When it starts to get hot and humid, one the first things that disappears is the smoothness in my edges and that’s exactly what they started to do a couple of weeks ago. So, that lead me to purchase 3 hair products for smoothing edges/hairline. I didn’t buy them all on the same day, but I needed to try something.

So, here are three items that I recently bought to help keep my edges slick, shiny, and resistant towards sweat. Keep reading for more and pictures.

Here’s the background, a couple of summers ago I bought a stick like product on the spur of the moment at a local drugstore and loved it! It continuously gave me slicked down edges for the last two summers and smelled incredible while doing so, but when I went to grab it a few weeks ago it was practically empty and the print faded off the container. I forgot who made it and the name of it, but I referred to it as the “slick stick”. So, I needed to find a substitute until I could find my beloved “slick stick”.

The first thing I decided to try was a product I found at my beauty supply store. It’s from Black n’ Sassy (ugh, I hate that name!) and it’s their Style Smoother pomade. The reason I decided to get this one is because on the jar it claims it’s humidity resistant and alcohol-free. I was sold! It did withstand the humidity. However, I don’t like the cheap potpurri smell and like most pomades, I didn’t like creamy, but thick consistency. It does a good job at keeping my hairline smooth, but I wasn’t happy. So, the search continued.

A couple of days later, I was wondering around the beauty aisles at the Walgreens near my job and saw and bought this Olive Oil Edge Control by Organic Root Stimulator. As soon as I got back to my desk I cracked it open and tested it out. Now, unlike the Style Smoother, this one has a nice soft smell. Although it’s also thick, it melts into the hairline while smoothing the edges. So, I figured that this would be the one and was happy to say so!

As you might have read, this past weekend I attended the Sisterhood Showcase here in Memphis and practically every black hair care line had a booth. On Saturday, I didn’t go down the aisle that most of the hair care lines were stationed, because I felt like I’d seen them all. However, on the last day we decided to walk through just to say we did and what was the first thing I saw and almost shed a few happy tears for? I saw my “slick stick”! It’s from Luster’s Renutrients line and it’s called…Slick Stick! I was right and so happy! I think I might have ran to the lady. I bought one and the shine polisher from the same line. I felt so complete when I walked away from there. It sculpts, it smooths, and its my best friend this summer. Now, I can truly say…I’m happy!

Now that I have my Slick Stick back, I decided to keep the ORS one in my desk draw at work and I will probably give the Style Smoother to my sister. The Slick Stick? Oh, it will stay perched on the soap dish in my bathroom until I send it off to hibernation in the fall and winter.

Stay Stylish!

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