i have very stubborn hair and i have tried to use gels to try and lock my hair but it didint hold in like the bees wax, your video was very helpful thnkz.
@shekinahalive . Yes. It will eventually lock. When I started I soon found out that the begining is all about training my hair not to separate and do what it wants to do. When it started locking it became second nature for the hair to want to be in the locs. If you still twist, that would be good but if you don't that's fine too. They will be thicker if you don't twist them and do freeform (letting it lock on it's own however it wants to)
Dont comb my hair! How in the world will I accomplish that?!!! My hair is pretty coarse and I dont know how to go about that. Could you help me with that please?
I know it doesn't make sense but try it. It takes months before your hair locks anyway and much longer time before it matures and becomes very dense. I put grease on my hair and patted it down. If you can't do it. At least try it for two weeks before getting it twisted the first time. What happens is when you comb it, it slightly changes your curl pattern. Every little bit bit helps. It may just take a little longer if you keep combing your hair but then again it takes a while anyway.
Thank you so much...I am in the process of locing my hair. This beginner phase gets hard sometime but I know if I stick with it, the outcome will be FAB*U*LOUS.
ah preciate da vid. um bout 2 loc up n 2 weekz n dat was very helpful. cuz people been tellin me bout how beez wax help ur hair loc but now i kno da truth. gud vid man very informative
Yes, it just holds your hair together. I saw a special on discover about a tribal African tribe that uses mud to do the same thing. I've heard of people using bees wax and switching up once they're a few months into it but I still wouldn't do it.
No. They smooth out after a while. I believe that braid locs take longer. The purpose for double strand twists is that they don't unravel very easily. The only downfall is they look like "double strand twists for the first couple of months then they look like twists with a pattern in them. After that they will smooth out and you can't tell how they were started.
Hi I loved that video. It was very informative. I have natural hair and dont intend to get locs myself, but I like to have the information. Until recently I was very ignorant about locs. Thanks for shedding more light.
Can you start locking hair using the two-strand twist method eventhough hair is relaxed? I'm figuring as long as your hair can hold the twist it shouldn't have a problem locking.
No. After a while it will look a mess and you will cut off the permed ends while your natural hair is still short. If the transition is the problem, if I were you I would get braids or the two strand twists with kinky hair added/ Senegalese twists for a year. There are also loc extentions but that is very, very expensive. It will look like your hair is locked and long but of course you would still have to have some new growth to start with.
Sorry to break the bad news. It's been done but most people don't like the results after their hair grows. The closes example is if you look at a woman that has weave that doesn't match her texture of hair at all, you see the real hair and the fake hair. It's simular to those who twist their permed hair while new growth is comming in.
Good stuff. Yea, I tell people to stay away from waxes. I've seen some straight haired people use it when they desire realy thin locs. I've seen them use it just to use it, but as I said, it's just to hold the hairs together. Haha, holds the hair together, that's all, not locs, just holding them together.
Appreciate it. Yea, long as you don't keep using beeswax for months, you'll be alright. Look forward for your vids if you keep record of your process/journey.
I thank you very much for this helpful info. I am very much appreciative of the educating for the word dreads, or deadlocks. I have never liked the word and never allowed someone to refer to my 8 month locs by that name but I never knew why the word bothered me so much so thanks for teaching me. Peace and Light.
Thank you for reading. To each his own. If one wants to call them dreads, it's their hair. I'm not going to dog them out. My choice is the same as yours, not to call them that.
good info but well sum methods & waxes will work on people hair for example bees wax or dreadwax is bad for black people not for white people though because majority of black people hair is nappy but white people's hair are staright or curly
(im black if u r wonderin) & yes it does depend on the texture of your hair my friend had comb twist but they didnt last long when she got comb coils it lasted so it does depend on hair texture
People with straight hair (white,asian,indian, native am. etc) do have other methods and use waxes in their hair but that is just to get them the desirable size and to appear that they are locked. However time is the best thing for them too. Many of them just don't comb their hair. If you notice sometime they will wrap the ends with thread/yarn to group certain hairs together. Time is still the key. Eyeheartchrist has answered many of my questions about "white hair". Thanks for commenting.
