gel for short hair

dennymac

hidy ho.

i have short hair and its desperate annoying trying to style it. its also very thick so when do put gel in it its just sticks togther and comes up in stupid short spikes that point forward. i'd like to get the messy style in it but cant leave it grow too long due to work...

anywho does anyone know any good hair gel or wax that could help with??

thanks a thousand

DonkeyStyle \o/

You could try Dax

dennymac

ooo yeah i hate dax... forgot to put that in there

melekalikimaka

ya need a wax not a gel anyway

Deflector

Yup - wax is the way to go. Gel frankly can look rather childish if used as most people do. Wax by contrast gives a solid style, while generating the impression that there's little or nothing in your hair.

Looks very cool, and there’s lots of different brands and types, including wax sticks (like a Pritt Stick tube) which can be neater to use. Do try to get a water soluble one.

Pitseleh

L'oreal Out Of Bed Fibre Putty - it's for that out-of-bed messy look for "short to mid-length hair" The greatest invention since bread (yep it's even better than sliced bread )

Muzzy

Try a brand called Fish, the white pot, It's basically a mix of 50/50 Gel and Wax.

Only place i've seen it was in Boots, bout 7/8 quid a tub. Good stuff, and great for short and neat but messy as well.

plonk

Brylcream wax stick or surf hair yellow and green tub not sure who make it

grimloch

Muzzy wrote:

Try a brand called Fish, the white pot, It's basically a mix of 50/50 Gel and Wax.

Only place i've seen it was in Boots, bout 7/8 quid a tub. Good stuff, and great for short and neat but messy as well.

Seconded. This stuff isn't bad at all.

The Walsho

plonk wrote:

Brylcream wax stick or surf hair yellow and green tub not sure who make it

Sounds like a Fructis one

dennymac

great stuff. i'll try them. thanks for the info

Bstatic

I've been through hundreds of these things and I've found two good ones,

Either Fish like somebody else said,
This stuff smells gorgeous and works well but can be pricey and hard to find.

So I use Garnier Fructis polishing wax, comes in a small green tub, great stuff for about 5 euro, highly recommend it!

Wisesmurf

Fructis manga head is your only man.

Its been keeping my gruaig pretty for ages now.

padi89

I highly recommend American Crew products.A bit expensive, sometimes hard to find(usually sold in barbers) but a great range.Just so you know some wax's have a gloss finish,some matte and some in between, just to confuse you more.

Gizzle

V05 fibre putty. But don't forget to rub the bejeesus out of it in your palms to get it sticky, otherwise it just weighs down your hair. Also, apply to slightly damp, not wet, hair for the same reason.

Lump

I find that wax can go flakey and rubbish. ALso I quite like a wet look, which you can't get using wax, well any of the one's I've tried.

John

Little-Devil

I use L'oreal Radical Gel in a blue tub. The only place i can usually get it is in superquinn, I went to the local to get the hair choped 6months ago or so and they were asking what gel i use , now they stock it and seem happy.

I'm more then happy with and have been using it for 2yrs now:)

grimloch

padi89 wrote:

I highly recommend American Crew products.A bit expensive, sometimes hard to find(usually sold in barbers) but a great range.Just so you know some wax's have a gloss finish,some matte and some in between, just to confuse you more.

Any chance you could name a few?

michaelanthony

vo5 matt clay

Shrimp

use wax.. any of the ones they sell in the grafton barber is good esspecailly for the messy look.

padi89

grimloch wrote:

Any chance you could name a few?

I dont know if you mean the products or a barbers.

Products are here
http://www.americancrew.com/home.htm


Barbers,well im in Galway and i pick mine up in a place called Fat Tonys.