19 Standout, Celeb-Approved Ways to Style Your Box Braids This Summer

For as long as I can remember, summer has been the unofficial box braid season. Obviously, the protective style is a year-round look that’s hardly confined to a specific type of weather. But when the weather warms up, I almost always see an uptick in braided styles in my neighborhood and amongst my fellow black girlfriends. And with that comes a desire to know how to style box braids beyond your basic down ‘do or top knot.

Though they do a good job of shielding your natural hair from the sun and making our morning routines a lot shorter, the combination of rising temps and hair flowing down our back results not only in sticky back sweat, but premature frizzing as well. Before you know it,...

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