! great tool!

[@Dellilly]

Same! I have very curly and tangly hair, so it makes it a lot easier

[@cr1cket39]

I still use mine. I find trying the same without the tool actually ruins the smoothness I can achieve with it(fine, straight).

[@angelavinen2881]

I still have them too and I use them to style my hair for work

[@torynsirishlove]

That Hairagami was my lifesaver when I was in JROTC!! I had to have my hair in a bun when I wore my uniform, and that made it so freaking easy in the morning!!

[@Meltzer.Seltzer]

This was so nostalgic. Let us not forget the Part Pizazz! They kind of looked like scissors and you would draw a zig zag or S shaped part and then pull the scissor looking part open to separate the hair part. 10 year old me was ALLLL about that.

[@ilovesparky13]

Shit I remember something like that

[@alyssawilberg2535]

Omg I want that now!!

[@jasmineseiger9551]

Omg yes the image of that zigzag part is forever burned into my memory.

[@animatedaboutlife]

I remember this!

[@TaraSmallss]

Omg I used to do a zigzag part lol it was so cool when I was in highschool. I didn’t have whatever product this was though, but I remember all the ones brad talked about

[@loribickford6685]

I remember a tool that would stamp shapes into the hair like hearts and stars,and I think it had color as well, so you could have like pink hearts and blue stars. I think it had more colors and shapes as well. It was like a krimper but with shapes instead of waves.

[@captaincrunch784]

I have 2 of those! One makes beach waves, one stamps a heart LOL vintage.

[@loribickford6685]

@@captaincrunch784 I thought they looked so fun!

[@gingermaniac5484]

THIS THIS THIS WHERE DO I GET ONE IT SOUNDS SO RIDICULOUS I NEED ONE BLUE STARS!?!?! I CAN COSPLAY AS BLUESTAR

[@brelandlocktin5060]

i BEGGED my parents for these

[@annieoddo1475]

there was DEFINITELY a crimper with interchangeable plates, like they would include bonus ones with your order that stamped shapes into your hair and stuff. I remember seeing it in a commercial and my brother saying "that just looks ugly" 😂

[@pyro-millie5533]

Brad talking about hair wraps and friendship bracelets is so wholesome! I too loved making friendship bracelets! I still have a lot that I made right before college with the 5-strand knot technique that took for freaking ever. I’vegot chevrons, zig zagz, stripes, you name it! I never successfully did my own hair wrap, but I got one done at Myrtle Beach recently and felt like an early 2000’s mermaid goddess for the next literal month lol!

[@PandaBear1316]

I used the heck out of a Topsy Tail when I was young 😅. You can definitely do more with it than what is on the commercial. That style guide had a lot of different things to try.

[@adrianamelendez5335]

I remember in middle school some girls got in a fight and one of them had a bump it. It was dangling from her head and was super tangled in there. Glad that memory was unlocked 🤣😅

[@melanieannplans2666]

Oof! That must have hurt! Do you remember how she got it out?

[@alainapristine3305]

@@melanieannplans2666 hopefully she managed to brush it out instead of needing a haircut 😬😬

[@melanieannplans2666]

@@alainapristine3305 When I was in junior high school I had a kid put gum in my hair the day before Christmas break when we were in the gym watching a movie. My mom had to cut my hair into a short bob because of it. Glad she didn't have that experience! (Hopefully!)

[@crystalcatt2018]

@@melanieannplans2666 tip to get gum out of hair use vegetable oil, or olive oil let soak in then comb out

[@alainapristine3305]

@@melanieannplans2666 my moms worst fear of her elementary school daughter with very long hair is a student with scissors or gum 🤣 she had to make me wear a super tight french braid everyday.. There was a time when a boy had touched my head with his comb which gave me head lice, but I’m sure having an unwanted hair cut is worst🥴

[@marjoriethomas8255]

Totally needing a video of Brad using all these nostalgic hair gadgets!!!! Please!!!!! We need this! 🙏

[@whatchyagonnado]

Second this :)

[@laurenharsh4252]

Yes we need this

[@xLadyBanana]

I for real thought this is what it was, I’m bummed it’s not!

[@weisslr22]

Yes please!!!!

[@missdaisysunshine8633]

Yup

[@mrsk2057]

I still use Hairagami!!! Almost every day ! I have to wear my hair in a bun for work, and this gives me the nicest, most put-together bun ever!

