But what exactly is Protective Styling?
For those of us, who are on a natural hair journey, we have heard this term a lot. A true protective hairstyle is at its base simply a style that protects the ends of your hair, which in turn helps decrease: tangling, shedding, breakage and wear & tear. Protective hairstyles hides your ends from exposure (ex. your clothing, the weather) but should leave them in a detangled state. For instance, once you have properly detangled your hair and pull it into a ponytail, you can then twist down your ponytail and pin it into a bun and keep that...