My mum came home one day and showed off this styling product, bench FIX Hair Gel, saying that she hopes it will help her style her short hair into something sophisticated. A hair gel?!, I had silently exclaimed.

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Personally, I’m not too keen on using hair gels. I find them too sticky, greasy. I always end up making a mess and needing to wash my hands thoroughly every time I use it. And when I had the product on my hair, it usually ends up feeling icky. And it’s a dirt and dust magnet!

I have yet to ask my mum how her experience is with this hair gel. I’m curious to know if it does satisfy her styling needs. Meanwhile, I’d like to repeat the question I had asked earlier, do you use hair gel? Plus additional questions from your ever curious beauty blogger: is there a particular brand you prefer? Why do you like the hair gel you’re using? Do share! I’d really love to know!

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Bench™ Fix
Sooo Polished
Shine Wax

Gives hair definition and shine.
With Olive Oil

To keep my hair from going all over the place. Yes, tame it, so to speak. I use this particular styling product from Bench™, a local clothing company that branched out to offering beauty and hair products.

I’ve been using this one for more than two years now. I like how it’s not a mousse or gel or any of those sticky hair products, it’s just a styling wax to help me take away the frizz and add a bit of shine to my otherwise dull hair. It’s quite helpful esp since I have bangs. So, yea. It doesn’t turn my hair into stone, keeps it sorta’ natural looking. And the scent’s not too bad.

One thing that I really don’t enjoy about it is that it’s a bit greasy. I always make sure I apply this last whenever I’m getting ready cuz I wouldn’t want to soil my clothes or have it on my fingers when I do my makeup. I always, always wash my hands thoroughly after applying. Gah. What fuss. Heh.

Available at Bench™

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Silk Protein Enriched.

* Provides lasting body and control.
* Alcohol-free formula won’t dry your hair.
* Controls flyaways and frizzies.
* Never too stiff or sticky, no flaking or build-up.
* Easy to brush; inviting to touch.

I’m not the type who would normally put gobs and gobs of hair products to style my hair. The thing with having a typical Asian hair, you see, it’s usually straight and worn long. This somewhat provides an excuse to simply have a “wash and wear” type of hair, hassle-free and simple.

However, if you broach the subject of styling, the need for a styling product increases. There will always be an occasion wherein you would want your hair to look extra special. But going back to having Asian hair, it also usually presents a problem. It often wants to stay straight. Due to thick or heavy strands or extra smooth ones. Styling now becomes a headache. (Now you get a clearer picture on why most Asians keep their hair long — it’s simpler that way.)

But in my case, when I started modeling, one of the things I needed to learn, apart from makeup, was to style my own hair. I had to experiment a bit until I found something that really worked for me in both form and function. One other reason why I didn’t like hair products were because of the scent they leave on my hair, most (esp the really cheap ones) I find distasteful.

I tried the usual route of hair sprays, gels and wax but I found refuge in mousses. I chanced upon Finesse Touchables Mousse and I was hooked. I love how my hair felt. None of that solid-as-a-rock hair or that sleek, glued-together, wet look. Plus the scent! This mousse truly made hairstyling possible and easy for me. I find it really handy now that I’ve grown a renewed liking to curling my hair, thanks to my curling iron. Gets the job done quicker and the result is fabulous.

I still use hair sprays on occasion and a hair polish daily. I’ll tell you guys more about these products on separate posts. Stay tuned!

Available at Drugstore

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