Thanks everyone for your replies.
In these pics nothing was used. She is a baby but has the best thick coat.
When they are being shown thats when you spray their hair up after you band the topknot.
She only has one small band at the front to keep out of her eyes. I find it difficult to explain how I do it, if you buy good books like Shirley Kalstone you will have it explained in there and pics on how they do it.
Oh man, I went to a nearby town (like 50 mi. or more) to go to the
mall and look for a book specifically on poodle grooming, I was so
disappointed..they didn't have a single book on grooming or on the
poodle!
But yeah, I had go to that town for other reasons also, lol.