I think the term "pompadour" is more familiar amongst those in their early to early late 20s. Not many people knows the name of the hairstyle, sometimes they just walk in and tell the hairstylist what they want by describing how they want it to be cut. But isn't it more simple to say they want a pompadour :3? The idea is to have the sides cut short, while leaving front and back growing, because the longer your hair is, the easier it is for it to be combed.

Anyways, anyone spotting this hairstyle? I wanna get some advice please. I've tried tons of hair tutorials, guides, products, asked around yet none have been successful so far helping me achieve the hairstyle I want. Not really sure if its a problem inadequate blow drying skills, wrong hair styling product, wrong shampoo or simply because my hair is just difficult to style.

Would appreciate some advice from you guys. I'll post the picture showing the kind of pompadour I'd like to style.





Ideally, something like the first picture of the second row, or the one below. I like the kind with medium size puffs and to have the back of my hair still stands perfectly. Pretty saddening to say every time I achieve the shape I want, plus a bit of hair spraying, the entire hair falls flat in 5 minutes time. Even after I minimize the usage of my hairspray and wax, cause apparently using too much causes your hair to be heavy.

Would really like to know if any of you guys are super fashion savvy, particularly in the hairstyle dept. I've gone the point where I seriously would love to get someone to teach me some hands on styling tricks LOL. Even my hairstylist ran out of tricks to help me.

So please, any advice pleaseee. Really wanna have this hairstyle. And before someone else goes inb4 on the thread, pleaseeeee refrain from doing so. Seriously don't troll in this thread, I just wanna get some serious help. So for those of you who aren't kind enough to offer advice, please just walk out of the thread for every body's sake. It's frustrating to see someone remark unhelpful stuffs. '

On a last note, TYVM

Pomade brah, pomade..

There's 2 types. Water based and petroleum based. Water is easier to wash out but it makes the hair stiffer, while grease is difficult to wash out, but won't leave you feeling like a helmet head. Grease can be re-combed throughout the day without water. Water based ones you need to kinda wet it a little to re-comb.

Also, water won't give you the shine like grease do. In the picture you mentioned the hair is kinda shiny. My guess would be grease. Shines on water based ones won't last the whole day.

This post has been edited by kitkatjapan: Apr 22 2014, 10:18 PM

1. not everyone can rock this look...
2. hairspray and wax?? do you mean pomade?

Is Pomade a necessary product to achieve the look? It's not that I'm not willing to get a can of pomade, but having a greasy hair isn't exactly what I want. I'm also a bit curious as to whether hair wax can achieve the shape of pompadour. I don't necessarily want a shiny look, I'd style my hair in such a way that the hair is neat and it has the shape, don't wanna really have the problem of several strands of hair popping here and there.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how necessary is pomade?

1.Disagree, with effort, people can go with any hairstyle they want, as long as they're happy. Not saying I look good with the hair though, lol. Just figured I pointed it out.

2. Currently, I use hair wax and hairspray to style my hair. I do not mean pomade, pomades are an entirely different product that I mentioned.

Pretty sure most of them with pomp uses pomade. If you don't want the grease, try the water based ones. I've used wax prior to pomades. It holds fine in the beginning when my hair was still short. I managed to get the small pomp using osis was and hairspray. But this kinda look need to keep longer hair until the wax and spray could no longer hold them up. Plus, I don't really like combing when using wax. After that switched to water-based pomade and now using grease or sometimes mixing both.

Based on my experience, I'd say 8/10. Never came across any product which can hold that look for me, even using hairspray which suppose to have a stronger hold.

And for what its worth, I think pompadour/undercut looks good on most type of faces. As long as you like it, do it.

This post has been edited by kitkatjapan: Apr 22 2014, 11:14 PM

That sounds great. Do you know where can I find water based pomades within KL? Just curious, how important is blow drying for pompadours? And when you said osis, were you talking about Schwarzkopf's Osis hairspray? I'm planning to use the Silhouette hair spray. And also very curious about this, but does using pomade enable you to style the back of your hair more easily? I notice a key point in my hair is that whenever I style my hair, the back of my hair tends to fall first, followed by the front, I am not sure if its because the roots of my back hair were not properly styled or the wax were not sufficient enough. Does pomade solve this problem? And do you use a comb for your hair styling procedure?

