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So you’ll have to experiment to find the amount that works for you. Like any oil based hair product, Murray’s can cause acne along the hairline. Wash your hair and face regularly to avoid outbreaks.
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It’s water based so it doesn’t leave your hair feeling greasy, yet it still gives you that slick, vintage Hollywood look. Groom and Clean provides excellent all day hold, so you’re looking dapper from morning until night. Also, I highly recommend checking out Pomade Shop. It’s a German-based website that’s dedicated to old-school men’s hair products.
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I end up sweating Brylcreem out of my hair and onto my face, and I start looking like a pimply 16-year old. Consequently, I just use Brylcreem during the winter months. You can pick-up a can in the African-American haircare section at most drugstores. To use, simply pour a small amount of the golden liquid into your hand and massage into your scalp and hair for 60 seconds.
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You’d think smelling like rubbing alcohol would be a bad thing, but somehow Vitalis makes it work. Just make sure you keep your head away from any open flames as the alcohol is a fire hazard. According to the makers of Brylcreem, just “a little dab will do ya” to get maximum shine and hold. In my experience, I’ve had to use more than just a little dab. It might be because I have pretty thick hair.
Alright, so some of you might not be into the whole retro man stuff like me and other AoM readers. You might be asking, “Are there any modern products that can give that Cary Grant shine? Murray’s was designed to stay in hair for a long time, so it’s a booger to wash out.
A tube will set you back about $5, and it lasts a long time. Alberto VO5® began as a conditioning hairdressing created by a chemist and a hairdresser, Alberto, in Culver City, California. VO5® was purchased by Leonard Lavin in 1955, and moved to Chicago where it was expanded into a full range of haircare products.
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Since 1925, Murray’s Pomade has been providing shine and hold to the hair of men from all walks of life. It’s the perfect substance to mold massive pompadours. The Art of Manliness participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means we get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links. We only recommend products we genuinely like, and purchases made through our links support our mission and the free content we publish here on AoM. The extra oil in Brylcreem can also cause acne flare-ups around your hairline. I’ve had this problem with Brylcreem in the hot and humid Oklahoma summers.
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A four ounce tube is a little pricey at $15, but it might be worth it if you’re looking for a cleaner alternative to traditional pomades. For nearly 90 years, Brylcreem has been a staple in men’s medicine cabinets. Its mineral oil/beeswax base provides maximum sheen and all-day hold, while keeping your hair soft and pliable.
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A large bottle of Wildroot will set you back about $7. Again, like many of these products, it will last you a pretty long time, so it’s a good value. Axe Smooth and Sophisticated Look Shine Pomade.
You’ll have to keep applying it throughout the day to keep your hair looking wet. So you’ve decided to upgrade your hairstyle from your boyish, middle school spiky in the front get-up to a manly Mad Men haircut with a nice taper and a sharp, crisp part. Alberto VO5's unique formula blended with the Power of Five vitamins and natural oils provides beautiful soft, shiny hair. Alberto VO5's unique formula blended with the Power of Five vitamins and proteins provide beautiful, soft, and shiny hair. My other complaint with Wildroot is that it doesn’t comb in as well as pomades or Brylcreem.
They have 107 different kinds of pomades in their online store including once popular brands like Royal Crown and Sweet Georgia Brown. Infused with lanolin, Wildroot Cream Oil keeps hair slick and oh so shiny throughout the day. Wildroot has a thinner consistency than the other hair products. Consequently, it doesn’t feel as heavy on the head as a product like Brylcreem does. It has a subtle talc scent that blends well with other manly smells.
Not too shabby, but still not as good a value as the old-school stuff. On the downside, Brylcreem (and many of these old-school hair products) can leave your hair feeling greasy on account of its oil base. If you do use Brylcreem, wash your hair every day or else you’ll get a super thick build up of grease in your hair.
You’re looking like Sinatra before his toupee days. To use Brylcreem, simply rub a little (or large) dab into your hair while its still damp.
As much as I can’t stand Axe’s gag inducing adolescent smelling “double pits to chesty” body spray, they do make a pretty decent and affordable pomade. It holds hair well and gives a nice shine but washes out more easily than traditional pomades. Instead of the traditional musty smell of most pomades, Axe Smooth and Sophisticated Pomade has a sort of minty scent.
(This is the complaint I had when I used the product.) The company’s website suggests using liquid dish washing soap to wash it out of your hair. Some customers claim rinsing your hair with Coca-Cola will do the trick. Groom and Clean comes in a big tube and has the consistency of modern hair gels, without their usual stickiness.
They’re typically shelved along with the men’s shaving stuff next to bottles of Electrashave and A Touch of Gray. I learned this when I bought Brylcreem for the first time and scoured the haircare section at Walgreens for half an hour. Now older hairstyles around the 50’s and 60’s were popularized by a healthy shine. Right on the bottle, Vitalis claims to make hair “healthy looking”. In that regard, Vitalis did a bang-up job. Almost all day long, I had a “Rat Pack” shimmer much like the young lad in the advertisement above.
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