Pros & Cons of having Locs 2023 ✨Detailed✨| Loc Edition 3 

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So glad I came across your channel. I have been loc'd for over a year and have lost a few locs. It was heartbreaking. I thought it was just me. "Finding the right stylist is as hard as finding the right man.." 😂😂😂 FACTS!!!

I got microlocs in July 7th 2023 and let me tell you starting them off as twist created a fullness on my thin hair. They where braided at the root though. I was scared for years to start them but I honestly have no regrets.

Loved this video. Your personality is everything! I’m 17 months loc’d. I established my micro locs with 2 strand twists not knowing that they would shrink to my head in 3 weeks. I persevered and never had an ugly hair day. A lot of that is mental. Once I decided to embrace the frizz, also about 3 weeks in, my locs embraced me back. It’s been a love affair ever since.

i started my dreads myself four months ago. i had bleached my hair and done everything under the sun after big chopping in 2017. my hair was mid back length and i got sick of doing my hair so i did two strand twists. cause i love the look of two strand twists on myself and then i went back and interlocked my roots because it holds better than the traditional palm roll method and my ends are curly. i have a spray bottle filled with water, tea tree oil, lavender oil, rose oil, jojoba oil that i use to moisturize. then afterwards i have a separate bottle filled with the same oils that i use to seal in the moisture. i am loving this journey so far, my hair has thickened up so much. i have always had thick long hair.

I had my micro locs installed in March. I liked my starter phase. I never felt nore beautiful. If it gets better nobody will be able to tell be sh-t. Lol

My hair was sooo thin before my microlocs because of braids, crochets and just combing through and shampooing my natural hair. My daughter's presented microlocs as a gift to me. It was so very welcomed at the time. I have not regretted my microlocs. I love them too. Thanks for your channel.

This is probably the most detailed video I have seen on the pros and cons of locs. Thank you for all the information.

I wanted to add that you can start dreadlocks with your hair extensions and keep it that way until you have more length if you want. That's how I started my dreadlocks over 30 years ago. I started my dreadlocks after cutting all my hair off from damage perms all that stuff ( The Big Chop) went all natural in 1989-1990. I think started my dreadlocks when my hair was about 2 inches and I kept them in hair extensions until they're about six or 7 inches may be a little bit longer. And then I took the extensions off. They were very puffy for a little while, and they do shrink because your hair is Knotting up. I tell anybody if they ask me about my hair and want to start dreadlocks, but they have to be very patient about it and it's basically like lock your hair and forget about it. Don't touch it don't mess with it. Don't try to over stylet either. And I have to correct you on some thing about wetting your hair. Don't keep wetting your hair that's not what the way you moist in your hair. Dreadlocks can be very dry and just put a little bit of oil on them. Not everyday either. And don't wash it every day. You don't need to, unless you've been sweating a lot or something you're overworking your hair. DREADLOCKS ARE FREEDOM! And maybe wash it if it stinks if you've been in air pollution, a lot. Dreadlocks, are like a sponge, and they hold smells and water. Dreadlocks take way less maintenance than you're probably thinking they do. Basically zero maintenance, but when you do have to do your hair or wash it the longer it gets it's probably going take you 1/2 day to a day. I only roll my new growth like every six months, and sometimes longer. Your hair grows an inch a month some people are faster. My at this point are more free form. I only roll them to keep them separated. I also have really weird hair. It doesn't like to lock all the time with new growth. Not everyone has that problem. That is my hair. My hair is like that silky yarn that doesn't like to stay knotted. I have to leave it alone. I also wrap my dreadlocks, but I would not suggest everyone do that unless you know what you're doing. I do it to add color to my hair and to keep my dreadlocks separated and for some health reasons and to keep peoples hands off my hair. But you have to be careful what type of hair you wrap your hair with because of the weight of the hair that you're adding, because It can pull your dreadlocks out if it's too heavy. People have asked me about it and they don't seem to understand that it is my own hair and it is very long. They seem to think it's a hair extension and it's not. It's like if you took a shoelace and wrapped it around your finger and replace your finger with your dreadlock. I do this because I don't want to put chemicals or bleach on my dreadlocks because bleaching your dreadlocks will damage your hair also the $$$. I have done this years ago. Also coloring my dreadlocks when they were even shorter than they are now cost me about $500 just for the hair color and a friend did it. *Btw - this was over 10 years ago back in 2003. You have to buy A LOT and I MEAN A LOT of bottles of hair color because dreadlocks, are like a sponge. And when I went to the salon to ask them if they would do it, and how much they were going to charge me.....They wanted to charge me over $1000 Plus the cost of the hair color. I have to buy like 35 BOTTLES OF HAIR COLOR!!! MY HAIR NOW IS LIKE TWICE AS LONG NOW IF NOT LONGER. It's also didn't include the bleach. That's why I pretty much can guarantee you. That's why you only see people with the tips of their dreadlocks colored or sections of it colored.. So I learned how to color my hair without coloring it. it only cost me around $65 to $70. If you really wanted to, you could reuse it. It's really pretty, it's just time consuming. It takes me 45 minutes to do one dreadlock because of how long they are. I also do it by myself, if someone else did, it would be faster.

