Raydene Salinas Hansen
If you ve got a cowlicks (you know, the swirls or bumps in your hair usually around your hairline that like to pop up like flyaways), you already know that cowlicks do what they want despite what
you want. And that leaves you with two choices: (1) You can either embrace yours, since they re totally normal and natural or (2) You can try to style it to make it a little less noticeable.
And though you can t ever fully get rid of a cowlick, you
can style around it to at least temporarily fix it. To help you figure out how, we turned to hairstylist and co-founder of IGK Hair Care Chase Kusero for all the best tips. Ahead, everything you need to know about how to make your cowlicks do less.
pinkypills/Fuse
Whether you’re rocking knee-length hair or a pixie cut, loose 3A curls or a rich head of 4B coils, the choice to go natural comes with infinite possibilities. “Healthy, natural hair can be styled in countless ways and still keep its integrity,” says Dominique LyVar, Senior Stylist at Devachan Salon.
Natural hair expert and stylist Sabrina Yamani Yamga from SPACE by Alex Brown in Chicago also recommends styling natural to her clients over alternatives, not just for hair health, but to take a stance against decisions like the 2016 Supreme Court rule to ban locs during the hiring process. For Yamga, it goes deeper than a beauty choice. “Kinky curly hair defies gravity and grows towards the sun,” she says. “For decades, we’ve been told to straighten our hair towards the Earth to fit into the Western corporate narrative, but our natural texture was literally made to stand up and stand out. In our community, it represents freedom.”