3 KEY WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR HAIRLINE WHEN WEARING A PROTECTIVE STYLE

Recently, I posted a video to Instagramsharing a few quick tips on how to take care of your hairline, or edges, while wearing protective styles. I shared three main ideas there on how to keep the f...

ARE YOU PROPERLY PREPPING YOUR HAIR FOR PROTECTIVE STYLING?

If one of your resolutions is working out, then you know that a key part of exercise is your warm up. Warming up is important because it primes your body for vigorous activity so that you don’t hurt yourself; it readies your respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, musculoskeletal and nervous systems to adapt with ease to the physical exertion ahead.  My Protective Styles line does the exact same favor for your hair by priming it to withstand the wear and tear of styling.

WHAT IS POROSITY?: HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR HAIR IS RETAINING THE MOISTURE IT NEEDS TO THRIVE

As I’ve mentioned in a previous blog post, there are certain characteristics about your hair that are important to know and understand. Those characteristics include your hair’s texture, density, strength, and porosity levels. I’ve talked texture before here.While hair density is the number of strands packed together on your head and hair strength is based on how resistant your hair is to breakage when force is applied to it (such as pulling or combing), porosity is particularly important to consider because it is all about your hair’s ability to absorb and retain moisture. Your hair can possess low, normal or high porosity levels.