Hey! I'm Meso (May-so). I make videos about locs, lifestyle, and everything in between. I created this channel to finally push myself to create things that I've always wanted to. I hope to document bits and pieces of my life and bring you along with me.
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Just wondering if your hair had any product in it when you blow dried or and if u used any butters, gels or anything at all when parting or twisting your hair :)
Great question! No I did not. I knew it would take me a few days to install and worried my hair would start getting dirty if I had product in it. No gels, oil or butters when parting or twisting.
I have one for my 0-6 month visual here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-16V2vOUgf0w.html Unfortunately, didn't document well enough after that.
The assumption about the loctitian caring for the loc is so true. I was going to mine for reties and several months later I noticed a very thin based loc. I wonder why she would not bring this up or address it for something that will need close monitoring. Soon enough I just stopped going to her for my reties because it wasn't worth it. I started my own reties which was time consuming but at least I was able to monitor my strands better and catch things. That loctitian lady was just retying and giving no other services.
I really think this is coming from people who are not formally trained. Like people who maybe took a quick loc course or learned on RU-vid and started doing it as a business. Based on some other comments, people who are properly trained care for the whole hair and not just the new growth during reties. It's unfortunate
Also lint is sometimes unavoidable unless you are very intentional about the kinds of Clothes you wear.. if you ever run in to lint again.. you can do a color rinse.. mask it
I am a loctician in MD. I inspect my clients Microlocs always; especially transfer clients. I will let you know; it then up to you if you like to continue. If the damage is too bad; I will not service your hair unless we will first fix it because I will NOT be responsible for further loc damage. I loc all my clients locs. Every stylist is different
As a professional should! Your clients are lucky. I honestly prefer for someone to be brutally honest with me so I can know how to realistically proceed.
I'm so sorry. They combined it without your consent? I would say go back and ask to uncombine them especially since you didn't ask for that OR if this just happened in your last retie, you can uncombine them yourself. It will take a lot of effort & patience. Hopefully they only combined a few and not a lot.
I'm guilty of all except the bonnet. I do wear my bonnet religiously. I also started my Locs with a two strand twist at home. I see a loctian for reties, she usually fix any bunching she see. But after seeing this, I will braid and band. I will also not go swimming with it loose 😢 this video was just for me. I too have been going rouge and doing my own thang.
You’ve lived my exact journey. I have Microlocs, I installed them myself. I don’t know what the heck I’m doing but at the same time, I’ve had issues with the loctician. Sigh……. Now I’ve just decided to keep doing them on my own, no matter how they look.
I’ve felt the sameee way about my new Microlocs. This video has been super comforting and helpful. Still not sure what I am doing but I feel hopeful now!😊
I just got my second perfect derma peel today, first was 4 weeks ago. So far I’ve had great results, I would say about a 70% improvement in my hyperpigmentation
Your locs look good. I fortunately found a good loctician. She has combined at 10 of my locs, which is frustrating, but I don’t want to do my own reties. I had stopped braiding and banding at 7-8 months, but now I’m back to braiding and banding due to slippage.
I had locs and was lazy but also experiencing depression so I wasn’t consistent with my retwists a couple months and it showed. Cut them and now 6 months later I’m looking at micro locs. That you for your honesty it really is helpful. Also, I was today years old when I found out the dry cleaner doesn’t automatically clean. And my big mid 30s age maybe should’ve known too. lol at least now we do!
@@astoldbymeso I chickened out for Tuesday lol. But got my life together and ended up having them installed the following Saturday. I love them. I cannot believe I did it but I did and now I’m so happy
Thank you for sharing, love! I watched your video when you shared you are restarting your micrlocs. They look good! I've had a few not so positive experiences with locticians at the start of my journey so I retied my hair myself for maybe 8 months. By the grace of god, a friend introduced me to my current loctician who I now see regularly for my reties.
Omg!!! I watched you when you first installed yours! I can't seem to catch a break with locticians and I'm learning that the self-retie life is just not for me but we'll see what happens. Thank you for watching! ❤️
I don’t know who your dealing with but if who does your loc retie should say something thing to you and should assess your hair because that is just good customer service and will ensure your patronage. When they give you the ex sample like u got run because it’s just a matter of time before something happens and makes u feel comfortable.
I'm 5 days into my loc journey, and I have no intention of seeing a loctician. Humans have been locking their hair for thousands of years, and I doubt that the ancient people of India had locticians. But getting back to the 21st Century, I can use RU-vid University and learn how to maintain my hair myself.
I get it. I think the biggest issue rn is people just don't have the time anymore and depending on how small your locs are, it can be very labor intensive.
I think if you call yourself a "loctician" you should be able to do with or without a grid. C'mon, you wanna get paid like one, do the work like one.🤷🏾♀️ Period!
Update: I've gotten a lot of comments and now I know it's not normal for a loctician to not make sure the rest of your hair is good outside of reties! Y'all I've been bamboozled by these people and I want to fight 😭 since posting this video, I've experienced 2 more locticians and I'm ready to write a book called "Surviving loctician trauma" 😭
