What are protective styles?

What are protective styles?

When you wear your ends tucked away, your hair is in a protective style. This is important because your ends are the oldest and most fragile part of the strand. Frequent and regular washing, conditioning, styling, and detangling requires constant tugging on your hair, making it weaker than the last time. As a result, it's normal to experience some hair fall each time you touch your hair.

In the world of natural hair, rocking protective styles has become an added bonus of having more (better) options for concealing hair 
on a multitude of levels.
 Protective styles include but are 
not limited to twists, braids, 
updos, and wigs. A lot of times, 
added synthetic or human hair is added for even more
 versatility in color, thickness, length, 
and appearance in texture. 
These protective styles are extremely 
popular in our community.

Twists

Many of these styles use a two-strand braiding technique in which,
 like some braided styles, allow the hair to be separated in freeform
 sections that have the freedom of movement. Twists are versatile
enough to be combined and pinned up, also qualifying them as updos.

• Marley
• Havana
• Flat
• Senegalese
• Two-strand
• Three-strand
• Mini
• Chunky
• Kinky
• Faux Locs (Yarn)

Updos

A hairstyle that calls for your curly, loose hair to be tucked away,
smoothed down, and out of your face is known as an updo.
 This look tends to be favorable during special occasions
and formal events; nonetheless, it's still the

• Pigtails
• Bun
• Chignon
• Beehive
• Top knot
• Ninja bun

Wigs

Why not cover your natural hair up from root to tip?
If you'd rather give your entire head a break from constant
 manipulation and styling, opt for a wig.
There are different types of wigs, most of them considered protective styles.