Oh boy it feels like a long time coming but here we are. Seven months in and they're beginning to move y'all! I predict they'll be swaying by month twelve. Yeah I can see it - "oh sorry is my hair your way?" *flick* teehee.
So, it appears my locs are in transition. Following some of the issues I was experiencing a couple of weeks ago I've since taken down my two headed locs and re-coiled them thanks to the advice shared by friends over at Loc and Roll, My Baby Girls Curls and My Africa is Showing. Shrinkage is here one minute and gone the next and the buds are increasing and expanding. I think I'm getting a case of the fuzzies too:
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| fuzzay-wuzzay |
My locs drink up water like there's no tomorrow. They look a lot like this after a couple of days using my water and oil spray:
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| swollen buds |
I love the results of palm-rolling and I've learnt it's all in the technique. If I palm-roll congruently from root to tip, in time, they'll grow more uniformly:
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| freshly palm-rolled |
Here's how my braided loc is coming along. I like this one because I can feel just how much new growth I'm getting and I haven't had to maintain it since it was installed two months ago:
I'm trimming regularly, especially since I'm starting to get those single strand knots hanging at the ends, but my hair is around 3-4" long now yayy!
Peace.
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Hi lady,
ReplyDeleteYour locs are coming along great, thanks for sharing. Quick question, so I'm in my 3rd month of freeforming & I'm noticing an increasing amount of the random single strand knots. You said you just trim them off, what type of effect have you noticed whit that? I'm kinda nervous its going to disturb to my locking process...
Thanks for reaching out miss. Congratulations on the journey, exciting isn't it??
DeleteI have to say trimming does the world of good for hair growth AND hair quality. I use the term 'single strand' because they really have formed on a single strand of hair and with my hair being uncombed for so long it's more than likely a shed hair anyway. If yours are similar I would recommend only cutting them if they personally bother you. I'm confident it won't disturb your progress and many people wait it out only to have to cut them off later anyway.
If you do cut, first hand stretch it to see how many hairs it's attached to and then cut as far away from the loc as you can.
The best way to know for sure is to try one and see what happens.
Nice to be in touch with you by the way.
Peace, NL
I dont mind telling you that your hair looks so cute. It seems to be forming up nicel. and I can see where your palm rolling technique is improving as your hair looks neater. Well done lovely pics and a riveting read.x
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated Coco, it's getting to that cute stage but man is it frustrating when it's a bad hair day haha :))
DeleteOh Honey I forgot to mention I do not trim my knots at all. and over time they seem to join the loc in a regular fashion.xxxx
ReplyDeleteI hear that's quite common too and suspect hair texture plays a big part :))
DeleteYou locs are looking lovely, coming along beautifully! I know exactly what you mean by those single strands, they have been driving me nuts on my daughter's hair but I am so nervous to cut them off although so tempted...thanks for the LUV in your past BTW!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. It seems the single strand knots are either loved or hated. You have my vote for trimming them :D
DeleteI am glad to hear that you have reached that part of the loc journey, where you start to enjoy it. You look great and them loc babies look great too.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your posts as they are so interesting and also remind me of my first year of loc'ing up. I kinda feel like I am on the journey with yah.
Stay blessed and keep up the good work.
I never looked at it that way but I'm certainly enjoying them for now. Though your last post mentions not being in it for the length I've come to believe length is a strong factor in my enjoyment of them now. As you know, I prefer shorter hair but just as too long was off putting, too short was driving me crazy too. I think I'll like my hair the most when it's a few inches longer, not so much for the length but more so for the weight.
DeleteI hope it hangs better soon and frames my face because all they want to do now is stick up shapelessly just as my fro did.
We're all on this journey together that's why we found each other. I very much look forward to your future postings too. It's like looking up to a big sister and seeing what will happen in my (hair's) future :))))
You look gorgeous!!! I just love that first picture of you. I can't believe how much your locs have progressed. They look beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a single strand knot problem too. Ever since I stopped putting the perm, I've had this problem. But now with locs, I get them more often. And they are so annoying, especially the ones high-up. I don't mind removing the knots on my tips, but the ones high-up require a few minutes of inner-debating. ;)
Anyway, great post. I really enjoyed reading it and seeing how your locs are growing.
Aww you're too kind. They have changed indeed. I'm still finding single strand knots and I'm becoming quite fond of them because it shows I'm moving through the loc'ing stages. If I had knots higher up I'd leave them as I don't imaging them being very noticeable if all your locs are going in the same direction, Also on darker hair you should be able to disguise them quite well.
DeleteStyling them would help too. Then there's Chescaleigh's needle method - recommended!
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