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UGH I NEEDED this so bad😭😭as a chronic rule follower I’ve given myself a lot of anxiety trying to follow the microloc rules and thinking my hair would be doomed if I didn’t. Coming up on my 1 year and I’m soooo ready to let some of that go! Your hair is gorgeous girl 😍😍would love to see how you maintain your locs in the interim🤲🏾🤲🏾

Awesome Job....Looks Beautiful 😍

Thanks for sharing! Do you ever braid your hair during wash day? Why or why not?

Gurl….i realized everything you said after my sisterlocs install and that FIRST retightening. I took my SL down after that. It felt like having to a perm mindset culture to me. If they see their roots come in…time to get that “re-tie” every 4-6 weeks,,,,just like relaxer!! These women still are afraid to see their roots.smh Thank you for confirming what I already knew. And that’s why sisterlocs were created with the same “relaxer” mindset ladies…..this was the owner’s intention. Genius, if you ask me. Still have black women in bondage to hairstylists every 6 weeks. So glad ‘I have my thick semi Freeform traditional locs. True hair freedom. Your roots and locs are gorgeous!

Worth it! 🎉❤❤❤

My hair grows out of the loc so I can’t go beyond two months but this is admirable as hell! I am thinking of maybe squeezing a retwist in so I can maybe push to three or four months. I never cared about a grid I think the obsession with it is one of the most annoying things about this style. I had traditionals so I know how it goes but I love how you keep it unconventional! This is needed

Ooh la la❤

Yes that's why I switched over to 100% retwisting my micro locs. I got tired of having to keep up with a 6-8 weeks schedule. Though I have 452 micro locs, they're not extra small so I could go long periods of time without retwisting. I'm currently 6 weeks post maintenance but I'm going for 12 weeks before I retwist. When I stopped interlocking, my hair thickened up and I'm loving it!

Yes thank and it is a struggle to find styles with fresh micro locs. All styles are with matured locs. And i started my locs with a grid in the back because i thought it was necessary but i found ONE video that had free parting and was so happy so the back of my hair has a grid and the rest os free part. I like free part better because i diy my locs. I got a baby to feed i aint spending 1k plus on my hair😅

I have sisterlocs but I cant afford the retighs anymore and my loctitian is so far that now its an inconvenience after having my 3rd baby. I have started re-twisting because its easier and faster than interlocking. I know its not the standard but i don't want to cut off my locs after all the money i have poured into them. $1700 to start and $250 every month for retighs for the past 2 years now smh.

Yes, im starting to retwist my own hair. I had a great lady that did my interlocking. It was every 5 wks. Now I'm going as long as I can in-between. 💜

I have gone as long as 4.5 months without retightening my locs. Then, I got paranoid about thinning g locs and I want to swim during the summer so back to interlocking for me. I don’t have a problem with holes in my locs. I have 10 coily locs in the back that I am not interlocking. The texture of my hair is probably 4C here. Each of these locs is the dimension of a coil of hair. I wish all my locs were like this but my hair texture changes across my scalp. New subscriber here. I’m interested to see how your experiment goes. I have 212 locs and they are fat compared to yours. 😊

I’m grown so will do whatever I want. I get reties every 6-8 weeks to make sure my new growth doesn’t merge and tangle. I’ve never heard of retwisting, but I know I’m not doing that to 400+ locks. It’s just easier for me to go to my loctician and sit for 2-3 hours and that plus weekly washing is all I have to do. That’s very low maintenance for me.

Im getting ready to get microlocks a very difficult decision because I don't like permanent decisions especially for my hair but Ive made up my mind

Yes, we need a routine

I think say your rate you can retie twice a year and keep between maintenance via retwisting

Yes please on the maintainance

Super cute ❤

Beautiful

Thanks for this video! I'm about 3 months between reties

Thank you so much! I needed to hear all of this! Your hair is absolutely beautiful and I love those glasses.

i feel when you retie so often the hair thins out faster

i love when my clients hair has grown out its soooo pretty.

my clients het their retie about 2times a year. and their hair is healthy. it all depends on their growth

Big wow. Youre very skilled.

Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤😊

Definitely need this routine because my ends are bigger then my root space now & it’s painful interlocking ..I also know that’s very unhealthy & I don’t want my hair to break trying to pull them through the root..

Thank you for this !!! I’m kind of struggling almost a year locced in . I’m like do I continue to retie even though I want to start retwisting to give the trauma of reties a break to my hair for a while . I’m like girl do what you want to do it’s your hair !! It’s a journey and good and bad lessons are there . Again thank you for this confirmation !!! Our hair is an extension of us , we are ALL unique and our hair is the same . Loc life ❤

i love the bob, thats going to be my look come halloween. i gotta rock long for a concert cuz imma dye it real good then go short cuz to even it out (post partum bair loss wrecked my locs in the front and i started about 8 locs 😅)

Og no, I'm not this brave, maybe not right now.

I'm a Cosmetologist and I also have Microlocs. And COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS VIDEO. ❤

Yes.

And I've been hesitant to start because there's too many rules. My anxiety ain't built for that. Low maintenance is what I need so thank you for this.

I started mine with the thought of this is my journey. I will do whatever I feel good doing. I tried waiting 8 weeks I was stressed by 6.5 so I retied. I make sure I seperate them a couple of times a week

I’m locked in for this series!

You are absolutely right! I do not retighten every 6 to 8 weeks and the cost to retighten when you have gone past 8 weeks is insane. I've been maintaining my hair the best way I can and working on a different system because I have 3 children, a husband, work FT and am an active mom. I just don't have time to sit and do my hair to that extent every 2 months

My microlocs are 5months old. Can I start retwisting now or do I have to wait until the hair has locked?

Where did you find your extensions?

Your hair looks so GOOD! You’ve done an awesome job with it! I’ve cut my own hair before, but I’ve never cut my locs. I don’t think I’m as brave to cut them lol

Gorgeous, love the shape and color. Do you wear lashes? If so, do you do them yourself? I’ve been considering them for myself but you know I want to DIY lol

I didn’t get micro locs because I know me lol, and I knew I wasn’t going to nobodies salon every 6 weeks. I went with small traditional locs and I’ve noticed all of the rules you mentioned in the traditional loc community as well. They say to retwist every 4-6 weeks, wash every month, no conditioner etc. None of these things work for me. As a person with a finicky scalp, I wash every week and I use conditioner! I crochet my hair every few months and I keep it moving!

I needed to see this. Did a big chop in May after starting micro locs 2 yrs ago. Got a layered Bob as well. I just said I needed to trim this up because it was growing out. THANK YOU, verification needed to trim this up myself...thanks girl ❤

Your Hair roots!

Cosmetologist 👋🏾 and I agree 100% with this video! The Loc and SL “rules” are for esthetics and convenience.

looks good love the blunt cut

I think your hair is beautiful. The color is on point in the bar frames your face so well.

I think you should do what’s best for your locs but seems like you may be more apt to semi freeform and twist. Either or you locs are beautiful and I can’t wait to see the progression.

Thank you so much for this video. Had I known more during my journey, I would have saved myself heartache. During the pandemic with no loctician in a new state was a huge factor in losing so many locs on my head. I can’t wait for your new video, I worry about my roots with the interlocking method, it would be nice to have a alternative healthy way to maintain my micro locs.

I started mine with coils (444) and have only maintained with retwists.. 13 months in. Made the best decision for me.

I wish I could go longer between reties🙄 My hair is low density, fine and would definitely fall off 😔 Yours looks fantastic!!!