American Gardens Clay Pomade – Strong Hold Hair Styling Clay for Men – Matte Finish, Vegan & Plant-Based – Handmade with Aloe & Shea Butter – 96g

One of the best matte clays on the market.

I think this is a good product, it's just not perfect for me. To summarise: very dry gritty clay, quite tricky to apply to dry hair, good enough hold but it's heavy so will drop, amazing texture, decent endurance, washes out largely with water and fully with shampoo, leaves my hair feeling plump, thick and healthy. It's effective as a pre styler and post styler, but for post styling I usually have to finish off with another product to apply the more structured styles I go for. If you're going for neat classic styles e.g. side parts or pompadours I wouldn't recommend but it's a very good product nevertheless - much better for messy, flowy, natural styles. For me, this wouldn't be a product I would reliably trust when I am doing my hair for a special occasion - I've had some great hair days with this but equally days where it just doesn't work for me. This shouldn't take away from how good a product it is and I'd probably buy again as a bit of a 'wild card' to have in the pomade arsenal, but there are better, more user friendly hair clays out there.

It has small to no shine, hair doesn’t look greasy + not that hard to scoop like everyone says i have fine straight hair, and it works well for me

Product is dried out. Buy shear revival all the time it is never shrunken inside of jar because of exposure to heat. Returning.

This stuff is absolutely stunning. Revolutionary even. I’ve suffered from scalp folliculitis for nearly 15 years and this is the only thing I can put on it that doesn’t cause a flare up. I’ve now cut my hair slightly longer for the first time and can manage it quite well with this. I also used the pomade which is a lot weaker and greasier feeling but still high quality and I suppose it depends on the look you’re after. Yes I’ve used stronger clays, it’s probably closer to your average brands medium hold, but it’s all natural and doesn’t irritate my scalp. One strange side effect of this is I wash my hair way less. I probably used to shampoo too often but with this my scalp feels really nourished. I find every week or so using some cerave as shampoo and using dr organic manuka honey conditioner is a winning combination for scalp health.

Not great, very difficult to emulsify even when heating it up with a hairdryer first, found that it would tug my hair out and wasn’t very manoeuvrable at all. Ended up going for Hanz De Fuko. If Forte Series was in the UK I would probably go for that aswell

Performs better the. Moroccan oil texture clay. Slightly difficult to take out of the jar. All clays can be like that at the start just needs warming up a bit longer.

Strong hold. But clumps hair when applied to damp hair. Cannot be apples dry, it will pull your hair out when applying.

Tal cual lo anuncian, fija bastante y no deja nada de brillo. Comparada con otras marcas (la de Moroccanoil), es mucho más seca y hay que frotar más para calentarla en las manos. Al ser tan seca el truco está en dejarte el pelo un pelin húmedo (te secas con la toalla un poco) y ya se aplica de forma perfecta, sin tirones, ni perder pelos con el peine. La uso en casa ya que tengo que trabajarla un pelin más (nada exagerado), pero para el gimnasio por ejemplo que ando con más prisa uso otras un poco más maleables. Me la suelo aplicar al mediodía, puedo dormir con ella y a la mañana siguiente mojandome un poco el pelo la reactivo sin tener que echar más producto. En la al almohada ni rastro de manchas, ni nada. El olor muy agradable, por cierto. La volvería a comprar.

Genau was ich gesucht habe! Leider habe ich mittlerweile recht feines Haar und oben wird es auch schon was lichter. Ich benutze schon länger Clays aus dem Drogeriemarkt, hatte aber das Problem, dass die im Laufe des Tages „speckig“ werden und man schlicht ungepflegt aussieht. Mit diesem Clay passiert das nicht! Selbst wenn man damit zu Bett geht, sieht man am nächsten Tag auf dem Kopf zwar etwas wüst aus, aber nichts fettet hier. Auch bringt dieses Clay definitiv mehr Volumen auf den Kopf. Den Halt würde ich als leicht bis mittel beschreiben, allerdings ist das genau das, was ich auch will: keine Betonfrisur, man kann immer neu modellieren und es beschwert kein bisschen auf dem Kopf.

Un peu trop brillant

I have a lot of fine, straight hair, and this worked really well for me. It gives a great matte finish without making my hair look greasy or overdone, and the hold is strong without feeling like cement. One of the biggest positives is that it actually washes out easily, which is not always the case with stronger hold products. I’m in Arizona, so I can’t really speak to how it handles humidity, but for dry weather and daily use, it’s been great. I’ll definitely be buying it again.

I absolutely love the smell of this which has a subtle orange rind start and earthy follow through. Possibly the best smell in hair product I've had. The hold is decently strong and feels natural, at the end of the day my hair has a nice healthy soft feeling and doesn't feel like there's synthetic product in it. Even after applying it's not hard to wash off your hands unlike the wax I'm using currently.