You know that little section around your temples? The part we slick, brush, gel, lay, braid, and sometimes pull until it looks exactly how we want it? Yeah. THAT PART.
You love your curls. You love your coils. You even love shrinkage when it isn't trying to hide three years of growth from the general public. Still, you've noticed something practical: when you wear your hair in a gentle stretched style, it tangles less, forms fewer little knots, and requires less untangling the next morning, or on wash day.
Unlike a traditional edge gel, a wax stick lets us apply hold exactly where it's needed without coating the entire head. It's particularly useful for smoothing flyaways, polishing a ponytail, and convincing those shorter hairs to join the rest of the style.
CurlyNikki says: My favorite scarf for my edges is a strip... I call it my edge strip... a piece of material I cut off of a leopard print shawl more than 10 years ago. It's a loooooong rectangle ( like 4 inches wide at least but super long), and it's not silk or satin. It's a mystery material not too…
CurlyNikki says: I didn't know we were doing this. I'm not a swooper lol, but in the past, pre-partum, when the baby hairs still existed in abundance and I wanted them... accentuated, I used a toothbrush. A toothbrush that was reserved for my edges. And if it was serious, I used my fine-tooth rat-tail comb first, and then the toothbrush.…