That’s not lots of wax, if you use too much it’ll turn your hair into a gloopy mop. You have to use just a little bit and spread it very evenly, and for the poofy stuff will also have to use an air dryer. Don’t ask me how, tho, i kinda suck at doing hair and particularly masc haircuts, if i would give you directions you’d either look like or a pop punk hedgehog.

There are the viking braids, which I think look really cool. If you are able to grow a beard it can complement it really well.

and if you don’t feel like braiding, man-bun. Needs rather straight hair though and you probably shouldn’t go too masc as it comes with a certain “nordic baggage” (it’s popular with the esoteric strain of nazis)

Don’t know if it’s “cute” though. Other than that, I can only think of the Nick Carter:

Either pomade or stop using shampoo so often (but still wash your hair with water and finger scrubbing). I probably only wash my hair with shampoo 1-3 times a month and always ask the barber if my hair is greasy and he says it is not.