Looking to add some texture to your hair style without adding shine? Look for something labeled "matte" like the below featured paste, clay and putty! Just keep in mind that unlike many styling products that are best used on damp hair, these types of products are most effective on dry hair - just run a dab of the product evenly through dry hair and then use your fingers to tousle and create new messy textures, or use combs and brushes for a more refined sophisticated style.

Schwartzkopf got2b Beach Matte Paste - 99g - $7.99 - makes it easy to create windswept, "just left the beach" styles by adding texture for a tousled surfer look with a matte finish.

Available now at drug and mass retailers across Canada.
Johnny's Chop Shop Asian Wild Cat Hair Clay - 70g - $12.99 - a strong hold, matte finish styling clay that easily delivers a disheveled or structured look with some serious staying power for all hair types. Contains beeswax and sage leaf extract to condition and protect along with stimulating black pepper. 

Available at select London Drugs stores across Canada and online at londondrugs.com.
Sebastian Professional Matte Putty - 75g - $19.99 - a soft putty styling product made to add texture and moisture while styling for any length hair needing light to medium hold and no shine.

 Available at salons across Canada - check out www.sebastianprofessional.com to find one near you.

L'Oréal Professionnel Wild Stylers by Techni.Art Depolish Destructuring Paste - 100ml - $23.50 -  a malleable paste that is the perfect go-to product for achieving a rough, raw effect with an ultra-matte finish, that lets you work and re-work until the perfectly “imperfect” hairstyle is achieved.

Available at L'Oréal Professionnel salons across Canada - find one near you at www.lorealprofessionnel.ca.
Structure Conform Hard Clay - 100ml - $21.49 - provides texture and separation the way you want with a natural matte finish that looks and feels clean and provides a medium hold.

Available at salons across Canada - check out http://www.structurehair.co.uk to find one near you.
Kérastase K Baume Double Je - 75ml - $36 - a hybrid balm that offers two textures, a paste and a cream to achieve either a well-defined look or a ‘’soft-focus’’ look, on either short hair or mid-length hair, that structures and texturizes the hair for long-lasting hold.

 Available now at Kérastase salons across Canada and online at kerastase.ca.
Schwarzkopf got2b Glued Spiking Wax - 57g - $7.99 - a lightweight wax polymer formula that offers unburdening moldability with screaming hold that keeps hair up without hardening, a glued like fiber adhesion and great bonding for a matte, static effect with ultimate, pliable hold.

Available at drug and mass retailers across Canada including Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Loblaws, PharmaPlus and Jean Coutu.

I admit it, I make a habit of using products that either come in girly packaging or smell so feminine that there is no way that it will suddenly disappear from my bathroom and appear in my husbands' - so I worry when I use products that have such obvious unisex appeal if they will even be where I left them the next day.

Hair styling products seem to disappear the fastest and here are 3 I expect to never see again soon:

Schwarzkopf Professional Osis+ Rough Rubber Paste - 50ml - $21.50 - a revolutionary rubber paste for lasting rouged up natural locks with mould-able texture, strong control and a strong matte effect.

Just apply a small amount and work it into the hair, dry or damp - then roughen up at will. Coolest packaging ever - the container is actually round! It does come with a little plastic base though if you don't want it rolling around your counter.

Available at partner salons across Canada - check out www.schwarzkopf-professional.ca to find one near you.
Kevin Murphy Un.Dressed Fibre Paste - 100g - $35.95 - a firm elastic paste infused with black pepper, honey and ivy extracts that creates a loose, undone, natural look with flexible hold and a matte texture.

It's easy to use, just rub a small amount between palms and distribute evenly through damp or dry hair.

Available at salons across Canada - go to www.kevinmurphy.com.au to find a location near you.
Surface Taffy Whip Styling Taffy - 118ml - $28.95 - with a 100% humidity proof formula containing natural mushroom, corn and sugar fibres that help texturize and sculpt and can be used wet and dry on curls to set a beautiful rubberized spring curl or used dry in short hair for texture.