I gave up on having laid edges a long time ago. It sounded cool in theory, but finding an edge control that actually held my 4C hair and didn’t melt down my face became a mission I soon had to abort.

Edges. Baby hairs. Those delicate little strands at the front of your hairline that can either make you look like you walked out of a beauty campaign or like you just fought a tornado and lost badly.

Elle Ajose is a hairstylist and Cantu Hair Expert. Harriet Kessie-Cudjoe is a hairstylist and the co-founder of AfroTherapy Salon. Jacqui Mcintosh is the European Education Director at Avlon. Ajose ...