5 Year Microloc Journey | What's New?!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- I have absolutely loved being locked for the past 5 years! Please drop any questions you have in the comment section below :)
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OMG 5 YEARS!?? Watching your journey is so inspiring.... you are the blueprint for my loc count (265) & 2 pt rotation. Thank you for sharing your beautiful hair. HAPPY LOCAVERSARY!🫶🏽💜🎉
thank you! I'm so happy my content has been helpful 🫶🏽
@NapsAreTheNewBlack Congratulations!🎉 You were definitely one of my inspirations. I toyed with the idea for a looooong time! Been following/watching your videos and finally took the plunge. I am one week in today 😂
That is awesome! glad to finally have you in the loc fam ❤️
Thank you for sharing! I’ve been following you for 2 yrs now.
nice! I hope you stick around 🤝🏽
happy locaversaryyyy!!! wow your locs look absolutely stunning!! cant wait to see what my 5 yrs will look like!
My question would be how you trim your locs...i believe u did show in a video before but i cant find it lol
Thanks! I have an instagram reel showing how I trim them. but theres no big secret i just cut the stragglers that stick out beyond the rest of the hair to keep it even. i usually trim once a year
@@NapsAreTheNewBlack ok ill check it out...do you pull all the hair to the front and trim?
Congrats 🎉. I’ll be 5 years October 6th.
Nice!! happy to see others in it for the long haul lol
Where is your top from? Also, beautiful locs.
Thanks! Its a dress from a street vendor in Bali
You are absolutely the best example of loc starting and maintaining that I have ever seen on UA-cam. Your routine is simple and your locs are beautiful. I started my microlocks about 2 months ago using interlocking method and I let a loctition start them for me. I tried starting them myself over the years and was never successful. So for now I go every 6 to 7 weeks. And I try to wash weekly.
They do a three point rotation on my hair. And I feels great after each retie….. well I have only had one so far.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIVE YEARS🎉😊❤
aww thank you 🥺❤️ and congratulations on taking the leap!
I definitely miss the puff stage where the locs stick out and look slightly wild in a good way 😂 now they all fall down and look flat 😢
yes the frizzy stage is soo slept on! but while gravity may have stolen our puff, the length makes for a very full bun. You win some, you lose some 😂❤️
You killed it. You've taken good care of your hair and the results are telling
thanks!
Thank you for sharing! Your locs are GORGEOUS!! You are one of the microloc ladies I started watching two years ago and now my microlocs are 18 months and counting. I started them myself with braidlocs and I maintain them myself with 4 pt rotation. You're an inspiration! ✌🏾💜
thats awesome! I didn't have the density for braidlocs, but they are such a pretty and unique look for starter locs
You were my inspiration and the video I sent to my aunt to show what I wanted my starter locs to look like. I'll be 2 years in November. Happy 5 years to you and good luck in medical school!
Happy almost 2 years!! I hope you love your locs 😊
Just plain GORGEOUS. I'm 7 years in with waist length sisterlocs that I've maintained myself for 6 years. I always break my reties into several sessions to keep my arms from being numb for a week😂
Wishing you much success in your career after medical school.
thank you! and waist length is my goal length!! Idk if it will happen by year 7, but hopefully by year 8 ❤️
Hey hair crush! I’ve started maintaining my own sisterlocks and now I’m going to try the 2 point rotation because the 4 point gets me down sometimes😂. Your locks are beautiful as always!
Congrats! You and your locs have aways and been gorgeous.
Where are you on your medicine journey? I just applied to residencies and am enjoying the relative chill of M4 year!
I started my loc journey since April of this year, it's been 5 months now and I am loving it.
the first year is truly like no other. I hope you enjoy your journey ❤️
@@NapsAreTheNewBlack thank you
Dyeing is a chemical process so it will slightly loosen the curl pattern
My loc crush. You are the reason I started my diy microlocs (braidlocs) 4 years ago.
that's amazing!! I hope you love your locs 🫶🏽
I'm loving the layout of your channel and the message‼️ You're encouraging me🙏🏽 I'm subscribing right now ok ♥️
aww thank you 🥰
Yes to the year 5 hair flip! We have the same locaversary, I just completed my firsr year! It's also my birthday so I won't lose track.
So smart to lock up on your birthday!
