The first thing to note is that if you have short hair, you don't need a "dime" size amount. The first time I used it, that was WAY too much and I was left with very salty feeling hair. Now I use about a large pearl size amount (yes, that's really enough) and because it's not thick, it easily can be spread throughout my hair. With this product, I no longer need to blow dry my hair! Yay! I just do a quick finger style after product use and I'm off. It's all day wind blown/salt water full bo...