[@Thebladeandbriar]

I have a confession to make. I have hairigami wraps (or whatever they are called)….. and I still use them when I grow my hair out. I get compliments on my buns almost every time 😵‍💫

[@paigesexton9716]

As a former pageant girl, we wore our hair “bumpit” style. It was awful but it was what you did. 🤣 And the bumpits actually sucked. You saw the plastic every time lol. I tried everything but classic teasing worked way better (but hurt waaaayyy worse hahaha!) I used to sing “killing me softly with this comb” every time my hair got fiercely teased and pageant ready.

[@michelesmith2620]

That makes sense that it was a pageant thing. I was wondering who one earth did that aside from middle aged New Jersey housewives and southerners. That was most definitely a regional and class thing.

[@paigesexton9716]

@@michelesmith2620 I was a pageant girl in the south so now you fully understand the requirement. “The bigger the hair the closer to Jesus!” 🙌🏼💁🏼‍♀️🤣

[@mof2324]

Lmao “killing me softly with this comb” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

@@paigesexton9716 oh man, it wasn't just the south back then though lol. I'm from WY and they teased their hair too, it looked awful. I never really liked the look but of course I tried the bump it fad lol.

[@paigesexton9716]

@@yourinnerlawyer4035 Whoever thought this hairstyle was a good idea should be ashamed 🤣 The backstage of pageants in the early 00’s looked like a bad remake of the Corny Collins Show (That’s a Hairspray joke for those who don’t know.)

[@metallicsarcasm596]

Brad's description of 90's commercial voice overs "where they're kind of yelling at you, but they also seem friendly" is the best and most accurate thing I've ever heard!

[@CenterForFamilyUnity]

first time here ...he is a hoot

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

He's right tho 😂

[@katka8490]

I absolutely had both a hairigami and a topsy tail. The topsy tail worked great in my super fine hair.

[@queenizzydeigh9085]

I was living for the hairagami and used it everyday while I was in the military! At one point, I even ordered them in bulk and gave them to all the females I worked with! 😉

[@jocypare6019]

Thank you for your service.

[@Original_Tenshi_Chan]

Ok, here was how the Bumpits stayed in place - After you teased, you would spray the hair with high hold spray. And as anyone from the aughts can tell you, High Hold spray was the CFC Gorilla Glue of its time. Then the Bumpit itself had rough-edged teeth that worked similar to how Velcro works. (It hooked onto the texture of your hair) In fact, removing the Bumpit usually meant removing some hair along with it. This video inspired me to look through my old haircare trunk (ass length hair from age 5 to 40 nets you quite a few items built up along the way) and I found my old bumpit! If there is a way to post pics here, I can take a close-up of the teeth to show you what I mean.

[@annalajefa]

Wowww

[@cozycasasmr4510]

Thank you for the explanation!

[@badvamp666]

Ohh god the CFC reference! You could just look outside and see clouds disappearing lmaooo

[@angelbee4945]

I also used Bobbi pins around the device to keep in place

[@egyptsflame8368]

HAHA I still have mine sitting in my drawer with the style guide! I never needed hairspray because my hair is curly, but I feel your pain about taking them out. I swear I lost enough hair to make a wig!

[@princesspeach1616]

The hairigami was honestly a lifesaver for my dad when he had to help me put my hair up in a bun for ballet when I was little. The memories haha!

[@znab7610]

Super interesting!!! I was wondering how well that would hold up. Thanks for telling us!

[@lindaclouse460]

My sister got 2 stitches with this tool lol

[@queenb1119]

My 7 year old daughter has ALL of these contraptions, except the bump it. We've got thick curls, so our hair kind of bumps itself. Those gems do suck, but if you put them on a thick strand of hair it usually stays a little bit longer. I'm constantly finding little half sticky gems all over the house! 🤣

[@WolfPrincess19]

I remember begging my Mama to buy the Hairagami, unfortunately my hair was far to thick and heavy for it to work right. I do however still have and use my topsy tail lol. I also had a bump it. It was practically part of our cheer and dance uniforms

[@ivonne58270]

When Brad said “Yess, Princess of Genovia”, i cackled!!! And that hairstyle was all the rage in when i was in my late teens and early 20s. I didn’t need a bump it because i knew how to tease my hair but i definitely had friends who used it!