Because they use it doesn't necessarily mean it's good for them. Build up is build up. I'm just sharing information. Thanks for your comments, I appreciate it.
Very infomartive...something tho is that I heard its wway harder to take out locks if they are knotted together from latch hooking or from what I do with a hair pin similar to latch hooking. I read somewhere that its called permanent locs.
Yes. Good point, it's because it is kind of knotted from the root. It's simular if you braid your hair but intertwine the hairs while you do it. Another way I've seen is called rip & twist where you double strand twist but pull the hair into different double strands in the middle so that it is not 2 groups of hairs twisted together throughout the whole twist. Thanks for that comment. I wouldn't call the hair locked yet but you are correct, you probably can't take it apart.
i have very stubborn hair and i have tried to use gels to try and lock my hair but it didint hold in like the bees wax, your video was very helpful thnkz.
MrIcekidd11 1 year ago
i need help
shekinahalive 1 year ago
okay i hope u get this... is it posable to start locks with rubber bands on the roots thats what i did.???
shekinahalive 1 year ago
@shekinahalive . Yes. It will eventually lock. When I started I soon found out that the begining is all about training my hair not to separate and do what it wants to do. When it started locking it became second nature for the hair to want to be in the locs. If you still twist, that would be good but if you don't that's fine too. They will be thicker if you don't twist them and do freeform (letting it lock on it's own however it wants to)
Troxler1911 1 year ago
Dont comb my hair! How in the world will I accomplish that?!!! My hair is pretty coarse and I dont know how to go about that. Could you help me with that please?
LOJETE85 2 years ago
I know it doesn't make sense but try it. It takes months before your hair locks anyway and much longer time before it matures and becomes very dense. I put grease on my hair and patted it down. If you can't do it. At least try it for two weeks before getting it twisted the first time. What happens is when you comb it, it slightly changes your curl pattern. Every little bit bit helps. It may just take a little longer if you keep combing your hair but then again it takes a while anyway.
Troxler1911 2 years ago
Thank you so much...I am in the process of locing my hair. This beginner phase gets hard sometime but I know if I stick with it, the outcome will be FAB*U*LOUS.
diannia07 2 years ago
You'll be fine
Troxler1911 2 years ago
that last slide was deep... a good inspiration for my loc journey
BigTiger08 2 years ago
Thanks, I'm on my fourth month and I feel good that what you just said I've been doing and its coming out real good. Thanks.
Mathiavocals 2 years ago
You're welcome
Troxler1911 2 years ago
man very informational i had dreads fo 7 months now nd i just needed more shampoo thanx cause my hair is real oily
thanx man
soulstealer9000 2 years ago
You are welcome.
Troxler1911 2 years ago
Very informative. I agree I don't like the term dread locks. There is nothing dreadful about our beautiful God given hair. thanks for the info.
Vickygrl737 2 years ago
No problem. You are welcome.
Troxler1911 2 years ago
Thanks for the info
ajackson103 2 years ago
You're welcome
Troxler1911 2 years ago
ah preciate da vid. um bout 2 loc up n 2 weekz n dat was very helpful. cuz people been tellin me bout how beez wax help ur hair loc but now i kno da truth. gud vid man very informative
813GooN813 3 years ago
Yes, it just holds your hair together. I saw a special on discover about a tribal African tribe that uses mud to do the same thing. I've heard of people using bees wax and switching up once they're a few months into it but I still wouldn't do it.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
does it take longer for two strand twist to lock?
gunshinestateG 3 years ago
No. They smooth out after a while. I believe that braid locs take longer. The purpose for double strand twists is that they don't unravel very easily. The only downfall is they look like "double strand twists for the first couple of months then they look like twists with a pattern in them. After that they will smooth out and you can't tell how they were started.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
nice!!!
