The importance of protective hairstyles.
Hello Afro Family! I am back with another informative blog. I have really missed writing to you . This past week I uploaded the video above. In this blog I will be focusing on why protective hairstyles are important and what they can do for your hair when properly done and taken care of. A protective hairstlye is a hairstyle that tucks away the ends, keeping your ends from tugging, pulling and manipulation. There are two types of protective hairstyles. Short term protective hairstyles and a long term ones. Short term protective hairsyles include: two or three stand twists, braids(these are done with no extensions), buns, bantu knots, conrows , flattwist and wigs. Long term protective hairstyles include braids, twists and conrows with added hair. Nowadays there are a lot crochet hairstyles that do not need minimum work to install. The difference between long term and short term protective hairstyles is the length in which the style will last on the head. Short term protective styles