Six Weeks and Fuzzy Locs

I am currently a little over six weeks in my second loc journey and I am at the fuzzy stage.  Keeping a silk scarf on my head at night has been an impossible task.  Thank god for satin pillow cases. When I went through this stage before, I loaded my hair up with product.  A big "no no".  I learned so much since then.  Although the fuzzies are not personally desired by me, it's the stage I am at in my journey.  The bits of grey you see in my hair, well ,they have their own journey...lol.  I have a loose curl pattern and it takes even longer to bud, however, I am learning to be patient and that water is my best friend.  I palm roll, without the use of clips, after I shampoo and condition for maintenance.  Had to give up the clips because they get caught in my loose hairs and make the fuzzies worse for me.  There is not much of a change in my loc appearance at the stage. I will need to update at least once a month or more  to see any significant changes.


Remember that everybody's loc journey is different.  Try not to compare yours to everybody else's.  ☮

Locing it up again

Greetings and Welcome!
As I look back over the years when I had locs, I had forgotten how awesome I felt wearing them.  It was so freeing after years of relaxing, pressing, blow drying and rollers.  After shaving off all my relaxed hair, I wore braids.  I liked the way I looked in braids, but keeping them up was a challenge.  One day I took my braids out and decided to not rebraid. Locs were starting to become more acceptable in the work place in the late nineties as long as the were clean and well groomed, so, in 1998 I started my loc journey.  I just did it.  I didn't research or anything.  I did the worst thing you could do for locing my natural hair.  I started them with beeswax and then later bleached them.  I never visited a loctician.  I did them myself.

In spite of how my locs were started,  I had a nice looking set of locs on my head.

 My locs in 2001 (age 42)

Amazingly I wore my locs for 11 years with no issues, at least none that I was aware of.

Until 2008.  It was in this photo that my journey came to an end.

It was hard doing the " big chop" but  felt it was time.  I have been wearing my hair in a natural and free ever since.

Now I am on a new loc journey.  I know so much more about starting my locks with a healthier regimen.

Locing it up again.