Protective Hairstyles for Natural Hair

African-American women are blessed with thick hair that can be shaped into a lot of beautiful hairstyles. However, natural dryness of kinky hair is the other side of the medal that needs special care. Protective hairstyles can decrease the stress of environmental factors on natural hair.Today I am showing you different protective hairstyles that we as young black women can use.

1. Braids
Braids are the ultimate protective hairstyle because they are easy to maintain and they can last for weeks. There are a lot of different ways to do braids.

       

2. Faux Locs
Faux locs are basically fake dreadlocs. It is an easier way than to actually lock your hair, and it looks cute too.
      

3. Multiple buns
These little buns will decrease the chance of your hair frizzing up and becoming a total disaster. It was an protective style for kids back in the day but people managed to bring it back for adults.

         4. Ghana Braids
         Ghana braids is a protective style that was very popular over            the summer. People from all races did these braids and did              them in different ways.

5. Sew-ins
Last but not least we have weave. Sew-ins. Wigs.A very popular style that almost every African-American woman uses to protect their natural hair. It's a good way to grow your hair but you can also do a lot of different hairstyles.