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

Yay! I think I’m mature. Now when do I get to that growth phase?:drunk::drunk::drunk: My locs are solid and the tips are fully loced. I still have hairs that get loose and are stupid straight but I think I’m there. Can’t wait to see what year 2 brings.
Oh the growth.. you can make a ponytail! Lol I can’t even shake yet.. I don’t think my hair has the ability to shake either.. like it’s just not light enough. I need a great amount of hang time to do that!
Your hair has evolved a lot, so I know you will see more hang time soon.
 
Oh the growth.. you can make a ponytail! Lol I can’t even shake yet.. I don’t think my hair has the ability to shake either.. like it’s just not light enough. I need a great amount of hang time to do that!
Your hair has evolved a lot, so I know you will see more hang time soon.
Lol...ponytail is relative. I can pull it back into a kind of ponytail but lawd knows I wouldn’t leave the house like that!
 
I washed my hair and DS 1's hair today. I separated some of his locks but not all of them. He wouldn't sit still long enough for me to get all of it done. I just separated what I could, towel rubbed his whole head and put oil on his locks.

I plan on retightening my hair this week starting tomorrow. It should be dry by then. DS 2 has some crazy new growth. He needs a retightening also but I plan to wait a few more weeks before doing his.
 
I washed my hair and DS 1's hair today. I separated some of his locks but not all of them. He wouldn't sit still long enough for me to get all of it done. I just separated what I could, towel rubbed his whole head and put oil on his locks.

I plan on retightening my hair this week starting tomorrow. It should be dry by then. DS 2 has some crazy new growth. He needs a retightening also but I plan to wait a few more weeks before doing his.
There is this guy on YT that started his locs with the towel/sponge method, and his locs are gorgeous! They are longer now, so he has to retwist them by hand. The towel method gives you a lot of locs too! I didn’t even think to start that way...

I know I say this every time, but you are a trooper for dealing with those boys! Lol meanwhile, I just bought a hair cutting cape for mine. I got tired of clipping a towel around their necks and getting the towel full of hair.
 
I haven't paid attention to my roots in weeks... just washing and rolling on with life...

the pain that is gonna come when I have to separate these roots tomorrow....

As it turns out I didnt do anything to my hair until yesterday...

I did it while soaking wet with a hot oil treatment in it....
it wasnt terrible...

but I wouldnt recommend going that long with out at least periodically separating roots..

also...

I realised yesterday that I'm about 2 .5 years since I started locing....
 
As it turns out I didnt do anything to my hair until yesterday...

I did it while soaking wet with a hot oil treatment in it....
it wasnt terrible...

but I wouldnt recommend going that long with out at least periodically separating roots..

also...

I realised yesterday that I'm about 2 .5 years since I started locing....
My roots are not about the single life! They stay wanting to get married! Lol

Do you think the hot oil treatment helped with popping/separating them? Did you use a detangling spray?

Wow you are 2.5 years in the game! That’s what’s up! I hope to ride this thing out this time. I have loc’ed my hair several times and can’t make it past 1.5 years.
 
Thank you! It’s in Boston and conveniently 15 minutes from my house.
I was born in Boston! I live in Louisville now and there is definitely a void for locticians and natural hair stylists period. I do love that style. I was considering finding a professional for my 1-year but I’ve been lazy about finding the right one and I don’t have time for the foolishness you have to put up with here with them being so few and far between.
 
Lessons I learned with this
I was born in Boston! I live in Louisville now and there is definitely a void for locticians and natural hair stylists period. I do love that style. I was considering finding a professional for my 1-year but I’ve been lazy about finding the right one and I don’t have time for the foolishness you have to put up with here with them being so few and far between.
I see a connection happening here! Lol you got family in Boston? Maybe you could visit next year and hook up with a loctician there?
 
My roots are not about the single life! They stay wanting to get married! Lol

Do you think the hot oil treatment helped with popping/separating them? Did you use a detangling spray?

Wow you are 2.5 years in the game! That’s what’s up! I hope to ride this thing out this time. I have loc’ed my hair several times and can’t make it past 1.5 years.

I think being dripping wet plus the hot oil treatment definitely helped

what they look like today
 

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I see a connection happening here! Lol you got family in Boston? Maybe you could visit next year and hook up with a loctician there?

I haven’t been in touch with the little bit of family I have there in years. I’d be on my own there, I haven’t been back there since my daughter was a toddler and I won’t say how old she is, let’s just say she’s not a toddler anymore. :drunk:
 
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