NATURAL HAIR STYLES TO TRY THIS SEASON.

I am honestly getting so bored of seeing so many people with natural hair out here on these streets with one constant natural hair style which is the high puff.

There are so many other styles you could rock as a naturalista or curly hair girl and one secret most people don't know is that these styles stretch out your hair and separate your coils as well, this prevents more breakage and also stops that top knotting that we 4c girls get a lot. In essence most of these styles actually do your hair more good that harm, as a matter of fact I will advice that you do them more often than you do your high puffs.

So Even if you have really short hair you could still try opting for styles like Jerry coils once in a while, you know just to switch things up.

TWIST OUTS: 

The first will be twist outs, weather it is the three strand twist or regular twist outs they are a good way of styling your hair while stretching it out and preventing top knots as well, therefore reducing breakage.

three strand twist out

Regular twist outs

FLAT TWIST OUTS:

FLAT TWIST OUTS are honestly my favorite when it comes to natural hair styles because to me it stretches out my hair really well and I just get more curls that way with lesser amount of work, also instead of my hair going upwards it settles more downwards after I take my twists out (if that makes any sense). 

I especially love the ones with the BANTU KNOT COMBO at the end as seen below, it always comes out really pretty.

BRAID OUTS:

BRAID OUTS are like twist outs but obviously you braid it instead and the curls do come out tighter, it is also a really good way to style your hair, personally I find it to be too much work so I hardly opt for braid outs.

BANTU KNOTS:

The BANTU KNOT OUT is another way to achieve a really beautiful hair style. I love the bantu knot outs because it can be stylish enough to carry out as a bantu knot alone.

and it also comes out beautifully when you loose the knots out as well.

Bantu knot out

HOW TO PRESERVE YOUR PROTECTIVE STYLES

So now you have done that protective style and it is night time and you are wandering how you could preserve your style.

The first way is to just wear your satin bonnet and to just re fluff your hair with your Afro comb when you wake up.

Another way is something called the pineapple method and this is mostly for those who have really full and long hair. Just pineapple your hair like seen below with a satin scarf making sure you cover your back and sides well especially if you aren't sleeping with a satin pillow case.

HOW LONG WILL MY PROTECTIVE STYLE LAST.

These protective styles could last you anywhere from 3 to 6 days depending on the products you used to style them and also the width of the style i. e the smaller your Bantu knot for instance the tighter the curls and you also get more number of curls so it will last you longer.