A Protective Style is any hairstyle that keeps your hair (especially your ends which are the oldest part of your hair) safely tucked away or protected from:
- outside elements (extremely cold or hot weather)
- rubbing on your shoulders or clothing
both of which can cause weathering or wearing down of the hair strands and thus breakage.
Many times we feel like our hair is not growing, when in reality our hair is breaking off at the ends, so that we are not retaining length. Ideally a protective style is something that is low-manipulation or doesn't require you to mess with your hair too much everyday, reducing the breakage that can occur from daily combing/styling.
Some protective styles include twists, flat twists, finger coils, box braids, cornrows, buns, wigs and extensions (braids, crochet braids and weaves).
Are weaves a protective style? |
large parts, loose braiding and a solid cleansing & moisture regimen help keep braids 'protective' |
Protective styling can help with retaining length and maintaining the overall health of your hair (I find that my hair is less dry/brittle when I protective style more regularly than go loose/fro'd out) but be sure that you take the time to maintain your hair while in 'protective mode', you may also want to experiment with a few protective styles to see which ones are best for your hair type and your lifestyle.
Do you do protective styling? What are your 'go to' protective styles?
you are looking fabolus i like your style very much thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. Thanks for the compliment!
DeleteWow what a fantastic style you have wear. I love it looking nice.
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Thanks Aish!
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