Poll: Do you use hair gel? WHY?!

[superbatranger]

I'm too lazy to style hair with gel or anything at all.

 

[Betancore]

I don't like the look of it on most people, and it feels awful. I like touching people's hair, and it doesn't feel very nice if it's all stiff with gel. The only time I've ever used it is for cosplaying purposes and afterwards I purged my hair of the stuff.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I just don't like gelatin cause of the whole derived from bones thing.

Fair enough.

He's a carnivore though. In fact, he occasionally drinks bovine blood which he bottles himself (no joke!), he even claims to mix it up with alcohol from time to time, which must result in a rather disgusting tasting drink. So I guess that's why he doesn't have much against smearing his hair with something derived from bones and skin of dead animals.

I guess I don't have the most "normal" friends in the world. But we're friends nontheless. XD

I have a friend with a few human "contacts" that let him drink their blood. Still a pretty cool guy.

Lot of people who are strange at face value turn out pretty alright.

 

[Xkaliber]

How would you style your hair like this? You've said some wort of wax? I've used this stuff called pomade before, and it seemed to give my hair a greasy styled look, rather than the dry-ish look achieved here.

For this particular kind of style, I'd recommend a fibre-gum based product. There's a lot of them around, but they are extremely flexible to style your hair and the better ones (VO5's Extreme Rework Fibre Putty for example) are very effective and quite cheap.

The idea behind a 'fibre' based product, is that once it sets, it becomes near invisible (the best ones can't even be felt on your hair), but maintains the hold/style you want. Matt clays and putties are OK as well, but have a tangible texture to them once they're on your hair, I always feel aware of having used such a product, so I stick to the fibre based ranges.

I myself have very thick hair and so I can't do much with it if I let it grow, unless I actually get it relaxed. However, when it's short-mid length, I can do almost any spiked/styled shaping I want with it... I'm starting to sound like a god damn advert, so I'll stop. =p

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Never. My hair is gorgeous.