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"It&amp;#x27;s a trendy hair bump, in a box! You&amp;#x27;ve probably seen the commercials for Bump It! hair inserts and wondered how--and if--these thingamajiggies work. Naturally, I had to road-test &amp;#x27;em. (Even though this challenge seemed rather unadventurous compared to recent ones, such as slathering Monistat and Pampers brand products on my face.) Here&amp;#x27;s the short version of the commercial, in case you haven&amp;#x27;t caught it yet. I was pretty psyched when I got my BumpIts in the mail, since I love retro 60s hair bumps but am not much good at teasing my hair to achieve height--I always freak out and feel like it looks too ratty and end up smoothing it back down. Here&amp;#x27;s what comes in the BumpIt box: Five plastic hair inserts, in various sizes. They come in different colors, too. You just pull a section of your hair forward, tuck a BumpIt underneath, then smooth the hair back over it, making sure to evenly distribute it across the insert&amp;#x27;s little teeth. It takes a bit of trial and error to get hair to cover the BumpIt naturally, but it&amp;#x27;s pretty darn easy overall. (Though I have thick hair; I&amp;#x27;d love to hear from anyone with thinner hair who&amp;#x27;s tried these.) I did this half-up &amp;#x27;do before going to dinner one night, and it stayed in totally securely, and none of my friends noticed I had something hiding under my hair. I liked this half-back hairstyle because the hairpins helped to hold the BumpIt in place, just in case. I&amp;#x27;d otherwise be paranoid it would fall out at some point. Whatcha think? Like my bump? It&amp;#x27;s not the most dramatic one, but it&amp;#x27;s a start. Have any of you tried a BumpIt yet? Got a secret to teasing your hair high without help from a piece of plastic? For more reviews of as-seen-on-TV hair doodads, check out our latest beauty slideshow! Also: Here&amp;#x27;s a video of Jenna Fischer from The Office trying BumpIts on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Also also: I wrote about that as-seen-on-TV hair thingy called the EZ Comb, and I wrote about Joaquin Phoenix--and then Joaquin Phoenix wore an EZ Comb. Coincidence? Methinks not. Also also also: Here&amp;#x27;s our discussion about those Smooth Away hair-removal pads you&amp;#x27;ve seen on TV. And one laaaast thing: You can now follow Girls in the Beauty Department on Twitter! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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