• Soft Clay Pomade
  • Soft Clay Pomade
  • Soft Clay Pomade
  • Soft Clay Pomade
  • Pomade on fingertip
  • Soft Clay Pomade
  • Soft Clay Pomade
  • Soft Clay Pomade
Hair Styling

Soft Clay Pomade

Regular price $30.00
  • Never Sticky
  • Lightweight
  • Long Lasting
  • Gender Neutral

Our *customer favorite, medium hold, natural finish pomade is made to style your Barb (short hair:). It's soft and creamy on the hands and doesn't leave your hair feeling stiff or sticky. Natural waxes and plant proteins deliver the perfect mix of texture, fullness, and shape, and it rinses clean with water. As for its scent, you’ll want to open the jar just to feel like you’re fresh from a cut and style–it’s that good. 

 

For our sensitive Barbs, try the fragrance-free spin on our best-selling pomade, formulated without stiffness, stickiness or fragrance.

 

Don't absolutely love it? We will give you a refund! *Shipping costs are non-refundable

 

*Please note we recently updated our packaging in April! This is the same formula and product you know and love, with a different look! We are now offering our pomade in a light, sustainable, aluminum jar (same 2oz size as previous packaging)*

Select Your Scent

How To Use

Every Barb is unique, so hold-strength and shine may differ. Apply to damp or dry hair, starting at the roots and style. Before applying, be sure to emulsify/spread the pomade evenly in your hands until the product runs clear . Most importantly, ‘do you’.

How To Recycle

While we love short cuts, we never take them when it comes to making our packaging as sustainable as possible. Recycling is sexy - follow these steps to responsibly discard your Barb.

The aluminum jar is curbside recyclable—just rinse it out thoroughly before placing it in the recycling bin.

The aluminum lid is curbside recyclable—just rinse it out thoroughly before placing it in the recycling bin.

The outer box can be flattened and placed in your recycling bin.

ESSENTIAL INFO

For hair styling that needs medium hold and definition.
Creates sleek or textured looks without stiffness.

Hair Wetness:
Works best on damp or dry hair for control and a natural finish.

Shine Level:
Natural sheen to medium shine.

Hold Level:
Soft, touchable style with medium hold.
Never sticky or stiff.

Expected Results:
Medium hold, natural finish, doesn't leave your hair feeling stiff or sticky. Provides texture, fullness, and shape, and it rinses clean with water.

How to Combine:
Pomade + Cream: Apply cream first for hydration and definition, then use pomade for added hold.

Pomade + Salt Spray: Apply salt spray first for texture and volume, then finish with pomade for definition, separation, and hold.

All Three: Apply cream for moisture, salt spray for volume, and pomade for structure.

Ingredients

Original Fragrance:
Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Water (Aqua), C18-C36 Acid Triglyceride, Bentonite, Glycerin*, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Glyceryl Stearate SE, Oleth-10, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, VP/VA Copolymer, Fragrance, Cyclopentasiloxane, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract*, Orbignya Speciosa (Babassu) Kernel Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter*, Panthenol, Galactoarabinan, Pullulan, Sorbitol, Trehalose, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Acacia Senegal Gum, Titanium Dioxide, PEG-40 Castor Oil, Dimethiconol, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid.
*Organic Ingredients

Fragrance Free:
Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Water (Aqua), C18-C36 Acid Triglyceride, Bentonite, Glycerin*, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Glyceryl Stearate SE, Oleth-10, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, VP/VA Copolymer, Cyclopentasiloxane, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract*, Orbignya Speciosa (Babassu) Kernel Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter*, Panthenol, Galactoarabinan, Pullulan, Sorbitol, Trehalose, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Acacia Senegal Gum, Titanium Dioxide, PEG-40 Castor Oil, Dimethiconol, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid.
*Organic Ingredients

TOUCHABLE HOLD

Never sticky

MADE FOR SHORT HAIR

How To Style

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We believe every Barb should have a Barbtender* (an awesome human who cuts short hair) they trust with their bobs, shaves, and fades–so we’re sharing a few that not only use our products masterfully, but cut and style stellar Barbs every day.

