THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS VIDEO My apologies everyone. I spelled LOC CRUSH incorrectly in the video. But here's the link to her page on how to make flaxseed gel • Loccrush makes Flaxsee...
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To have zero buildup/residue with fresh aloe, run gel through a blender/food processor for a few seconds and then strain over a bowl/jar using muslin fabric/cloth (inexpensive at fabric/craft stores). It’s a woven fabric that’s tight enough to TRAP even the smallest of pieces/FIBERS while allowing ONLY the GEL to pass through which is not thick at all. I learned the hard way with loose hair. Once the hair dries, unstrained aloe will leave “pulp” and residue behind. In summary, Unstrained aloe = crusty looking hair. Strained aloe = 🙌🏾. Throw some of your fav oils in if you’re feeling jazzy. If you want the best of both worlds, do an aloe-flaxseed hybrid.
You gotta do a new video on it. You got some new fans coming your way. Hope all is well with you and your beautiful family. We seriously gotta catch up one day God willing
Thank you Yannie, I'm from Kenya, Africa and getting good people to do locs is very hard, most focus on styles and products but since watching your videos I stopped going to salons. This will really help me
I've always said like Yannie that there's no ugly stage. I just called it a challenging stage. I refuse to equate our natural hair with the word ugly. 😑
After watching Loc Crush video on making Flax seed gel, I have been using Flax seed gel for two years, no build up, no funky smell, and my Locs aren’t hard or stiff after my Locs dry. Yannie, after following you for two years and using your Loc maintenance process, my scalp and Locs are healthier and people can’t believe I only wash my Locs twice a year!!! So, thank you my sister, peace.
Flaxseed gel is good and easy to make but I always add a 1/2 to 1-teaspoon black castor oil or coconut oil and few drops of peppermint and tea tree oil depending on how much I’m making. I have even added a few drops of Orange oil for the smell. Otherwise it will stink really bad in a few days. I also keep it in the fridge and it can last a while. I take about 1/2 to 1 cup of Flaxseeds and boil in purified water but you can use what you like until it gets thick and gel like on a supervised low or medium heat occasionally stirring or will bubble over. Once it’s cooked I find it’s better to strain it when it’s warm through a cheese cloth or old pantyhose. I line a strainer with cheesecloth or pantyhose and leave a bit hanging over the edges. Set the strainer over a bowl for leverage. Pour mixture in the lined strainer. Grab the sides of all hanging edges forming a ball. You want to squeeze all the gel out leaving behind the flaxseeds. Mix in any oils at this point. Store in a jar.
It's funny you mentioned flax gel. I used to make this as a loose natural and my hair was thriving. Natural85 was my go to for natural healthy hair products. Now that I know I can use this on my locs, I'm gonna make some soon. Thanks Yannie for all of your inspiration and information! 😊 Stay safe and blessed!!
Jamaican mango lime is horrible... I did a loc detox last night and was embarrassed by the amount of foolishness that came out of my locs. I'm going back to making my own flaxseed gel. Thank you Yannie
I just had my locs started a using the two strand method. I just want to say Im so glad I discovered your educational videos. I want to maintain my locs on my own and your information is very helpful. Thank you Yannie!! ❣️
I am so mad I didn't see your videos 3 weeks ago😭😭😭😭 I buy all this crap to start my locks...so I guess today will be my day 1🙈 I been binge watching your videos all day so now I am going to start over🤷🏿♀️🇹🇹
U r such a blessing to us newbies! I used wax on my ends to start just 2 wks ago. I didnt use clips or hairdryer tho! But now just freeforming and leaving my hair alone. Got castor oil and rosewater only. So happy I found u immediately before I made too many mistakes!❤
I can attest to flax seed gel. In fact that was my daughters edge control before edge control became fashion fashion. And her hair lay natural without the gel look. I need to make more...been a while.
