Loc Journey Update: 3b/3c hair month 2 and month 3 

“I will adjust to the hair , the hair is not adjusting to me “ lol literally!!! I’m currently on my loc journey and had to come to the same realization

your hair IS going to loc. I'm annoyed that she would say that. Months 3, 4, & 5 were all pretty rough for me. Like you said, my hair has taught me to let go + stop trying to control what is going to happen... not only with my hair but in life in general. I'm a few weeks from being one year loc'd and I'm glad I didn't give up. Don't get my wrong, I have my days where I wanna cut all this shit off lol but I LOVE my hair. and I know you'll be happy you stuck it out. Your hair is beautiful and I'm learning to embrace every stage of the journey. Sending you love, Vic.

I LOVE your greys!! So glad you're embracing them. The fact that the lady tried to tell you that your hair isn't going to loc... it will definitely loc. Your hair is beautiful.

This is exactly why I stick to doing my own. Everybody would tell me the same thing. I have the exact same hair texture you have and it's sucks to not know what to do. But this encouraged me to not give up. 🙌🏾

Thanks for such a real, transparent video. I had struggles with liking my loc journey as well. It’s hard not having any real control over what your hair does. But like you I had to just accept what my hair chose to do and go with the flow. I love it here now. 8 months in. 💕 your hair is budding beautifully.

So accurate, the hair does what it wants to do... I have 3b/4a hair and don’t trip the roots unraveling; in fact, after watching so many loc videos, I’m not expecting anything in terms of a permanent look for at least a year or two into the journey... as for people telling you “your hair won’t lock” bla bla bla... keep ignoring them, they think locs are only for tight coiled, coarse hair🙄 I’ve seen countless women with your texture rocking beautifully coiled locs✌🏾

Thanks for the loc update. I’m glad you are hanging in there and your friend was eventually able to help.

Absolutely love the look on April 11th! Your texture is giving that boho/goddess locs look and it’s stunning to see it on natural hair w/o extensions! 🤎🤎

Keep going gurl. The struggle is real but It will happen. Imperfectly perfect. Try spraying daily with salt water that helps it loc too and also no conditioner until its really locced. Just water and oil daily. I have 4a, 4b hair, it took 6 months to see any budding but I am a year now and so happy, my ends are waving and curly, butterfly looking locs and I started them myself and retwist myself. My 11 year old daughter has the same texture as you and I am going to try to loc her up this month. Learn to retwist yourself too, it is an empowering experience. Good luck.

I hate when stylist are haters on the finer hair textures

Sooooo glad I found your video! My hair is exact same texture as yours. This week started month two and whew its been a week. Like you the front just doesnt seem to like this AT ALL! I do have a great loctician that knows how to work with 3a/3b hair so her positivity keeps me going.

If you have this type of hair. Keep it in a style. LEAVE it ALONE. Tie it up at night and wait it out. This is doing to much. Ask for a pin up and live it alone

Freeform Queen!! All organic! You will have thick, healthy locs within a year or 2 if u are patient! I'm 8 months in & I have a mix of 3c-4a hair texture. The journey is worth the thick & healthy locs! Retwisting is counter productive to me. It's only for aesthetic purposes only & won't last no matter what u do. Be mindful of the products u use if u do choose to consistently retwist. Avoid heavy waxes & gels! Oil & water works best! I do coldwater rinses 2-3 times a week & I wash my locs with raw african black soap about once every 2 weeks, sometimes once a month. I spritz with my own herbal rose water daily & I put rose/lavender oil with a little vitamin e occasionally when needed! I recently did an acv/baking soda soak during month 7 to remove all buildup & rebalance the ph levels of my scalp! I wish u the best on your journey!! Peace & blessings! ❤️

Erin put you in the game sis ❤

Your videos are the REALEST and your hair is beautiful…but girl you had me dying laughing LOL. I felt your pain 🤣🤣🤣. I just loc’d YESTERDAY…pray fa me!!!

I have the same hair texture, I’m 10 months in, it definitely starts forming and doing it own thing. The ends and roots for me are still the hardest to deal with bc my roots, like yours, don’t want to stay twisted and the ends are still super loose and curly. Bright side, it looks cool like natural goddess locs 😂

I think it really looks good, it’s just gone take a little time an patience.

Girl I understand everything !!!!!!!!im bout to be on month 3 it’s been real

I’m so glad I found your channel! I am heavily considering locing my hair, and I have this same type of hair. Thank you for sharing your journey!

Leave it alone !! You keep fiddling with it, touching, running your fingers through, styling, brushing etc… 🤦🏽‍♀️ leave it alone and trust the process

Thank you sooo much for the update!!! I am currently almost a month into my loc journey and my hair has been struggling as well, it’s been a pain finding someone in my area that cares for my hair and do my hair the way I want it done. So your videos have been super helpful and helped me to stay hopeful and know that my loc journey isn’t weird or wrong . Other people are going through what I am going through! 💙

Your roots aren’t going to be locked ... ever . It’s new growth.

This video is essential😩 I see what’s to come for Me🤟🏾Thank you

I am in this same space rn. I paid someone to do my hair and they just did what they wanted. I retwisted my own hair and almost shaved my head. I have the same texture hair and the struggle has been real so thank you for this update I know I’m not crazy it is a crazy process

I love how honest and in depth you are. I'm excited to keep track of your journey and your hair. I just subscribed ☺️

damn i liked how the coils looked more than the backcomb

LOC SMITHING is also good for looser type textures.

