how to make pomade

If you read how to be a greaser and you don’t know how to make or where to get some low cost pomade for your hair, here is a really low cost recipe

Ingredients

·         Fresh olive/other vegetable oil

·         Fresh vegetable

·         Scented oil

·         Bee’s wax

·         Coconut oil

·         Bentonite clay

Steps

Get ingredients. Use the basis list above for the base and then get other essential oils depending on what kind of Pomade you want

Melt your bees wax in a clean pan on low heat. Continue stirring until it’s a liquid. Pour the melted wax into a mixing/cooling container. Bees wax helps make this Pomade less grasy and gives it a nice firm hold.

Add coconut oil and stir until melted.

Coconut oil not only conditions hair, but helps repair it. Plus it fights dandruff! One of my favorite things about coconut oil is that it will be soft and pliable in your hands, but will harden back up on your hair.

This helps to cut down on the greasy feeling, but will leave your hair shiny and soft.

Add vegetable oil/shortening to hot wax. This is so that the wax does not become too hard when cooled again

Add bentonite clay

Bentonite clay is a gritty powder made from naturally volacanic ash. Many people use it in face masks and for other external beauty treatments. It is extremely important to make sure that you get a good quality bentonite clay.

The bentonite clay helps to give the pomade a gritty.

Add an essential oil to add a scent to the Pomade

Essential oil it helps to condition and repair hair without drying. Bonus it smells amazing

Cool to check it thoroughly for over/under stiffness. This is important because this will affect the “hold” of the Pomade

Reheat mixture to change the consistency :

- if it is too stiff, add more oil or shortening for less hold. Reheat

- if it is too soft, add wax for more hold. Reheat

For extra shine, add more oil or vegetable shortening. If you wish you can add baking soda to thicken it