Lock It Up! Support Thread (Sisterlocs, Dreads, Freeform, Etc)

Damaris.Elle said:
My loc appointment is today. My mom was helping me take down my weave and she was getting on my nerves with her comments! Talking about “I don’t know how you keep them (locs) clean” and “Maybe I should wait until I have a man first” :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: You wash them...duh! And I’m not worried about these men :lachen: I’m going to look bomb (speaking it into existence)
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Yes, sis that's right!!! You are going to look bomb!!! Just let those comments roll off your back. You will be fine. And if you want a man, there will be no shortage of them (before) or after you start your locks...believe that!
 
Damaris.Elle said:
My loc appointment is today. My mom was helping me take down my weave and she was getting on my nerves with her comments! Talking about “I don’t know how you keep them (locs) clean” and “Maybe I should wait until I have a man first” :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: You wash them...duh! And I’m not worried about these men :lachen: I’m going to look bomb (speaking it into existence)
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Yasss...speak!
 
shortycocoa said:
Awwwwwwww....thank you, Queen!!! I'm glad to be here and glad to be helpful. So getting to your dilemma, it sounds like you might want a lock sock or a neck gaiter. Neck gaiters are the headbands I wear all the time...along with my "Survivor" themed Buffs (because I love "Survivor").

Neck gaiters are the cheapest. I usually buy all of mine from eBay, although I do see some I like on other sites sometimes.

I discussed some of this in an earlier post, especially about making your own.

If you want me to elaborate, I can do so in another post.
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Please elaborate, because I just started my journey and need all the help i can get.
 
Thanks y'all :love2:
At first I was a little thrown off because even though my coils aren't "short", my hair right now looks shorter than it's looked in a really long time. But, last night I went out and I did a smokey eye look, kind of parted my coils so that most of them are laying on one side (gave it kind of a "mohawk-y" look) and put on some big earrings and I was like "Yasss I'm feeling this".
 
shyekiera said:
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I started with two stand twists. I will try to upload a pic later. I want to retwist already.

Edited to add pic. I am going to try to document my journey. My ig is @watch_me_loc
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I love them, shrinkage is real! I took lots of pics at the beginning. I even set a reminder on my phone to at least take a weekly pic...still didn’t manage to do that :drunk: but I do have a pretty good collection documenting my progress. I actually have a hair journal too.
 
Cattypus1 said:
I love them, shrinkage is real! I took lots of pics at the beginning. I even set a reminder on my phone to at least take a weekly pic...still didn’t manage to do that :drunk: but I do have a pretty good collection documenting my progress. I actually have a hair journal too.
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Thank you.. I sm going to try to keep up enough the progress..we'll see.
 
shyekiera said:
Really? ‍‍:pullhair: lol
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Yeah they tend to unravel and puff up. There maybe some bunching or what is called pregnant locs. Coils tend to keep a uniformed, cylinder look. With two strand twists the hair may take a little longer to tangle and loc, plus the ends may or may not seal depending on the texture.

But the hair will still loc. The key with two strand twists is just making sure you stay on top of your maintenance, so the loc forms the way you want it to. You don’t have to go crazy with retwisting, and I truly believe washing and getting your hair wet will make it loc faster, plus you want to maintain a clean scalp and prevent dryness and build up in your locs. There are tons of people who started with two strand twists that have beautiful cultivated locs.
 
Evolving78 said:
Yeah they tend to unravel and puff up. There maybe some bunching or what is called pregnant locs. Coils tend to keep a uniformed, cylinder look. With two strand twists the hair may take a little longer to tangle and loc, plus the ends may or may not seal depending on the texture.

But the hair will still loc. The key with two strand twists is just making sure you stay on top of your maintenance, so the loc forms the way you want it to. You don’t have to go crazy with retwisting, and I truly believe washing and getting your hair wet will make it loc faster, plus you want to maintain a clean scalp and prevent dryness and build up in your locs. There are tons of people who started with two strand twists that have beautiful cultivated locs.
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Thanks for the tips...I don't think i will have a problem locing with my texture lol. I'm surprised that my scalp is not itchy by now but it may be because i haven't used any product.
 
shyekiera said:
Thanks for the tips...I don't think i will have a problem locing with my texture lol. I'm surprised that my scalp is not itchy by now but it may be because i haven't used any product.
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You might not need any products, gels, waxes, creams, etc.. that’s a good thing. I recently retwisted my hair with wrap foam and it turned out nicely. @Cattypus1 uses Loc n Curl, which is a concentrated spray that she retwists with and it doesn’t leave any build up or causes inflammation of the scalp.
 
Evolving78 said:
You might not need any products, gels, waxes, creams, etc.. that’s a good thing. I recently retwisted my hair with wrap foam and it turned out nicely. @Cattypus1 uses Loc n Curl, which is a concentrated spray that she retwists with and it doesn’t leave any build up or causes inflammation of the scalp.
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Speaking of Loc n Curl, I bought some of the Elasta QP foam. That stuff smells lovely. I used it to retwist yesterday. I love it...I just had to use so much of it—good thing that crap is inexpensive!:drunk: It might just be my imagination but I think my locs have more movement than they have with the Loc N curl. I’m going to have to use it again and see.
 
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Cattypus1 said:
Speaking of Loc n Curl, I bought some of the Elasta QP foam. That stuff smells lovely. I used it to retwist yesterday. I love it...I just had to use so much of it—good thing that crap is inexpensive!:drunk: It might just be my imagination but I think my locs have more movement than they have with the Loc N curl. I’m going to have to use it again and see.
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Yay! I’m glad it worked out! I’m so happy I decided to go with that! You inspired me to give wrap foam a try.
 
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