I love your energy, keep being you

I love your personality and transparency from your feelings about your locs. Bless you!!! I’m 5 months in on my sisterloc journey. I’m so happy!!! The freedom is everything.

Hey Queen I have Sisterlocks and I’m 10 months so this conversation was amazing!Loving your content 💕💕

Such Inspiration. Now ur making me go back and gather my pics from the previous year. Thanks ❤

So excited will be starting my sister loc after Thanksgiving, lot of my questions were answered from your vedios ❤😊🎉

I got my hair sisterloc on September 30 2023 one week in and I LOVE THEM, best decision I have ever made.

So glad I came across your page! I’m starting my (microlocs) journey in a couple of weeks.

Thank you, I’ve been contemplating getting micro locs for 2 years. Now, I’m ready.

Great video Queen !!!💕💕💕💕

Here watching and there are many more loc choices too. Lovin my locs journey ❤

Great discussion. And gorgeous!

Love love love this video. Im only 7 mos into my journey and learned alot. Thanks for keeping it real

I enjoyed this video so much. You're beautiful inside and out. And the locs are 😍

Thanks for the info.

Thank you for the content. I have had my Microlocs for 17 months and I love it. The beginning was rough but it looks a lot better now. I’m not fighting the bugs yet😂😂! But l look forward to it. I was my hair much more with my Locs than I did as a loose natural. You and your hair are beautiful!!!

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What outfit are you wearing, Tiffany? From what I can see, I like the color combo...LSU Tigers... purple and gold!

I’ll be 2.5 years in my journey on July 26, 2023 with pencil sized traditional locs and I have some side notes to add: PRO: although this may be because of my hair texture and thickness, my hair NEVER smells sour or sweaty like it did when I was a loose natural or wore braids. CON: oil… oil… and did I mention oil. My hair has always held onto oil and would produce oil naturally. With most loc videos, people are always talking about adding oils to keep their locs moisturized. However, I’m learning that I may just need to spray my hair with water only for extra hydration. As a result, every hair scarf, loc sock, or satin pillowcase, is covered in oil stains from my hair. CON: my retwist only last a few days. After paying a nice price for a wash and retwist, my hair looks great for about 3-5 days, then it will start frizzing back up at the roots. PRO & CON: freshly washed and retwisted hair looks thinner, but the longer I wait between doing my hair, the thicker and longer it appears. Like you, I also keep blankets around my neck, however, I have never had a problem with lint. Since my hair has a tendency to grow outside of my locs, I get a lot of locs marrying or loose hairs giving me that “bug crawling on me” effect.

I’m ready to mine done within the next 30 days. I kept holding off but I’m looking forward to the journey.

