"Indefinite" Protective Style Challenge

**esparra** · 01-12-2011, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by afroknots11412

yeah i'm pretty much a protective style girl. it felt good to unleash the fro but i don't like dealing with the aftermath. so i think i'm gonna be a protective style girl for minute. i don't even feel like letting it out the fro in the summer anymore.

I'm with you...I wear my hair in two strand twists 95% of the time to avoid so many knots and tangles that comes along with wearing my hair out. I do like the out look but since I'm twisted up majority of the time I forgot how to style my hair when I want to wear it out

**Hadasah** · 10-29-2010, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by ms-gg

I think you will be fine hun

Yeah, I've been doing it this long without issue...

I can't believe the number of split end I have - I'll be trimming about an inch of my own hair and when I have vacation in December, I'll put in box braids.
I'm having a lot of fun with these twists and the volume I get with them, not to mention the 3 hours it takes to redo all of them (my shortest time yet).

**Blqcoil323** · 10-27-2010, 12:43 PM

I'm still in....I love protective styling its the best for my hair...I'm wearing mini braids right now!

**Cerendipity** · 10-27-2010, 02:04 PM

Yall got more willpower than me, so imma live thru yall

Ive been in a protective style for a week and im supposed to last until the first week of December, i dunoo pray fa me lolol

I wish it was the olden days where I could rock braids for 3 months and not even think about my hair.

i keep day dreaming of soft fluffyness and steamers and twists oh my...... sigh

* exiting thread with head down *

**NowIamnappy** · 10-28-2010, 08:16 PM

I've been on this kick for some time now.. my hair has been in twists for over a month now.. I need to wash them and put a new set in.

**Free2b** · 10-28-2010, 08:22 PM

I thank I belongs in 'heah'! I've gotten to the place where I pretty much KEEP my hair in protective styles. I NEVER thought I would be that way 'cause I love my fro... but here lately, I just don't feel like dealing with it. I pretty sure I will be protected alllll winter with only the occasional fro sighting...

**alanija** · 10-28-2010, 11:03 PM

I'm in. Used to mess with my hair a lot when I first bc'd. Now that the warm weather is gone, I think I've learned enough about my hair to keep it up. I wear tst, cornrows, or box braids for a week to 10 days. Take them out for 1 day, wash, dc and back in ps again. Will be doing this indefinitely.

**Napia Mia** · 10-28-2010, 11:48 PM

My box braids are in for the winter lol! I'll only take them down to color or change up my parts.

**marquetta9** · 10-29-2010, 02:44 AM

I'm new to this natural thing and still in transition so protective styles are my friend!!! i've been doin sew ins, micros, and cornrows. I keep trying to do a twist out but it not working very well for me yet. I just double strand twisted them and hopefully by the morning they will be nice and pretty when I unravel them!!!

**alanija** · 10-30-2010, 04:58 PM

Who washes their hair while in box braids and how? When I wash my hair while in braids it always feels and looks so dry afterwards. Because of this I take my hair down after a week to 10 days and start over. I would like to keep them in longer.