Protective styling is one of the best ways to – you guessed it – protect your hair from natural elements. Warm weather brings heat and humidity, which often doesn’t pair well with natural hair. Additionally, water and sweat (both issues in warm weather) can also pose a threat to natural hair. With protective styles, you can maintain moisture, prevent breakage, and encourage growth.
The benefits of protective styling
- Ideal for all-weather: You may hear a lot about protective styles during different times of the year. For example, as you head into summer, you’ll hear about how heat and humidity impact natural hair. When it’s winter, you’ll hear about how cold, dry winter affects natural hair. The takeaway? Your hair is always susceptible to the environment around you, which means there’s never a bad time to use protective styling on your hair.
- Low maintenance: If you’re the kind of girl who loves rolling out of bed, then a protective style is awesome. A protective style is high-maintenance when you’re doing you’re hair, but after that, you’re giving your hair some much-needed rest. Not to mention they’re super
- Helps retain length: Protective styles prevent breakage, which increases your chance of seeing length retention. If your hair is breaking as fast as it grows, then you won’t see much growth month to month. So, put it in a protective style and see how that changes!
- Maintains moisture: Regardless of the time of year, the weather drastically impacts the amount of moisture that natural hair can maintain. When your hair isn’t in a protective style, you may have tangling, dryness, or breakage that can result in moisture loss. Eliminating these factors can help you lock in moisture. You can also make it a habit to spritz on a leave-in conditioner that will also help maintain your protective style once it’s in.