When I used gel, I had ShortSexyHair by SexyHair. Guess it's been discontinued now, since it's not on their site.
https://www.sexyhair.com/p/style-sex...rd-up%E2%84%A2
Never flaked, great hold, but hard to find and probably expensive. I just got hookups at the salon I went to since the owner was friends with my mom.