Light in length but abundant in hairstyle options, shorter cuts tend to call for strong hold products and/or texturising hair styling products. Strong hold products create control over the strands, which may be harder to style the shorter they are, depending on your hair type. Texture-giving products impart visual interest, and make good of what you’re working with.
Short haircuts are clean looking and generally easy to manage, also boasting warm weather benefits. It’s a mistake to think that short haircuts are without style. It’s possible to keep the sides and back short with some length up top - there’s a lot of potential and variation here. That said, for those who are time poor or grooming lethargic, short cuts are the surest of shortcuts when it comes to daily hair styling.
In this article, we’ve selected some of the best hair products suitable for short men’s haircuts. Don’t be afraid to play with your products, seeing how they fare after a shower, a day at work, or a night out.
Shear Revival Amity Texture Spray
Texture in a few spritzes, it’s as easy as that - along with a few scrunches with the fingertips. Texture sprays can be used on their own or combined with a hair styling product as a foundational ‘pre’ step. Often formulated with texturising sea salt and clays in an aqueous solution, when applied it expands the hair fibre, giving it body, volume, and texture.
The Amity Texture Spray from Shear Revival employs these ingredients and blends them with aloe leaf juice, marula oil, bamboo extract, and witch hazel to keep the hair healthy and hydrated. It’s like a dip in the ocean, a ‘just-from-the-sea’ appearance and then even more. When used alone, it provides a textured look without excessive weight. For a relaxed look, this can be applied to dry or damp hair and allowed to air dry. And to maximise volume, spray onto towel dried hair, then set with a blowdryer.
Shear Revival Gleodream Texture Powder
A clever combination of kaolin and bentonite clay, silica, and arrowroot powders create a ‘grippy’ friction between the hair follicles, creating more voluminous looking hair with great texture. Simply sprinkle into the hair, lightly and evenly, and work this into the roots for maximum lift and volume. This is great for those with oily hair, as these ingredients also absorb excess oil for a matte finish. It is suited to those with thin hair types, especially textured crops, nonchalant, and rugged styles. For added hold, pair this with a styling pomade.
A saviour styling product for those with thinning hair and equally as powerful for those seeking a dramatic injection of volume into their short hairstyle of choice.
Patricks M3 Matte Strong Hold Pomade
A clay and wax-based hair product, Patricks M3 Matte Strong Hold Pomade comes packaged in a super slick case that would look well at home anywhere. Well suited to high volume quiffs and pompadours, this powerful pomade also utilises water and sweat resistant technology - ideal for surviving a hairstyle through a sweaty gym session. It is both matte and mattefying, but can be applied to damp hair for an appealing natural look - great for slicked-back styles. Warm a small amount of product between the palms of your hands and work evenly through dry or damp hair from root to tip and style as you see fit. Apply more product for greater strength.
Firsthand Supply Clay Pomade
Warm this product up in the palms of the hands to emulsify. Apply to dry hair for a firm matte finish, or apply to wet or damp hair for definition.
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