
Baxter Clay Pomade
This is my first encounter with a product from the Baxter of California line. Despite the fact that Baxter has been around since 1965, I’ve never been lucky enough to try one of their products out. My good friends at The Motley sent me over this jar of Baxter clay pomade, and I can certainly see...

Brooklyn Grooming’s Old School Pomade
Included in Brooklyn Grooming‘s shipment of awesomeness was a sample of their Commando Old School Pomade. This pomade has mineral rich oils that help stimulate growth while keeping your hair looking good. I can’t attest to the first part, since the sample didn’t have enough product to test the hair growth part, but I can speak to...

J.R. Liggett’s Old-Fashioned Bar Shampoo
Very rarely do I get a product in to test out and not know what to do with it. I’ll admit: I’ve used a bar of hand soap, a bar of shaving soap, a bar of body soap, but never a bar of… shampoo? This was just so unique I had to give it a...

American Crew Boost Cream
As a counterpart to the boost powder, American Crew produced the boost cream which serves the same purpose but gives more control over the hair while providing volume. Used in tandem, these two boost products should lift the hair from the scalp and give the hair more volume than a styling product alone. What is...

Grant’s Golden Brand Pomade
Grant’s Golden Brand Pomade is very much the real deal when it comes to keeping your hair under control without turning your hair into a bronze sculpture. Grant’s is a small company based out of Seattle owned and founded by Grant himself. Grant was originally a consumer of water-based pomades for many years, but he thought...

American Crew Recovery Shampoo
First of all, as a disclaimer, I’m lucky enough to be 25 and still have a mostly full head of hair. Sure, my hairline is receding, but not to the point where I’m going to need to use hair recovery products on the regular. Additionally, I used this shampoo daily for two months and my...

For Volume: American Crew Boost Powder
This is one of the most unique products I’ve used. Until now, all my experience with hair styling products revolved around gels, pastes, and pomades. You can imagine my surprise when American Crew sent me their boost powder. Trusting it wasn’t anthrax, I was excited to explore this strange substance. The inside of the container...