To be honest, I love protective hairstyling. I hate dealing with the two different textures in my transitioning hair sometimes, and protective styles help me blend them while keeping my hands out of my hair. When I was a kid, I had no sense of how to manage my braids looking good. They would last about a week before beginning to seem fuzzy and old. Below are a few suggestions to help braids hair and twists fashionable as long as they can.
Sleep with a satin scarf or pillowcase
I don’t think I can emphasize how great this is. As a kid, I always had difficulties with scarves. That’s why my braids would begin to look fuzzy as a child. The hair rubs upon the material of the pillow, making the hair drier and letting it lose its cleanness. If you have sustained a ‘scarf falling off in the center of the night’ sign like I do, it’s a good idea to maybe use two or all three items to keep the hair fresh.
Continue to wash and deep condition your hair
A basic mistake is that because hair is in a protective style, it can just be left solely till it’s time to uninstall. Utterly and completely untrue. A dirty scalp braids can hinder follicles and stop hair from growing. And it’s just not a good approach to go weeks or months on end without cleaning hair. It’s important to proceed to wash your hair. I try to wash my hair at least once a week, despite braids or twists. I try to deep condition at the very time as fully.
For braids and twists, it’s a great idea to spend in a small spray bottle. These styles, particularly if they’re long, can take FOREVER to dry, and it’s irrelevant to wash the whole length of the hair. Fill a spray bottle with water and shampoo and wash. Spritz mix into scalp and massage. Fill the related spray bottle with pure water to rinse out the product. In this process, you won’t have wet braids for hours on end.
Don’t pull too tight when styling
It’s great to still be kind even when hair is in braids. Extracting too tight on the braids or twists can make the hair pull untimely. The base of the braid where the extension hair relates to your real hair will begin to pull, especially if the braids are difficult. It’ll give the impression of new growth, but the hair is being pulled behind. This can start to thinning ends and a bunch of other stuff that defeats the whole idea of protective styling. I strive to avoid too many buns and ponytails, but when I have to, I make sure that I’m very kind with my long braiding hair and that I don’t settle the style too tight with a scrunchie.
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