My own story; i've got tedious DNA of 'straight'/strong hair that has seemingly never grown flat (apart from the sideburns). As a result, my head has encountered more hair products over the years than what Cheryl Cole uses before going on The X Factor. Its interesting that many people seem to envy this type of growth, but personally I can't stand it as it just grows outwards.
Never been one to pay a lot for hair products, but 'Fudge' was probably the first instance I did so given it had such a fine reputation. I started off with a tub of this 'Original Shaper' and have certainly not looked back. Sure, its not going to alter how your hair grows, but what it allows you to do is to work with the type of hair you have - without the compromise of looking as though you've shoveled wet glue onto your head. It does what the packaging says, it texturises your hair so that you can give it some shape whilst retaining its original colour and look.
You don't need to use a lot of it either, but depending on the thickness of your locks, this will alter. I've got a thick head of hair and have learnt how much i'll need depending on the conditions (i.e How quickly I washed and dried it), but generally speaking, you can create the best amount of volume and texture by simply spreading a small amount of the Fudge on your fingertips (underside) and, with hair "bone dry", pushing the fingers through the base of the fringe up to the crown, twisting at the crown (to catch the back of your heard), and then back forward. Simple!
Best attribute however is that it washes out so, so easily. Not sticky/waxy at all - it just literally rinses out like magic. The compromise however is that you'll be gutted without a hood in the rain.
Only reason it gets 4-Stars is because of the amount of fudge you get in the tub. The packaging, sadly, makes up for around 40% of the actual product, which is not only bad for the environment but clearly deceiving in how much fudge you actually get - particularly if you took this from a store shelf.
The price has stayed the same for a few years now so i'm not too bothered about that, but realistically, you should get at least 2 months out of this with normal use every day.