Review (5/5): Hard Hold Gel works great in thick hair!
My teenage son uses more product in his hair than me and his 2 sisters. We actually tease him about it. BUT - he likes his various hairstyles. ALL of which require a great deal of gel. Which is fine - and not so fine. He has really really thick hair. Like, SUPER thick hair. And so it's hard to find gel that works...and stays the whole day. He uses some now that works well enough, but the smell of it is really strong. REALLY strong. We are not fans. I'm on the lookout constantly for a good gel for his super thick hair. One that will stand through his day. His sweaty, crazy, fast paced day.
I am so thankful I was able to purchase this gel at a discount in exchange for my fair, unbiased review. And also thankful it is Amazon Prime eligible. As soon as I ordered it, I was ready for my son to give it a try.
When it came in the mail, I was thankful for the shrink wrap type packaging around it - less chance for leaks or spills during shipping and delivery. And I was ready for my son to give it a go. It DID take some cajoling to get him to try it. It's summer. He's lazing around. Last thing on his mind is trying a new gel for his hair. Curiosity DID eventually get the better of him though and he tried it. On his dry (he says gel won't work if his hair is dry - only when it's wet/damp), unclean, messy, dried sweat hair. And it worked WONDERFULLY. I was actually quite impressed and amazed by how well it worked on that mop of a head of hair. So was he. And off he went to 'shoot some hoops' with his friends, which included a bike ride to get there. When he came home - his hair was fine. Still holding. I was really amazed.
Since then, he's used it a few times on his clean, damp hair and he is very happy with how well he is able to shape his hair and how well it stays throughout the day. And we both really like the very light, not chemically or perfumey smell. The smell is not bothersome at all.
I will be reordering this for him when he runs out. It works great!