Hair Products For Men, Volume 4: Unique Glop
3 Comments Published by Alex January 18th, 2007 in Grooming, Hair. Share This
Magic Move: The secret of Hollywood hairdressers, this stuff comes from the land of all things technologically superior, Japan. Essentially, it’s a tub of goop that adds body and control to the hair with “thready organic fibers”. It is not subject to humidity, and thus can be screwed with several times a day for different looks. Most guys will opt for one style all day, though. Still, the fact that it requires so little to achieve such effects makes it economical and a worthy addition to your bathroom cabinet. Works best if you use a blow drier to style and the cool setting to lock into place. I doubt you can make it look like the dude on the right, but power to you if you want to try.
More one of a kind gunk after the jump.
Keil’s Silk Groom: An anti-frizz shine serum, great to the point where it’s in a class by itself. Extremely light, rich with hair nutrients, it feels like your hair hasn’t been this healthy and soft since your birth. Sweet, light fragrance, non-objectionable to you macho types.
Sebastian Xtah Raw Modeler Crude Clay: Not the cheapest stuff out there, but there’s nothing else like it. Yup, it looks and feels exactly like clay, rather gritty, and at first you wonder why the hell you’d want to put this stuff in your hair. It’s a matte finish, absolutely kills the shine no matter how healthy your hair is, but man, the shit you can do with it is intense, and sometimes the dirty look is a sexy look. (Consider Benicio Del Toro’s appeal and you’ll take my meaning.) Great for the “I just rolled out of bed and it looked this good already” look. Difficult to work through longer hair unless it’s wet first, but a little water helps distribute it evenly. Total crap for body, but nothing adds thickness like this stuff, not to mention moldability. Use a wide tooth comb or just your fingers; most brushes, even the wide round bristled kind will wind up ripping your hair out with this shit in it. I’ve mixed it with 1:1 ratio of Murray’s to profound effect, so mess around.
I’m a waxer, myself (wait, that sounded wrong). I prefer dry wax because it doesn’t leave much of a shine, but I like the control it gives me. My hairstyle is basically just permanently messed up and this Crude Clay sounds interesting. I’m way cheaper than that and would prefer to keep my tub of hair crap under $15, which usually comes out to about $5 per month since it lasts around 3 months. I’ve seen other brands of clay (Crew comes to mind) and was wondering if those work anywhere near as well.
the best stuff i ever used was depp molding clay. i’ve spent a shit load of money on stuff before, but this stuff was like 2 dollars, and worked like a dream. i can’t find it anymore, though. very disappointing.
I used to use Depp Molding Clay too up until it disappeared without a trace. Now i use this thing called Frenzy by Sexy Hair (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002F1UVQ?v=glance).