There are a few ways to keep hair healthy and strong, but as the name suggests, a protective style shields hair from damage, breakage, and other environmental factors that can keep it from flourishing ...

Begin by parting your hair down the middle, and create two braids on either side of your head. Wrap each braid around the top ...

These celebrity-approved takes prove the protective look is endlessly versatile. Doechii’s braided look gives a futuristic take on feed-ins, pairing curved stitch braids with sculptural swoops and ...

Florals in spring are like braids in summer: groundbreaking. But there’s a reason the simple hairstyle pops back into popularity the second the temps are so high; the thought of hair flowing down your ...

Kara Jillian Brown is the senior beauty editor of InStyle. She began her career at Well+Good, where she spent five years evolving from editorial intern to news writer to beauty writer. She earned a ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. A set of fresh braids means something. Black women don’t get them only because they’re cute, although ...

For many Black women, summertime calls for braids, even if getting them can take hours sitting in a chair. At one Brooklyn salon, these boho knotless braids — where curls dangle outside the braids — ...