IT'S OFFICIAL: MY HAIR HATES PROTECTIVE STYLING!

[DDTexlaxed]

I am officially throwing in the towel. my hair is fighting the twists and I end up spending the whole day fixing them. I guess I will go back to daily co washing. My hair loves to be wild and free. It's growing and I am retaining length thanks to aloe vera juice and the gel. I no longer get single strand knots. I'm hoping soon to be able to grow hair long enough to bun.

 

[Evolving78]

i don't bother with protective styles currently. i wear twist outs and puffs. i don't do wash and gos anymore too. my tangles and sheds too much for all of that.

 

[choconillaprincess]

I've had long hair and short hair and my hair has always fought protective styles... I've tried everything and just end up looking like a jack*ss... They dont last longer than a day... Twists and braids just slip out and I look like a first grader after recess with random loose twists in my head... Wash and goes are what my hair wants to do and im tired of fighting!

I just make sure I keep it detangled and moisturized and wrapped and baggied at night and its pretty happy

 

[PPGbubbles]

I dunno your current length OP but I didnt find a real need to PS untill I was a bit past SL.

Just enjoy your hair at each stage and PS when you feel your retention is suffering from loose styles and it sounds like you are retaining loose.

 

[Bublin]

How long is your hair now OP? I know when I shaved off my hair some years ago i didn't do styles like twists until i had a good amount of hair, otherwise they would unravel or just not look right. Until that point i just worked with puffs or cornrows.

 

[Naturallista]

I've had long hair and short hair and my hair has always fought protective styles... I've tried everything and just end up looking like a jack*ss... They dont last longer than a day... Twists and braids just slip out and I look like a first grader after recess with random loose twists in my head... Wash and goes are what my hair wants to do and im tired of fighting!

I just make sure I keep it detangled and moisturized and wrapped and baggied at night and its pretty happy

This!

What can I say, the hair wants what it wants. Glad you figured it out OP.

 

[Esthi777]

I'm with you OP!! My hair hates PS too. I even think when it's gets longer, it just won't work! Buns, co-washes and stretching with rollersets or wrapping is all it likes

 

[DDTexlaxed]

My hair is nose level when I try to measure it. I'm going to take some pictures again and restart my fotki. I deleted my past pics. So far, I am doing excellent with my hair. I am enjoying my natural hair....finally!

 

[Bublin]

^^^ nose length! Great. Girl you need to update your Siggy and Avi pictures.

 

[BostonMaria]

@DDTexlaxed if that protective style didn't work for you, just try other ones. I don't do twists because I'll end up looking like Shirley Temple LOL But I do ponytails and buns. When my hair was NL I did ponytails (well more like puffs LOL) and made sure to put a satin cap at night to protect my hair.

I wouldn't give up on protective styling just yet. Just find the one that works for you.

 

[AuNaturalMaMa]

ITA with some of the posters about PS changing as you gain length. PS has become imperative since I have gotten to SL and past. I don't like hardcore PS but any style that keeps my ends(mostly my nape) from being rubbed excessively works for me! When I was SL and above(I miss those days) I was the wash and go queen. I was like "What? PS who me? No sir" That whole tune changed when I saw my ends getting ate up by my shirt.

I will say that I just dont like twists on my hair they unravel and just look sickly. Only way the look good is if I do them on dry hair and take a large amount of hair. Any other way they look like twizzlers left out on the counter for days...nasty and dry and werid shaped.

 

[Chiquitita]

THank God... I found someone else who feels the same way. For a while there, I thought I was just weird because my hair does not thrive in twists. My ends always end up a knotted mess..

Now that my hair is a little longer, I am wearing two mini buns with bangs out until my hair is long enough for a single bun. But yeah, maybe at some point I will revisit twists, but my hair seems to be doing fine without them.

 

[TLC1020]

Its good you found what your hair like and don't like....
My hair like protective styles, well buns in particular anything else dry my hair out.

 

[suns4i6e]

Just remember, everythang ain't for everybody. I personally despise protective styles. As a result, I don't do them and it's ok. Do what works for you and your hair. It sounds like you are!

 

[Natirelle]

[FONT="Arial Nar[SIZE="3"]This may be a little offtopic, but my hair hates 2 strand twist. I detangle my hair, apply a cream to my hair twist it up. Now after its dry, I'll take them down to do a twist out. Thats when I realize how tangled my hair is.
DDTEXLAXED may your hair dont like twist either.
Mines love braids and braid outs.[/SIZE]row"][/FONT]

 

[DDTexlaxed]

@DDTexlaxed if that protective style didn't work for you, just try other ones. I don't do twists because I'll end up looking like Shirley Temple LOL But I do ponytails and buns. When my hair was NL I did ponytails (well more like puffs LOL) and made sure to put a satin cap at night to protect my hair.

I wouldn't give up on protective styling just yet. Just find the one that works for you.

Right now, I am trying to learn how to do French braids. I'd be real big and bad when I get that style DOWN PAT!

 

[HairRaiser]

Like previous posters said maybe you should try other protective styles or just wait until you get around SL.

I couldn't do any protective styles other than braids and bantu knots until I got past SL, but now the longer my hair gets, the less ppl see it lol