To wax or not to wax

No, this is not a post about waxing hair. Heaven knows I know nothing about that painful method of hair removal. hehe. Today, I've just discovered the joys of hair wax! okay, maybe this post is about waxing hair after all. LOL.

I've always been a gel guy. Except maybe in my childhood days when I put baby oil in my hair--- I got that from my mom. The greasy feeling was gross. For a few months now, some friends have been mocking me, that hair gel is a thing of the past. Now there are all sorts of new hair products, like bees wax (WTF?!), hair clay (HUH?!), hair gum (do I have to chew on that first?!)and all sorts of other gooey stuff that guys use for hair styling. I didn't care. Why should I care about the new ones when the old school method still works for me? Gel was still useful for me, and convenient. I'm also used to the product, I know it works. I don't want to spend time trying out those new stuff. Besides, those new stuff may not work for me. Sure, I've tried several variations of hair gel, from the type that would produce a wet look, to the soft look, to the hard look... and recently I've been using the gel water type, which is easier to apply since it's in a liquid form. It's still gel though, and it creates the same effect.

A few months back, when I went to the store to buy hair gel, I've noticed several advertisements of a new product, bearing the same brand of my hair gel. It was hair wax. Remembering what my friends said that it's about time that i tried the new hair styling products, i decided to buy one so I could try it. What have I got to lose? It was fairly cheap anyway. The next day, I decided to try this hair wax. Upon opening the container, the stuff looked weird. It really looked like wax--- floor wax. it even looked like shoe polish. And it felt like wax, which was hard, unlike gel. I thought how can I put this in my hair when I can't even put enough of the stuff in my hands to apply in my hair?! It was weird putting the stuff in my hair, it's like I was polishing each strand. The stuff was also dry, so I couldn't maneuver my hair to get the style I wanted. I looked weird! My hair was a mess! i wondered what went wrong for i followed the instructions in the container. I decided to rinse my hair and go back to my good old hair gel. By the way, the stuff was also freakin' hard to rinse off! It felt greasy, much like the baby oil that I once used.

So... the hair wax just gathered dust, until today when I was dressing up for a party, and found out that I ran out of hair gel! There was no more time to buy some, for I was running late! I had no choice. I had to make do with what I have. It was time to try using hair wax again. It was now or never! The moment of truth! A time to start things over! When I first encountered Mr. Hair Wax, he was an unruly enemy. Some wild animal I couldn't tame. On our second encounter, could it be possible to turn Mr. Hair Wax into a friend?

The stuff looked different. it probably melted a bit because of the heat these days, so it was a bit softer. Also, my hair was still wet because I had just taken a shower. Maybe that's why it felt easier to apply in my hair. Water was probably the missing ingredient! It felt like I was applying hair gel. Ang when my hair dried, it was soft, yet the wax still maintained the style I wanted. Unlike hair gel, which made my hair really hard, any unfortunate creature that would fall in my hair would probably get impaled and die. Also, it wasn't that hard to rinse--- I guess I just truly disliked the product before so I thought it was hard to rinse.

So my friends were right all along. These new products are the way of the future! Improvements were made, so I may say goodbye to my old friend the hair gel. We had shared so many great moments together. Such fond memories. Now, I'M A WAX BOY. Maybe I should try hair clay also. Or that gum. Or maybe that bees wax thing--- er, wait a minute...

knowing all these hair styling products doesn't make me a metrosexual now... does it?