From buns to braids, I'm a huuuge fan of protective styles when it comes to caring for natural hair. I'm always curious to find easy ways to give my curls a break from styling, and switch up my ...

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Summer brings sunshine, pool parties, and beach days, but it also presents unique challenges for maintaining healthy hair. The combination of intense heat, humidity, chlorine, and salt water can leave ...

Maintaining natural, type 4 hair can be a lot of work. Tight coils need to be detangled very gently, styled using a strategic cocktail of curl products, and deep-conditioned religiously — all of that ...

After a summer full of frontals and sew-ins, we’ve entered a good silk press season. And although humidity may be gone for a while, your strands are still open to environmental damage and stressors ...

Protective styles are used in the Black community to take a break from manipulating natural hair. These styles, however, are often believed to be one of the leading reasons behind the rise in traction ...

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Is your protective style turning into a permanent style? Do you flinch at the thought of detangling? Are you finding more lint than length? In an Instagram post, Cécred teased their new collection ...

There are a few ways to keep hair healthy and strong, but as the name suggests, a protective style shields hair from damage, breakage, and other environmental factors that can keep it from flourishing ...

Boho braids are a popular protective style that incorporates curly synthetic or human hair pieces throughout the braids. While they require more upkeep, regular detangling and conditioning help ...

If you have Afro-textured hair, you’ve probably been wearing protective styles since the first coils appeared on your head, whether you’ve been aware of it or not. Those bobble-trimmed pigtails you ...