Pete and Pedro Review
About Pete and Pedro
Pete and Pedro is a line of men’s hair and body care products founded by entrepreneur Aaron Marino. Marino’s wildly popular YouTube channel on men’s grooming, Alpha M., has made him a social media celeb, and served as a natural platform to launch the brand to his over 6M subscribers.
The Pete and Pedro Shark Tank episode also offered the brand plenty of exposure, and it has also landed features in Swagger Magazine, The Huffington Post, and on CNBC, to name a few notable outlets. Now, it’s time for our Pete and Pedro review to get in the mix.
Below, you’ll find vital info about the brand, its bestselling products, customer feedback, and any available promotions and discounts to help you fellas decide if Pete and Pedro is the right solution for your grooming needs.
Overview of Pete and Pedro
On his YouTube channel Alpha M., Pete and Pedro founder Angelo Marino seeks to build men’s confidence by offering lifestyle, fitness, and grooming tips. Marino’s bold personality and unwavering confidence, along with his slightly tousled but still professional-looking hair, all contribute to his image as the ultimate well-put-together man.
Although he was already making a good living off his videos, Marino found himself itching to get back to his entrepreneurial roots. Combining the names of his father and his mother’s beloved mini-donkey (!), Marino dubbed his first lifestyle brand Pete and Pedro, and brought it to national attention with an appearance on Shark Tank in 2015.
Based out of Marietta, Georgia, Pete and Pedro now sports an extensive line of premium hair care products, shaving tools, fragrances, and more. We’ll take a closer look at some of these below, but right now, let’s check out some of the brand’s pros and cons.
Pros
- Wide selection of products for hair, body, and face
- Made with natural ingredients
- Subscription/auto-ship options available
- Installment payment option available via Sezzle
- Rewards program
- Free shipping options
- Ships worldwide
Cons
- Not the cleanest ingredients list
- Some customers say that products did not perform as claimed
The way you style your hair can totally change your look. Styling products have the power to take lifeless strands and totally transform them, giving them body, softness, and touchable shine.
But up until relatively recently, many men held the crazy belief that styling products for guys were too fussy. In reality, they’re as simple as a couple of sprays and a ruffle! Thankfully, men at large got over that phobia and began to embrace grooming into their self-care routines, to the rejoicing of women around the world.
In the next section of this Pete and Pedro review, we’ll give you a look at some of the brand’s top-selling men’s grooming products.
Pete and Pedro Review
We all have different hair, and not every product is going to work for you as it does for the suave dudes you see in ads. But no matter what kind of hair you have, Pete and Pedro has something for you to make the most of it with. You can take the Hair Styling Product Quiz on the brand’s website to find which products are your best bets.
Below, this Pete and Pedro review will survey the brand’s bestselling hair care products, ranging from hydrating shampoos and conditioners to beach day hair mimicking sprays and soft-hold putty.
Pete and Pedro Hair Putty Review
Made from natural ingredients like beeswax and lanolin, Pete and Pedro’s Hair Putty is ideal for men with short or medium-length hair. It gives the perfect degree of hold to achieve that tousled-but-in-control look, and it doesn’t give your hair that greasy, five-days-without-a-shower look that so many other styling clays.
This Pete and Pedro putty comes in three sizes and three different price points, as below:
- Trial size (0.5 oz.)—$9
- Standard (2 oz.)—$20
- XL (4 oz.)—$35 (best value)
Pete and Pedro Hair Styling Clay Review
Easily moldable and with a medium hold, Hair Styling Clay is great for men with thinning hair who are looking to get a little extra body up top. Gripping to the strand, this low-shine clay plumps up hair to make your coverage look fuller.
Paraben-free and outdoorsy-smelling, this clay stays in all day and washes out easily when it’s time to hit the hay. Get the 2 oz. bottle for $20, or save 15% and go with the double-size 4 oz. for $35.
Pete and Pedro Hair Cream Review
Every weekday, you do your best to look put together for the office: you pick out a fresh suit, shampoo, condition, shave, moisturize. But come 9:20am, when your hair finishes drying, it resembles something like a cotton ball. If only you’d used Hair Cream before you stepped out the door.