[@marywalden9490]

I will never forget going to a goodwill with my mom in 2014-ish and seeing a massive bin of Bumpits (probably 1000 boxes of the small, medium, and large bumps) with a big "FREE" sign on it. We asked a worker why they were there and they said "Oh they are out of style and no one will buy them anymore. We have to give them away. Sometimes we slip them in people's bags as they leave to get rid of them faster."

[@anorsegoddess9797]

Wow 😳

[@allisonalvarez7329]

Omg 😂🤣

[@thegnoblin]

I remember a friend's mom wearing a bumpit. She had really fine, thin hair and so you could actually see a gap of space created by the bumpit through her hair. It was not very flattering 😂

[@adribourgeois]

I LOVED hair wrapping!!! Was always doing them on me and my sister! And I remember my mom always talking about her Topsy-Tail! She was like “It was so easy to use!” 😂❤️

[@adriannavanoyen]

Lol, my "never throws anything out" tendency is really showing in that I still have my harigami in my hair accessories drawer- haven't used it in well over a decade and moved three times, but it's still there! 😂

[@beccahg.3157]

I still have my (unused) Bumpit. 😆

[@hardtogetnamehere]

Send it to Brad Mondo and have him do a demo for the crowd.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Bless you soul sister

[@skydragon84]

@@hardtogetnamehere Yaass! We should all look for a hair item we don't use anymore, clean it well, then send it to Brad for him to try it out :)

[@garnet9788]

I would love to see Brad do his own 90’s/00’s commercial for his products. It’s would be iconic! 😆

[@ahhh4117]

but his products actually work lol

[@AnonymousOregonian]

I had the Bump it when my hair was cut in a asymmetrical bob (short in the back, longest in the front). I mainly used the small one for the front like Brad talked about. I also had the Topsy Turvey but like Brad said, you could totally do it without the tool. Not shown was a Hairdini and that was really good for making a hair bun. It was like the Hairorgami but with bendy wires inside and a puffy foam that added volume.

[@showmework]

Brad! You have me dying!! They’re screaming at you in a nice way 😂😂 professional teasing comb? You mean a tail comb? PARTY CITY WIG!!! I’m screaming 😂😂😂😂😂

[@court8105]

Brad: I literally have never seen anybody wear their hair like this Snooki: am I a joke to you 👁👄👁 💀😂

[@hopelaforge3598]

I have the 2nd tool

[@susanforbes8251]

And the Long Island Medium

[@cleocatra9324]

Those two are a joke to everyone

[@theabnormalmom]

I wanted a topsy tail SO BAD that my dad actually made me one out of a wire coat hanger. (Yes he was THE BEST) And it was everything i needed in my life.

[@DreaLS]

That is super wholesome! Love that

[@KatherineRoseArt]

Yep... I made my own as well when I was a teenager... didn't use a coat hanger... I used a strip of plastic from something (dont remember what lol), made it into a loop shape and wrapped with tape. used it for years XD

[@sabikafatima7944]

i was so obsessed with it that i got some pliers and cut the hanger myself and made one

[@mollyhegner3504]

My dad did that but with a shoe lace 😆

[@reneesmith7597]

Our dad made one out of a zip tie for us

[@Iluvpie6]

I was very very young when the bumpits commercials were ending, but hearing it still pulled me RIGHT back.

[@Daniela-2208]

Your reaction to the topsytail and the mom shade from the commercial, was priceless 😂😂 You make everything so amusing and this video was so nostalgic

[@alexandrabourne1]

Hi Brad, I had the hairagami. I used to work as a flight attendant at the time, and we were required to wear the hair on a bun or ponytail, and the hairagami was great for making pretty buns.

[@jujujensen]

They have an off brand one on Amazon.

[@NatalieGrace99]

I was a ballerina and this saved my life as well!

[@fangirlingballerina5633]

@@NatalieGrace99 Same!

