American Crew Fiber High Hold with Low Shine, Gifts For Men, For Thickening & Texture (85g) Matte Finish, Hair Styling Wax for Men

Product Information

If you’re torn between products, here is a bit more info about each product and how they compare to one another. If there’s any soreness or irritation, don’t apply it to your hair as you may have had a reaction to it. It’s very comfortable to apply, doesn’t flake, and will allow you to run your fingers through it throughout the day without any sticky residue. This pomade is so thick, it’s like rolling a ball of wax, and no amount of pre-warming in our tester’s hands loosened it to a smooth consistency.

Rather than dry hair out, cetearyl alcohol moisturizes it, which accounts for American Crew Fiber adding softness and fullness to our tester’s straight hair. It provides a high hold and low shine, which gives you a solid and pliable option to style and keep it in the position you require.

Challenger combines the benefits of a water-soluble pomade with hair cream: a firm hold without looking shiny.

Presented in sleek, vintage style packaging, delivering formulas you can rely on each and every day. Not all sea salt sprays actually have sea salt; some have epsom salt, but the Beauty by Earth spray contains sea salt, herbal ingredients — such as aloe vera (its primary ingredient), green tea, raspberry — minerals, oils and vodka. It does leave your hair a bit stiff, as a light-hold hairspray would do, and although it can be washed out without shampoo, it takes a lot of rinsing to wash it all out. Much like Forming Cream, it’s best suited to simple, slicked-back styles and for men with hair on the thinner side.It doesn’t weigh thin hair down or reveal too much of the scalp like “wetter products” such as gels and pomades would.

Described as honey, caramel, “dark woods” and “powdery musk,” we think it smells like a room full of pipe smokers, and it would definitely clash with your cologne. Not only that, but it was also one of the first companies to bring men’s hair products to the forefront in America, so you can trust they know what they’re doing since they were the first people doing it.If you’re suffering from hair loss naturally, using American Crew Fiber might not be the best product for you long-term, but you shouldn’t worry about using it generally. To avoid greasiness and clumping, you’ll want to make sure that the cream is distributed evenly throughout your hair.

While brands are a matter of personal preference and many other great competing brands have arisen in recent years, the good thing about American Crew is that it has stood the test of time. To be more specific, if your hair is longer than 5-6 inches long, go for something with high hold instead.

Fiber is better than Forming Cream for messier, more tousled looks and does produce less of a shine. Pomade: Traditionally an oil-based product, most pomades are now water-based and have a gel-like consistency.