 guys and welcome back to my channel thanks so much for tuning in for another video if you are new to my channel welcome and don't forget to subscribe if you're already subscribed welcome back in today's video I want to be sharing with you guys a short tutorial of three protective hairstyles these are three of my favorite protective hairstyles now I'm just gonna let you know right up front I am not the best braider or twister I am not an expert whatsoever I'm getting the hang of doing the flat twist really well so that's pretty much what all these styles are gonna be they're gonna be flat twist styles so please don't come for me the comments I know I'm not the best twister I know my parts are probably crooked and I know there's a lot of natural girls out there that don't know how to braid period so I'm I'm trying and I'm pushing myself and I'm practicing I'm practicing trying to get better and better at it so just bear with me please just bear with me and don't laugh you know I'm just I'm trying but again I'm just showing you the gist of it and then you can take it and run with it so yeah you have short to medium hair and you just been having trouble trying to find some hairstyles that you can do protective hairstyles that I think this video is for you but these are just my styles you know these are just what I have been practicing on just to try to find something I've been looking online and trying to find some things and create some things that I can wear out or from going out casual so the only items I'll be using for this video will be my water I have some warm water in here I have from Eden Bottom Works their hydration serum which is absolutely amazing on my hair and also from Eden Body Works I'll be using their hydration custard and then just for my stylers I got my Eco Styler gel and I also have my oars edge control I have the original and I have the one that's infused with sweet almond oil and I have some bobby pins that I'll be using to pin everything down I'm tired of blabbering so we're gonna go ahead and get on with this video so without further ado let's get started protective styling is very important because it helps reduce ongoing manipulation of your hair encourages growth retention protects the ends of your hair strands and also reduces knots and tangles protective styling is a must in my natural hair routine to get started with style number one I'll be making a side part and sectioning my hair off into two parts I'm going to flat twist both sides down band to the ends of the knot and secure them with a bobby pin for the back portion of my hair I'm going to section it off in four parts also flat twisting my hair down band to end the ends of my hair and securing them with bobby pins you notice in this clip but something looks a little different as you can see the plant on the little stand behind me is gone as well as my light my tree in the back is not lit and that's because I shot this clip for a second time I originally did one hairstyle and I didn't like it so I'll reshot it again you doing a different style so that's why it looks a little different in this video compared to the last style you just saw for style number two is going to be very similar to style number one as far as the front portion of my hair the only difference is going to be the back portion of my hair instead of sectioning my hair off into four parts I'll be sectioning my hair off into two parts and I'm just going to take the ends of both of those flat twists and just bring them together and connect them with bobby pins this style will have a more rounded look in the back number three I'm going to section my hair off in two parts for the top portion of my hair I'm going to flat twist both sides up halfway for the remainder of the hair that's left out I'm just going to do a twist out once it's all twisted out I'm going to pull all the twist up slightly twist the ends and I'm just going to bring it straight down in the center of the bond securing it with a bobby pin the back portion of my hair is just going to be a messy chunky twist out I'm just going to twist all of my hair going to the side for the end of my hair that's left out I'm just going to twist that out do a band two knot and secure with a bobby pin lift hair hope you guys enjoyed it it was definitely harder trying to film this on camera as opposed to me just doing this in the mirror so trying to you know make sure I'm in the camera shot and I've got mirrors on both sides of me it was a little difficult so it took longer than normal but on any other given day I would have what just flown through these hairstyles if you like this video and if you like these protective styles please don't forget to give this video a big thumbs up don't forget to comment subscribe and to share my content it's just Janine I will see you guys on the next video bye guys