[@courtneylia7383]

You're 100% correct. I owned the Bumpits and unless you already had a ton of hair it was basically impossible to get the large one to stay in. I did however use the small one occasionally, but like you said you had to use a clip or bobby pins to keep it in and hidden under your hair. This (for me at least) was kinda inspired by the Snooki circa 2009 Jersey shore hair do 😂

[@alyssacontreras6341]

Even us blessed with a crap ton of hair had to Bobby pin our bump it downs. 😆 that was until we learned to tease our hair for an hour and hair spray it 😂 because I swear my whole high school female motto was "the bigger the hair the closer to God"

[@DirtyShizno]

My sister still has hers, yea she had to secure it with a clip and if you just put it in everyone would the tunnel-effect from the side so you had to wrap around the side too

[@weganmerner7014]

As someone with A LOT of hair that big one Never stayed in place

[@itskindofafunnystory...3237]

It stayed in my hair! I never had issues with it. Used that aussie spray

[@phalicia1327]

I had this awesome three-pronged twister. You added these rubber beads to the bottom before twisting, then just slid it up to hold the twist. Also came with a bunch of beads to add. It was awesome

[@kittiescorner222]

I totally had a hairagomy. I even used it on my hair for my junior prom. I also still use the topsy tail type thing. there is actually allot you can do with it.

[@aj0789]

As a late teen/young adult in TEXAS when the bump-it’s were all the rage I can 100% confirm all of your suspicions about it. They did NOT stay in your hair and they did NOT stay hidden. Garbage. Pure garbage. And we were all SO MAD. 😂

[@lisanne11051]

Somehow the girls at school with my daughter in East Texas did some kind of sorcery and made long lasting bumps with no bump-it's.

[@minagica]

In theory you could have glued male velcro to the bottom to stick it to your hair, that's the method used by the foam bumpit alternative I got off of eBay: velcro on the bottom to attach it to the head and velcro on the top instead of the classic bumpit teeth for holding the hairs of the bump in place

[@nikpotter2223]

Elder emo here who had thin hair, if you ratted your hair with aqua net and gave it a solid base to stick to, they would NOT move. And my MySpace pics were 🔥

[@feliciahartyful]

@@nikpotter2223 yuuppp. Tease, spray, place. That b wasn't going ANYWHERE. Honestly my profile pic now just needs the big teasing and it'd be the 90-00s again

[@LangTang88]

Hahaha! So true! Fell out so fast! Although used the mini and did the bang thing like crazy. The mini worked fine.

[@MunchnMumble]

His reaction to the bumpits styles shows he’s definitely not from the south. That was, and still is, THE LOOK for southern belles.

[@HollyG1903]

As an Arkansan I agree and i can say it made my day when I found bumpits in the Walgreens "as seen on tv" section.

[@phyllisashley7419]

😂 god. Can confirm from where I’m at.

[@jessibb]

Hahaha I used the Topsy Tail EVERY DAY when I was in basic training. My hair was down to the middle of my back and this thing was so helpful to keep it all up!!

[@coreyoverbury3118]

Haha I have a topsy tail thing still, the cheap dollar store version wasn't called that though! For me it was useful because reaching behind my back isn't always easy for me so it helps me reach better.

[@isxaxrealxgirl]

I remember my "stylish" friend giving me a prep makeover freshman year circa 2006 by putting me in 2 layered hollister henley shirts and doing the front bang bumpit in my hair. She gave it to me at night and I had no confidence about being able to recreate the look myself, so I slept with it in so I could wear it to school the next day.

[@Houndsunite]

Ahaaaaah😂 I would have did the same that’s awesome lol

[@lasvegasbeet]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DreaLS]

🤣 I love this story so much

[@kelseamauk1133]

Brad, the “helmet hair” look was such a thing in Indiana!!! Literally every “cool aunt” had this hairstyle lmaoo

[@merissaolson26]

So freakin true oh my god

[@danidan5286]

I know wrightttt

[@kelawalton3996]

Southern Indiana here. Totally agree!!!!

[@mandyballge632]

Yes! Northern Indiana was helmet city!

[@AmandaMaeNicole]

There were a few girls in my Indiana HS (2010s) that legit did their hair with the double bump "helmet hair" every single day. Lolol

[@UglyStrayCat]

Damn this aged me. I had the hairagomi, the conair twister, and the bumpits. AND, one you didn’t include, the hair parting tool that was kind of scissor shaped to do different shaped parts… which I now know you can do with a pencil, rat tail comb or literally any point. 😅

[@greenLimeila]

I was so jealous of my friends with that tool! (but yes I still parted my hair in a "zig zag" with a bobby pin haha)

[@C18H19NaO5S]

Absolute throwback! I’d love to see you get them. This also healed me lol

[@kyleeallred189]

BRAD I can’t believe you didn’t include Hot Huez hair chalk in this 😭 I’m convinced those are the reason I dye my hair bright colors. The messes I would make with them ugh. And let’s not forget the automatic hair braiders, the colorful raccoon tail hair feather extensions, and the Wen commercials that had me convinced I was balding at like 6 years of age.

