Natural hair is what embraces your natural beauty. It is what makes you unique in
your own way. People tend to categorize a certain race with a certain natural hair texture. However, natural curly hair isnt a “black thing” or what defines you as a person. Natural curly hair varies through all races and genders. African American women soon realize that they must work hard to demonstrate that their hair texture does not lead to negative qualities about their identity. One way that African American women disband this stereotype is by avoiding the natural state that their hair grows. Maintaining beautiful African American natural hair is a challenge; how much you put in will affect how much you gain out of it. However, knowing how to properly…
This especially occurs in styles that take so long to put in that the mere thought of taking them down after only a few days seems like a waste. Thus, those women decide to leave in those styles for weeks.
Dryness of hair that is left untouched and uncared for too long.
Breakage from over manipulating the hair to create elaborate hairstyles.
Box braids is one of the protective styles that could be worn for weeks to give the hair a rest, but could cause dryness of the hair, which could cause breakage, dry scalp, and lead to psoriasis. So, constantly wearing protective styles that do not allow you to keep your hair moisturized and clean could raise health concerns.
Styling and moisturizing your hair should be the most enjoyable phase of
managing natural hair. Styling your hair helps define your personality by allowing you to gain self-acceptance of your natural appearance. When styling your natural hair, it is more beneficial to use low manipulation styling. Low manipulation styling is different very from protective styling. Low manipulation styling does not tuck away your ends, as was previously stated; protective styling is any style that conceals the ends of the…
