Natural Hair ||Why is Protective Styling Important?

Its Summertime so the kids are home for the summer. We go swimming, to spraygrounds, sprinklers, and anything else we can play in to stay cool. During the week we keep our hair twisted/braided up and tucked away..then I take it down to style on the weekends. My daughters and I have alot of hair and its mandatory that we wear protective styles to prevent breakage and excessive shedding. Protective styles also help retain moisture and increases growth. I have added a video below on protective styles that has some good info. Check it Out!!

When was your last trim? Trimming Natural Hair

My hair was starting to look raggedy on the ends. I tried moisturizing and sealing the ends of my hair to no avail. That was when I knew my hair was overdue for a trim. I clip my ends every few months because frayed ends drives me nuts. Not only that but my hair grows so much faster when my ends are clipped. 

When my hair was relaxed I preferred to cut my hair when it was wet. Now that my hair is in its natural state I detangle my hair and put about six chunky twists and clip off the dead hair. I know its not the best method but it works for me. lol...  Some naturalistas blow dry their hair before clipping while other sistas go get their hair professionally cut.

You may need to clip your ends if:

* Excessive shedding

*If your hair breaks easily

*You style your often and wear your hair down often

*Slow/No growth

*Feathered ends

*If you use heat on your hair often

My hair a week or so after trim. 

Glitzy Flat Twists!!

I recently posted a picture of this young lady (pictured below) who had awesome results from flat twists. I showed my daughter (pictured above) ^^ and she wanted to try the style on her hair. So, Friday night I twisted it and this is how beautiful it  looked this morning. We love it! I'm always looking for ways to style our natural hair without using any heat.

 Picture Source: Google