Are all protective styles created equal?
Weaves and braid extensions are a hit with black women allowing for dramatic style changes and added length at the drop of a hat. Although extensions look great, we are more concerned here with the health of your real hair. So is growing your hair out with any type of
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So nobody wants to wear a boring protective style every day but you know you will probably have to at some point in order to protect those ends!
Here are 10 protective styles you will actually enjoy wearing! All links will open to new windows.
1. New take on a bun – See here
2. Cornrows
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Learn about the benefits of protective styling
So what is a protective style? The clue’s in the title! It is simply a style that protects your hair, specifically the ends from all the breakage causing dangers we face every day. The point of them is to keep the moisture in your strands where it belongs by
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Christmas is almost upon us now. Most of probably feel unprepared doing our last minute dashes to the shops for gifts or contemplating what to wear for that party in 2 weeks. Either way, this is by far the busiest time of the year so how do you factor your
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Is there any credibility to this popular belief?
You’ve all heard it, trimming your hair will make it grow faster. Your friends say it, your hairdresser says it, and your mum said it so it must be true right? Wrong!
There is no scientific basis behind this common misconception. It is a fact
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Find out what tools work best for your natural or relaxed hair
In your journey to healthy long hair your will more than likely require styling tools. Some tools are absolute must-haves for the continued health of your hair but many are just optional great tools that can be purchased as
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Find an easy and damage free way to fake it until you make it!
It’s no big secret that black women are the biggest consumers of hair products in general and hair extensions are no exception! People have wildly different opinions on wearing fake hair but either way, extensions are definitely
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Keep your micro braids squeaky clean while avoid the slippage
Micro braids or ‘micros’ are one of the most gorgeous of braids. Resembling free flowing hair they can be worn in a variety of styles from curly, wet and wavy or dead straight. Human hair braids can be curled and straightened
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Get curl definition if you haven’t got any on your natural hair or get hot waves on your relaxed locks!
Black hair comes in a variety of textures from lose s-curls and corkscrew curls to very tightly curled pen springs and kinks. Defining your own texture is easy with leave in
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Get gorgeous curls and waves without the damage!
So what is a braid out? A braid out is a style worn mainly by African American women as a way to give curls or waves to hair with uneven or no curl pattern or even to change the natural curl pattern of the hair.
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