5 Stars
This brand is amazing. Thank you for existing.
All Day Hold, Au Naturel
Vegan, water-based, and with a light natural shine, Sun Wax supports hair and scalp health, providing all-day hold without the toxins.
Made in small batches in Northern California
1.7 ounces, bottled by hand in premium, biophotonic glass
Aroma notes: geranium, frankincense, lemon
Free domestic shipping for all orders over $50 (3-5 days). Orders over $75 are automatically upgraded to Priority Mail (1-3 days). Orders are shipped within 24 hours, with the exception of Sundays, and holidays. International shipping is not available.
Scoop a dime sized amount of Sun Wax into the palm of your hand, then use two fingers to rub the wax in a circular motion, emulsifying the wax and spreading to your fingertips. This is a simple, but critical step, as you need to warm the wax in order to properly spread it throughout your hair.
Common names:
Water, Rose Water, Aloe Vera Juice, Candelilla Wax, Organic Carnauba Wax, Sunflower Wax, Mimosa Wax, Emulsifying Wax, Bentonite Clay, Organic Shea Butter, Organic Coconut oil, Organic Mango Butter, Organic Castor Oil, Castor Oil (Red Turkey), Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Jojoba Oil, Organic Rosehip Seed Oil, Organic Apricot Kernel Oil, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Argan Oil, Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil, Olive Squalane, Organic Sea Buckthorn CO2, Vitamin E, Rosemary Antioxidant, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Organic Palmarosa EO, Frankincense EO, Organic Geranium Rose EO, Organic Ginger EO, Organic Pink Pepper EO, Organic Lemon EO
INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients):
Aqua (Water), Rosa Damascena (Rose) Flower Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol and Cetearyl Glucoside and Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (Emulsifying Wax), Bentonite, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax*, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter*, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil*, Sulfated Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Glycerin (Coconut derived), Gluconolactone (and) Sodium Benzoate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil*, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil*, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Oil*, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Seed Oil*, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Cymbopogon Martinii (Palmarosa) Oil*, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium Rose) Flower Oil*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter*, Squalane (Olive-derived), Boswellia Carterii (Frankincense) Oil, Acacia Decurrens (Mimosa) Flower Wax, Citric Acid, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Extract*, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil*, Schinus Terebinthifolia (Pink Pepper) Seed Extract*, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil* *Organic
"Best Grooming Products Ever" - BluePrint
"Best Pomade" - GQ Grooming Awards
Our goal is to help you find the perfect styling product for you and your specific hairstyle and hair needs - if you try this product and it's not right, simply email us and we can either swap for the correct product or send you a refund.
Is Sun Wax Pomade right for you?
Our Sun Wax Pomade is our strongest hold product, a hybrid formula of plant waxes and bentonite clay, created for those who wish to tame thicker hair, or for people of all hair types looking to lock in a stylized look.
If you're looking for a lighter hold product for a more natural look, you'll want to try either our Volcanic Clay Pomade (less hold, more volume), or our Coastal Creme Pomade (least hold, natural look).

Our foremost mission is to create natural styling products that are high performance and work better than more conventional, lab-made products. We want to make it a no-brainer for you to toss out chemical based hair and grooming products and embrace our natural alternatives, without sacrificing the results you want. If you’re not satisfied with your products, we will happily refund you, less the cost of shipping.
"My favorite hair wax, bar none. Never too sticky, always terrific at giving me the lift at my roots, the choppy definition, or even the taming down of strays where needed." - Adam Hurly, Blue Print
"With the Sun Wax Pomade, Churchhas managed to get that old-school, high-shine look from a water-based product that'll rinse right out when it’s time." - GQ Grooming Awards, "Best Pomade"
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This brand is amazing. Thank you for existing.
Great to use and holds well!
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The Sun Wax Pomade has been on my radar for a while, but I couldn't bring myself to purchase it because if the price. However, other brands always seem to leave my hair looking oily over time. Finally I decided to give it a try and I wish I had ordered some sooner. The strong hold and low shine are perfect for my hair. I can restyle throughout the day without looking greasy. Also the smell is fantastic!
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This product is so good it gives me the confidence to wear my hair and as the product fades throughout the day it still maintains it's awesome texture and feel. Love It!!!
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Great on short hair
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
Our foremost mission is to create natural styling products that are high performance and work better than more conventional, lab-made products. We want to make it a no-brainer for you to toss out chemical based hair and grooming products and embrace our natural alternatives, without sacrificing the results you want. If you’re not satisfied with your products, we will happily refund you, less the cost of shipping.
Note: Some customers find that using multiple Church products in tandem with each other provides the perfect result for their unique hair and styling needs. Trying with and without water, or comparing performance with completely dry hair versus towel dry hair, to find your preference, is also recommended.
FAQs:
WHAT DOES HAIR WAX DO?
