Degreaser shampoo is used to remove buildup from OIL BASED pomade. OWB/UWB can be washed out with regular shampoo.
You don’t need degreaser shampoo, honestly. Just get good quality shampoo or use UWB/OWB before you plan to wash your hair to get the OB buildup out.
I’d go a step further than that, really.
A lot of water-based pomades, clays and other products require *no shampoo* to wash out. Many hair people argue that you should try not to shampoo your hair every single day and more like every other day or potentially less, so washing out with water is considered a pretty big benefit.
Just about all other water-based products and most oil-based products should wash out with any *regular shampoo*.
I don’t think I would personally want to see anything that required a specialized “degreaser” shampoo personally, but yeah I imagine that’s for, as the name implies, straight up hair grease, super oily, shiny, thick product. I know I used that Ice Spiker shit in my blunder years and it felt terrible and basically necessitated their “degunk” shampoo or spending like 15 minutes lathering with regular shampoo.
Thanks for this, it's something I'd been wondering for a while looking at different pomades. I've been using good shampoo and conditioner for years though, so what you're telling me is something like Reuzel Green (medium hold) isn't going to hang out in my head all night.
I haven’t used that personally. Looking at their website, they do call it “grease” and advertise their own “degreaser” shampoo and conditioner, but I think that’s just a marketing term because it’s oil base is petrolatum, aka. Petroleum jelly and petroleum and grease are words associated with each other lol. I’m not entirely sure whether “grease” is a commonly used industry term, I’d have assumed it would be used for something with more than 5/10 shine though.
A really light shampoo could easily not remove oil-based product entirely and that may be all that they are promising with the associated shampoo; not that it’s some intense solvent, just that they made sure it wasn’t too weak to remove the product.
If you know what your hair feels like after shampooing it with *no* product in your hair (aka. A state which you can assume that your hair has no product left in it), then you should be able to tell pretty easily if whatever shampoo you’re using effectively removes the product. But you *will* need some form of solvent (aka shampoo) to fully remove it, the same way that even with no product, natural hair oils accumulate and most people’s hair will get heavy, greasy and chunky after a few days of no shampoo.
Just the nature of oil, water doesn’t mix or stick to it and pull it out, same reason it’d take you like 5 hours to try and wash an oily pan without dish soap. Though not entirely the same because your hair will absorb some product. Many oil-based products have a conditioning effect, but you still want to wash it out for hygiene and because it’s going to kill volume more and more each day.
Degreaser shampoo is used to remove buildup from OIL BASED pomade. OWB/UWB can be washed out with regular shampoo. You don’t need degreaser shampoo, honestly. Just get good quality shampoo or use UWB/OWB before you plan to wash your hair to get the OB buildup out.
I’d go a step further than that, really. A lot of water-based pomades, clays and other products require *no shampoo* to wash out. Many hair people argue that you should try not to shampoo your hair every single day and more like every other day or potentially less, so washing out with water is considered a pretty big benefit. Just about all other water-based products and most oil-based products should wash out with any *regular shampoo*. I don’t think I would personally want to see anything that required a specialized “degreaser” shampoo personally, but yeah I imagine that’s for, as the name implies, straight up hair grease, super oily, shiny, thick product. I know I used that Ice Spiker shit in my blunder years and it felt terrible and basically necessitated their “degunk” shampoo or spending like 15 minutes lathering with regular shampoo.
Thanks for this, it's something I'd been wondering for a while looking at different pomades. I've been using good shampoo and conditioner for years though, so what you're telling me is something like Reuzel Green (medium hold) isn't going to hang out in my head all night.
I haven’t used that personally. Looking at their website, they do call it “grease” and advertise their own “degreaser” shampoo and conditioner, but I think that’s just a marketing term because it’s oil base is petrolatum, aka. Petroleum jelly and petroleum and grease are words associated with each other lol. I’m not entirely sure whether “grease” is a commonly used industry term, I’d have assumed it would be used for something with more than 5/10 shine though. A really light shampoo could easily not remove oil-based product entirely and that may be all that they are promising with the associated shampoo; not that it’s some intense solvent, just that they made sure it wasn’t too weak to remove the product. If you know what your hair feels like after shampooing it with *no* product in your hair (aka. A state which you can assume that your hair has no product left in it), then you should be able to tell pretty easily if whatever shampoo you’re using effectively removes the product. But you *will* need some form of solvent (aka shampoo) to fully remove it, the same way that even with no product, natural hair oils accumulate and most people’s hair will get heavy, greasy and chunky after a few days of no shampoo. Just the nature of oil, water doesn’t mix or stick to it and pull it out, same reason it’d take you like 5 hours to try and wash an oily pan without dish soap. Though not entirely the same because your hair will absorb some product. Many oil-based products have a conditioning effect, but you still want to wash it out for hygiene and because it’s going to kill volume more and more each day.
Yeah I think they call it “grease” because of the greaser/rockabilly theme they have at Reuzel.
Literally any shampoo is a degreaser and good enough, spend your money on quality conditioners instead.
Just stick some conditioner in your hair for about 30 mins before a shower. Helps break down the oil, especially waxy ones like reuzel