Even though the weather has warmed up a bit, many women will still choose to do protective hairstyles in order to give their hair a break from frequent manipulation and from the elements. Protective styles are not only for the cold weather, they can also be done in the warmer season to protect the hair …
Protective Hairstyles
The fall season often has many naturals taking cover in protective styles as they try to protect their hair from unfavorable weather conditions. Even though protective styles are meant to help us grow our hair, healthy and long while in a style, a protective style which isn’t done properly will yield disappointing results. Since the …
Although hair is a dead matter, many of us can agree that is a serious business and an important aesthetic feature for many men, women and children. For Black women, hair is a very crucial part of their body, so important that we spend a lot of money, time and comfort …
One of the most common misconceptions about Natural hair is that locs helps your hair grow longer than loose hair. And so many women would quickly run out to go loc their hair so that they can achieve long hair effortlessly and under a minimal time frame. Aside from the ease at which loc hair …
Day 11 of 31 styles @ 31 places dual challenges What is protective styling? The definition of this term varies from person to person and blogger to blogger. But I define protective styling as any style that protects your hair from physical, chemical and environmental disturbances. Physical disturbances involves daily styling, combing, and …
Last protective style in April with Marley hair At the beginning of this year, I had a 6months plan to keep my hair in braided extensions for the first 6months of the year, with an end goal of gaining 3inches by the end of June. To my surprise, I noticed that my hair had grown …
In a recent blog post, I shared the negative sides of Protective Styles which most hair gurus and stylists won’t share with you. I talked about the 10 reasons why protective styling won’t help with length retention, but can instead result in hair loss and breakage. Since the most common type of protective styling is often …
Protective styling can be a hit or miss; it could also be beneficial or detrimental depending on the individual and/or style chosen. In this post, I want to share 10 biggest protective styling mistakes you should avoid at all cost if you want to grow your 4c natural hair long! While many have achieved great …