This has been VERY helpful, so much that I've watched your entire video so thanks for sharing! I've been relaxer free for almost a year and a half now. Just getting my hair pressed or getting feedin braids in between and I'm just tired of doing both..LOL! I'm ready for something with low maintenance. I'm ready to just get up and go without worrying about throwing a hat on my head. At 43, I'm just ready for a change so I'm watching videos on loc journeys and doing my research to ensure I'm ready to start my journey, which I believe that I am. For me, it's just coming to grips with being able to embrace my 4b-4c in its natural state. Laaawd...this brings me so much fear to my confidence..😂 But I work remotely so it may not be so bad..lol. It's so hard when you've been use to straight hair all of your life and never had to worry about frizzy edges or you've just been self-conscious about your roots..lol. But the more I see locs, the more I WANT them. But also like you said, I gotta be ready for the starter phase..lol. My hair is past my shoulder when pressed out but the shrinkage is real after a wash..lol. So my dilemma is first, finding my loctician (which I've narrowed down to 2 or 3). One only provides the coil method. The other two provide coil and two strand. One of the locticians stated that they suggest starting with coil on more kinky textures and two strand on longer hair. Which brings me to my second dilemma, trying to decide if I want to start off with coils or two strand twists. I know you'll get the same results in the end. I do know that I don't want my locs too thin but also, not really thick either. More medium, maybe pencil thick...just a small tad thicker than yours. So yeah, this has all been so nerve wrecking..lol. But again, appreciate the video...Very helpful!

@JourneywithTiffany I was told by my community sistas I didn’t act trap(hood) enuff to rock locs decade ago. Till now I ignored and got it done now. Because Spanish lady said I would look 👀 handsome in it

I have been combing my locs put for 2 months now...I didn't like how thick they are and OMG the shrinkage from where I started. I am getting a new install with xs parting

"Gone n get yo lil income tax together" 😂😂🤣😭👏👏👏👏

I like the talking with the hands btw, it's more visually dynamic

Thank you for this. I'm relaxed and started growing my natural hair out back in April. Right now, it's a little past my neck when it's pressed. I was going to do like a co-worker and start it with micro braids but, this is another excellent option. I have a couple areas where it's broken, and you can see the difference in lengths so I may get extensions to make it even. BTW, you were wrong for the roaches on the screen! I had a huge water bug land on my monitor while I was on it a few weeks ago and it almost took me out!

Loc’s also give you full control over the length of your loc’s by adding permanent extensions that are totally undetectable. Starting with 2 inches of hair you can have “Rapunzel” Loc’s to the floor if you desire! If you don’t have patience but you have money/ talent your imagination is the only limit! With practice you can easily repair any kind of problem that you can possibly have with your loc’s!🎉

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I get my retie every 5 weeks❤ (microloc interlocks)

I think its more for the man that they dont want them with long hair especially in the federal government. But ive never had an issue with braids, wigs, or now I have locs. They just want us females to keep it off the shoulders. And ive been in the military where I wore microbraids 90% of the time and now federal law enforcement no issues. I feel you on the people now wanting to copy you now they see them mature. 🙄 I was getting asked a lot if i have sisterlocs even though I have microlocs that was started with two strand twists. Im 9 months in and still not locked 🙃...so even if you think you got that 4C type hair it can take awhile for them to completely lock.

I'm kind of nervous to get them, because the initial install sometimes looks painful & the maintenance.

Have a start date for establishment soon. My hair is short. Can i do lot of protective styles for 1st 2years while grow?😊

Hello Tiffany Pls can I know quantity of your locs I mean the number I love them

Tender headed consider taking one advil or if you prefer natural remedies take arnica tablets before service

Hi Tiffany, lovely advice. Where are you located?

I have medium size locs and I’m thinking about removing them to get microlocs but lol I just don’t want to start the whole process again 😢😅

So I Googled florida wicks....im assuming this is an American thing? Ive never seen this before!

How is the frizz with sister lock ? I have regular locs and the frizz was major.

Hi beautiful! What is the difference between microlocs and sisterlocs?

You would never let those bugs travel across the screen. Scared the heck outta me.

You look like Letoya Luckett I’m sure you hear it a lot

Girl don’t try to curve your hand talking lol

@JourneywithTiffany Oh no not the bugs 🐞 🪳 🐛