Keeping it short (and real)

Overall rating: 4.3533936 / 5 from 3639 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Soft Clay Pomade offers a medium hold with a natural finish, praised for its soft and creamy texture that doesn't make hair feel stiff or sticky. Customers appreciate its great hold and styling ability, though opinions on the look and feel vary. The scent is highly rated, and the product rinses clean with water.

Summary topics

  • Product Texture: 4%
  • Product Scent: 13%
  • Product Hold: 12%
  • Product Styling: 4%

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Review highlights

  • "The smell is fabulous and my hair looks wonderful and touchable and soft but yet it holds the style." — Christina D.
  • "Fragrance free, not sticky, hold hair nicely—really enjoying the product and would order again." — Nancy C.
  • "Decent hold while still allowing your hair to be flexible, natural finish with a fantastic smell." — Kylee H.

Reviews

My Go-To Pomade

"I've been a Barb Shop loyalist from the jump. I have pretty thick, somewhat wavy hair, and this pomade gives me just the right amount of hold and control while still feeling clean and natural. It smells so good that I always finish off my style with a tiny bit more a a little topnote. I also love the new metal packaging. No notes, Barb fam."

— Marissa D. (5/5)

Perfect for many short styles!

"I switch up my cuts from medium short to short-short. The Barb Pomade works great regardless of the style. I recently had surgery on my dominant hand and can still create the look I want one-handed!"

— Janet G. (5/5)

Love it

"Again, just like the cream it leaves my hair soft but this clay is the best I've tried yet with my short hair! Not greasy at all, leaves my hair full yet styles the way I move it to."

— Eileen C. (5/5)

I won’t do my hair without it

"I have short hair that’s also dreadfully fine and geometrically straight. Did I mention it’s stubborn as well? Barb Soft Clay Pomade helps me reach a mutual agreement with my hair so we can both have a good day. And that’s a win, period. Barb offers genuinely kind customer service, too. Happy customer here 🙌"

— Jean B. (5/5)

I wanted to love this, but. . . .

"I really wanted to love these products, but my hair doesn't agree. It seems dry and dull with the clay pomade. I also purchased the styling cream which i like a little better, but I don't care for the feel of my hair after use. I won't be ordering again."

— Lori V. (1/5)

Not for my hair

"Although I was skeptical of all the ads I saw, I decided to try Barb because it was marketed as good for fine hair. I’m so disappointed. It does nothing for my hair, no lift, no body. I don’t know why it works for everyone shown it the ads but it sure doesn’t work for me. Expensive lesson."

— Ann M. (1/5)

Love!

"I love this product! Good hold but not sticky or stiff. I appreciate that it washes off your hands easily after applying and that they off unscented. I actually take it to my hairdresser to use when I get a cut."

— Barbara P. (5/5)

Great so far!

"I decided to give this a try for my thick but fine straight short hair. I wanted texture since I don’t color anymore and volume. A pearl size amount is great …. More than that can be too greasy texture. Only four stars because it is a tiny jar for $30! But bravo for a non plastic jar!!"

— Suzie H. (4/5)

The best!

"This is the best short hair pomade I have ever used. Gives me some lift and definition AND staying power. Love the mild, fresh citrus scent. My hair is never sticky or gunky. Very easy to restyle without the feeling that I have to rewash. It's THE BEST."

— Karen K. (5/5)

Best for Fine Hair

"I have short fine curly hair that doesn’t have a lot of body and it tends to loose curl during the day. With Barb it stays curly and with lots of body all day!! Love it!!!"

— Sharon R. (5/5)

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Barbs Recycle

While we love short cuts, we never take them when it comes to making our packaging as sustainable as possible. Recycling is sexy - follow these steps to responsibly discard your Barb.

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