1 Month Protective Styling Challenge Sign-up's!

 Mommies, I think it's time we give our children's hair a break. As much as we all may love the beads, barrettes, and rubberband/elastic styles, sometimes, in the end "less is more" for healthy hair. This will be good for our children's hair and this will be a nice break for mommy. After all, Mother's Day is right around the corner. ;) I will be posting more details, along with the challengers on May 1st. This challenge will run May 1st-May 29th This challenge is different from our first Style Challenge. There is not a specific style you need to recreate, however, there are rules. 

RULES:

• Must do one of the following protective styles: Twists (two strand, threestrand, sister twists), Braids, or Cornrows *Please make sure the style is not tight!
• Absolutely no heat
• No beads, barrettes, or snaps. *Headbands & bows are fine.
• Absolutely no rubberbands/elastics
• Must do our weekly check-in's and include a picture of the style each week (whether it's still the same style or not) Check-in's are May 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th

Please fill out the questions below. (Name, Age, & Plan of action) Email them to me by April 29th, 2010. The sooner, the better. Submit 1 picture of each child. (This will only be an introduction photo, not the style photo) Subject: Protective Styling Challnge

beadsbraidsbeyond@yahoo.com

Name:

Age:

Plan of action:(I will be breaking this down into a bullet list. This should include your protective style(s) of choice for the month of May along with your plan. Of course this does not have to be your exact plan. If you change a few things we will discuss that in our weekly check-ins!)

Example: My plan of action. (remember- this is just an example, you do NOT need all of these steps, it's totally up to you)

• Wash and deep condition hair with (product of choice) 3 days before challenge.
• Moisturize the hair with (product of choice) right after washing
• Band hair immediately after moisturizing. Leave banded for 2 days.
• Protective style of choice: Two strand twists. Leave in for 2 weeks.
• Use (product of choice) to set two strand twists
• Spray hair 1x per day with (product of choice)
• Wash hair 1x per week with two strand twists in

I think you all get the idea. If not, feel free to ask any questions. I am definitely looking forward to this challenge.

Please feel free to be creative with your protective styling choices. Happy styling mama's! Hope to see you there!