“When natural hair is overmanipulated, it tends to cause breakage, so a protective style like box braids protects it from being harmed,” says Ursula Stephen, celebrity hairstylist and global ambassador for Suave, Tresemmé, and Dove. Not only are they super stylish, but they give us a chance to give our hair a break. Here are 20 braided hairstyles to think about the next time you're ready to try a new 'do.Out of all the protective hairstyles Black women cycle through, box braids hairstyles are probably one of the most popular. Whether we're spending upwards of ten hours in our stylists' chair getting box braids as a protective style or cornrowing our hair in our home bathrooms, there are many styles we can try when we want to change it up. Thanks to women like Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Serena Williams, Beyoncé, and Bozoma Saint John, Black women like myself are now unapologetically wearing braided (and twisted) styles in spaces where they have often been labeled "unprofessional" or "ghetto." This wave of Black women embracing our hair texture and historical styles is allowing us to express ourselves in new ways, even if the white gaze, thanks to social media, is causing our culture to be appropriated daily. While some might say her feeling about braids was wrong, if we look at how society has viewed Black hair in the workplace, in media, and beyond-her point of view in the '90s wasn't too far off. My mom wanted to make sure my sister and I weren't mislabeled when we stepped out into the world. Growing up, I wasn't allowed to wear my hair braided.
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