Love it! Congrats on final year of medical school!🙌🏽 your locs look beautiful as usual. Love the dramatic hair flip to introduce year five!😍.
thanks!!
I love how simple and consistent your routine is, which is probably why your locs look so healthy! My question is about your diet, which affects hair, but no one really talks about. Do you follow a particular diet? Do you exercise?
I am pescatarian and I usually exercise, but fell off the wagon this year to study for my licensing exam and prepare to apply to residency. I just started regularly exercising again a few weeks ago!
Thank you for the update
beautiful locs ive been loc’d for 3 years and i struggle with keeping them moisturized. I will definitely try what you said ❤️ thank you
yes steam is my bestt friend. let me know if it makes a difference!
Happy Locversary!!!
Can't believe I share the same date with you, though an year behind. I remember watching your DIY clips religiously before, during and after starting mine. All the best!!!
-I've dyed twice, I've also noticed my ends becoming looser and pieces of my hair strands (from the ends mostly) coming off while washing for a while then it stops. I hate it but trying my best to look after it, even treat it, but i don't regret dyeing it.
yep! Loose hair sheds. I figured that the shed hairs after dying were already stuck in the loc and were coming out now that my ends were curly.
@@NapsAreTheNewBlack Also, when you dye black, does it wash off abit everytime you wash? Atleast in the first weeks?
I didn't have that issue
Congrats on your 5 yrs loc’d🎉 Your locs are awesome. The fact you did them all yourself makes it even cooler😍
Thank you!
🎉🎉HAPPY LOC-A-VERSARY!!!! Your hair still looks healthy and gorgeous! 😍
Just beautiful inside and out!!! Such good motivation to continue my loc journey🫶🏾🌹
Hey sis. It’s so refreshing seeing your beautiful face again. Your hair locs amazing. The growth is amazing…and it’s still beautiful just like you. 5 years came so quickly. I have about 265 microlocs….my hair is super thick and fluffy…I’m grateful for every stage. I have taken pictures from 4 weeks to now at almost 3 years…and I look back at day 1 and I laugh because I would never have imagined that the caterpillars would have become these beautiful butterflies…it’s gone beyond my expectations 🙏🏾and I’m excited for the upcoming years. You are beautiful sis. God bless you and the family ❤❤🤎🤎🙏🏾🖤
Happy Locversary!!! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the journey so far. I will watch later. Love your hair btw.
Congratulations on reaching 5 years! You're definitely one of my inspirations. Had I followed more closely I might have kept my first set (280ish) because I thought this result had to be started with over 400 locs. My current set is 350 ish and just past 2 years in I'm enjoying every step (except self reties but we getting there).
Cheering you on through Med School from afar!!
Your loc-iversary is my birthday!🎉
aww happy belated birthday!
Your locs look great! You said you use a leave in conditioner. Do you actually leave it in your hair or do you rinse it out?
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Color won’t do as much damage to hair in its natural stage as long as you deep condition and keep moisture and protein levels. I wouldn’t color more than twice a year.
Also love the channel name. I like the information. I’m on my second loc journey.
Your hair looks healthy and AMAZING!
thank you!
Beautiful 🥰
thank you!
I'm observed 😍
Yay!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Gorgeous eyes and pretty eyes.🍀
Absolutely stunning ❤
Thank you! 😊
Congrats! You and your locs have aways and been gorgeous.
Where are you on your medicine journey? I just applied to residencies and am enjoying the relative chill of M4 year!
Edit: congrats on applying to residencies!!! I hope you get your #1 program!
thank you! Good luck to you too. I'm also enjoying the slower pace of M4 lol. I had a rough summer of step 2 dedicated and SubI's back to back, so right now I feel like im in heaven haha
How do you get your music?
All color does some damage. It has to damage to bring out the color. The lighter the color, the more damage. You can try and condition to mitigate damage. If you have fine low density hair, I dont reckomend color.
I was pointing out that the color didn't damaged my overall set of locs. Like I didn't have any of them break off/fall out. I think the fun of locs is that they can take a little more damage than loose natural hair and still be okay. My loose hair would have fallen out if I dyed it and proceeded to only moisturize once/week, but my locs are still growing and thriving on that routine.
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What did you use to color your hair?
creme of nature box dye. I linked the video with the details to this video I believe!
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