This Pete and Pedro cream is your frizz-fighting comrade in arms for medium-length to long hair. Using burdock root and castor oil to hydrate and tame rebellious locks, this lightly scented lemon-coconut cream gives you light but controlling hold and low-key shine.
Get sleek, frizz-free hair all day long with the 2 oz. Hair Cream for $20.
Pete and Pedro Hair Pomade Review
A little bit of shine gives a sleek, wet look, but unlike other products, the Hair Pomade won’t make you look like you dunked your head in a bucket of gel. A bit minty thanks to the fresh-smelling mix of aloe, ginseng, and peppermint, this gives medium hold, high shine, and will last from the time you leave the gym all the way through your late-night date.
This Pete and Pedro pomade does its best work on short or medium-length hair, but those who like to grow it out will still get a nice, slicked-back finish. Add shine and hold without the helmet head with the 2 oz. Hair Pomade for $20.
Pete and Pedro Natural Sea Salt Spray Review
Ahh, beach days—crashing waves, sunkissed skin, ice-cold beer, and tousled hair. You can’t spend every day at the coast, but with the Natural Sea Salt Spray, you can mimic that distinctively textured hair all year round.
This Pete and Pedro salt spray is super-easy to use: when you step out of the shower, simply pump a few sprays into your strands to turn up the volume. It gives you a light hold too, but the brand recommends that you use it in tandem with the Hair Putty for maximum results.
The Natural Sea Salt Spray comes in an 8 oz. bottle for $20, or you can get the 2 oz. travel size for $7.
Pete and Pedro Hair Paste Review
The word “paste” makes it sound like this is going to be unpleasantly sticky, but the Hair Paste is anything but. Infused with argan and coconut oils, this cream softens and nourishes hair while giving you medium hold and shine throughout the day.
Citrus-scented with coconut undertones, this Pete and Pedro paste is best suited for medium-length to long hair, giving it a bit of texture while still allowing for natural movement. The Hair Paste comes in a 2 oz. tub and will run you $20.
Pete and Pedro Shampoo & Conditioner Combo Sets Review
Before you even think about a styling product, ask yourself: What are you washing your hair with? With the Shampoo & Conditioner Combo Sets, you’ll get to pick from 10 different pair-ups that each come with their own unique properties.
Choose from two options of conditioner (Cowboy Tobacco Cream and Peppermint) and five different types of Pete and Pedro shampoo, as below:
- CLEAN Deep Cleansing Shampoo
- VOLUME Volumizing and Thickening Biotin Shampoo
- BOLD Bourbon Shampoo
- HYDRATE Argan Oil Shampoo
- CONTROL Dandruff Shampoo
The Shampoo & Conditioner Combo Sets give you 15% off what you’d normally pay if you bought each item separately. Prices vary according to which two you match up, but whatever you choose you’ll be paying $27-$30.
Who Is Pete and Pedro For?
Pete and Pedro is for any man who’s looking to step up his grooming regimen. The brand has a grooming product for every type of hair (including beards), and its collection of products ranges from anti-dandruff shampoos to shaving lotions and tools to Pete and Pedro body wash. All products have a light, fresh scent that’s not overpowering.
Since Pete and Pedro is the brainchild of men’s lifestyle coach and YouTuber Aaron Marino, men will also find plenty of tips and grooming advice on the website’s blog. So if you’re looking for a little inspiration along with your purchase, you’ve come to the right place.
Comparison: Pete and Pedro vs. Beardbrand
Men’s grooming isn’t what it used to be. As styles have changed from the helmet-head and spiky frosted tips of the ’90s and ’00s to suave push-backs and today’s carefully tousled look with well-kempt beards—and formulas have changed with them, as soft and pliable has become the new hard and secure—more brands have emerged to give men the look they’re going for.
In this section of our Pete and Pedro review, we’ll compare the brand with Beardbrand, a men’s grooming company that offers boutiquey barbershop beard products, as well as a broad selection of men’s grooming items.
First off, we can see that Pete and Pedro is on a similar mission to Beardbrand: the brand wants to build confidence in men and show them that a little work, with the aid of some quality products, goes a long way.
