How to Prep hair before and after protective styling

HOW TO PREP HAIR BEFORE AND AFTER PROTECTIVE STYLING

How to prep hair for weave, braids or wigs protective style.  I don't recommend keeping any weave style for longer than 8 weeks; and that you give your hair a 1-2 week break in between doing another protective style.
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Before getting your protective style:

• Shampoo with a clarifying shampoo followed up by a moisturizing shampoo.
  
• Deep condition your hair since you will be having it in a style for a couple weeks.
  
• Carefully detangle hair.
  
• If using heat apply a heat protectant to hair
  
• Blow dry your hair to stretch it so that it’s prep for the style..
  
• Style In the protective style of choice
  

This is optional for people hair who’s not in a healthy hair state.  I do not recommend putting damaged hair into an extension or weave style, due to you it will need more TLC to get it back healthy.
 
Managing your hair in while in protective style:

• Wear a satin scarf, bonnet at bedtime to help preserve your hair.
  
• Shampoo your hair with the extension every 2 weeks.  Your hair & scalp needs to be cleaned while having this style in.
  
• Hair gets hydrated when you cleanse & condition it.
  
• You can dilute shampoo & water in an applicator bottle, to put mixture onto scalp if you can't get to your scalp due to the style.  Gently massage the scalp to remove build up, rinse hair, repeat with conditioner.
  
• Make sure to fully dry hair especially if the style has any type of cornrows.
  
• If you are wearing a wig style, you can take cornrows down and cleanse hair weekly or bi-weekly. 
  

 
After the take down of your protective style:

• Take out the protective style.
  
• Using a wide-tooth comb fully detangle your hair so that when you wash your hair it doesn't mat up.
  
• Shampoo hair with a clarifying shampoo followed up with a moisturizing shampoo.
  
• Deep condition your hair since it's been away for weeks.
  
• Carefully detangle hair. 
  
• Style hair in the next style of choice.
  
• If you're doing another extension style give your hair a 2-week break before doing another style.
  

You may also be due for a Trim depending on the last time you had one done.