Hair wax is a strong hold styling product that dually soothes and controls unruly hair, while providing structured styling and hold. Our hybrid formula of plant waxes and unrefined bentonite clay, naturally binds hair follicles together to add volume while bolstering hair for traditional styling and shape while locking in all-day hold. Our chemical-free, water-based formula also nourishes and repairs hair, sealing in moisture and protecting hair and scalp against environmental stress and UV damage. Fatty plant oils and herbal infusions add luster and shine to hair, fortifying its follicular structure and renewing it from the roots. People with thick, straight, and hard-to-tame hair will specifically notice the benefits of adding a wax to their styling process. We recommend using a dime-sized amount of wax and working it into the hair with your fingertips for natural styling or wet combing it into hair for a more polished look.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAIR CLAY, CREAM, AND WAX?
Hair wax is our strongest hold, most structured hair styling pomade. Our cream pomade is a leave-in hydrating cream for curly, damaged, and dry hair; providing minimal hold, light shine, and a soft, natural styling. Our Clay pomade offers medium hold and shine, thickens and shapes hair, and is perfect for a casual everyday styling. Wax pomade is a harder styling option with more shine and tight hold for a more traditional, polished styling. All of our pomades are water-based and formulated using similar parts plant oils, hydrosols, herbal infusions, and plant extracts, so you can wear them individually or mix them together to achieve your desired result. We encourage intuition and for our customers to try and find the right proportions and ratios for their unique hair, adjusting for seasonal and personal changes as needed.
IS HAIR WAX GOOD FOR YOU?
Our pomades are uniquely formulated with active, potent botanicals that are specifically chosen for their targeted healing properties. In addition to styling, each pomade is built around a central mission of hair and scalp health and wellness. While many pomades on the market are packed with synthetics, chemicals, preservatives, fragrances, and nasty lab-made ingredients that have been linked to a variety of personal health issues from hormone disruption to cancer, all of our products are 100% natural, plant-made, raw and alive. We protect our living formulas in imported violet glass which naturally preserves and enhances the products; allowing us to bypass chemical preservatives and allow the raw plant ingredients to work to their full potential. We select ingredients based on their innate healing properties; from fatty plant oils to nourish, rehydrate, and protect hair, to hyper-potent plant extracts that treat and repair specific hair and scalp conditions, to waxes and butters that lock in moisture and create a barrier against UV damage and environmental exposure, to algae and other super-nutrients that fortify hair from the roots. Every component works alone and together to provide the styling you need without jeopardizing your health and body chemistry.
WHAT DOES WATER BASED MEAN?
Most conventional products are made with cheap chemical ingredients and byproducts like petroleum, which are essentially “dead” ingredients; long lasting and easily mass produced for maximum profit. We formulate our products to be as bioavailable as possible, meaning that they support and enhance your biology rather than disrupting and damaging it. Like your body, our formulas are built using a base of vitalized water; water that has been re-oxygenated and molecularized to support deep healing in the body. The vitalization process rebalances the molecular stage of water by creating a vortex and spinning the water to incorporate oxygen back into the water structure, similar to what happens naturally in nature. Vitalized water contains up to 30% more oxygen than normal water, and we find that it makes for more vibrant and balanced products that neutralize pH, heal skin and scalp conditions, and result in formulas that are soft, gentle, and deeply healing. Read more about our water philosophy here: link to water philosophy.
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY INGREDIENTS IF ITS A NATURAL PRODUCT?
A key goal of our formulation process is to create natural products that are 100% plant-made while providing the results of conventional ‘lab made’ grooming products. Many natural products offer simple formulas of a few ingredients but we believe that building a high-performance product means using a symbiosis of potent plant ingredients; from extracts to oils, hydrosols, to butters, to specifically target all the areas we are solving for. We believe in understanding what people need and working backwards to find natural plant ingredients that heal and support our bodies; trusting that everything we need can be found in nature. We choose each plant ingredient based on its unique healing profile and ability to synthesize with the other ingredients, following a formulation philosophy that gently layers phases of ingredients to maximize the healing potential of each formula. Once we’re close, every product is extensively tested in our barbershop with our highly-trained barbers and discerning clients, and reworked to perfection. Our final product is the culmination of countless revisions and test phases; delivering products that are results-driven while highlighting the natural, fresh plant ingredients inside.
HOW DOES THE POMADE STAY FRESH WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES?
Our products are all 100% plant-made, raw, living formulas -- free from lab-made preservatives, synthetics, and chemicals. To naturally preserve them, we use biophotonic glass jars and bottles; a thick violet glass imported from Europe, that limits damaging light and protects our fragile living ingredients from harm. Biophotonic glass limits spectral light from entering while allowing enriching ultraviolet and infrared light rays to flow freely through the glass. These types of healing light actually energize the formulas inside, attuning them to the frequency of a calm parasympathetic nervous system and naturally extending their shelf life to keep our products fresh and alive for years. Our investment in high quality glass means that your product will always be fresh, work great, and even get better with age without the use of any toxic, illness-causing preserving chemicals.
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