Yes exactly every stage is beautiful and 100 you. My daughter has sooooo much hair and was starting to grow into a young lady and still had never had a hair cut, 4c hair and she wanted more time for herself and less time detangling and sitting for hundreds of hours doing hair. She has so much hair doing it herself as she grows is not an option either. I wanted her to know how beautiful she is as she's growing and changing into a young lady, so we embraced her beautiful full head of hair and put it in locs. She can have pony tails and style her hair herself. It's not too much for a growing girl to keep up with for chair time. It suits her personality... She's so cute with her glasses and locs in buns and her nose in a book 💛
I regretted buying the Jamaican mango and lime wax in my hair. Got a ridiculous buildup and huge flakes. It made my scalp itch alot as well. I have also tried eco styler gel, the yellow with the red cover. Got buildup but not too much. I have decided to go back to my oils and retwist with a crotchet needle but will use the homemade flaxseed as well. Used it before I locd .... Lol frustrated but hanging on. Thank you for your video
I just started using aleo vera with my locs and I was extremely impressed by it. I retwist my hair because the interlocking method is something I am unable to do on my own. Overall, aloe vera is great on my hair. It doesn't leave it stiff or flaky. It actually smells really good on my hair. Idk. I'll try flaxseed one day to compare.
Thank you, Yannie! I love your simple approach to locs!! That's what makes them healthy. After being quarantined for a few months, I decided to twist my hair myself..I used olive oil. I don't do it often..and I'm hoping that olive oil doesn't cause build up!
It would be nice if you gave us the technique you use for "retwisting"..how are we supposed to change the way we do things if the alternative is such a secret lol..I cut my locs off about a year ago, and will be ready to loc them back up in a few months, and would like to know other techniques besides palm rolling and crocheting for mine and my husband's crown..your page actually inspired me to start my locs over and be completely natural through the whole process..I just want to do things right this time around with my locs and you're my only go to channel lol..thanks for all the tips and taking time to help us out Queen
I ALWAYS say use what technique you like, just don't do it too often or too tight. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "I do NOT promote techniques and I do NOT do tutorials". There's 100s of other loc videos on RU-vid, I'm sure you can find a RU-vid video about techniques.
I love using flaxseed gel. I make my own to do my 2 strand twists. If you over do it, you will get the flakiness that can lead to buildup. I'd be very careful, if using on locs.
I palm my daughters hair once a month sometimes only every two months it depends. Her edges after 18 months have not locked but her others have, so I was trying to keep up with the edges, about 2-3 inches at her neck and ears. So this week I twisted her edges and wrapped them individually and will leave them for a month. Then maybe rewrap them for another month. It's only a few. She just sweats them out before they can keep. So I hope this works for now. The ready if her hair seems good. We started a tad small but have joined some together. She has so much hair I didn't want them too big for her. Mostly medium sized now and a few smaller ones towards the front. Her hair is too thick to ever be in one of ponytail so I sectioned her locs so it's easy for her to put up in different sections, half styles and parts. She's even done a few months of swim too and they seem just fine.
I wish I could go without twisting my locs and just wash and separate, but my hair grows away from my locs. Anyone else have that problem? If so, how do you handle it? I'm afraid my hair will break if I don't retwist. 😭😭😭
First time I'm watching your videos and first thing i could catch onto is the accent .. triniiiiiii yesss queeennnnn.... I have no plans on getting locks but as an afro- trinbagonian who had to teach myself to love my own hair, I love the educative lessons you give on hair health and I'm going to continue to learn from you... you just got a forever subscriber .. Keep up the great work !!!!!
You are so right about Jamaica mango lime. I noticed that it had changed.. my locs were looking awful with a lot of build up. I threw that CRAP in the garbage.
Omg Jamaican mango and lime jacked me up! I got so much buildup at the bottom of my locs and in random areas. I use taliah waajid but I'm thinking of using castor oil to twist my locs
I had started my locs about a year and a half, wish I knew you a little bit more then. My main issue was the size of my locs, I started then too small. I wanted to be able to do more but loved the look of medium to big locs. I'm currently in the process of taking my locs down, because I was having a hard time maintaining my hair without ripping locs or interlocking my locs together. I'll hopefully restart my journey. Thanks for keeping us educated, love.
