Retsy Series 1 · Card 0019 · 80-CND

Big Hair Floss

Teased, sprayed and totally sweet.

Pink and blue cotton candy fluffed sky-high in a tub, with a plastic hair pick stuck in the top.

Card no.: 0019 of 1,280
Set: 80s Candy · 80-CND
Year: 1986
Type: Cotton candy in a tub
Found at: Mall food court cart
Cost back then: $1.00 a tub

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Nostalgia7/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 1986

The story of Big Hair Floss

Big Hair Floss was cotton candy styled like the most dramatic hair at the mall. The tub came with a little plastic pick so you could tease it even higher before tearing in. Every layer was a different neon shade, and kids walked around with sugar wisps stuck to their cheeks like they had just left a salon.

Fun fact

Leaving the lid off on a humid day shrank the candy to the size of a grape, which kids called a bad hair day.

Six finishes

187 copies of Big Hair Floss exist

Big Hair Floss comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Big Hair Floss, Retsy card 0019 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Big Hair Floss, Retsy card 0019 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Big Hair Floss, Retsy card 0019 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Big Hair Floss, Retsy card 0019 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Big Hair Floss, Retsy card 0019 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Big Hair Floss, Retsy card 0019 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

80-CND

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