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Men's Hair Care: The Routine Nobody Taught You | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 23 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

• 0:00
  [Intro music]
• 0:21
  Jess: Welcome back to The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast. I'm Jess with Delena Markland. Delena, we've done twenty-two episodes and almost all of them have been for women. Today is for the men, and I know you have opinions.
• 0:35
  Delena: I do, and I will start with the product because it is the fastest fix: the eighteen twenty-one Man Made Wash. It is a three-in-one, hair, face, and body, and I recommend it because the honest truth is most men will not use three bottles. So I give them one that is actually good instead of the drugstore two-in-one they have been using since they were twelve. But the product is the small part. The routine is the part nobody taught them.
• 1:05
  Jess: Why nobody? That's a strong statement.
• 1:08
  Delena: Because for most men, their dad did not teach them. Their dad was not taught either. I ask every new male client what his routine is and the answer is a shampoo, some water, and maybe a product he bought because the bottle looked cool. That is not a routine. So here is the one I actually give them, and it is four steps.
• 1:29
  Jess: Step one.
• 1:31
  Delena: Wash the scalp, not just the hair. This is the whole foundation. Everything about men's hair, the thinning, the flaking, the itching, the greasy-by-noon problem, starts at the scalp. When you wash, fingertips at the scalp, thirty seconds of actual scrubbing, then rinse longer than you think. Daily or every other day. Short hair does not mean you get to skip days.
• 1:56
  Jess: Step two, and I already know what it is because I've heard you say it.
• 2:00
  Delena: Conditioner. Men hear conditioner and think it is for long hair. It is not. Conditioner is for hair, and you have hair. Here is the part that surprises them: short hair is more exposed to the elements than long hair, not less. Every strand is out in the sun and the wind and the dry air with nothing covering it. Long hair protects itself in layers. A buzz cut has no layers. So the man with the shortest hair is the one who most needs to put something back into it. The eighteen twenty-one anti-flake set is a shampoo and a conditioner for a reason.
• 2:38
  Jess: Step three.
• 2:39
  Delena: Style with something that works with the hair, not against it. For most men I reach for the eighteen twenty-one grooming cream. It is a light hold with a natural finish, it does not turn into a helmet, and you can re-work it during the day with your hands. Small amount, rub it between your palms until you cannot see it, work it through from the back forward. Everyone starts at the front and ends up with a greasy fringe and nothing behind it.
• 3:06
  Jess: And step four is the one that's going to get the most listens, because it's September and every man I know is in a hat.
• 3:12
  Delena: Hat hair. Two products, thirty seconds. The eighteen twenty-one hair powder goes at the roots that got crushed, rub it in with your fingers, and the volume comes right back up. Then the Hair Finishing Stick along the front hairline and the sides where the hat pushed the short pieces out sideways. It is an alcohol-free gel in a wand, so it lays those pieces down without flaking or feeling stiff. Powder for the lift, stick for the edges. Keep both in the truck.
• 3:43
  Jess: You mentioned thinning and flaking earlier. Is that a routine problem or a doctor problem?
• 3:48
  Delena: Often it is a scalp problem, and I will tell you why I believe that. My own husband fought dandruff for years with harsh, almost prescription-strength shampoos that stripped his scalp and never fixed it. He had the itching, the scaling, and his hair was thinning. When he stopped fighting the flakes and started taking care of the scalp instead, he switched to the BOOST rosemary scalp scrub and the eighteen twenty-one anti-flake shampoo and conditioner, the flaking stopped. And months later he noticed his hair filling back in. Now, I want to be careful. Two things changed at the same time, so I am not going to tell you one product grew his hair. What I will tell you is that his scalp got healthy and everything else got better after that. That is the foundation point.
• 4:36
  Jess: What about the beard? Half these men have one.
• 4:40
  Delena: We did a whole episode on it, twenty, balm versus oil. Short version: oil for a short beard or itchy skin, balm for a longer beard that needs shape, and a small scrape of balm over oil if you want both. We carry the eighteen twenty-one beard balm. Go listen to that one.
• 5:00
  Jess: Biggest mistake you see?
• 5:02
  Delena: Washing with scalding water and then towel-drying like they are angry at it. Warm water, not hot. And wet hair has more elasticity than dry, so it can take a little handling, but it does not need to be scrubbed with a towel. Pat it, put your product in, move on.
• 5:20
  Jess: Where do they get all of it?
• 5:22
  Delena: thepixiegarden.com. The eighteen twenty-one wash, the grooming cream, the hair powder, the anti-flake set, and the BOOST scrub are all there. It is the men's shelf from my own chair.
• 5:33
  Jess: All linked on this episode's page with the full written routine. See you Monday.
• 5:38
  [Outro music]