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Whether you’re rocking box braids, a big braids hairstyle (like cornrows) or mini twists, protective styles will never go out of season. I know firsthand how much time, money and patience (so ...
From box to Fulani braids, protective styles never go out of season. To keep the style protected, moisturized and long-lasting, we reached out to a natural hair expert to learn how to maintain our ...
Here are 18 protective braid, twist, loc, wig, and weave hairstyles that can be worn year-round.
Cornrows are a style of three-strand braids in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to make a continuous, raised row. [1] Cornrows are often done in simple, straight lines, as the term implies, but they can also be styled in elaborate geometric or curvilinear designs.
This type of hairstyle is a "protective style" (a style which can be worn for a long period of time to let natural hair grow and protect the ends of the hair) and is "boxy", consisting of square-shaped hair divisions. Box braids are generally installed by using synthetic hair which helps to add thickness as well as helping the natural hair that ...
Black women wear soft locs as a protective hairstyle because they enclose natural hair inside them, protecting their natural hair from environmental damage. This protective soft loc style is created by "wrapping hair around the natural hair or crocheting pre-made soft locs into cornrows."
Girls are seen in twin braids especially in schools, though now it is becoming less common. Young girls usually have one long braid. Married women have a bun or a braided bun. [citation needed] Hair braid ornament, India, ca. 1800s. Hair braid ornament, India, ca.1800s. Traditional floral arrangement on braid in India.
Crochet braids, also known as latch hook braids, [1] are techniques for braiding hair that involve crocheting synthetic hair extensions to a person's natural hair with a latch hook or crochet hook. While crochet braids are a hybrid of traditional braids, they're considered to be more similar to weaves . [ 2 ]