What's the outcome like mixing a water-based and petroleum-based pomade? Sorry I'm asking too much, I'm glad I found someone who can give serious advice lol. Not even the guides on the web help. Would definitely love to ask you for some hands on help in styling hair.

If I may... you can get water based pomade in a few places in KL.. Maison / The Yard do sell suavecito, shiner gold, js sloane, lay rite.

As for styling, you may refer to bro @evoangel

Refer this thread:

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2495517

Oh hi there. Yeah, I saw the thread yesterday and posted my inquiries directing towards evoangel, but haven't gotten a reply from him. Thanks though, hopefully he's willing to give some advice in styling pomps.

This post has been edited by MerryGoRound^2: Apr 23 2014, 10:45 AM

i would say that different pomade will hold differently depending on hair texture.. that said, what works for me, might not work for you..

just to share, i've also been experimenting with a few water based pomades.. my best combo is suave strong + layrite strong - good hold and shine..

i have yet to try grease pomade as..

- requires extensive care i.e. cleaning/washing them out
- might cause acne

hope this helps..

This post has been edited by titan: Apr 23 2014, 12:04 PM

if u want a good pomp, suitable haircut is a must and a really good pomade will ensure u with well done pomp.

so doing a pomp using grease need practice... and patient... loads of it.

loads of tutorials are only guidelines for u to do pomps because at the end of the day u urself will develop ur own skill of doing a pomp.

its ok to make some mistake along the way... u learn from it.

Thanks. Will definitely keep looking for water-based pomades in KL region. Haven't gotten a reply from evoangel, think he might have missed my post lol. Could you share a photo of the pomade you're using in your free time? just curious about how water based pomades look like.

How did you perfect yours? Any tips to share? Not really sure what you mean by haircut but mine's pretty okay, or so I'd like to believe. Just shaved sides and growing out the top, yes?

im using grease but not for doing pomp but slick back. best grease for me right now is goon grease from lockheart, grandads heavy hold and shimere heavy hold.

most of the time i mix them up for max effect. usually top using goon grease and at the back i use grandads.

shimere...? that one is really2 heavy.... i use it occasionally. for pomp i would say its one of the best.

my source of pomade? the yard ss15 and from online.

will add my collection with a collab pomade from lockheart soon...

Just curious cause you had one line that got me inquisitive. Isn't pompadour essentially the same as slick back, only that you create a pomp after slicking your hair all the way back? And I'm also pretty curious about how you mix both products. Do you combine them together or you apply one particular pomade for the back of the hair and the other for the front?

Kindly enlighten me as I am rather poor with hair grooming products, lol.

pomp usually need less longer hair and as for me i have a very long hair so i decided to do a slick back.

i mix the product because both have strength and weaknesses. on the top i use goon grease because it can hold well and flatten my hair and at the back i put some grandads because it keeps my hair at the back tidy. i have a wavy hair so if i wanna look slick as possible, this is one of the method i use.

the way i combine it? put goon grease as based, work my hair out, then use grandads applied it on the back of my hair... recomb again and tidy it up for the finish.

anyways, dont confuse urself about mixing product or whats not. For me if u really interested on doing pomp, i say just do it man.

Yeah that Osis hairspray(its a silver bottle) and flexwax.

What do you mean the back of your hair falls? I'm pretty sure wax isn't strong enough for a pomp style. I usually work the wax in and style with my fingers. Don't know why but combing through the hair with wax feels like it doesn't style the way I want. With pomade, combing through is a must so that the pomade spreads evenly on your hair. I apply the water one first then comb to coat evenly, then apply grease on top, and comb it through again.

The outcome of mixing..Well, for me it makes it easier to wash out than just using grease. If I use purely grease, it probably takes me 2-3 washes to get it off completely, but when I mix (water based applied first followed by grease on top) I can get it off in 1 wash as per normal. Also after combining both I feel like its easier to re-comb my hair throughout the day than using pure water based. I didn't have to wet my hair to re-comb it as my hair didn't harden up. And because I use the grease on top it also gives it the shine that water can't give.

Haha, don't worry and just ask all you want man..That's what the forum's for.

Yes, essentially you slick back your hair first (this part is where you get the pomade to evenly coat) and then style your pomp. Some people do a side pomp, some do a full on pomp like in your pictures.