[@Kweghp]

Omg YES. I was never allowed to dye my hair, I was only allowed the Hot Huez chalk. 💀 Hair feather and automatic braider? You unlocked so many memories I forgot about lmao

[@maryannes6426]

“BALDING AT THE AGE OF 6” 😭😂😂😂😂😂

[@carmendavis9738]

Sally's sells Hot Hues!!

[@teighlordavis7035]

I found my old bright pink hot huez a few years ago and ended up using it in all my hair just for nostalgia 😂

[@jamievibanco1674]

Yaaaas. Pleeeeaaasse do a video of you giving manne-quin and her friends early 2000 makeovers! Fabulous idea! They just flow Brad. That powerful creative artist mind. *muah 😊 muy bonita!!

[@sr-lw6bi]

This was the video I didn't know I needed today. I remember the bumpits and topsy tail. I was older late teens to early twenties in late 90's and early 2000's. My grandma bought me the topsy tail thing. It is actually easier to get a clean look with the tool. I used to try to do it with my fingers and would get bumps or missed hairs and had to fight with my hair for 20 minutes. I have really thin fine hair and it is hard to do anything with. I may still have that tool. I may have to bring it back out and use it again, kinda of miss it. I just bought a headband at walmart that is reminiscent of a bumpit, it has a regular headband but there is a second headband farther back that is attached that has a fabric/foam covered pad on it to bump your hair up. I'm not using it for this though. Gonna make a fabulous decorative headpiece out of it. Fun Video! Thank you Brad!

[@JessQS]

YESSS!! I Loved hair wraps!! Always had one in my hair!

[@eelectris5105]

You weren't kidding about unlocking memories, I literally GASPED the second that Hairagami commercial started playing!! Never bought one of course but how could I forget such a crucial piece of hair history??? 🤣

[@Fauna4ever]

😆🤣🤔😎

[@sporter726]

Rarely did these ever work with black hair ... but I won't lie, loving the nostalgia. Especially the "you have to be 18 or older to order with your credit card" part at the end lol ... Now I get why my mom was like wait til you get your own money lol

[@racheltyree4879]

Lol oh no! They wouldn't work with black hair! Lol my cousins are mixed and they wanted it, but unless we straightened it like a white girls hair, it wasn't working!

[@sarahkekana7850]

Yea.. these weren't made for us

[@jr3kg3]

Remember, banana curls...Idk, how to describe but yeah 👍🏾

[@xrosyxposyx]

I was thinking this too. It's kinda ironic because a lot of this stuff black people have been doing for a long time and still do.

[@jr3kg3]

@@xrosyxposyx , I liked your comment and totally agree with you

[@kahlarodriguez8763]

Yesss!!!!! Hairagami made me feel the same way as soon as I saw the clip. Omg, I thought it looked like magic, especially for my horribly unmanageable hair when I was younger. Never thought of that snap bracelet hack, genius. 👀

[@Prancer0210]

Awesome video; so fun to remember all of these hair gadgets. I had all of them and couldn't get any of them except the Topsy Tail to work, lol.

[@sarahnoelhutchinson6154]

I felt like I needed to clarify about the quick gems. I owned this and these gems weren’t sticky! They were two dual sided gems held together by a tiny spring. The device would stretch out the spring onto your hair so that taking them out was painful. If you pulled them too hard or they got jammed in the device it wouldn’t work in the device anymore and became pretty useless. I remember my hair getting jammed in the device because i tried using one that the spring had gotten stretched out on and it and the gem got stuck in my hair and I had to do a walk of shame downstairs to my mother for help with this giant piece of plastic swinging around my head. It was sooo classy.

