ARCADIAN MATTE PASTE – UNEXPECTED HEAVY HOLD

Recently got a jar of the ARCADIAN Matte Paste from my friends at Matures Gents in Toronto and it has turned out to be a proper “Heavy Hold”. As far as I can tell, Arcadian is a fairly new player. Their offering is focused on hair styling/care along with a few products in the faceRead more

Oil Can Grooming – Crafting Clay & Grease Pomade

Oil Can Grooming pomades and beard oils are perhaps some of the most originally packaged.  Their unique vintage thin cans stand out.  It’s a tribute to the mechanical age and how handy having a can of oil was/is.  Everything runs smoother with a drop of oil. There is an obvious parallel to be made betweenRead more

Hey Joe Pomades

Over the last month or so I have had the immense pleasure of exploring the HEY JOE product line.  HEY JOE is a Spanish Barber / grooming brand offering products in the: hair, beard, shave and body space. There is a number of reasons I was attracted by the HEY JOE product line.  First off, Read more

Hair Pomade by the Holy Barber

As you know, we review a wide range of men’s grooming essentials, but hair pomade is what started it all.  Without a doubt, pomade still holds a privileged spot on our podium.  When I started following the Barbers at The Holy Barber on Instagram I was initially interested in their shop and cuts.  Then weRead more

Rediscovering a favorite, the new 19 Fifties pomade

This review has been a long time coming.  Way back before the Style4men project came to life, my pomade passion had already been ignited.  I generally speak about this period as my moment of “REVELATION”.  There are a few pomade brands that contributed to this epiphany, but one in particular rang true with me, theRead more

Baxter of California – Style Spray and Hard Water Pomade

This post is the second in a series covering the forever elegant Baxter of California line.  As mentioned in the first post, Baxter of California has been helping men look and feel their best since 1965 with products covering: Hair, Skin, Shave, Body and Lifestyle.   Today we will focus on two of their products fromRead more

CREMO’s Hair Styling Pomade

Up until recently the CREMO Brand was an American only thing.  A couple weeks back I was picking a few things at Walmart and what would you know, a few CREMO products were on the shelves.  Granted, it wasn’t the whole line, but the pomade was there and was listed at $12. CREMO has beenRead more

Pulling out the full Cock Grease range

Hair Underworld is a brand that has been on my wishlist pretty much since Style4men.ca was launched in 2016.  By 2017, I was able to get my hands on a jar of their water based pomade and do a first review.  I will admit initially being pulled in by the “in your face” branding butRead more

Top 5 pomades of 2019

2019 has been a bit of an expansion year.  We have touched on so many different grooming products that one might think that we have forgotten our pomade roots.  Rest assured nothing could be further from the truth!  2019 reeled in a number of excellent catches! There are way more than just 5 great pomadesRead more

The sweet firm hold pomade by Biner’s

Over the weekend Mrs. Style4men and I headed out to Montreal for a little R & R.  As part of that we had a scheduled visit at the Dillinger’s Boutique / Barbershop.  The highlights of that fantastic visit will get a post of its own.  During the visit, JB, the owner of Dillinger’s introduced meRead more