This week: Deluxe Pomade.
Before
I begin the review let me say a word about Dan and the service he
provides. The website tells the story of
how Dan came up with this product on his own after trying several readily
available brands. I had a little
difficulty with my order. I bought the
product through the website and Dan acknowledged it immediately and if memory
serves it shipped the next day. The
difficulty comes in here. Dan ships
Priority Mail and I’ve had very few issues with this shipping method with the
USPS. For some odd reason it took a week
from when Dan shipped my package for the USPS to acknowledge they had the
thing. It arrived a couple of days after
this. During the week gap I contacted Dan
who was more than willing to send out a replacement. Fortunately the post office found the first
one and it arrived. Dan was pleasant,
apologetic, and very, very prompt in replying to my emails. Now onto the review…
This is a big tin of pomade. Dan sells an 8oz. tin for $10 plus shipping. The pomade is a very solid, milky white puck. It has a light scent of mint and aftershave (that clean somewhat soapy note). It is early November here in New Orleans so the mornings trend toward the cool (it was hovering right at 60 this morning) and the puck was very firm, leaning towards hard. I borrowed the wife’s hairdryer and gave it a blast of hot air. Dan has a different product here – many pomades when heated go very runny and soft. Dan’s softens but retains much of its texture. I rubbed the softened glob between my palms to further heat and soften it for application. I keep my hair in a classic side part and somewhat slicked (bit similar to the style of Don Draper, for popular reference). What I want in a pomade is hold and a little shine. Deluxe delivers on both counts. The very front of my hair has a natural wave to it and very few pomades (Murray’s Original and Rumble59’s Schmere Knuppelhart) can hold this back all day. Deluxe is doing it with ease. I’ve used this pomade for a week – a week that has seen warm days (nearly 80 degrees) and cool/cold days (AM temps in the upper 40’s to low 50’s, highs just reaching 60) all with a fair amount of wind and Deluxe has held my hair in place with no problems. This is great pomade – right hold, clean scent, and really good value. I would recommend trying this one without hesitation. In the interest of disclosure I purchased this from deluxepomade.com.