[@Oleanderlullaby]

I had it to! I commented above about how it was a setting but you’re right it was a spring and it tangled so easily and yessss the walking to the parent when you got it caught sucked lol

[@silverfox1492]

Yes, my sister and i had one and it never worked for us, my sister has straight hair so they would slide out of the machine so only a few strands got gemmed, I have thick curly hair so it just jammed and knotted up so bad

[@laobejanegra926]

😂😭 oh man

[@jessmoore1738]

Yessss, I have thick biracial curls it was a nightmare 😭

[@dbdnights]

"The fact that we were buying tools that our fingers could easily do is ICONIC." I am dead. xD

[@50shadesofriddle]

BUT HE THINKS THEYRE STICKY I HAD THESE THEY WERE JUST METAL AND CLAMPED SO THATS KINDA INACCURATE

[@kelleyscholfield9503]

A friend of mine wore her bumpit at Six Flags on the roller coasters and it stayed all day.

[@luckdragongirl]

I remember that Topsy Tail commercial. I just watched the motion of the hair and did it myself. Put the ponytail in, moved the holder down a little bit, separated the hair between the skull and holder, flipped the ponytail up, and pulled through the hole. I still sometimes do that on hot days. Keeps the hair off my neck without doing a high pony.

[@acmh10]

Watching this I had no idea this hair wrap tool ever existed! I always wanted hair wraps when I was younger, but now I’ve got 2 daughters that let me do them on them all the time! So therapeutic!

[@ariannacooper44]

Honestly the 2000's hair stuff was just so random and pointless but I still wanted all of it.

[@sandylynn1912]

I had all of them

[@muhamadsobirin4704]

yep power of tv commercial

[@jpsmooth7156]

Random fact: Miss USA Lu Parker wore her hair in a "topsy tail" and won the crown in 1994 with her hair slicked back tight rocking the topsy tail. It actually looked great in both swimsuit and evening gown!

[@emiliest-andrepelletier3548]

Yes! Please do a video trying all kinds of crazy stuff likes these! It would be so epic!!!

[@tayoriginal4067]

Omg the string around the hair!!! I remember getting one at the county fair lmao Thought I was so cool with my hippie strand with beads! Bringing back all the feels.

[@amieparham7657]

There were a whole troupe of girls at my college who would wear sweatpants, and do their hair with the bumpits and full on pageant makeup. It was ridiculous-looking.

[@jordandegrasse5136]

Omg that was a huge trend for a while in the late 90s early 2000s...people would do the top half of them (shirt makeup and hair) super cute and dressy ish but with sweats...I see now that it was insanely weird but I was all for it lol

[@madi5286]

Yessss we had this all the way in ontario canada. It was wild

[@callieb9049]

Oh man that was how all the sorority girls dressed for class when I was in college in 2013 😂

[@adrianaallen7537]

@@jordandegrasse5136 this has made a comeback. Now its sweat sets with heals

[@andrealinda6069]

The conair crimper... was everything. I spent hours crimping my very long hair on the bigger crimper slides... We'd crimp eachother's hair at sleepovers. The small crimping slides were more popular

[@AbsoluteApril]

yes crimp club member here too! Me and friends going for the Daryl Hannah Splash look

[@tonir9444]

Oooh yes I remember the crimper a friend of mine burnt dried out the the crap out of my hair. It took a good while to get my hair to look healthy again.My mom was soo mad 🙈

[@LeoLady3966]

I bought a crimper a couple years ago🤣 there was a 90’s bar crawl and I relived my early 90’s bangs and “spiral” perm 🤣

[@laurabailey1054]

I have a 1980’s crimper still

[@AG-mt3xs]

My mom still has my original crimper! My daughter found it when we visited once, and I had to crimp a section of her hair. She thought it was hilarious and cool. 😂

[@laurenslgd]

Omg 😆😆 I remember all of these!! Ohh the hair tools...the looks... ohh the hair memories... 😍 😁

[@allibaker]

Hairigama!!!!!! I spent many many sleepless nights watching the infomercial for this and desperately wanting one. Bring it back!

[@FUNSIZEDCHILD]

I was born in 1995 and I remember all of these commercials. I remember I always wanted a Bump it and hairigami so badly that I was begging my mom to buy it for me. Brad, you need to do a video trying out these products because just re-watching these commercials is bringing some nostalgia to me. Thanks for always making me laugh and putting a smile on my face whenever I’m down ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@krissberry7]

I was born 97 and I also wanted those so bad

[@euro-trashling]

As a member of Gen Z community I use hairigami still and I'm not ashamed.

