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

ItsMeLilLucky said:
Well they probably won’t be Sisterlocs, more than likely they’ll be Microlocs. And I’ll probably dye my hair before I install them.
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Girl who you tellin. I’ve been thinking bout getting sisterlocs for a few years now, and have always asked friends who have them, but I just can not justify the cost.

I’m currently researching microlocs (literally right now at 2am :lachen:), and am 90% sure that that’s what I’m gonna do. Once school is out, imma install them myself.

I’ve always had healthy, long natural hair and this is my second go around, but I’m over the detangling. I like that I can still do braid and twist outs with microlocs.
 
fifi134 said:
Girl who you tellin. I’ve been thinking bout getting sisterlocs for a few years now, and have always asked friends who have them, but I just can not justify the cost. Yes girl, me neither, even when I had a job :lachen:

I’m currently researching microlocs (literally right now at 2am :lachen:), I’ve been doing this all week, I’m with you lol and am 90% sure that that’s what I’m gonna do. Me too, now I’m tryna decide if I wanna do mini twists or interlocks. I’m thinking mini twists because I already know how to do those.imma install them myself me too, I’m unemployed now and need to be a little more careful with my money. Plus, I’ve always been a diy-er lol. I bought a few tools to see what type of interlocking tools I like. Two of them I know is gonna take a minute to get here, so I just bought some off Amazon in the meanwhile.

I’m over the detangling. SAME and I just grew my hair back:laugh: I like that I can still do braid and twist outs with microlocs. Puffs too, depending on your hair lol
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I can’t highlight and bold like I used to, so my answers are in bold. Idk if it’s my iOS update or something with the site. Every time I select something, I can’t move the cursor or it jumps around a bit.
 
Man, I’m about ready to bust open one of my yarn needles and diy an interlock tool. I ordered 3 different interlock tools from 3 different places and there’s no update from none of them. In about 24-48 hours I’m gonna clarify, trim, and protein treat before I get started.
 
fifi134 said:
Girl who you tellin. I’ve been thinking bout getting sisterlocs for a few years now, and have always asked friends who have them, but I just can not justify the cost.

I’m currently researching microlocs (literally right now at 2am :lachen:), and am 90% sure that that’s what I’m gonna do. Once school is out, imma install them myself.

I’ve always had healthy, long natural hair and this is my second go around, but I’m over the detangling. I like that I can still do braid and twist outs with microlocs.
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Sometimes, I wish I had done the micro locs but my hair is VERY thick. It would take forever to do the retwists. :lol:
 
prettywhitty said:
I’ve got buds everywhere. It’s actually really cool to see how my hair is evolving.
Those in the 6 months and u see stage with smaller locs are you banding your hair before washing? Or do you concentrate on your scalp and let the shampoo run through the rest of your hair?
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I’m washing freestyle. I concentrate on my scalp and new growth area and I squeeze the shampoo through the ends.
 
ItsMeLilLucky said:
Man, I’m about ready to bust open one of my yarn needles and diy an interlock tool. I ordered 3 different interlock tools from 3 different places and there’s no update from none of them. In about 24-48 hours I’m gonna clarify, trim, and protein treat before I get started.
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Do it!!!!! That's what I use along with a coil-less safety pin for my fatties.
 
Ladies, can I ask a question? Why did you decide to lock your hair? Any regrets? Anything you would do differently?

As much as I hate braiding and banding, I hated the marathon wash and styling sessions on my natural hair. It was so bad that it took an entire weekend to detangle, wash, deep con, rinse, twist, braid or roll, dry and style. :look: I’m tired from writing all that. No regrets for me except I should have done it years ago then I’d be done with braiding and banding. :(

My work loc crush is thinking about cutting her locks. In my head I want to :kick2:. Her locks are so pretty but she said she’s been locked for years and wants to do something different. Her hair is goals for me. I’ll be so sad if she comes in with them gone.

In other news, I brought a shampoo bar from Lush today. I am going to try it on my SL tomorrow. Then I think I’ll do another twist out. That will last me at least 2 weeks maybe 3.
 
simplycee said:
Ladies, can I ask a question? Why did you decide to lock your hair? Any regrets? Anything you would do differently?

As much as I hate braiding and banding, I hated the marathon wash and styling sessions on my natural hair. It was so bad that it took an entire weekend to detangle, wash, deep con, rinse, twist, braid or roll, dry and style. :look: I’m tired from writing all that. No regrets for me except I should have done it years ago then I’d be done with braiding and banding. :(

My work loc crush is thinking about cutting her locks. In my head I want to :kick2:. Her locks are so pretty but she said she’s been locked for years and wants to do something different. Her hair is goals for me. I’ll be so sad if she comes in with them gone.

In other news, I brought a shampoo bar from Lush today. I am going to try it on my SL tomorrow. Then I think I’ll do another twist out. That will last me at least 2 weeks maybe 3.
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I think I tried being locked 2 different times. The first time was because I took my locs down because I found yarn braids lol. The second time I started my locs with braids, but I don’t remember why I took them down. I’m sure it’s in here somewhere :lachen: I know I wasn’t fully locked either time. This time is because although I LOVE being natural, I don’t love detangling. Or hours (or days:laugh:)of twisting. I’m trying to keep my hair on my head and healthy and locs really are the last thing I haven’t tried. I figure I’ll do them on the small side in case I wanna try something new lol
 
ItsMeLilLucky said:
I tried lol. I had some metal yarn needles. I broke one, and lost the other. Plus my Amazon package with my other interlock tools didn’t get delivered today. Guess I gotta wait lol
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Yeah you have to be extremely careful with those, and even some of the plastic ones.