BlueBootie00 3 years ago
this video help me a lot thank u for all the info...
nohnoe1 3 years ago
No problem. That's why I did it.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
great video man, very informative, peace brother
growinlox 3 years ago
Thanks for taking time to do this. I have already began the locking process, but this is still informative.
RewritingMe 3 years ago
You're welcome. There was little need keeping the knowledge I learned along the way. Glad you like it.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Hi I loved that video. It was very informative. I have natural hair and dont intend to get locs myself, but I like to have the information. Until recently I was very ignorant about locs. Thanks for shedding more light.
enaruvie 3 years ago
Glad I could help. That's why I did it. I didn't find much info in one place, so I made the vid.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Can you start locking hair using the two-strand twist method eventhough hair is relaxed? I'm figuring as long as your hair can hold the twist it shouldn't have a problem locking.
brinny776 3 years ago
No. After a while it will look a mess and you will cut off the permed ends while your natural hair is still short. If the transition is the problem, if I were you I would get braids or the two strand twists with kinky hair added/ Senegalese twists for a year. There are also loc extentions but that is very, very expensive. It will look like your hair is locked and long but of course you would still have to have some new growth to start with.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Sorry to break the bad news. It's been done but most people don't like the results after their hair grows. The closes example is if you look at a woman that has weave that doesn't match her texture of hair at all, you see the real hair and the fake hair. It's simular to those who twist their permed hair while new growth is comming in.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Yes, I didn't want to go too far detailed about Haile Selassie I because I didn't want to get off focus. Thanks for your comment.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Good stuff. Yea, I tell people to stay away from waxes. I've seen some straight haired people use it when they desire realy thin locs. I've seen them use it just to use it, but as I said, it's just to hold the hairs together. Haha, holds the hair together, that's all, not locs, just holding them together.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
i got my locks 4 days ago, i bought beeswax because they didnt had jamaican mango & lime no more, hopefully they'll have it next week.
nice video, bless.
JunOakaDJ 3 years ago
Appreciate it. Yea, long as you don't keep using beeswax for months, you'll be alright. Look forward for your vids if you keep record of your process/journey.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
I thank you very much for this helpful info. I am very much appreciative of the educating for the word dreads, or deadlocks. I have never liked the word and never allowed someone to refer to my 8 month locs by that name but I never knew why the word bothered me so much so thanks for teaching me. Peace and Light.
ausethetep 3 years ago
Thank you for reading. To each his own. If one wants to call them dreads, it's their hair. I'm not going to dog them out. My choice is the same as yours, not to call them that.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
good info but well sum methods & waxes will work on people hair for example bees wax or dreadwax is bad for black people not for white people though because majority of black people hair is nappy but white people's hair are staright or curly
(im black if u r wonderin) & yes it does depend on the texture of your hair my friend had comb twist but they didnt last long when she got comb coils it lasted so it does depend on hair texture
mookie819 3 years ago
People with straight hair (white,asian,indian, native am. etc) do have other methods and use waxes in their hair but that is just to get them the desirable size and to appear that they are locked. However time is the best thing for them too. Many of them just don't comb their hair. If you notice sometime they will wrap the ends with thread/yarn to group certain hairs together. Time is still the key. Eyeheartchrist has answered many of my questions about "white hair". Thanks for commenting.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Because they use it doesn't necessarily mean it's good for them. Build up is build up. I'm just sharing information. Thanks for your comments, I appreciate it.
Troxler1911 3 years ago
Very infomartive...something tho is that I heard its wway harder to take out locks if they are knotted together from latch hooking or from what I do with a hair pin similar to latch hooking. I read somewhere that its called permanent locs.
Yanaaboo 3 years ago
Yes. Good point, it's because it is kind of knotted from the root. It's simular if you braid your hair but intertwine the hairs while you do it. Another way I've seen is called rip & twist where you double strand twist but pull the hair into different double strands in the middle so that it is not 2 groups of hairs twisted together throughout the whole twist. Thanks for that comment. I wouldn't call the hair locked yet but you are correct, you probably can't take it apart.
Troxler1911 3 years ago