How To Style Your Hair With Wax, Pomade, or Paste

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They may sound like awfully heavy things to be putting in your hair, but these products, used sparingly, are ideal for creating light, unstructured hairstyles.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A wax, pomade, or paste hairstyling product of your choice
A strong shampoo
A towel
Dishwashing liquid

Step 1: Towel dry hair

Start with dry hair. If you've just gotten out of the shower, towel your hair completely dry before proceeding.

Tip: Whether you've just gotten out of the shower or not, you should be fully dressed before applying these products.

Step 2: Rub product in hands

Rub the product vigorously between your hands until it emulsifies—that is, until it's completely warmed and melted by the heat of your hands, with no clumps remaining.

Step 3: Skim product

Skim the product across the top of your hair in both directions. With these products, you want to avoid working it all the way through your hair to your scalp.

Tip: All of these products are best used on straight, short to medium-length hair—using them on long or curly hair can lead to a big, gloppy mess.

Step 4: Style hair

Style your hair as desired. For a textured look, pinch your hair up into spikes, then knock down certain sections with your fingertips.

Tip: Most waxes, pastes, and pomades are petroleum-based, making them very useful in summertime to protect against humidity.

Step 5: Remove product

To remove the product, use a strong cleansing shampoo. You may need to shampoo more than once to remove any build-up. Wax is the hardest to rinse out—if shampoo isn't working, try a squirt or two of dishwashing liquid.

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[fyrstikkesken]

take your hair up into spikes, or knock down CERTAIN sections. * takes the whole hair brutally down* LOL

[SillyWingComedy]

But will it blend?

[jamesisasillywinks]

@aaronderuiter yeah!

[beginnerkeys]

Try Jojoba Gold Hair Food, it is very light and excellent, with many nutrients. Google it.

[mj4ever1332]

NEVER EVER put vasiline or like patroleum jelly in your hair i tried making my bangs into a mohawk and it took like 12 washes and 3 days to get it out! and my bangs felt all oily and gross O.o

[justyoustupid]

@SillyWingComedy We can only hope :)

[RockStarMan1992]

@ziadzee54 Seriously? Man up! xD

[ziadzee54]

lol he took off the tow from his *** growwwwwwsss i'm a dude

[skygreenjuanita]

I thought paste said pasta O.o

[frankthetank789]

@SillyWingComedy wtf does that phrase even mean? this is like the 200th time ive seen this "but will it blend" comment

[Mrez95]

With the amount od dish washing liquid he use I can wash my dished for a week! XD

[aaronderuiter]

Just use wax and hairspray, slick your hair back or make a nice pompadour, like rock and roll, wear sunglasses, leather jackets, white t-shirts and all stars, done!