No matter how much you like greasing up your hair, always looking for the right product or combinations of to get the slick back shiny hold all day oily perfection there always comes a time to clean the slate. Got to face the music, the shit cakes up after awhile especially if you're using some serious stuff or have long hair. Washing it just seems to cement it in more.. the water hits it and the product puts up the forcefield protection like fuck you I'm not going anywhere. My girl always jokes with me when we go swimming, saying I'll swim across the pool and come up on the other side with all my hairs still in place.
There are various methods out there and some people say to use vegetable oil, Dax took this a step up for you with the shampoo here. I usually use the Dax removing shampoo and conditioner but didn't have enough money on me to grab both bottles on the re up so I picked this up instead for something like 3$ I think.
Time to put it to work.. I used a very generous amount and shampooed the hell out of my hair for a couple minutes, rinsed and did it again. I like the smell of this, I guess kind of like vegetable oil.. a bit earthy but clean like shampoo. This one doesn't have a conditioner counter part so I tried conditioning with the Dax restoring conditioner, my regular conditioner, and none at all at different times.
It does cut into the product and get a decent amount out but not a whole lot more than regular shampoo. Maybe I'm spoiled on the removing shampoo, but I don't think the vegetable oil stacks up to that. Something I noticed is it leaves a bit of weight in your hair, not really a residue but it is oil your working with. I use it at night after work and even after a regular wash in the morning there seems to be something lingering in my hair that wants to fight with my product. I mean when I put product in the next day it doesn't behave quite the same as it normally would. With that in mind I think it works better with some kind of conditioner after the oil wash to bring your hair back to life. It's not terrible or even hugely noticeable it just seems the day after using it my hair is a little crunchier after I put in pomade or wax.
Regardless it's worth picking up for a couple bucks, got to keep a couple weapons in the degreasing arsenal. I use it maybe once or twice a week to keep from getting too much product build up. I just wouldn't use it in the morning or before going out because it is vegetable oil and although it cuts the grease out it still wraps around your hair and wants to stay in. We all know that water and oil don't mix so this should be expected, just have to take that into account when using it.
The newer bottles have a red and white packaging, grab some at Dax online
or your local supply store.
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