ELERA Hair Sponge Brush, Big Holes (14mm Hole) Afro Curl Sponge, Double Side Oval Magic Twist Coils Wave Hair Sponge for Home and Barber

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For men who like their curls soft, shiny and small, use a small-holed curl sponge to form tiny yet defined curls. Deep condition your hair beforehand to achieve the shine. Now that we’ve covered how to use twist sponges, let’s take a few minutes to discuss the primary pros and cons when it comes to using a sponge to style your hair. Pros:

To figure out which type of hair sponge works best on your hair, it’s essential to consider the results that you’re trying to achieve. The hair sponge, which is also marketed as a magic twist sponge, hair sponge brush, curl sponge, and afro curl sponge, is a device that’s used to achieve many different hairstyles, mainly on natural short hair. Gently massaging your scalp. A scalp massage helps to stimulate the flow of blood around the scalp. When blood circulates around the scalp, it passes vital nutrients to the hair bulb to create hair, helping to restore hair growth. We caught up with multi-award winning afro hair stylist and ghd Creative Artist Charlotte Mensah, to get her top tips: Simply ask for a crew cut with a drop fade and any good barber will know exactly what you mean. Textured Crop With Drop FadeTrimming your hair. Using a curling sponge can cause split ends. Split ends make the ends of your hair fragile and more prone to breakage. Split ends can result in endless breakage as the split travels up the hair shaft, so, snipping off split ends is a precaution against hair loss as well as improving the overall health of your hair. Naturally found in the hair, protein is an element that keeps your strands looking healthy and strong. Due to external stressors like sun and heat styling, the molecules can be broken down, which will result in the hair being prone to breakage. Protein treatments work to rebuild the hair’s barrier but should be used sparingly as too much protein can dry your hair out. So if used as an at home treatment protein masks should always be followed up with conditioning mask or oil to maintain health and shine. From the best natural hair products, to tips on how to maintain afro hair. This is the expert guide for textured, healthy looking hair. How to Maintain Afro Hair

This short style is a choppy take on a classic and has been riding a wave of popularity over the last decade thanks to its starring role on the hit show Peaky Blinders. Some of the sponges have small holes, while others have large holes. Some sponges are oval, rectangular, or round. Get regular trims. Even though it is less obvious than with straight hair. Afro hair needs to be trimmed regularly every 6 – 8 weeks.

11. Use a hair masque every two weeks

The fundamental nature of fade hairstyles means that they’re short on the sides. Because of this, they’re well suited to those with rounder, wider face shapes. This is particularly true when worn with a style that adds some height on top, like a pompadour, as this will balance out the dimensions of the face. Pairing sponge curls with a drop fade is a great way to wear afro hair in a contemporary way. The short sides create a tapered silhouette from the front while the length on top adds volume and height. This makes it a great option for those with rounder face shapes; for long faces, the curls on top should be kept shorter to balance out proportions. A classic crew cut is probably the most sensible haircut there is, but it can be led astray with the inclusion of a drop fade. This traditional military style has been the default ‘men’s haircut’ for the best part of a century but a bit of clipper sculpting is all that’s needed to bring it up to date. As part of the short sides, long top men’s hair trend, we generally recommend tapered or faded sides to highlight the cool hairstyle on top. However, some guys may want an all around afro. One of the great things about a drop fade is that it can be used as a foundation for hundreds of different hairstyles. To save you trawling through all the combinations, we’ve pulled together a handful of failsafe, future-proof options that showcase this technical trim at its best. Crew Cut With Drop Fade

For example, if you have a curlier hair type and enjoy wearing wash-and-go styles, a hair sponge can be very useful. Various sponge hairstyles can also be found on social media and YouTube.You will not grow or get a perfect afro overnight. Be patient and keep at it. Men’s hair generally grows at about 1/2 inch per month, so growing out a natural afro will take time and perseverance.