I jus love how you’re showing every emotion of the journey I’m so excited to start mine

Raw and real. .love it

You are so pretty! Thanks for sharing your journey with us, I just started my loc journey Wednesday. 😍🧡

Thanks for sharing!! I’m a total noob in all my research and just got my hair coiled today so take what I say with a grain of salt but, it seems like you weren’t given proper instruction for upkeep. Our hair type requires very very little manipulation, otherwise it’ll just keep unraveling. My loctician and a few other videos told me to LEAVE IT ALONE. You were touching, wetting, styling, and even brushing which is a huge no. Anyone else with 3C just ask for the locs to be French braided and LEAVE IT ALONE. Only products you should use until it’s locked is peppermint, tea tree oil and rose water.

I know why your hair isn’t locking. They method that your loctitian used DOES work but because she used so much moisturizer it would take 6 months to a year without any manipulation. You and I have the same hair type. I did mine dry with no moisturizer, only oils to the scalp when needed. But when I formed them I washed them thoroughly and informed them dry. Our kind of hair will not loc with loc gel or whatever she used. The twists are the proper method. I know it seems like that’s not what you asked for but what they did was correct. If you leave it in those twists, your hair will turn into locs in about a month

My hair is more dense, however I am growing back a side cut that I’m covering with my starter locs. I started my love journey at the beginning of February. I have 3b hair and I also had to crochet because the frizz!!!

What method seemed to work best for you? I have similar textured hair and my biggest thing is stylists are ignoring me the moment I mention I have 3c hair...

So sorry you had those unpleasant experiences getting your locs started. Locs are fascinating to look at and I definitely get the obsession with putting your hands in it or putting product in it so that it doesn't look unruly. But my loctician said don't get it wet and just let your hair do it's thing. The whole reason I got locs was to not be in my hair. Even when my hair was loose I really wasn't in it a whole lot except to wash it, but I was a product junky. 4 months into my journey and I am learning to let go of controlling my hair and letting go of products that no longer serve my hair. Keep it simple. Check out Yannie, the Locologist. She shares such wisdom on caring for your locs.

Finally someone who has hair like me

We have the same hair texture but I am a year and 5 months in I started on longer hair so I had some bunching but we good now

Have it interlocked..your roots will do better then just retwisting

You got the same hair texture as me just continue doing what your doing there looking good our hair takes longer to lock up but it’s worth it trust meeee if you can’t be bothered waiting can always just use a crochet

Your hair might just be a tad bit looser in texture than mine. My loctician started my locs by interlocking mine.. have you considered doing that? Our texture has the tendency to unravel and interlocking is a cool option.

Wow! I thought it was only me 😩 I had instant locs installed…thought I’d come out cute coz the few I crotchet myself were cute and puffy. But LAWD!!! Brother man that did my hair had me looking like some spider spawn or something 😭 I asked for half my money back and got blocked. I went in with specific instructions: Diamond pattern, locs same size as the ones I had done myself. He said okay but I ended up with so many parting shapes I looked like the Tetris game 💔 I’m busy combing them out now so that I can have my hair parted properly and start with coils instead. Thank you for this honest unfiltered journey!!! I’d rather have this than to look like a damn spider spawn again 🥴💔

this video describes my exact frustration i've had people tell me that it won't loc like keep your opinions to yourself then

thank you for sharing. I was wondering how to loc my hair which is a similar texture to urs. I luv ur hair and ur journey thus far. I didn't know if to coil or w trend. I'm going to play with it🙌🏽

Crochet that shit

omg I love your locs, goals

Thank you

I'm LOLing @ your attitude with the woman telling you three months ago that your hair wasn't going to loc, and you opening this video basically saying "so I've accepted that my roots aren't going to loc." Agree with the other commenter about interlocking, you seem to really want your hair to be neat, interlocking might get you there faster? My sister and I have 3b hair, hers locked after several SEVERAL months because she left it alone. Mine seems to be coming along faster but I back comb and lightly palm roll regularly (too much). I never stretch the roots to put my hair "up" as that seems counter productive. In your next update, can you share a pic of what you expected your dreads to mature into?

that lady is kind of right, however, experience is better than anything else// I am currently annoyed I might have to cut all of my hair off because wash and retwist is hell... my advice is not to wash it until its loc and just use oil to seperate...

Sea salt water helps to loc you hair faster. My hair texture is the same as yours

You just needed to go to someone who really knows what they doing hence the friend in LA

Lol 😂girl you be looking electrocuted in some of these videos lol 😂 still pretty though. We definitely have the same hair texture. I’m on month 3 in my journey.❤

Absolutely love love your vids! Did you look into interlocking? ❤️

I feel like you should’ve started with braids or twist or you should’ve done instant locing.When this is all said and done girllllll you better not cut it cause this gonna be a process

Do you tie your hair down before you go to bed? Not looking like it, you have to

Absolute perfection!

Ma'am I think u should do it ur self so he looks more naturally but he depends on I, but keep pushing 🔥🔥

have you ever thought about trying instant loccing? I have similar type hair and the front my head won't loc either.

i want to see your hair now 😫🙏🏼

Did Your Stylist Combined Any Of Your Locs? Started With 132

Hey can someone please help me. I want to give myself just 2 dreads in the front of my face and I washed my hair and used oil and used a rat tail comb to coil my hair. Do I just wait for my hair to lock and do I need crochet it? My hair texture is 3c.

Have you used a crochet needle?

If trusting the process was a person….it would be you!

Peace Queen....can we get a loc journey update?

do you still do deep conditioning treatments and stuff , I am 5 months locked and I dont know if I should or not

I promise promise you we like went try the same struggle everything you said I finished your sentences.. I am in my 1month and 2 weeks. But your hair is beautiful I know mine has thought me patients and I have time to focus on meee and mines not my hair so much do yeah thanks for the video❤️❤️

Update us please

9:50 😳 lol

this is a hot mess