[@princesslisamarie7860]

Confession time: I had and still have a bumpit! Lol my hair is fine so teasing doesn’t always hold so the bump it was perfect to get that volume. And I do 1950 styles so yes I still use it to get a nice beehive lol

[@amberlindsey7112]

Lol my daughter could tease her hair and could get so much volume. My hair was so thick and straight it wouldn't get any volume and I thought these would be perfect but never tried them lol.

[@belledecaucase]

I love 1950's and 60's looks! I volumise my hair too!

[@lightheidi9009]

Princess Lisa Marie , I do as well! I wore my version of the bumpit today to work. I love dressing ‘50’s and 60’s. I am so glad someone else loves wearing retro styles.

[@maggiekarabel123]

How do you get them to stay in? I got one to do a Brigitte Bardot look and I couldn’t get it to stay in!

[@princesslisamarie7860]

@@maggiekarabel123 it’s tricky. Lots of teasing and hairspray. Even then it’s no guarantee

[@amandadugan4476]

I love everything about this video.

[@chelseareed7326]

I think we need to know more about Brad as a kid/teen doing all the hair and discovering his love of hair!

[@badvamp666]

I dunno what a Whorigami would possibly do, but I fully believe in my heart that Brad could make it work

[@greeeneyes91]

:D :D :D

[@aureasmortem]

Whorigami...aka rope bondage lmao

[@kitana5583]

wouldn't whoragami just be the kama sutra?

[@soshiangel90]

was I alone in thinking Horror-gami? Lol

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

Ikr

[@Wynnwins]

Living in Georgia in the 00s, I can confirm that the outrageous, super volume bumpit look was all the rage with everyone, but especially the 30+ crowd. Everyone's mom and grandmother was striving to get Dolly Parton levels of floof.

[@SarahJeanCole]

Same here in Michigan!!!!!

[@diaraturner]

In Ga and you are correct 😂😂😂 .. some still trying to get this look LOL

[@elizabethmion4595]

YES😂😂

[@SarahJeanCole]

@@diaraturner 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@salmonskinroll9606]

Oh boyyy! I remember hairigami! It was so fascinating. Probably never used to really do anyone's hair but as a fun clipping toy 🙄

[@gonzacou]

I love how positive Brad is! We used to hair wrap by hand…this would have been so much easier.

[@adriwahl7084]

The “Helmet head” style is still proudly worn in my hometown by multiple people. I shit you not. I had them in high school because my hair doesn’t tease! Just used the small ones typically, and I did secure them with Bobby pins.

[@TempestPhaedra]

I used the hairigami semi-regularly - lots of memories of painful snap slaps. I've found myself kind of wishing I had a hairigami again lately. That S-shaped dual bun showed in the commercial was my child self's idea of the absolute pinnacle of elegance (and to be honest...it still is...when I learned how to somewhat recreate that look with a hair fork during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown I was ecstatic, yet also SO mad I had no one to show it to). I had the electric beading tool too. It was legit! I loved it so much! I enjoyed the process as much as the result so if I was bored I would sit there and bead my hair, take it all out, and bead it again. Fun toy.

[@hicat808]

I used to love it, damn, I kind of miss it. The learning curve was highhh with this one though

[@meredithcarroll6209]

Hey Brad. I had the Bumpits. I actually used them in a production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" because the play is set in the '60s, they had the huge beehive hair back then, and I did *NOT* want to either wear a wig or back comb my hair every single night to get that kind of a bouffant (my hair looks really thick but I just have a *lot* of it, and it is very, very fine and prone to breakage). Those little comb ends all around the Bumpit truly did keep them in place without moving once you did a little teasing to your hair top and bottom. In fact, they were actually difficult to get out every night, though not as bad as trying to undo a mountain of back combing would have been.

[@kathrinebrose]

Bumpits always fell out... there were ways with clips to keep them in place. I loved them!

[@MyPumpkinSpicedChaos]

I still use my conair quick twist for thread blending. I do hand embroidery and cross stitch a lot and sometimes the colors just feel plain so I'll take the strands and mix colors to do gradients better. Using the quick twist helps the threads stay together so that it's easier to use and mixes the colors better so it looks natural. It's pretty awesome.

[@oldyavannahhadafarm]

Also a lot of weavers use them to finish the ends of a woven piece with twisted fringe. Way faster than doing it by hand!

