Gatsby Cool Wet – Natural looking results

As part of my regular pomade exploration, I came across some interesting brands coming from Japan.  One of these brands is GATSBY.  A few of their fixative solutions were available on Amazon at reasonable prices.  But before jumping on the first jar, I decided to check out the GATSBY web page.  A very nice webRead more

Clubman-Pinaud Eau de Portugal Hair Tonic

To date the only hair tonic I had explored was the one from Reuzel.  After a period of unclarity as to what a hair tonic is used for, its purpose painted itself as a fantastic hair style revival solution. Hair Tonics claim a number of things: adds more shine, removes or kills dandruff, as aRead more

göt2b defiant pomade and glued blasting freeze spray

In pretty much every pharmacy and large surface stores, the göt2b brand can be found. There are a number of hair fixative solutions under that brand name.  Today, while in my local Walmart, I was looking for a jar of American Crew pomade as I remembered it sold a tad cheaper there than at Shopper’sRead more

Johnny Sheen Hair Pomade – A well deserved star

Via the issuu magazine application on android and iPad I was made aware of a very interesting publication: Barber NV. This is an Irish/British magazine covering as you can guess, barbering topics. The layout is very nice and the contents are totally on the mark. I actually ended up subscribing to the print issue asRead more

Rowdy Paste by Sudzz – incredible scent

This week I got to try out another product from Sudzz thanks to our friends at OBSCO, the Rowdy Paste. Paste is somewhat different from pomade as it is considerably stickier.  If anything, paste is quite close if not the same thing as mud or clay.  Maybe a little more refined.  Since I had beenRead more

REDKEN Rough Paste 12 – Unexpected humpft!

A while back, Fady the owner of Hair Junkie on Laurier Street West in Ottawa, gave me a sample of the Redken Rough Paste 12 to try out.  For the longest time I had been a Redken enthusiast.  That was until I was introduced to pomades.  Then the part of my brain that manages hairRead more

HEADGEAR Molding Mud – Something to get dirty about

As part of my regular visit to OBSCO, I picked up a jar of HEADGEAR Molding Mud. Some months back I had tried the HEADGEAR Memory Glue thinking it was a pomade but it turned out to be a gel.  For a gel it was a good product, but it wasn’t a pomade.  During thisRead more

LAYRITE Cement Clay

After trying out the American Crew Fiber on Sunday I am moving onto the Layrite Cement Clay this morning.  When I got my uppercut refreshed at Hair Junkie, I was thrilled to see that they had also received new LAYRITE products.  LAYRITE has undergone a bit of an image change.  The jar is a tadRead more

American Crew – Power Cleanser and Fiber duo

Every now and then I pay a visit to one of my local Winner’s.  The range of things that can be found is always surprising.  I initially had not realized that they also carried a variety of personal care items.  I would normally be suspicious about such items in a liquidation store since the productsRead more

Barba Italiana Barolo – Pomade or Gel?

This morning was an Italian special. Shaving was with the full Proraso suite; pre-shave, shaving cream and after-shave. In other words, a great shave. A couple of weeks ago, I received the Italian “Barba Italiana Barolo” fixing hair pomade and had not yet tried it out. It just made sense to continue down “Di Roma”Read more