pomade

Stan had his hair dyed, chemically straightened and slicked with pomade to achieve the drummer’s sweaty, dirty locks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

Because bathing kiwis in a dressing tames their fuzz, just like pomade smooths frizzed hair on a humid day.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021

That prison soap must be suffused with argan oil – either that or Robbins’ scalp secretes pomade, given his lustrous locks are more solid than those securing the cell doors.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2020

His thick, steel-gray hair was swept back Gatsby style and lacquered with what looked like pomade.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2020

In the place from which I escaped there was always an atmosphere of pomade, spice, excess and inertia.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

A bantam alpha, gut sucked into his chest, shoulders padded out like a linebacker, hair center-parted and pomaded back; the little creep who makes nothing but takes a fee on it anyway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020

Stefano, 9, is rocker-ready with his hair dyed red and pomaded up into a Mohawk.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2018

Her male foil in the film, Gary Cooper, was by contrast something of a pomaded stiff, uncomfortably awaiting the introduction of the talking pictures that would usher in his mellow yet authoritative drawl.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2017

When he received a guest, he stood still, long arms slack, hair pomaded, a portrait of take-it-or-leave-it composure that induced his visitor to cross the room in pursuit of a handshake.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015

But everybody knew what “Soaphead” meant—the tight, curly hair that took on and held a sheen and wave when pomaded with soap lather.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison