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Flyaways and Edges That Stay Down: Why Alcohol-Free Wins | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 08 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

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  [MUSIC]
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  Welcome to the Mixing Garden Hair Podcast.
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  I am Jess here with licensed Cosmetologist,
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  Delina Markland. Delina, I smooth my flyaways down,
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  and within a couple hours, they are sticking up again
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  or flaking white. What is going on?
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  That flaking is your product, not you.
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  And it is exactly why I reach for the hair finishing stick
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  instead. Most flyaway gels and edge controls are alcohol set.
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  They dry into a hard shell that looks smooth at first,
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  then goes brittle and flakes white,
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  the second you move or sweat.
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  The finishing stick is a water-based alcohol-free gel,
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  so it lays flyaways and edges with a flexible hold that does not crack.
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  No white residue at noon.
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  Why does alcohol-free matter so much for flyaways and baby hairs specifically?
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  Flyaways and baby hairs are the finest, most fragile hair you have.
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  Drying alcohol pulls moisture out of them as it evaporates,
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  so by midday those hairs are dry, brittle, and breaking,
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  and the gel is flaking on top.
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  Alcohol-free means the hold comes from flexible polymers and conditioning
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  ingredients instead, so the surface stays smooth and the hairs stay healthy.
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  You are styling them, not sacrificing them.
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  What is your actual technique?
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  Crown flyaways versus edges.
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  For flyaways across the top, you barely touch it.
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  One light pass of the wand over the surface in the direction the hair falls,
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  then smooth with your palm.
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  For edges, work in small sections, not the whole hairline at once.
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  Use the wand tip right on the baby hairs,
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  lay them in one inch sections,
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  and do three light passes.
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  First lays the hair, second adds hold, third polishes,
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  then set with a fine metal tooth comb.
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  That tension is what keeps them flat.
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  The temple and nape move the most all day, so give those an extra pass.
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  And if something lifts later,
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  a thin touch-up of the same stick right on the spot that lifted
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  smoothed with your fingertip.
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  Because it is alcohol-free, it does not build up or flake
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  on re-application the way gel does.
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  That is the whole reason I use it.
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  You can refresh a flyaway or a baby hair without starting over or going crunchy.
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  Smooth flyaways, crisp edges, no flake, no breakage.
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  The hair finishing stick is at thepixigarden.com.
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  Thanks for listening to the Pixigarden Hair Podcast.
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  [Music]