0 a substance containing oil or wax, used to make hair shine or to give it a particular style
Medieval ladies and gentlemen rather than wash themselves used to cover themselves with pomade and paint.
They tried everything they could with that girl's hair—pomades and everything.
Leaves were eaten boiled with meat and a concoction of the plant was made into hair pomade.
In 1750, women began dressing their hair with perfumed pomade and powdering it white.
Men began using pomades, and other products, to achieve the standard aesthetic look.
These combed-up hair extensions were often very heavy, weighted down with pomades, powders, and other ornamentation.
The range included the colorant ultramarine laundry bluing agent, gloss starch, a liquid cleaning agent, a pomade for cleaning, beef extract, and a hair pomade.
Some, but not all, skin products might increase comedones by blocking pores, and greasy hair products (like pomades) can worsen acne.
