The Story
One day I was asked by my wife to pick up some shampoo. I was going to the grocery store – not a salon. I searched high and low for some kind of basic shampoo. I decided to get a shampoo that could be mine. I was tired of pouring conditioners and lotions on my head by mistake. I saw shampoo for red hair, shampoo for blonde hair, shampoo for frizzy hair, shampoo to make frizzy hair, shampoo for flat hair, and shampoo for bouncy hair. I just wanted shampoo for hair - something that could be for me.
This got me thinking about creating some kind of shampoo for men. Since I’m an average guy who doesn’t get a haircut at a fancy salon and doesn’t fuss too much with my hair, I thought - what would I want in a product. As a shampoo consumer I have some very basic needs (possibly primal). The first thing that I would want is to not have to worry about buying shampoo that often. Secondly, When I suds up my shampoo gets used as soap – so something like a body wash would be helpful. And finally, I don’t need my shampoo to be too smelly. I think all guys know what I’m talking about. I don’t need any sweet fruity smells. I don’t need those products that have the sick scent of a candle shop.
So, what says men’s product better than the distinctive one quart oil container? One quart is a good amount of shampoo. The next thing we did was create a shampoo that is mild enough to be used as a body wash, so it can be used “from the top of your head to the bottom of your piston”. Finally, we blended a tobacco scent and wood scent to come up with a very refreshing scent that a guy can deal with. Thus we had Hound’s Head first product for men – 10W 30 Shampoo in the distinctive one quart oil bottle.
With the response we have received from the 10W 30 Shampoo for Men product, it has become obvious quickly that there was a need for more products geared towards the needs of men.
Hound’s Head’s primary (or primal) goal is to offer grooming products for men who are tired of staring at a wall of pink and powder blue containers. Men’s products are not our side business, they are our only business.
- Jason Spafford, Founder of Hounds Head, LLC