KEVIN.MURPHY FREE.HOLD - Hair Styling Paste - For All Hair Types - Medium Hold - Breakage Prevention - Styling Product - Paraben Free Hair Care - 30 g / 1.1 oz

A little bit goes a long ways, great product, good hold , put a little shine on your hair

The "Free Hold" is hands down the best hair styling paste. It smells great, people always compliment. It's easy to apply and the packaging is stylish, but more importantly is functional and secure especially when traveling. I have traveled the world and always buy different hair styling products from different countries and nothing comes close to this Free Hold. It's really well made.

I got the smaller 'try me' size to see how it would handle my hair. It contains a decent amount of product. Seems to hold well, not stiff, not spiky, but so I can arrange some texture into my hair and have it stay in place. Don't like the smell however, to me it smells masculine.

I like the hold this product provides, but the fragrance, for me, is just unbearable. I kept thinking it smelled like a grandmother's perfume; a cloyingly floral, bad perfume.

With Murphy's Gritty Business long discontinued and my supply finally running out, I branched out to Free Hold, which is on the less hold side of the Murphy product spectrum which once flanked Gritty Business. With a creamy texture, it spreads smoothly, and while it lacks Gritty Business's hold and matte texture, Free Hold does leave hair soft to the touch to the point where you can't tell there's product in it. With the lighter hold, it'll work best with cuts that only need a little boost. The size is convenient for travel, but also less a commitment if you don't know if you'll like it or not.

Love the texture

Holds hair well for a spiked style. Lighter than Night Rider. The scent is more masculine and heavier than I like. I would like it better if it were a unisex scent, perhaps more of a citrus.

I have used a lot of products and this one is the best. My barber recommended it, and I agree that it exceeds the alternatives in every way.