Top Gloss is made for anyone who wants added shine and a polished look after heat styling — blowouts, flat-ironed hair, or curls that could use a glossy finish. It works for all hair types, though very fine hair benefits from applying it via the hands rather than spraying directly, to avoid extra weight.

It's a finishing product rather than a leave-in treatment, so it isn't meant to replace a heat protectant or styling product — it's used after those steps, not instead of them.

Top Gloss earns its place as a last step rather than a core styling product: a few spritzes after the blow-dryer or flat iron cools adds a glassy shine to the hair shaft that most styling products can't recreate on their own. The UV filters mean it's doing double duty, helping protect color pigment from fading in the sun rather than just adding shine for the day.

Because the formula is alcohol-based rather than oil-based, it works on hair that's already been styled without undoing volume or hold, which is the usual trade-off with heavier gloss or shine serums.

Use only on dry, finished hair — this is a last step after blow-drying or heat styling, not a pre-styling product.

• Hold the can 10-12 inches away from dry hair.
• Spray from mid-lengths to ends for a glossy finish.
• For finer hair, spray into palms first and smooth through mid-lengths to ends instead of spraying directly.

The upside of Top Gloss is in what it doesn't do: it's a genuinely lightweight, alcohol-and-silicone spray rather than an oil, so it adds shine without the greasy look or weighed-down feel that heavier shine serums can leave on finer hair. Its UV-filtering component is also a real point of difference from a plain gloss spray, since color fade from sun exposure is a common complaint on color-treated hair.

The trade-off is that it's a finishing product only — it does nothing for frizz control, hold or heat protection, so it needs to be paired with other styling products rather than used alone. It's also an aerosol, which won't suit anyone trying to avoid propellant-based sprays or looking for a travel-friendly pump format.