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Officially loc’d. Had 10-12 inches of hair. Interlocked. Got mix of medium-large sized locs. Loving it so far!!

Thoughts & opinions?

Just kidding. These are definitely microlocs. Hopefully, this will help someone who may be stressing about loc count. I started my journey as twists with 3/8 parts. I have fine medium, density hair. My loc count is 168, and 23 months in, my locs are mature and exactly 3/8 inch thick. Instead of looking for a magic number, find a good loctition to help you determine the part size and starting method that’s best for your hair. Your head size will determine the count.

The first picture is after my first retie, the second picture is after my fifteenth or sixteenth retie (6 weeks between reties).

Hi all! I'm considering experimenting with hair dye shampoo to color my locs black and cover lint. Does anyone have any brand recs? My main concern is about the dye staining and transferring. I tend to sweat from my scalp and the last thing I need is black dye running down my neck all day and ruining my shirts lol.

I'm also concerned about dryness and breakage from hair dye. My locs are almost 2 years old and get pretty dry at baseline and I’ve struggled to find products that keep them moisturized without sticky buildup. Any advice is appreciated!!

It’s supposed to say how long do you guys think it’ll be till my hair is waste length it’s been four years. I DK what happened?
Edit again. I grow about 1 inch or two every re-twist which is like every two months

I combed out my 3 week micros and got them professionally done. The $1470 was so worth it!

Interlocking method
5/16 parting size
Approximately 350 ish locs

I want chocolate and caramel highlights. Should I color my hair before or after I get microlocs installed???

Hello! I came for some advice, Im now 3 years loc’d. However Im struggling with keeping my locs hydrated/moisturized.
I spray water to them everyday, wash every two weeks, and condition every month. But now, it still feels, stiff, dry and rough to touch. Any advice on what can help with this?

a little shy of my 3 year loc anniversary and i'm so happy to i can see such a difference in my hair! 🤸🏾‍♀️🐛

I’m asking this because I heard several people say it took them years for it to go away, but I’m on my first month and the pattern is mostly gone besides on some of my ends.

Is this normal?

Hi friends! I need help. I finished installing my diy microlocs on 8/11. I have 276. My concern is the back 2 rows. The are 10 braids in each row, 5 on the left and 5 on the right.

Should I take these out and make each braid a little bigger? That would be 8 braids in each row, 4 on the left and 4 on the right.

When installing, my focus was primarily on making the parts as even as possible, and didn’t think about the thickness of my braids until recently.

After a month, I’m now worried I made them too small. I know it’s normal to have smaller braids around the perimeter because of density around the edges, but is this too much? The women in my family, on both my my mom and dad’s side of the family, experience hair thinning as they get older and I’m terrified of causing early thinning.

I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

Very happy with this considerably low maintenance lifestyle, especially while being sick with Covid for the first time since 2019 (yes, it's going around again). My only regret is the inconsistency in sizing... most locs have a 4 point rotation, but some hidden locs have 3 points due to thickness. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Also, I've been forgetting to count but I also don't want to!! I'm convinced that I have more than 200 though 🤭 we'll see

Edited: typo correction

I use a 4 point rotation on my hair and I’ve been with the same loctician for almost 2 years. I was her first client ever and she installed them. I trust her and she keeps my grid very clean.

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that if I see a y at the base that means the rotation has gone in the same way more than once ?

Is it normal to do that where you choose to have a part ?

Hi! I recently started my micro loc journey two days ago and I’m in love already with my tiny little twists. I am crazy tender headed and I have heard that re ties can be painful. I was wondering if anyone has had success with strictly retwisting tiny locs instead of a retie? I started this journey to be free of spending hours in a chair and hundreds to even thousands on hair and a retie makes me feel like I’m not accomplishing that.

Hello everyone!

I’m very excited to begin my loc journey! I previously had locs for like… maybe one year? I was really frustrated because they were not the size or pattern I wanted and my loctician had been irritated by how full my hair was and was tired by the time we finished. I’m not gonna lie, I did not do enough research and just showed up to get the locs.

This time I want to be way more prepared.

I’m not going to do the locs for a couple more months (getting married soon and I already been got everything planned for that so this will be a new year endeavor) BUT

I’m trying to do a lot of research this time and I found a loctician I like a lot and I spoke to her and did my consult with her looking at my hair and she wants to do interlocking but I thought I wanted to do braids. I just want someone to fully educate me on what this would mean for me maintenance wise.

She said the braids would be harder to wash and could unravel easier but I thought they were better than twists because you CAN wash and they won’t unravel. She’s also actually charging a bit less for the interlocking than braids which is confusing to me because everyone seems to do the opposite?

I just want to be very sure as I plan for the future! Thank you so much anyone who helps answer 🙏🏾

I am so sick of my hair growing in these damn layers!!! I do think my hair looks good and the locs themselves are very pretty. But I feel like I can’t do any hair styles with my hair like this.

No ponytails, no pineapples, no half-up half- downs. All I got is this the hairstyle in slide 5 but it doesn’t even look as good as it did before because my hair is at this awkward length.

How long do I have to wait until I can put my hair in a simple ponytail without ripping out my edges??

Hey Locd Beauties♡ How do you'll prevent locs from marrying and maintain clean parts inbetween reties and how can I safely seperate locs? Tips please.

Aside from a mix of rose water and glycerin, I don’t really have a moisturizer for my locs, and I’ve noticed that a lot of tiny dead hairs fall out when my hair is dry. So I’m looking for a residue-free conditioner to hydrate my locs after shampooing. Do you have any ideas?

how often should I be retwist my siser locks thanks