• Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
  • Styling Cream
Hair Styling

Styling Cream

Regular price $30.00
  • Moisturizing
  • Never Sticky
  • Light Shine
  • Soft Hold

Say hello to your new everyday styling essential. This silky, lightweight styling cream smooths frizz, enhances waves and curls, and delivers all-day, touchable hold—without stiffness or stickiness. It glides through hair effortlessly, adding just the right amount of definition and polish while keeping things soft and natural. And the scent? Let’s just say you’ll want to run your fingers through your hair all day.

For our sensitive Barbs, try our fragrance-free styling cream, formulated without stiffness, stickiness or fragrance.

Don't absolutely love it? Click here for our refund policy.

Select Your Scent

How To Use

Straight-haired Barbs: work through damp or dry hair and blow dry for stronger hold and volume.
Curly + Wavy Barbs: smooth through wet hair, then diffuse or air dry.

A little goes a long way so start with a small amount and adjust as needed. Most importantly, ‘do you.

Tap the bottom (flat side) of the tube before first use to prevent excess product from dispensing.

Essential Info

Why to Use:
Tames frizz and smooths without buildup.
Enhances natural texture while keeping hair soft.
Defines curls with a flexible, non-crunchy hold.
A little goes a long way! Concentrated for lasting results.
Lightweight & Non-Greasy. Won’t weigh hair down.

Hair Wetness:
Works best on damp or wet hair.

Shine Level:
Natural finish/low shine.

Hold Level:
Soft, touchable style with light to medium hold (depending on texture).

Expected Results:
Smooths and defines straight hair, waves, and curls.
Reduces frizz while keeping hair touchable.
Frizz-free, defined curls and waves with lightweight hold and a smooth finish.

How to Combine:
Pair with pomade for added control and structure.
Pair with salt spray for textured, hydrated waves.

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 tube is curbside recyclable.

The cap is not recyclable due to its size and should be disposed of in the trash. 

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

Ingredients

Original Scent:
Water (Aqua), Glyceryl Stearate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, VP/VA Copolymer, PEG-100 Stearate, Coco-Caprylate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Phenoxyethanol, Polyquaternium-68, Panthenol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Fragrance (Parfum), Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate


Fragrance Free:
Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Glyceryl Stearate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, VP/VA Copolymer,
PEG-100 Stearate, Coco-Caprylate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Behentrimonium Methosulfate,
Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Phenoxyethanol,
Polyquaternium-68, Panthenol, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Extract, Citric Acid,
Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tetrasodium Glutamate
Diacetate

MADE FOR SHORT HAIR

Never sticky

Soft Hold

How To Style

 Find Your Barb

The Textured Pixie

Hannah

The Cloud Bob

Elise

The Timeless Curl

Debi

The Crop Top

Tara

The Bixie

Lauren

These Barbs Know Short Hair

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: 4.442211 / 5 from 199 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

The styling cream offers a silky texture that smooths frizz and enhances waves and curls without leaving hair sticky or too heavy. It provides a lovely hold and volume, giving a soft and refreshed look. The scent is described as amazing, fresh, and nongreasy, making it a delight to use. Customers find it easy to use and long-lasting, perfect for all-day hold without stiffness.

Summary topics

  • Texture (5%): Customers appreciated the nice texture and hold of this styling cream without leaving hair sticky or too heavy.
  • Scent (5%): Customers raved about the smell, describing it as amazing, great, fresh, and nongreasy.
  • Hold (11%): Customers loved the hold of this product, finding it easy to use and long-lasting.
  • Style (20%): Based on many customers, the styling cream is highly praised for its ability to make straight hair flatter.

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Review highlights

  • "This styling cream is just right for my chin-length waves, love the feel, texture and hold." — Mindy W.
  • "My hair stays soft and fluffy all day while never getting flat like it used to." — Rianna G.
  • "LOVED the soft clay pomade which made me extra excited to try these new products by The Barb Shop." — Rebecca L.

Reviews

Great product

"I have received abundant compliments on my hair since starting to use Barb Styling Cream. I also have never been as happy with how my hair looks. The cream holds my hair enough to stay mostly where I want it while the hair looks like it is just falling that way. It only takes me a little bit of the cream, a few swipes of the comb and on my way. Thank you Barb!"

— Charlotte I. (5/5)

Good product

"It is impossible to find a scent free hair product that isnt drying like many of the alcohol based ones or too stiff like the wax or clay ones. This product os not drying and unscented so is perfect. Only suggestion is list the ingredients on the tube. Other than that is good and I feel US made products are still safer than many places so hope it doesn't have any dangerous chemicals in it !"

— Lisa D. (5/5)

Styling Cream

"The tube was so tightly filled, as soon as I took that little wrapper off, I lost about a half an inch or more of the product because it just kept seeping out, which is kind of wasteful."

— Barbara B. (4/5)

Perfect for My Hair

"I love this styling product. It’s easy to use & it shapes my hair perfectly."

— Nada L. (5/5)

"I like this product, but I really loved the Barb wax in the orange container. So sad that it wasn’t available."

— Ramona (5/5)

Best Styling Cream!!

"I use my Styling Cream on damp hair and shape with a dryer. Then I finish off with a little of the Barb Clay Pomade. Best hair products I have found - wish I had switched over sooner!!"

— Ryan B. (5/5)

doesn't hold

"I have coarse hair and for me, this product doesn't work. It is good at keeping hair soft and not sticky or stiff, but doesn't hold the hair."

— Lauren M. (1/5)

"Love the hold and the scent and it's nongreasy."

— Barbara (5/5)

The smell

"Jury is still out on how well this product performs, but the smell is very off putting for me. I really wish I bought the unscented version."

— Chrisula T. (3/5)

Love it

"I LOVE THIS PRODUCT. I Have short curly har. Wish it gave a bit more hold."

— Gale H. (5/5)

Q&A

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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