Combing and brushing your natural hair daily, you subject it to much stress. If you want to take a break from constant brushing for about two months and reduce your styling time to a minimum, box braids can be an excellent protective hairstyle to wear. Don’t want to sacrifice the versatility of styling? These small box braids ideas will prove that you don’t have to!

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Small Box Braids Hairstyle Ideas

Small box braids offer a fantastic feel of movement and gorgeous texture that can be used as a base for numerous updos and downdos: ponytails, braids on braids, high messy and low buns, twisted styles, and fancy side ‘dos. Although small braids take longer to put in, with micro braids you actually do not use too much hair per one braid, so they do not feel heavy. If you also ask your stylist not to braid them extremely tight, you won’t have to deal with headaches or excessive breakage.

Being so flattering for black hair, braided hairstyles for African American women are never out of style or fashion. Beyonce, Eva Marcille, Keri Hilson, Solange, Brandy Norwood, Tae Heckard, Christina Milian, Kandi Burruss, Angela Simmons and Eva Marciller are among the celebrities who love rocking box braids with style, and we often draw inspiration from their eye-catching looks. With box braids, your hair is always in order, you can easily monitor its growth and experiment with effortless and showy hairstyles, like the ones below.

#1: Tiered Bun on Knotless Box Braids

Knotless box braids are among the most versatile braided styles you can try. It unlocks a wide variety of styling options such as this high, tiered bun that is both fun and elegant. Buns are one of the easiest and most common ways to style braids, but don’t sleep on them. There are lots of ways to get creative with buns as this tiered bun shows.