I'd recommend JS sloane for water. I used both JS Sloane heavyweight and Suavecito. Suavecito smells like musky coconut while JS sloane kinda smell sweet like cotton candy. Haha. But I prefer JS Sloane because of its gelatine texture and the hold. Works into your hair easy too and doesn't go rock hard like Suavecito.

BTW not many brands available in Msia..If you want others you may have to get it online but shipping could be pretty pricey.

This post has been edited by kitkatjapan: Apr 23 2014, 02:28 PM

Hope you dont wear lala clothes along with your pomp

Thanks man. Fact is I'm already having an undercut hairstyle, but will definitely be patient in perfecting the art of pomp .

By the back of my hair, I mean the part where the front hair extends to the back, the back part doesn't usually hold as well as the front and I'm not sure if it's because I did not apply sufficient wax to the back part or simply because the wax never really got to the back. What it means is that when I apply my wax, I assume huge portion of the wax is applied only the front area because wax is so sticky, sometimes I get so frustrated and give up trying to comb through my hair with the wax on my hand. It gets tedious for me to coat every strand of hair with wax. Sometimes, I use a small amount of wax and apply to the front, then another amount for back and sides, it didn't help either. For some reason, the roots at the back of my hair still feels soft even after applying wax, I guess this suggests that I apply insufficient wax or that the way I styled my hair made it so that the wax didn't reach the roots of my hair. I hope I'm talking some sense here, lol. That's why I came to the forum asking for help.

In regards to Pomade, I have no specific brands. I'd just like a pomade with a consistency like wax, somewhat dry and not greasy and more importantly, holds well and ensures your hair is neat and not have strands of hair popping out here and there. The whole reason why I avoided pomade was because I knew there was grease involved and my scalp naturally releases it's own grease when I sweat so you can imagine how greasy it'll be when I combine petroleum based pomade. I'm just gonna assume suavecito's pomades are grease based? But would be happy if I could find water based pomades.

I'm not particularly concerned about shine as I've said, the shape and volume means more to me hahahaha. I actually had a friend who successfully styled his pomp without using anything but a hair dryer and hair spray. I'd show you his picture if I could but not in public lol, but omg that pomp made me envious. I tried asking him for advice but he definitely didn't seem interested in sharing details. Do you offer hands-on kind of tutorial for your friends who asked how did you style your hair? If it's not too much, I'd definitely like to ask you to teach me, maybe you can pinpoint my mistakes. That is, if you're comfortable, then I'll pm you.

But thanks. So far, you're the only guy with genocide who has extensively spoke about styling pompadours seriously to me. Definitely thankful for that. You have no idea how much this hairstyle bothered me, lol. #firstworldproblems HAHAHAHA.

Don't worry, I don't swing the ways of ah bengs and ah lians. Do you?

Hhaha! There's many tutorials on styling pomp on youtube. But you have to try it out. I guess your friend's hair is thick and coarse. Mine is really thin and soft so I have to use some stronger stuff like pomades. Suavecito and Js Sloane are both water based. You noted earlier that you don't intend to use grease, so I won't recommend any.

I think I kinda get what you're trying to say about the back part. You meant the end of your fringe that reaches behind right? I never had that problem because I slick my hair back first which means everything is slicked down. Then only I start forming the pomp. I think its because the wax is hard to spread evenly around your hair. You can't comb it through. Whereas pomade allows you to comb through to coat all your hair. I think you need to try it out man. If you live around pj you can visit evoangel's saloon. Can test out the pomades foc before you decide to invest any.

These are the few vids that I watched when I started out.



This post has been edited by kitkatjapan: Apr 23 2014, 04:02 PM

if u are trying to find a good wb pomade i suggest u also try shiner gold. good WB pomade with the scent of coconut candy

LOL. I've watched all of the videos prior to posting here. Didn't help :'(. I even watched this.





Didn't help much, maybe because I'm not using the right stuffs. And yes, you were right on with how I was describing my hair. Another thing worth mentioning is my hair falls down rather then falling backward. I noticed most guys with pomp hairstyle have hair falling to the back when their hair is unstyled, mine just falls to the front like bangs .

Thanks man. Are these obtainable in KL?