Erin Andrews Was Right About This Portable Pomade Stick
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I am exceedingly vain about my hair (cue thatmonologuefromFleabag). I can be excessive-slash-obsessive aboutcombing. I’ll put my tresses through the tyrannies ofblow-dryersandstraightenersto get whatever look I’m going for. Buthaircareis important to me, too — whether I’m adding aheat-protectant sprayor an oil that gives meshampoo-commercial shine.
So it was the horror of all horrors when I started seeing tumbleweed-like clumps clogging the shower drain a few months ago. (I blame the bout of coronavirus I suffered late last year; hair loss is acommon complaint.)
Even worse was that my hair didn’t feel like my hair. It was fragile and seemed to bethinning— the usual fullness around my hairline disappeared, especially near my ears. I overhauled my hair-care routine, trying newshampoo-and-conditionercombinations and downing a pharmacy’s worth ofvitamins. Products likeR+Co’s cloud-themed shampoo,Ceremonia’s guava spray, andSunday Riley’s pink-bottled scalp serumhelped get my hair back on track — but now I have more wispiness than I know what to do with.
I ordered R+Co’s Dart Pomade after reading sportscasterErin Andrews’s list of things she can’t live without. (It wasn’t the first time a celebrityconvinceda Strategist staffer to buy something.) She carries the pomade stick, which is just a bit bigger than a lipstick, to work, patting down her flyaways to be camera-ready. My success with R+Co’s shampoo was fresh in my mind, so I was eager to try the Dart Pomade on the new growth jutting out from my scalp. Now, I don’t think I can live without it, either.
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Once I got past the sensation of using anElmer’s-esquestick on my hair, I was relieved to find that the product isn’t sticky at all. It has the waxen texture of a traditional pomade and glides onto strands, smoothing them with a stroke. To use it, I swipe the Dart wherever there are hairs sticking out and give them the lightest of pat-downs with my palm. Sometimes I stripe it through the length of my hair, starting near the roots and sliding it down to the ends if I want full sleekness. Other times, I use the tip of my finger to dab it on trouble spots.
You can definitely see a difference between the “before” and “after” — if you know where to look. The pomade flattens the tiny hairs near the top of my head that make me look like I was recently electrocuted. Previously untameable flyaways get smoothed down, and unsightly frizz (not the laissez-fairekind ofFrench film starlets) becomes controllable. There’s some shine but nogreaserlikeslickness.
Because the stick is so small, it’s remarkably precise and easy to control. Forget about covering your hands in gloopy gel or cream— using the Dart pomade is so much morerefined. It absorbs right into my hair and is so light that even if I use it all over — occasionally, I’ll apply the pomade two days in a row, then wash it out on the third — my hair doesn’t look ridiculously dirty or feel like it’s coated with buildup.
Whenever my hair gets unruly, I just pull out the supremely portable Dart. I don’t have to fight my wispiness anymore — and I have good hair days much more often.
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