Two Texturizing Sea Salt Sprays

It seams like I am repeating myself a bit by always mentioning that my hair is longer.  But it is! 🙂  …and I figured that it might also be calling for a slight adjustment in the styling products.  Don’t think for a moment that pomades would be falling in disgrace.  Not a chance!  Pomade isRead more

Dear Barber Shampoo, Conditioner and Pomade

Spoiler alert: These products did not agree with my hair. This post is about 3 products from a UK brand called Dear Barber. The presentation and imagery of this range is extremely well done.  The choices of colours, the packing materials and the Dear Barber heraldry crescent, they all convey elegance and craftsmanship from aRead more

Prospector Iron Ore – All around impressive

For the last couple of years my family and I have been taking an urban vacation in Toronto in August.   As part of this vacation we did a few Style4men related things, one of which was to go for a straight razor shave and hair cut at the Crows Nest Barber shop.  Another was toRead more

DIY Hair Gel Test

To my surprise the number one reason people are dropping by at Style4Men is to read the homemade pomade test I wrote almost a year ago.  Sadly, I have not explored the DIY thing any further.  That being said, I felt it might be time to reconsider this Over the past year I have researchedRead more

Suavecito Summer 2017 Pomade – Perfect Summer Fragrance

About two months ago, I became aware that Suavecito was producing a Summer 2017 special edition pomade.  In the past, I have tried their Spring edition pomade and was extremely impressed.  With that in mind I set out to get a jar of this summer edition.  Getting a jar of this pomade turned out toRead more

Murray’s La-Em Strait Pomade – Rocking it for over a 100 years

Now that I am mostly caught up on reviews I can set my focus back on the core business: Pomades!!! Earlier this week I was checking out Barber Shops in Toronto in view of a family trip there later in August. In this process I was looking up the Crows Nest Barbershop.  This led meRead more

SOMA Pomade and Finishing Spray – For a Deconstructed Style

This morning was test time for the SOMA pomade and finishing spray.  I came across this brand of hair products during my last visit at OBSCO. SOMA has a full product line of hair care, from shampoos to the pomade.  The SOMA claim is to be 100% vegan, biodegradable, and free of parabens, formaldehydes andRead more

Art Naturals Argan Oil Pomade

This argan pomade by Art Naturals came up as a suggestion on Amazon as a result of my on-going pomade purchases and possibly also because of another argan based shampoo and conditioner set I recently acquired. The word on the street is that argan oil has a number of benefits in the hair department, includingRead more

5 Best Pomades of 2017

We are eight months into 2017 and I have had the great pleasure of trying some rockin’ pomades this year.  Some of these schmieres were so good, that I figured it was time to present them in a ranking manner.  With no further introductions, here are my favorites pomades so far for 2017:   NumberRead more

HairGum Water – High Shine, Medium Hold

I am fairly excited about this post since this HairGum will be the first pomade from France to go under test in our labs.  I have had the luxury of trying some fabulous products from, Great-Britain (Dapper Dan) and Germany (Rumble 59 Schmiere), but nothing from France yet. There are a number of small elementsRead more