Fashionistas, please advise.

[sylvar]

I need some sort of hair slickum so that I can make my hair spiky. The stuff I'm using right now is weak -- it holds my hair up but the spikes fall apart.

I don't know whether I want a wet or dry look. Whatever doesn't look dumb, I guess.

And something that doesn't wreak havoc on my scalp pH would be nice.

Oh, and preferably something much cheaper than Aveda, but not the dollar-a-bottle stuff either (I just distrust it, dunno why).