![]() In about an hour, they will be looking fresh and smooth again. I’m bringing them up because if your braids have gotten to the point where your fly-aways have gotten under control and you’re honestly not sure what is your hair and what isn’t, something else that you can do is apply some mousse to your braids, pull them back in a low ponytail and tie them down with a silk or satin scarf. Use water-based mousseīecause we discuss all things curly-haired on this site, we’ve done quite a few features on mousse before (you can check a couple of ‘em out here and here). Otherwise, what you’ll end up doing is cutting your natural hair in the process, which, I’m assuming, totally defeats a part of the reason why you got box braids in the first place…right? 3. The key is to make sure that you know where your natural hair ends and where the extensions begin. Once I get home, in order to get any additional fly-aways under control, I use the shears that I have too. ![]() And as far as the fly-aways, she removes those with a pair of scissors. I’m not sure if people still use lighters to “seal” the ends of their braided hair. And always use your fingers to style styling tools will just pull the braids a part…strand by strand. Make sure that all bobby pins and ponytail holders have a protective coating on them. ![]() That’s why, even if you do have extensions, it’s important to style them with extreme care. Or, if some of your hair is on the shorter side (like the nape of your neck”, you could end up pulling them-and sometimes your own hair-out. If you are rough with them, that can create those ugly fly-aways (more on that in a sec). But just like your natural hair can experience wear and tear, so can your braids. Your braids are killin’ the game and yes, there is nothing like being able to pull all of them up into a ponytail, look fly and go on about your day. And since I’ve gotten back into the saddle of box braid maintenance, I wanted to share with you what I’ve discovered has kept my braids looking fresh and new-no matter how long it may have been since they were first installed. My appointment to get them back in a couple of weeks has already been made. My reply was usually along the lines of, “When you’re spending a couple of hundred bucks a pop, you want them to last for as long as possible.”Ĭurrently, my braids are out but that’s only to give my hair a bit of a break. “Wow! They look like you just got them done” was the consistent response. Also, folks had a consistent look of shock if they asked me how long they had been in and I said more than a month. Each time, they stayed in for about seven weeks or so and, not one day went by when someone didn’t compliment me on them. My braids looked so good that I got them done twice, back-to-back. When I tell you that they had me looking super cute?! Girl, I must say so myself! Since they weren’t cheap-they were done really well but still, not cheap-I also decided to go all out and get them past my bra strap. Image: my effort to grow out my natural hair, I decided to get some medium-sized box braids.
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