Protective Style Challenge... Yea I said it!

LMAO! Yep, you read it right. PROTECTIVE. STYLE. CHALLENGE! I do NOT have the best luck with keeping my protective styles. I normally keep them in for 3 weeks to a month if that. I can never make it to the goal I set. Sooooo, this time around, I think I'm going to overcome that "I miss my hair" syndrome. If I can go several months without using heat (and that was a struggle) I can definitely keep some braids in my hair for 2/3 months.

So as usual, I got some long box braids. I got them done on November 3rd and I told myself this is perfect. I have a whole hair plan for the next few months:

Nov '12-Jan '13: Braids

Break for a week then braid it back 

Jan '13-Feb '13: Braids 

Take them out a week before my bday, then braid it back

Mar '13-May '13: Braids

Now, I was browsing Youtube and I came across this chick BlakisBeautyful (Jenell). I thought I was following her but apparently I wasn't. So I noticed that she had Senegalese Twist so I clicked the vid to see what she had to say.

She talked about how she normally doesn't do commitment protective style (box braids, kinky twist, senegalese twist, etc.) because she ends up missing her hair.  I totally agree with her.

She goes on to say in the 2nd video, that she's keeping them in until after the New Years because that will be 2 months. I set the same goal too. So I figured since we both have the same goal for our protective style, why not do a little imaginary challenge. I figured, we both have the same problem with commitment styles, but we both want to overcome it. So, I want to see if we're both going to make our goal or if one, or both, of us is going to break it. 

Now, I'm not trying to toot my own horn but I have a feeling that I'm going to make it. I'm not going to make  frequent updates like she's doing because I do that all the time and that makes me miss my hair more. So I'll just skip that part.

This should be interesting so stay tune....

Check out Jenell's channel BlakIzBeautyful on YouTube!