I’m a 30-year old guy blessed with thick and quick-growing hair, a chiselled manly jawline and piercing blue-eyes.
Although my more follicly challenged acquaintances may be envious this has not brought me the comfort and joy you may imagine, to be frank I constantly look like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards.
I was wondering if anyone has any hair-styling tips or ideas, I’d like to get my hair styled like Jenson Button in the top-left pic of this page:
My hair is fairly short at the moment, is there anything I can do to prevent it from getting completely out of control as it grows? I’m not a fan of lashings of gel but thats what I’m using at the moment.
First off, if you haven’t already thought of this, take that picture with you the next time you get your haircut and show it to your stylist. (If you have already thought of this and are thinking, “…DUH,” I don’t mean to insult your intelligence – it’s that in my experience, many men don’t consider this.) Your stylist will give you better advice than we can, since they will have their hands in your hair and will know exactly what you would need to do with hair of your texture, thickness, quirks, etc.
Secondly, instead of using gel, consider wax pomade or stuff like American Crew Fiber. It holds your hair in place but isn’t shiny and wet-looking like gel, and will give you hold and malleability to achieve the look that you want. You put a small amount (you can always add more later ; dime-sized is a good measure) in your palms, rub your palms together to warm and soften the product, and then run your hands through your hair to distribute it where you want.
I’ll add that I have very thick hair and the product referenced is the best thing for it. Gel can do in a pinch, but to control stiff hair, you have to use so much that it becomes a giant spike of death. Wax controls the hair without creating a weapon.
I fear that posting my picture would result in the dope coming to a grinding halt as the vast majority of ladies, and some of the men, would be unable to resist throwing themselves at me due to my sheer unadulterated masculiniarosity.
