This week's focus

Fine Hair Doesn't Need a Heavy Hand

One thing I've learned about fine hair is that using more product doesn't necessarily give you a better result. That is especially true around the hairline. Too much product can leave fine hair looking stiff and weighed down.

When it comes to your edges, there's also nothing wrong with using edge control. The key is choosing the right product and using only as much as you need.

My go-to edge control is from Bask & Lather. It contains castor oil, which has properties that may help support healthy hair growth, something I especially appreciate in a product I'm using around my edges.

A 2026 dermatology review from researchers at Wayne State University found that ricinoleic acid, the primary fatty acid in castor oil, may have potential for supporting hair growth because of the way it interacts with a pathway known to inhibit hair growth.

If you have gray hair in your temple area, it can also be tempting to use a lot of product to tame those strands. Gray hair can behave differently from the rest of your hair, but adding more and more product isn't necessarily going to make it cooperate.

Working with your texture is much easier than trying to force it to behave a certain way. This is one reason I've become a straight hair natural. Keeping my hair stretched and straight helps the gray hair around my temples blend more easily with the rest of my hair, so I only need a small amount of edge control to smooth the area.

Want to try the edge control I use? We're not necessarily trying to sculpt our edges here. We're simply smoothing them. But if sculpting is your thing, it can do that too!