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: #4202 in Health and Beauty
• Brand: craft clay

Features

• Highest Quality Styling available

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.

Not Bad
Over-all, it gets the job done. It's a bit expensive for the size, but that doesn't bother me too much. There's a lot inside and I'm sure this will last. However, this clay is a bit odd and takes effort to work all the way through your hair evenly. I'm sure I'll get it down, it'll just take some practice. I've never tried the Crude Clay before, but I might purchase that on E-bay and see which one is better.

But basically, this is a good product. It does what it says it will do and the hold is firm. If you only use a little bit it's perfect, but use too much and it'll clump your hair and make it look greasy.

I'm not thrilled about this product, but I'm content.
Or in other terms: it'll do.

Oh, and the shipping took forever. 14 days to be exact - but it arrived and that's what matters.