Make Puffs with Bumpits: The Latest Style Icon

What it does: Designed to make a perfect Brigitte Bardot-like bump, this handy plastic doodad falls into the why-didn’t-we-think-of-that category. Simply part your hair at the crown, tease it a little, then stick a Bumpit—a crescent moon-shaped plastic comb—behind the part. Make another part about inch behind the first BumpIt and stick in another slightly larger one. Presto—instant sex-kitten volume.

Screw-up factor: If you don’t brush enough of your hair over the combs and spritz it in place with hairspray, you could wind up with little plastic â€ÂÂœteeth” poking out on top. Not cute.

Works best on: Shoulder-length or longer hair. The thicker the better.

Final verdict: A BumpIt ‘do can look surprisingly chic, and it sure beats the time-consuming, snarl-creating teasing that you’d have to do to create the megalift this little tool gives you. But if someone—say, that special someone—runs his hands over your hard, comb-topped head, he’ll probably freak.