We regularly advocate protective and low manipulation styling here on BGLH, but we always wonder how readers actually put it into practice. We decided to check out the BGLH community...
By Geniece of Beautifully Made It’s the first of the month. Your hair is dry and ready for a wash. Your next few weeks will be jam packed and the last thing...
By Fran of Heyfranhey.com I’ve figured out that hair growth, for me at least, means keeping my hair in a protective style more often than not. If you were to track...
By Cipriana of Urbanbushbabes.com Protective styling has been my saving grace and my genie in a bottle for retaining length in the 5 years I have been natural, but like...
By Geniece of Beautifully Made I’ve heard some naturals lament the so-called need to protective style in order to retain length. For some, such styles are viewed as boring or...
Author's hair in February 2011 By Christabel of Chys Curlz The above picture is of my hair in February of 2011 and as you can see, my twists are not...
Style Icon Michelle Melissa writes; I've heard that buns are an effective protective style but my personal experience with bunning has produced mixed results. I typically just fold my loose...
