Natural Hair Report Card: Top 10 Gels and Pomades
Thanks to everyone who helped with the second annual Natural Hair Report Card. This year over 1,200 men and women participated in the survey. Categories included Conditioners, Leave-ins, Shampoos, Product Lines, Hair Tools, YouTube channels, Deep Conditioners, Gels and Pomades, and Butters and Creams. Lists will be posted throughout this week with the final summary on January 1st.
This is the first year for this category. It is one that was suggested by a reader of last year’s NHRC.
Top 5 Gels
5. Qhemet Biologics
(Honeybush Hair Tea Gel)
4. Uncle Funky’s Daughter
(Curly Magic)
3. Koils by Nature
(Soothing Herbal Peppermint (or Lavender & Eucalyptus) Gel )
2. Kinky Curly
(Kinky Curly Curling Custard)
1. Homemade
(The homemade gels that were mentioned were mostly aloe or flaxseed based gels)
Top 5 Pomades
5. Darcy’s Botanicals
(Coconut & Cupuacu Butter Pomade)
4. Nature’s Blessing
3. Amazing Botanicals
(Pumkin Pomade)
2. Curls
(Curl Control Paste)
1. Oyin Handmade
(Burnt Sugar Pomade)
Have you tried many of the items that made the lists?
yes the pumpkin pomade and black soap poop by amazing botanicals are the truth!
My strands love the Amazing Botanticals pumpkin pomade!! Big ups AB!!
I use the passion fruit curl control paste when I want a really defined twist out it works great and hardly anything works on my hair . I do use it w/ an oil though because it dries a little funny.
I really like Burnt Sugar, but that Original Moxie Hair Bling, OMG!
Hmm I’m not sure if we have Target up here im in Canada but i’ll check it out!
I’ve used the Curls paste on my edges. It worked well.
Have you tried the Sugar Berry kind?
I love Shea Moisture.
I have not used the Sugar Berry Pomade. I recently tried curly pudding and I like it, even though I hate to admit it.