Unlike our featured brand though, Beardbrand’s products are tailored to eliminate scent confusion. On the brand website, you’ll take a quick quiz so that Beardbrand can recommend which of its six signature scents best fits your lifestyle and preferences. From there, each product you choose will be in that same scent to avoid mixing and matching.
Pete and Pedro hair products have a few different scents, but only one per product—and none of them have a trademarked name, as do Beardbrand’s. Instead, Pete and Pedro simply describes the scent in each product’s profile, in ways ranging from matter-of-fact to pretty darn florid.
(See, for example, the scent description for the Hair Paste: “If a lemon went out to a bar, picked up an orange, and then they made sweet citrus love…”)
As for the product selection, the two brands seem to be pretty much on par with each other. Beardbrand goes a little more in-depth with its beard-specific products, but that’s not too surprising considering the name of the brand.
Both companies offer styling tools, but our competitor also has gear like apparel, booklets, and free posters. That said, Pete and Pedro is no stranger to free content either, offering styling advice and tips via its blog, as well as through founder Aaron Marino’s YouTube channel.
Freebies aside, the two brand’s prices are pretty different. Beardbrand’s 4 oz. sea salt spray is $23, whereas the 8 oz. Pete and Pedro Sea Salt Spray is $20. All this leads our Pete and Pedro review to conclude that Beardbrand is aiming for a more boutique-like vibe, while our featured brand is more for the “Everyman.”
Want to learn more about Beardbrand? You can read more about them in our full Beardbrand Review.
Pete and Pedro Reviews: What Do Customers Think?
What’s the difference between products from a specialty grooming brand, and the kind you’d pick up in the grocery store? Does Aaron Marino really know how to make a quality men’s grooming product?
If those questions have crossed your mind, then you’re in luck: in this section of our Pete and Pedro review, we’ll be divulging the results after a web search for helpful customer feedback that answers those questions and more.
We’ll first take a peek at the brand’s website to get a general feel for its products. Below, you’ll find ratings from a small selection of its bestsellers:
- Hair Putty—4.6/5 stars from 2,481 reviews
- Natural Sea Salt Spray—5/5 stars from 1,440 reviews
- Hair Styling Clay—4.4/5 stars from 490 reviews
- Two-Pack Pete and Pedro Bodywash—4/5 stars from 240 reviews
- Hair Cream—4.4/5 stars from 181 reviews
From the ratings above, the Hair Putty looks to be the brand’s most popular product, so let’s have a look at why customers think this Pete and Pedro clay is so special.
Buyers write about things like the product’s all-day hold and say that it’s easy to use and smells great. (“It makes my hair feel super healthy and makes styling easy,” one commenter put it simply.) Others say that this is a superior product to many others on the market because it gives them the exact look they’re going for.
Sounds like a solid product, so could there possibly be anything wrong with it? The negative reviews are varied: some say it doesn’t give a hold, some say it’s too wet-looking and not matte as described, and others say that it’s hard to warm up enough to be worked through hair.
“It is in fact matte and a strong hold. But it clumps and does not break down [easily] so it’s very hard to put in your hair so it just [causes] certain parts of your hair to stick,” reads the comment from one disappointed customer.
We hopped over to Amazon to see what customers off of the brand’s website had to say about the Hair Putty. Here, the product had an impressive 4.4/5-star rating based on reviews by 1,129 shoppers. You can find the complete scoring breakdown below:
- 5 stars: 66%
- 4 stars: 17%
- 3 stars: 9%
- 2 stars: 4%
- 1 star: 4%
As this Pete and Pedro review was wondering how the scent of this product would blend with those of other items, we searched for any feedback that spoke to the product’s smell profile, and landed on this helpful tidbit: “The smell is very neutral. Maybe a slightly lemony smell, but very masculine, and it fades away once it emulsifies. I like that it doesn’t clash with my cologne.”
The one-star reviews are a pretty negligible component of the Hair Putty’s overall score, but in the interests of thoroughness our Pete and Pedro review jotted down a few of these complaints. Some users say this product isn’t any better than what you’d find at the drugstore, for reasons that run from a “subpar” hold to a “meh” scent to a “too dry” texture.
Let’s remember, though, that scent is certainly a matter of personal preference, and can’t be used to judge a product “objectively.” And due to the fact that hair type varies, success with certain products will vary as well.
