Meitao was founded at the end of the last century, when there were not many domestic modeling brands, and the shaping mousse was criticized for its poor shaping ability and easy to produce white shavings. At the beginning of its establishment, Meitao launched the styling gel, which was very popular and became the leading brand of styling products in China in one fell swoop. Since the launch of Meitao's products, it has ranked first in domestic hairdressing and styling products in AC retail data monitoring for six consecutive years, and is also one of the formulators of the national gel water standard in the light industry industry. Meitao was originally owned by Sibao International in Hubei, China, and has now been acquired by Beiersdorf AG of Germany.
 
Following the gel, Meitao has also launched styling sprays, styling gels, elastin and hair wax products for decades, but gels are still Meitao's flagship products, with a wide range of styles. Although styling gels are now being replaced by new styling products such as styling sprays and hair wax and clay, the advantage of styling gels is that they can be carried with all kinds of transportation, making them suitable for business travelers.
 
Most gel waters, including Metro, contain ethanol to speed up the drying time, but prolonged use of products with a high alcohol content can cause damage to the cuticles and may cause itchy scalp or dandruff, which is one of the reasons why styling gels are being phased out. To improve the situation, Meitao has strengthened the ratio of moisturizing ingredients in the gel, using moisturizers such as propylene glycol and hydrogenated starch hydrolysate to alleviate damage.
 
The film-forming agent of Meitao Styling Gel is PVP, which is more fragile after film formation, has poor moisture resistance, and has medium styling power, which is more suitable for dry and dehydrated hair and is used to smooth frizz. It should be noted that it is not recommended to re-shape the gel after drying, otherwise it will damage the film covering the hair strands and it is easy to produce white flakes. Although the degree of flaking is not as high as that of mousse, it still damages the image.
 
There are five gel lotions and three gel creams each, and the gel water has the highest film former content and slightly better setting effect with the strong gel water. Gel cream has a stronger smell than gel water. Unlike most brands of gel creams that support hair better than water, Meitao's cream is slightly less powerful than its own water. Because of its high viscosity, it dries slowly and tends to crush hair strands.
 
The price is a big advantage of Meitao styling gel products, the price of 240ml gel water is 23 yuan, and the price of gel cream is a little higher than that of gel water, which is divided into 120ml small package priced at 16 yuan and 240ml large package priced at 30 yuan.