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Protective Hairstyles for Natural and Relaxed Hair

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Protective Hairstyles for Natural and Relaxed Hair: If you are trying to grow bank your hair or prevent it from further damage, then protective hairstyles can actually help you do the job. They protect your hair from anything that can tamper or hamper the overall health of your hair.

What are Protective Hairstyles?

PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES

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These are any hairdo that keeps the ends of the hair tucked away to prevent pulling, toggling, or any kind of manipulation. However, the idea is to protect the ends of your hair making sure they are free from manipulation.

Also, prevent your hair from getting frizzy as a result of unfavorable environmental elements.

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Benefits of Protective Hairstyles

These types of hairdos provide so many benefits to your hair. Below are the benefits of protective hairstyles”

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  • They Increase Hair Growth
    These hairstyles help your hair grow, this is so because you hardly touch your natural hair when wearing a protective hairstyle. It grows freely without any manipulation
  • They Retain Manipulation
    When you wear a protective hairstyle, you are sure you will not lose moisture in your hair, but you will have to shampoo your hair first and condition it before having this hairdo. By doing this, the conditioner penetrates into your hair strands, preparing it for the styling process.
  • Requires Low Maintenance
    You don’t need to bother yourself about styling when you rock a protective hairdo. You don’t also have to apply so many products to maintain the hair.

 Hairstyles for Your Natural Hair

The following below are the types of hairstyles that protect your hair from regular manipulation. Thye also prevents damage from the sun and also heat.

  • Box Braids
    This is one of the most popular protective hairstyles. They are very easy to maintain and they are very versatile. You can make your braids chunky or even slim, but it depends on your choice and your ability to sit for long.
  • Knotless Braids
    These also box braids. The difference is that it is made through the fee in technique. Which is your hairstylist braids your natural hair from the roots and also feeds in extensions as they braid on. They are less painful and lighter than traditional braids but they can take longer to finish
  • Crotchet
    This is another protective hairstyle that is achieved through crocheting. This means you crochet hair extensions to your natural hair with a crochet hook or latch hook. They come in different kinds, normally traditional braids twists faux locks, etc.
  • Bantu Knots
    The people of Zulu, the southern invented this style, which involves sectioning your hair, twisting it, and wrapping it to form a spiraled knot that looks like a stack of tires. It serves as a protective style for both relaxed and also natural hair
  • Cornrows
    This is one of the best protective hairstyles that involves braiding your hair very close to the scalp, using an underhand upward motion to make a continuous row. You can also use hair extensions or your natural hair to achieve these styles
  • Dreadlocks
    These are simply ropelike strands of hair that are made by braiding or matting the hair. This particular hairstyle does not give room for any form of manipulation of your hair. this is so because it is permanent as you can only take it off by cutting your hair.
  • Didi
    The difference between didi and traditional cornrows is that your weave your hair as if you’re doing it hair inside out. The result is an inverted cornrow which spurs hair growth
  • Shuku
    This style involves braiding your hair into cornrows to create an updo or hump on your head. After you are on this style, you do not have to stress yourself to restyle all the time.

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