We’ll check out one last Pete and Pedro review to get some meaty details on the quality and effectiveness of the brand’s products. We turned to Success Is For All, a lifestyle blog that assessed the quality of Pete and Pedro products in extreme conditions like wind, humidity, and pollution.
After taking a selection of the products traveling across the globe, the reviewer stated, “What I can say though is that they do an incredible job at keeping your hair looking fresh all day, even if winds get in [the] way.” He went on to say that even though pollution and humidity caused oily skin, his hair stayed looking clean and in shape—there are even pictures to prove it!
The area the brand lacks in, according to this otherwise positive review, is its variety of products. Not including a strong-hold hairspray in its collection was a huge downer for the reviewer, whose hair requires such a product. Ultimately, the writer offers the opinion that the brand’s products are best suited for those with short or medium-length hair.
Overall, some Pete and Pedro products are more successful than others, and certain ones work better for specific types of hair. Regardless, they’re all rated and praised quite highly across several websites, so it appears they’re up to snuff in terms of quality and effectiveness.
Is Pete and Pedro Worth It?
For a product to be worth the price, it needs to work. According to the vast majority of customers, this is certainly the case for Pete and Pedro products, which are said to smell great, hold all day, and result in the perfect hairstyle.
In terms of product inclusivity, it needs to be stated that the brand’s collection isn’t for everyone. Hair Cream aside, there is really no product(s) designed specifically for curly hair. Also, there are some reviews saying that Pete and Pedro products are on the drier side, so if your hair really needs moisture, this brand may not be for you.
More expensive than drugstore brands but less so than boutique or salon versions, Pete and Pedro rests somewhere in the middle. With the products’ quality, ingredients, and results in mind, we ultimately believe that they’re priced fairly and are worth the buy.
Pete and Pedro Promotions & Discounts
Throughout this Pete and Pedro review, we kept an eye out for deals. To our delight, several popped up! Here’s what we saw:
- Get a 15% off Pete and Pedro discount code to use on your next order when you sign up for the brand’s mailing list
- Buy products and get Pedro Bucks to use on perks like free shipping and discounts
- Refer a friend to get 100 points (that’s $5 off your next purchase)
- Join the Bueno Club (auto-ship program) to get free shipping
- Free shipping on US orders of $60 and up
Where To Buy Pete and Pedro
Pete and Pedro products are available for purchase on peteandpedro.com or through Amazon.
FAQ
Who Is The Owner Of Pete and Pedro?
Pete and Pedro was founded by men’s grooming and lifestyle YouTuber Aaron Marino. The success of this product line subsequently inspired Marino to launch a few other lifestyle brands.
Where Is Pete and Pedro Made?
The brand’s products are made in the US, according to the brand website. This Pete and Pedro review was unable to locate any more detailed info on the manufacturing process online.
Is Pete and Pedro Vegan And Cruelty-Free?
For some items, Pete and Pedro ingredients include lanolin (from sheep) and beeswax. This means that the brand’s products are not all vegan, but there are some vegan options. We were happy to see, though, that all products are cruelty-free and are never tested on animals.
What is Pete and Pedro’s Shipping Policy?
Pete and Pedro ships around the globe. Check out their complete list of standard shipping options and costs below:
- US: $5, or free for order of $60 and up
- Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, Norway: $9
- Rest of the world: $10
International express shipping to Canada is $35, and $45 for all other countries.
Pete and Pedro orders are processed in 1 business day, and can take 3-15 business days to arrive. Once your order ships, use the tracking link included in the confirmation email to track your package’s progress.
What is Pete and Pedro’s Return Policy?
You can return any unused Pete and Pedro products within 30 days of purchase. To do this, email customercare@petandpedro.com and send your package to:
Pete & Pedro
Attn: Returns
869 Pickens Ind Dr. Ste 6
Marietta, GA
30062-3164
How to Contact Pete and Pedro
We hope that you found all of the information you came looking for in this Pete and Pedro review. If you still have questions, feel free to reach out to the brand by emailing customercare@peteandpedro.com or using the contact form on its website.
We love a good brand focused on men’s grooming, which is why we recommend Tiege Hanley for all things skincare.
Alternatively if you want to do more research, The Beard Club is another option.
