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Murray's Pomade - Would you use it if you saw these ingredients?

2012-04-24T00:33:29Z

It has 3 ingredients compared to many ingredients in other hair products.

The ingredients are:

Petrolatum. Mineral Oil. Fragrance (parfum).

This is what EWG's Skin Deep sight says:

http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/12717/Murray%27s_Superior_Hair_Dressing_Pomade/

I know Fragrance could be a bunch of things, but do you think this pomade is a great alternative to other hair products?

Would you use it, if you saw these ingredients?

p.s. This stuff works awesome. I'm a guy and it's taken me years to find something like this. It's great for long or short hair. You just need to know how to use it.

Oh, and it's super cheap!

Answer by Lyndsay for Murray's Pomade - Would you use it if you saw these ingredients?

2012-04-24T00:53:45Z

I used Murray's when I had super-short hair to slick back, a Matrix style. It was awesome. You just have to shampoo five times more than usual.

Answer by 42 for Murray's Pomade - Would you use it if you saw these ingredients?

2012-04-24T01:19:32Z

I use Aveda's "Pur-Formance" men's pomade. It's mostly plant-based and washes out very easily, only one 'poo application needed. Nearly all the others I've tried require about ten hand-washings to get it off your hands and about as many shampooings to get the grease off your hair.

Answer by Stefanie for Murray's Pomade - Would you use it if you saw these ingredients?

2012-04-24T01:40:35Z

Personally I would never not in a million years use a product with any of those 'ingredients' - especially when these days there are so many non-toxic alternatives. Petrolatum and mineral oil - talk about unsustainable. And 'fragrance' has a rating of 8 on EWG! Hormone disruption, anyone? Read this article by EWG & The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. It's about perfume specifically but given the lack of labelling laws, anything that says 'fragrance' could contain 100s of chemicals.

Answer by Joshua for Murray's Pomade - Would you use it if you saw these ingredients?

2012-04-24T01:54:32Z

As a former pompadour wearer during my wannabe rockabilly phase, Murray's was my favorite when wearing a very tightly cropped flat-top-pomp with whitewall sides...

Until a former Marine introduced me to DIY beeswax pomade - gently warm beeswax on a stovetop (or in a microwave) until soft (I suggest a double-boiler with a round-sided bowl to make cleanup easier), introduce some oil (I used crisco back then on his suggestion, but I bet coconut oil would work awesome! About a tablespoon of oil to a cup or so of melted beeswax btw...), then transfer to a jar and let it cool. He had mentioned that anything scented with a smell other than "soap, coffee, and gunpowder" was discouraged by his Senior Marines so he followed their lead and made his own unscented pomade.

When you take your shower, heat up the jar under a hot water tap to lightly soften it. Then spread it on a comb and comb it through your hair. Need a looser/greasier pomade? Use some kind of vegetable oil like olive oil instead of coconut oil.

Answer by Matt for Murray's Pomade - Would you use it if you saw these ingredients?

2012-04-24T02:21:52Z

Looks good to me. Petrolatum and mineral oil are simply unreactive hydrocarbons (think saturated fat, minus the reactive carboxylic acid end!)

Or was I supposed to knee-jerk some chemical-hate.