IDEA 1: Use a grease cutting dish detergent such as Dawn and work up a good lather. You may need to let it soak in for a while as you rub your fingers through the hair. Rinse out completely with warm water. Wash again with a pleasant yet good grease cutting shampoo such as Dax Vegetable Oil Shampoo.

IDEA 2: This idea uses several grease cutting steps for removing extremely built us pomades and waxes. Apply about a tablespoon of Ajax Super Degreaser Dish Liquid Detergent to your hair as you would a shampoo. Throughly rinse out with warm water. Apply Pantene Pro-V Conditioner first for additional grease cutting action, and work it in until you can feel you hair get nice and soft. Use an amount you normaly use with any shampoo. Apply Pantene Pro-V Shampoo. Dax Vegetable Oil Shampoo works just as well and is available at theGreaseShop.com. This will leave you hair sqeaky clean, and get rid of the lemon smell of the Ajax. Rinse your hair with cold water, and run your hands through to feel if you missed any pomade. –The Big Guy Von Frankenstein, Heathens SC/CC

NON HAIR PRODUCTS FOR AN AWESOME SHINE

For the ultimate hair slick you might consider passing up the hair care isle and head to the baking department. Crisco® is a shortening used in baking but is also a great glaze for hair! Not too far from the hair care isle, in the makeup section, you will find glycerine, a very sticky, gooey oil that is often used to apply theatrical makeup appliances such as artificial beards and mustaches. Great as a slick hair goo too. –Neil Dick

HOW MUCH GREASE TO USE

It all depends on how much hair and what look you want to achieve. If all you want to do is keep your hair styled and neat, than you don't need much. But if you are looking for a super slicked greaser look, then use a lot. Style plays a role in the choice. For instance a flattop can use a lot of wax or heavy pomade. Long hair pompadours and long haired slickbacks that are to look super slicked should have PLENTY of the medium or light weight products. For high shine, light weight products in ample amounts are used. Use more if the hair tends to absorb the grease and lack shine. Some hair types look super greasy even with a little product. Just experiment!

Caution: For fine, brital, or long hair don't use a lot of the heavier products. It would be better to use medium or light weight products. For short and/or course hair you can use more of the heavier weight products.

Get more variety from your slicking experience. Try mixing two or more products that exhibit different properties. Some products are better for rigid hold such as heavy weight pomades and waxes, and light weight pomades give a greasier shine.

For strong hold with great shine first use a heavier wax or pomade to give hold. Style your hair to get it going the way you want. Then add a light weight pomade to give shine and then complete styling. For super greasy shine, coat the stiffly combed hair with an oily product such as light pomade using your hands and fingers. See pomades.

"Bobby Blue Eyes" suggested these mixtures for superior shine and hold. First he throughly slicks up his hair hair with Layrite and combs it into his style. [Layrite Super Hold can give even stronger hold] Next, he applies with his hands a small portion of AGS 40wt. — just enough to coat the surface. He finishes combing his hair into place. This does a few things. The AGS gives it the shinier, greasier look and stops the layrite from getting too hard or brittle. This also makes it easier to work with later in the day after it has dried. This also helps keep it in place on those really hot days when the sweat starts to wash the Layrite away. Likewise, the Layrite helps keep the AGS from melting too much in the sun. This is good for that perfect, in place greaser style. Perfect for any size pomps. Another combination uses AGS 40wt. and Murray's Superior. First, he puts just a palm full or two of Murray's in his hair, getting an even coat. Next, he goes to town with the AGS 40wt. "I use this method when I want that more rock and roll look with a medium size pomp," he says. "When I comb up my pomp, I lightly pull the comb forward and can often get just a few strands to pull out and curl up front."

"Kushkakatt" wrote on Greaser's Lair that he found that using Vaseline in combination with Wildroot produces an excellent shine. (DAX Short & Neat Light Hair Dress or AGS 40wt is even shinnier than Vaseline and we sell it.) He suggests to use a heaping tablespoon (or more if you like) of Vaseline or light pomade product, rubb it in your hands and then thoroughly rubs it through your hair to get it well coated. Once that is done, apply about the same amount of Wildroot, again rubb it thoroughly into your hair. You should now be able to style your hair with excellent hold and gloss. Another variation is to start off by applying a thorough soaking of Vitalis, or similar type tonic such as Lucky Tiger 3 Purpose Hair Tonic, (LT Correct Way with Oil is also like Vitalis but is no longer manufactured.) let it dry until the alcohol evaporates, and then carry on with the Vaseline and Wildroot. Kushkakatt says, "There is nothing better than Vaseline or Light Pomade product for a really firstclass greaser look."

SPRAY ON A SLICK SHINE!

After using a pomade or other product with good holding power, comb your hair into the desired style. Once you have the look perfectly set in place, you can spray on a nice shiny, greasy mist of a light oil such as mineral oil, olive oil, or brilliantine. A guy named Jim who posts on Greaser's Lair suggests that a pump spray bottle like "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" works best for oils like brilliantine. This pump bottle is made for substances that are somewhat thicker than hair spray such as the liquid butter that comes in this bottle. The oil sits on the surface and will look fantastic in the sun or bright lights.

CAUTION: HAIR OILS MAGNIFY SUN'S RAYS

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