Mixing Monday: Protective Styles

How Protective Hairstyles Make Your Hair Healthy

Have you ever been frustrated by having to lotion your hands a hundred times a day because your skin keeps drying out?
If you leave your hair ends exposed with no protection from the air the same thing will happen to them, leading to serious dryness, brittleness and split ends.
Wearing protective styles keeps your ends healthy by doing certain things.

• They keep your ends safe from sun, wind and friction.
• Locks in moisture.
• Prevents split ends and breakage.
• Puts less stress on your hair from combing and brushing.

How Protective Hairstyles Help Your Hair Grow

Have you ever noticed little pieces of hair all over your shoulders and wondered why it happens?

• Air dries your ends out and makes them thin and weak.
• Friction between your hair and your clothes makes it even worse.
• Wearing your hair down gets it caught in your jewelry, causing even more breakage.

Not touching your hair for hours, days and weeks at a time (depending on the style you choose) keeps your ends intact.I’m sure you know that the real key to longer hair is keeping your ends healthy while your roots produce growth.
Protective styles reduce split ends and damage so your hair doesn’t break off as fast as the roots grow. Over time this can add up to a lot of length (as much as your growth cycle allows).


Keep the Faith!


Until next time,
~E