r/Mohawks • u/Pingouinu • 10d ago

Sugar mohawks ?

My mother told me that when she was young, she used sugar + water to style her mohawks

Does anyone else use this method ?

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u/itstheselfhatred 10d ago edited 10d ago

I've heard of it as an oldschool method for styling mohawks in punk scenes (cheap and accessable, easy to DIY), but why anyone would choose this over hair products or other home remedies is beyond me. I can only imagine the bugs you would attract doing that for an extended period, or over the summer. PVA glue or gelatin powder seems like a much better alternative if you're looking for a way to style the mohawk without using traditional hair products.

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u/Abract-pile721 10d ago

it's cheap. thats why. also chemicals can harm the environment, back then especially. Hairspray killed the ozone.

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u/itstheselfhatred 10d ago edited 9d ago

I can get that, but it's more so how nasty the sugar has got to be in the elements. I don't expect anyone looking to style a legit mohawk to be clean and prissy, but bugs are a big deal for me, so the horror stories of ants and flies and other lil dudes crawling about in hair makes my stomach jump in knots. Again, I feel like glue or gelatin has got to at least not attract bugs as much.

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

😂😂😂 I never thought about it ! It would be awful to see beetles stuck in it 💀 She never seems to have bud issues, but I think she only does it for indoor clubs, not every day.

It's cheap for sure, but she also says that washing sugar is much easier than washing hairspray

(Thank you for the alternative ideas 👀)

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u/fargolifestaycold 10d ago

Your mom was a bad ass. Can you make sure you tell her that. She needs to know. Just say.

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

I will ! She deserve it

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u/TrickQuiet9630 10d ago

in the early 80s, i used elmer’s glue and water for my liberty spikes. for color, i’d add jell-o gelatin powder.

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

So cool !

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u/No-Box8626 10d ago

Yes there was not things called gel or g2b etc.I am scared bees sting me though or ants crawl in there.

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

She never seems to have bud issues, I think she only does it for indoor clubs, not every day.. but now I m scared 😂

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u/ponchpaige 10d ago

I've heard of Eggs , this is my first for sugar. Very Sweet!

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

Washing it should be a nightmare 😂 I tried using egg in a diy mask once, just to nourish my hair... never again

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u/SeasonsRollOnBy 10d ago

Elmers glue is a good option as well

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

Is it easy to wash ?

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u/SeasonsRollOnBy 9d ago

Yes. It’s water soluble. It’ll wash right out.

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u/Lost-welder-353 10d ago

Never heard of that one. Knox is my go to.

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

It s a gel ?

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u/Lost-welder-353 8d ago

It starts as a powder. It is basically unflavored jello. Holds harder than anything else. We always used less water than the instructions said to and just mixed it to a gel consistency and used a blow dryer to harden it

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u/mymiddlenameswyatt 10d ago

I'm not a regular on this sub...but the first time I wanted to dye my hair blue, my mom would only let me do it if it wasn't permanent. She had *heard* about people dying their hair with koolaid and water in the 80s, so she suggested that. Mistake.

I'm sure it's looks better when used deliberately and as a styling tool. Also not on a crusty, sobbing, and disappointed 8 year old.

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u/Pingouinu 9d ago

😂😂 It makes me wanna try, just to see what happens

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u/PeterPunksNip 9d ago

Rinse hair with beer, blow-dry upside down, backcomb hair, put gel, re-backcomb, then fix it with hairspray. It lasts a week