I was surprised when I first heard the new Syoss Men Power Hold Extreme Styling Paste Schwarzkopf tried. The product appeared identical to the Osis + Rock Hard Glue Schwarzkopf Professional! The Syoss styling paste feels exactly the same to, holds just as well, just hardens quickly, is as productive! I could not believe at first, but a look at the ingredients confirmed that both products are identical:
Declaration of ingredients OSIS + Rock Hard Texture Ultra Strong Glue (Salon Product):
Aqua (Water / Eau) · Alcohol Denat. · VP / VA Copolymer PVP · · vinyl caprolactam / VP / dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer · Petrolatum · Propylene Glycol · triacontanyl PVP · Cetearyl Alcohol · VP / DMAPA Acrylates Copolymer · Phenoxyethanol · Cetyl Alcohol · Steareth-21 · Stearyl Alcohol · Parfum (Fragrance) · Corn Starch Modified · PEG-8 Beeswax · · Ceteth hydroxyethyl-10 Phosphate · Dicetyl phosphates Disodium EDTA · · Butylphenyl Methylpropional · Hexyl Cinnamal · · Limonene linalool geraniol · · · Benzyl Alcohol Citronellol · · Benzalkonium Chloride Methylisothiazolinone.
Declaration of ingredients Syoss Men Power Hold Extreme Styling Paste (department store product):
Aqua, Alcohol Denat., VP / VA Copolymer, PVP, vinyl caprolactam / VP / Dimethyaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer, petrolatum, Propylene Glycol, PVP triacontanyl, Cetearyl Alcohol, VP / DMAPA acrylates copolymer, phenoxyethanol, Cetyl Alcohol, Steareth-21, Stearyl Alcohol , Corn Starch Modified, Parfum, PEG-8 Beeswax, hydroxyethyl cellulose, Ceteth-10 phosphates, dicetyl phosphates, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Salicylate, Disodium EDTA, linalool, Limone, Citronellol, Benzaalkonium chlorides, Methylisothiazolinone, Benzyl Alcohol, Geraniol.
The only difference, if any, Benzyl Salicylate. Which might be present only in Syoss provided the information OSIS + are absolutely completely. I have copies of Douglas.de that are typed by an original product to cup Syoss. In practice there is no difference between the two products detected, except that the Syoss styling paste may be slightly different / perfumed intensive.
The Syoss Men Power Hold Extreme styling paste to buy at retail for 4.99. The packing in the cup I feel more practical than the tubes of OSIS + because you can follow up, without having to press the sticky fingers on a tube, which is then bonded more and more over time. In addition, the product under the brand name Syoss Men is cheaper (but here on Amazon). So my tip to those seasoned OSIS + Buyer: Look at retail for the Extreme styling paste of Syoss Men! ;)
Here, for once, not too much is promised, when in the TV advertising of salon quality at a low price is mentioned. Both true: It's actually (what I at first could hardly believe) salon quality and actually surprisingly cheap! :)
By the way: The OSIS + Flexwax corresponds to the Syoss Max Hold Power Wax! The Syoss Wax retails also only 4.99 per 150 ml, on the other hand will cost the OSIS + Flexwax least 8.30 per 50 ml (ie is at least five times more expensive, although only the name is different).
Meanwhile goes Schwarzkopf with identical products down to in cheapest department store rails. . Thus, for example, the volume of powder OSIS +, Syoss, Taft Got2be and 100% the same wording, only the prices are significantly different: from 10.40 all the way down to 2.99, each MSRP.
Product features of the OSIS + Rock Hard Texture Ultra Strong Glue and Conclusion:
Very viscous, pasty, white gel, which cures very quickly and really bomb holds (and all day). Hence the name Glue (= adhesive). Nevertheless, the hair remains soft and supple, and the product is easily washable again. It only takes a small amount: rub between the fingers and quickly work into hair. This requires a little practice! At first I was probably a little overwhelmed because the glue acts as quickly. After a time you get the hang of, and then you want because of the many advantages of the product nothing else. The OSIS + Rock Hard Glue is virtually without a trace and not glued hair. At low doses (which is enough) no one hardly sees to that gel in your hair is! For a wet look therefore less suitable, for you have quite a bit to incorporate (actually too much) and then still the wet look is only slight. Who does not want a wet look and is looking for a productive, strong hairstyling solution is right here! One tube is enough for me at least half a year, with daily use (my hair is about 10 to 12 cm long). I do not use the product for styling very low doses (pea-sized amount) and fix the hair then with some perfume-free hairspray Taft. Alone with the Rock Hard Glue it would work, then I need a higher dose (hazelnut-sized amount). The gel is then but more difficult to incorporate because it faster exerts its powerful effect in larger quantities. At slightly longer hair has then a certain time problem as regards styling.
Why not 5 stars? The OSIS + Rock Hard Glue is very close, the perfect hairstyling product, but still not quite perfect. If he would harden slightly less quickly, he'd like that even better (with shorter hair but that is no problem at all). In addition, a little how stubbornly sticking the remains after each hairstyling on the fingers and palms annoying. As is always vigorous hand washing with soap and plenty of hot water needed to the abzubekommen again. Nevertheless: Overall a top quality product and my personal recommendation (even with slightly longer hair). I know no better and have already tried countless things from L'Oreal, Wella, Wella ProSeries, Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf Professional. Other products leave traces that form after some time a greasy film (various styling creams, waxes and wax-mixed products), weigh down the hair (aqueous gel) or stick it, do not keep well or long enough, are not productive, etc. All of that is in the OSIS + Rock Hard Texture Ultra Strong Glue not the case!
