Diagnosed with an aggressive cancer of the right lung on my 58th birthday (14th July) So not really ...
Diagnosed with an aggressive cancer of the right lung on my 58th birthday (14th July) So not really in the humour for writing much at the moment, although I *WILL* be back before too long...Ken
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~ ~ The mad cabbie generally has a simple rule of thumb when it comes to getting a haircut. When it get long enough that it takes more than 10 seconds and a perfunctory rub with a towel to dry it once I get out of the shower, then it’s past time to visit the barber. You’ll notice that I said “barber” and not “hair stylist”, because when it comes to getting my haircut then I’m a real traditionalist, far preferring old-fashioned men’s barbers shops to multi-sex salons or stylists.
~ ~ Anyways, just about Christmas time (2004) my hair had got so long that it was at the stage I was actually having to use a hair dryer in order to dry it and get it into shape, which was adding a full quarter of an hour to my daily morning routine. This was a non-starter as far as I was concerned, but I kept delaying the inevitable visit to the barber ‘cos it was annoying the hell out of my better half who reckoned I looked like an aging hippie and Ireland’s answer to Ozzy Osbourne! I was enjoying winding her up, and threatened that I was letting it grow long enough to take up wearing a ponytail, something she’s always hated in a man. (Heh, heh) When I eventually relented and popped into the barber, I decided to take the joke a step
further, and instead of my usual neat side parting, I got a “number two” cut, which is basically a standard army crew cut. I didn’t particularly like the style myself to be honest, but it was worth it just for the reaction it provoked when I returned home. (Evil, so I am!)
~ ~ Unfortunately, the joke had unpleasant consequences. As my hair began to grow back it decided to take its revenge, and grew straight up from my scalp. To all intents and purposes I began to resemble a porcupine, and no matter how much I tried to groom it into shape, within five minutes up it would pop up again! So I decided to try some sort of hair oil or gel in order to lick it into place. A perusal of the local supermarket shelves and home I came with the product I’m writing about here, “Dax Short And Neat”, if for no better reason than it cost about half of most of the other available products, at only €3.25 for a small tub of 99 grams. (3.5 ozs)
~ ~ A quick glance at the instructions on the side of the bright blue metal tub, and I was ready to go. Make sure your hair is very clean, put a wee dab between your palms, and simply massage it well into your hair and scalp. I must admit I was more than a little dubious right from the start, because in appearance Dax very closely resembles Vaseline, and has a sort of sweet, sickly smell that didn’t particularly appeal to me. I was later to discover after looking at the tin that this is most likely coconut, the oil of which is one of the ingredients.
~ ~ Anyways, did Dax cure my bad hair problem, and will I continue to use it? The answer to the first part of the question is a qualified yes, and to the second part an undoubted no! Dax certainly licked my errant strands into shape very quickly. So greasy is this product that once in place my hair felt like it had been immersed in a barrel of re-cycled engine oil! My hair was sleek and shiny, and incredibly easy to comb into place. But NOT clean and shiny in the way you achieve after a good shampoo, but more like the appearance of an old fella with a tub of Brylcreem plastered on his head. I could easily have stood in for the “Fonz” in the old American comedy show “Happy Days”. And remember, this was after using only the recommended “dab” of Dax. God only knows what it would have felt like if I’d used a more liberal application of the product. (As many people would tend to do)
~ ~ I suppose I should have realised just how greasy it was and how difficult it was going to be to remove when I had to spend a good ten minutes scrubbing my hands with washing up liquid and a nail brush to remove the greasy residue it left on them. But this was as nothing when compared to the length of time it took me to get the grease out of my hair! I eventually managed this by shampooing it about four times in succession while in the shower the next morning, but only after turning the pillowcase on the bed into an oily rag in the meantime. (It was manky!!) Maybe I should have looked a little more closely at the tin before I applied it in the first place. I know Ciao don’t like you listing the ingredients of a product in a review, but in this case I think it warrants it simply because they are so relevant to its greasy properties. Simply put, it contains no fewer than FOUR separate types of oil, petroleum, paraffin, castor, and coconut, with a dash of perfume thrown in for good measure. With THAT concoction on your head it’s little wonder it has little difficulty in controlling your hair. What it doesn’t tell you is that it’s probably more suited to greasing the moving parts of your car engine than for use as a cosmetic product! And I would suggest that anyone using it keeps well away from any naked flames, as you could easily turn into a human torch with that mixture of combustibles floating around on your head!
~ ~ The company that produces Dax is called “Imperial Dax Inc.” and are based in New Jersey, with a subsidiary company of the same name based in London in the UK. Personally, I think this product is probably the result of some sort of sneaky, underhand deal between President Bush and Prime Minister Blair to get rid of all the waste oil products of both countries. (It’s as good a conspiracy theory as many others that are doing the rounds today about Blair and President Bush)
~ ~ By the way, you aren’t getting any piccy’s of the mad cabbie with this foul concoction adorning his barnet, for the simple reason I didn’t think of it at the time, and there are some lengths to which I will NOT go to improve a review here at Ciao. Like repeating the same mistake twice, and deliberately putting this evil stuff back on my follicles. I have to give it a one star rating simply because you can’t give minus ratings here at Ciao. But I would give it at least a minus three rating if it were possible. Use at your peril!
I have to disagree with your comments regarding engine oil, I use dax wax and have found it to be the best product on the market. I do not think my hair is greasy it just looks like i have products on it. Everyone comments how good my hair looks when i use dax wax. Have you tried a different style of hair as dax is for spiky or thick afro hair. funny review though
stumack 26.08.2005 12:34
Good review of a good product that does the job but you need a good shamppo to stop this stuff building up in your hair
Advantages: Great hold - can last for ages, tub lasts for ages, cheap Disadvantages: Can leave hair looking a little greasy if too much is used or if build up has occured
JimmyMack1973 29.03.2009 ·
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