[@BeccaJaneAlderman]

I would LOVE to see a video of Brad actually trying these tools out today.

[@daniellemolinaro3519]

As soon as you said hairagami I literally gasped and then lost it when you said you hoped we have that same reaction. Then I almost died when I walked into my bathroom and realized there is still one in the bottom of the drawer 😂

[@Crimsonkate13]

I had the hairigami and the tipsy tail. Loved them both! My grandmother gave them to me. A lot of these were 90s and not 2000s. I had a bump it too. Tried it once and couldn’t get it to work. Also had the bead wrap and it didn’t work.

[@va1445]

It seems Conair was making BANK in this era from the gadgets! This was such a fun video!!❤

[@Imzadi]

“You can tell that we were pre-recession.” 🤣

[@khushbuyadav8542]

We seriously need fun hair trends back!!! The feathers and those shimmery thin strands in the hair looked so pretty

[@KarmatheCorgi]

Fairy hair! I actually have some in my hair right now! They are super easy to do and I've gotten so many complements!

[@chass9962]

I totally forgot about the hair wraps ...wow I could watch these commercials all day 🤩😍

[@miarok3]

I WANTED ALL OF THESE SO BAD. The memories 😭😭❤️❤️

[@koolkrystine]

I remember having GLITTER TATOOS FOR YOUR HAIR when I was little. They worked perfect on a tight pony tail. I would use a wet towel to apply then. I saved mine for “special occasions” like a bday party 🤩😂

[@katiecochran3224]

Omg I remember those! Sparkly stars!

[@alexcoop8068]

Omg yes I remember that !!!!!

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Yes!! We used them for cheer!!

[@HeyYou0602]

Every girl, including my daughter wore one to homecoming their freshman year in 2009. The midwest was always behind the times. Bumpits and lots of hairspray.

[@itismetotori]

I bet she looked gorgeous

[@HeyYou0602]

@@itismetotori I sure thought she did! I remember walking into the hair salon and seeing the girl before her with her bumpit and there I went driving all over our small town to find her one!

[@itismetotori]

@@HeyYou0602 That is so sweet!!!! You must be such a fun mom

[@raesour2806]

A girl I went to college with actually did a speech on how to do your hair without a bumpit but get the same effect

[@itismetotori]

@@raesour2806 she's a life saver

[@katc.9747]

“Where are the good times?!” 😂😂 this is the best video 🙌🏼

[@observebreathe9198]

Made me laugh and smile, what a trip down memory lane.

[@jemmlizzerz7823]

There's this woman at my workplace that still does the whole bumpits/beehive hairstyle but it looks like she uses hairspray to keep it up that way. Not sure how I feel about it but I know that I'd never do my hair that way lol 😅

[@hunneybadger]

Same. I can't imagine how much mine contributors to the expansion of the hole in the ozone with how much hairspray she must use to mimic this look.

[@ritamaneata6856]

I had to do it for a show I was in back in high school. Most people used a loofah for volume (because that has more used than a Bumpit), but mine was all my hair.

[@madmarich.]

Same! I mean, it works for her, but gosh it's a lot love!

[@wavi_DXM]

Oh wow. Nothing to add.

[@deannacarter]

I would image she has a vintage hair style. This is done mainly with teasing the hair and pins. Not a lot of hairspray is actually used. Good on her for rocking a style she loves.

[@rosaliedawn6535]

I had huge scene hair in 2010-2013 and definitely had volume like "helmet hair" lady in the bumpit commercial but it was all teasing. My hair was so dead but perfect then. I miss scene hair. 😭 Bring it back!!

[@kristineapodaca3173]

My older daughter was a big scene kid. I remember freaking out about her hair (which was straight to begin with but she flatironed the very life out of.)

[@littlewing6735]

Ya this is immediately what I thought of when he said no one did that😂

[@niftythegoblin]

@@kristineapodaca3173 omg I used to be the same way. My hair is naturally straight as can be but bc I was an emo/scene kid, I NEEDED to flat iron my hair every morning for school and gel the hell out of it lol

[@nikkicherne4261]

My closeted arse 😂😂😂 Yasss queen!!! I needed your vibe today Brad! Thank you 🙏

[@greyt1]

Loved this video, so entertaining and feel good 👍 😃