Lockhart's Black Christmas Pomade review

As promised with the last review, this is the second part that follows. Today we're looking at the evil twin brother to Lockhart's White Christmas; Lockhart's Black Christmas pomade.

Packaging

Lockhart's Black Christmas comes in a 4 oz frosted glass jar with a black lid; basically an inverted colour scheme to it's medium hold counterpart. Once again, everything looks and feels premium with this design. I personally like how the black pomade inside looks through the frosted glass jar.

Scent

To follow the theme of the pomade, Lockhart's Black Christmas has a darker scent compared to White Christmas. Described as a burnt Christmas tree (balsam, douglas fir, pine, fire), it really has a strong similarity to Lockhart's Fire & Brimstone. However I feel that the scent on this has less bite to it and is a more mellow and sweeter version of Fire & Brimstone.

 

Application

Despite being a heavy, the application is very much like a medium hold. Unsurprising as at this point, that's pretty much a quality Lockhart's has down pat. Breaking down the pomade is smooth and creamy and going into your hair faces minor tugging and pulling; a quality you see in other Lockhart's products like Goon Grease and Fire & Brimstone Heavy.

Slickness

Lockhart's Black Christmas combs through really easily without being overly waxy. It slicks my hair down nicely and keeps flyaways in place well. No complaints there.

Control

Really reminiscent of Lockhart's Fire & Brimstone. Provides great shape and control without having brute force. Styling with this is fairly easy.

Strength

Just like Lockhart's White Christmas in terms of how it seems to feel like a notch down from what it's advertised to be. I feel like this is slightly more of a medium-heavy. Good enough strength, but the slickness does weigh it down ever so slightly.

Shine

Has a medium shine, and the blackness of the pomade really adds a nice lustre to my already black hair.

 

Durability

The product endures heat fairly well. As always, things did fall a little out of shape (which always happens with my hair anyways) but it's nothing that couldn't be fixed with a comb or even your fingers. You still retain great hold to make sure your hair looks good for hours.

Washability

Pretty sure you know the drill. 3-4 showers with shampoo.

Price-point

Same as the White Christmas, it costs $49.66 SGD ($34.40 USD). 

Verdict

Lockhart's Black Christmas is definitely a good pomade. That's an easy fact. However, I personally feel that most of it's qualities are already found in other Lockhart's products like Goon Grease and Fire & Brimstone which sort of made me question if it was even necessary to formulate another product of that sort. Of course, you'd ask questions like "Well are they all the same then?". I can safely say no, they're not. Just simply by looking at the ingredients, you can tell they're all different products. In fact, both White and Black Christmas have ingredients that are more nourishing for the hair which make me speculate that they're specially formulated to counter cold weather. If I had to pick one between the two, I'd pick Lockhart's White Christmas over Black Christmas. The scent on it is more unique and they both don't perform that much different from each other for me to notice a difference. Nonetheless, I still think Lockhart's Black Christmas is a pomade that you should check out. Especially if you missed out on getting Fire & Brimstone, this seems like the perfect substitute for one.

Click here to buy Lockhart's Black Christmas on their online store