Product Description

Sebastian Craft Clay 1.7 oz / 50 g (formerly xtah crude clay) Crafted to naturally hold hair at the roots. REMOLDABLE MATTE TEXTURIZER handicraft style. earth minerals separate and restyle texture with touchable matte-finish hold. Note: This is an improved version of the old xtah crude clay. It's a bit softer easier to handle with an improved mild smell.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2341 in Health and Beauty
• Brand: craft clay

Features

• Design House: Sebastian
• Fragrance Notes: A Complete Line Of Products To Create Shape Texture Lift Shine And Feel That Is Perfect For Your Hair, Cruelty-Free Products And Recyclable Packaging

Customer Reviews

Poor substitute for Xtah Crude Clay
My husband and I used Xtah Crude Clay for years, and then suddenly it was discontinued. So we decided to try out this new product (what we assume is a replacement) and were sorely disappointed. It's not that it's terrible -- it's just average. It's like any of a hundred similar products that does an okay job.

Crude Clay was particularly good at holding thinner hair in place, but this makes my hair limp and just a bit oily to be honest. We purchased it once, and it will be the only time we make that mistake. I really, really wish Sebastian would have a strong-holding product similar to Crude Clay. If not, we're going to have to go elsewhere.

I noticed Sebastian is putting out Matte Putty in July 2009, so we may give that one a try.

Exactly what I was looking for!
I wrote this review because I saw that it was getting such low reviews because it was being compared to the now discontinued "Xtah Crude Clay" To be fair, I have never used it, but that's also why I thought it might be helpful to have a review that wasn't biased with the former users of Xtah Crude Clay.

This is an EXCELLENT product. First, let me describe my hair and style that I wanted to achieve. I am a male with short to medium hair length (3.5 inches at the longest areas), very fine and soft so that there is no volume whatsoever, but I wanted to achieve the carefully placed messed up, voluminous look, where the hairs are clumped together, the kind you find in luxury magazine layouts. And this did the trick!

The texture of this stuff is like hard clay/wax. it's super hard, so you have to dig it out and then rub it out in your palm or finger tips first and then when it's just a paste in your fingers you can just work it into your hair. there is no residue, no scent, and it doesn't leave it hard or crunchy and it washes out easily. so basically i thought it was an amazing product cuz everything else i tried didn't have the strength to clump my hair together. i tried bumble and bumble, bed head, and then cheaper brands like gatsby (the japanese one). bumble and bumble just didn't have the power to keep my hair clumped, bed head didn't have the power to keep my hair voluminous and gatsby was powerful but my hair didn't move at all... it's like glue that dries...

i don't know how good Xtah crude clay was, but if THIS product is getting a 2 star in comparison to Xtah crude clay, then it must have been fantastic beyond belief.

Bottom Line: this is great for holding up hair if you want it to spike it some places, curl off the side in others and do a messed up look with solid clumping effect, without the crunchy, shiny, or oiliness. and it is definitely a strong hold.

Still the best?

I have short hair, and I want a product that can shape and hold it without looking greasy. After trying many products, I settled on "Sebastian Xtah Raw Modeler Crude Clay" many years ago. I was disappointed to learn that it was discontinued.
So a couple months ago I searched for a replacement. I bought 3 products and tried varying amounts of each for several days. "Alterna Hair Concrete" is not too bad, but not as good as the crude clay. "Redken Rough Clay 20" is pointless.
I'm happy to say that the "Sebastian Craft Clay" is as good as the Xtah Crude Clay. It's a little thicker and takes more effort to work evenly through hair, but the hold and finish is on par with the original.
Price per ounce is way up though. Packaging is improved, not that it matters.