American Crew Fiber Review

This fiber is a popular styling product, but includes ingredients that may not be suitable for people who have oily hair or sensitive skin conditions like eczema.

Today we’re diving back into the world of men’s hair grooming products: American Crew Fiber. This is a small tub of hair product that is supposed to add shape and appealing texture to your hair. American Crew did a partnership to feature Elvis on its products, which is what you see here:

American Crew Fiber Review

I wonder what kind of hair products Elvis used? His hair was always so voluminous and rich. Actually, hair fiber is supposed to help thicken short hair, by providing a high degree of hold and rich texture. Probably good for windy days, actually. Let’s take a closer look at the ingredients.

American Crew Fiber ingredients

Like Imperial Barber Grade Products Fiber Pomade, this product contains acrylates/c10-30 akyl acrylate crosspolymer, which my dad says is “the key ingredient to thicken the gel base.” This product also lists lanolin as the second ingredient. This is a fatty substance derived from sheep glands, and could be irritating for those who have conditions like eczema.

This product also includes other oily and waxy substances like beeswax and castor oil, so it may be a bit heavy for people who have oily hair. Denatured alcohol may help offset the oiliness of these heavy ingredients. So if you have oily hair, you probably won’t want to use this unless it’s only for a few hours at a time. If you plan to wear it all day, it will probably weigh down your already-oily hair.

American Crew Fiber also includes interesting ingredients like citronellol (a natural oil found in plants like lemongrass) and limonene, and ingredient that is found in citrus peels. These two ingredients might add some lightness and additional pleasing fragrance to this product, even though it also includes fragrance as an ingredient.

Bottom line, this product doesn’t seem to be the best choice for people who have sensitive skin or oily hair. But if you don’t have sensitive skin or any other issues with your scalp, it seems to be a popular, generally well liked option for adding texture and form to short hair.

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