You should order a bulk pack from eBay. There's about 100 of them, so if you break or lose one you have plenty more. It's also way cheaper than spending twice as much money on 2 needles. It just ships from overseas, but even with that, I felt like mine came quicker than projected.

I always make 3 to accommodate the different lengths and lock sizes.

I will celebrate when I don't need the smallest size anymore.
 
ItsMeLilLucky said:
I think I tried being locked 2 different times. The first time was because I took my locs down because I found yarn braids lol. The second time I started my locs with braids, but I don’t remember why I took them down. I’m sure it’s in here somewhere :lachen: I know I wasn’t fully locked either time. This time is because although I LOVE being natural, I don’t love detangling. Or hours (or days:laugh:)of twisting. I’m trying to keep my hair on my head and healthy and locs really are the last thing I haven’t tried. I figure I’ll do them on the small side in case I wanna try something new lol
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THIS :arrowup:
 
simplycee said:
Ladies, can I ask a question? Why did you decide to lock your hair? Any regrets? Anything you would do differently?

As much as I hate braiding and banding, I hated the marathon wash and styling sessions on my natural hair. It was so bad that it took an entire weekend to detangle, wash, deep con, rinse, twist, braid or roll, dry and style. :look: I’m tired from writing all that. No regrets for me except I should have done it years ago then I’d be done with braiding and banding. :(

My work loc crush is thinking about cutting her locks. In my head I want to :kick2:. Her locks are so pretty but she said she’s been locked for years and wants to do something different. Her hair is goals for me. I’ll be so sad if she comes in with them gone.

In other news, I brought a shampoo bar from Lush today. I am going to try it on my SL tomorrow. Then I think I’ll do another twist out. That will last me at least 2 weeks maybe 3.
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I’m only 5.5 months in. And I wish I’d considered locs sooner. I have a head full of thick hair that is a beast to detangle. I’d lose a day a week to styling. A wash and go was never truly that. I’d need leave in and gel, and pineapple get at night never quite worked for me. And flatironing also gets old, for the simple fact that I don’t live in a land of zero humidity and the reversion was real.
I wanted to try something different. And I admit to some nerves because this is a process i don’t fully control. With that said I’m loving the process so far. Once every few weeks I have to retighten. But I have so much freedom. I wash and go. I tie up at night. I love the volume my hair has. I feel like I look the way I’m truly meant to look by adopting a style meant for my hair.
I’m determined to embrace the whole process. Even my budding wanna be bunchy stage I’m in right now.
 
simplycee said:
Ladies, can I ask a question? Why did you decide to lock your hair? Any regrets? Anything you would do differently?

As much as I hate braiding and banding, I hated the marathon wash and styling sessions on my natural hair. It was so bad that it took an entire weekend to detangle, wash, deep con, rinse, twist, braid or roll, dry and style. :look: I’m tired from writing all that. No regrets for me except I should have done it years ago then I’d be done with braiding and banding. :(

My work loc crush is thinking about cutting her locks. In my head I want to :kick2:. Her locks are so pretty but she said she’s been locked for years and wants to do something different. Her hair is goals for me. I’ll be so sad if she comes in with them gone.

In other news, I brought a shampoo bar from Lush today. I am going to try it on my SL tomorrow. Then I think I’ll do another twist out. That will last me at least 2 weeks maybe 3.
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I’m only 6 months in (next week). I wish I had learned to love locs years ago. I think my coily, crazy hair was meant to loc. Someone close to me had locs and we were on vacation together and for some ungodly reason I decided not to do crochets but to go au naturale this time. It was not a good experience and I decided to stop trying to force my hair to do or not do something and to let it be itself. I was afraid because I didn’t know if the size would be right or the parts would work or if I could live with locs. I was afraid that I might have committed to something I would not like in the end and have to start all over from a twa after all this time chasing length. In the end, I just did it and I love that I did. I can’t wait to see what the next 6 months brings.
 
I did a little research and it seems like I can still use my Giovanni Tea Tree Shampoo and ACV mix, I just have to dilute it with water *whew* I really was trying to stop from buying more hair products :lachen:

I think the only thing I need to get is rose water?
 
simplycee said:
Ladies, can I ask a question? Why did you decide to lock your hair? Any regrets? Anything you would do differently?

As much as I hate braiding and banding, I hated the marathon wash and styling sessions on my natural hair. It was so bad that it took an entire weekend to detangle, wash, deep con, rinse, twist, braid or roll, dry and style. :look: I’m tired from writing all that. No regrets for me except I should have done it years ago then I’d be done with braiding and banding. :(

My work loc crush is thinking about cutting her locks. In my head I want to :kick2:. Her locks are so pretty but she said she’s been locked for years and wants to do something different. Her hair is goals for me. I’ll be so sad if she comes in with them gone.

In other news, I brought a shampoo bar from Lush today. I am going to try it on my SL tomorrow. Then I think I’ll do another twist out. That will last me at least 2 weeks maybe 3.
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I hate doing my hair. And I hated traveling because of my hair, having to check a bag because of products, forgetting stuff, planning events around wash n goes. F that noise. Hair never did well in braid or twists long term as my hair is too frizzy. 1 week looked like my hair was braided 5 months ago:lachen: so here we are. Locs!
 
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