I bought some Jeris without oil today and tried applying it after a shower. I still had little hairs sticking up all over the place and am wondering if there is some sort of method or better tonic available. After a little styling gel my hair looked fine. I used plenty of tonic though and was kind of dissapointed. I don't like the way gel feels in my hair so I usually don't use anything. I do have pretty short hair probably about a 1/4" that I cut myself with some dull clippers. I think I may need to recover from that.