Does anyone one know what Yannie does? She doesn't twist she does roll....it's like lil Wayne. And she can't do this and she won't do that... Thanks for the tip
I am guilty of using Jamaican Lime gel. I want to use a seaweed and oil mixture: it makes a gel and looks beautiful on natural hair. But I can try this flaxseed gel. I will try it. Any homemade sellers?
I am glad I did stopped Jamaican mango n lime hair spray to stop itch. Lol I noticed it did stopped my head from itching and gave it some shine but it also caused build up. So I stopped using it cause of the build up problems.
I bought that product when I first started my locs luckily I never used it and found something better. But I did like their hair oil though. In moderation it kept my scalp moisturized but not oily.
I just started my loc journey and i got the Jamaican and lime but it made my hair sooooooo dry so i made my own shampoo and my hair was so soft and moisturized after.. No more J & L
I use Eco styler gel in my locs but not on the locs itself but just at the edges. If I do use the gel in my locs I wash it out the same day because leaving it in ur hair is a big mistake. For me the best things I've used in my locs are Vatika dabur hairstyling cream, monoi oil edge control, olive oil edge control and Sheen Carson styling wax....those are the best I've used and I experienced no build ups at all! Totally recommend.
I have dreadlocks for two years now..I have 3c hair and my scalp gets really dry between three to five days after a fresh wash and re-twist. And it flacks up really bad days after that what can I do to avoid this!! I need help please!
So you know how when you take a shower you need lotion because you get ashy? it’s because you wash your whole body of it’s natural oils Hair is the same way, some people don’t need too but you probably need to condition after washing and oil it Because after washing you wash out all the natural oils or any oils you put in your locs before so now you must oil again after washing but not to much but in your case if it’s that soon you may need to oil more then Others Ik I can go weeks without oil and washing them
What are your thoughts on Taliah Waajid Tight Hold gel? I've been using them on my starter locs and not sure how the product will effect my locs in the long run.
I have starter locs and I had them for about 4 maybe 5 months… I actually starred my locs as freeforms and they still kinda are however I just recently tried a new loc look so I put locking gel with Moringa oil & manuka Honey in it . The first couple of days was fine but I’ll say about a week later my scalp started to feel very irritated. My scalp became very itchy and was even burning so I washed my hair and after washing my hair my scalp became worse so I washed it again using a different shampoo and also conditioner then I put hair olive oil in my hair. That didn’t work so I added some hair oil to my scalp which was yesterday, so when I applied the oil to my scalp it started feeling better but I still had a tiny bit of irritation. So today is the next day and my scalp is started to feel itchy and even burning a bit again, my scalp is also sore. Any suggestions?😕
You can try a bentonite clay mask to detox your scalp. Since your scalp was soothed with that oil mix some in with the clay mixture as well. That may help, just make sure when mixing don't use a metal tool and rinse well.
Thank you for this! I know how to make flaxseed gel. It’s a beautiful lightweight gel. How long do I have to wait for you to do my hair? I know that you do not start locs. My hair is almost 6 months in.
I've gotten my hair locked 2 years ago. The lady the locked me up used honey and I've never had build up and I'm hair started from a frohawk short now long passed my neck. Honey worked best for my African American brown skin hair.
Interesting. I’ve been using aloe m, but I’ll try flax seed. I noticed a while back a few locs in the back had white spots and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why. But now I know.
No lies here ! my sons loc journey has been about 7-8 years now and I’m still looking for a cleanser that has little to nothing in it but jojoba on scalp only now and water on hair for interlocking. I wash his hair in cool water so I don’t dry out his hair too much since I use very little products. Is there a shampoo or product recommended that will prevent build up.
Peace. I use dr. Bronners peppermint soap diluted in my hair. I put some water in a bottle and then i add at some liquid soap to water. You can use any dr. Bronners. I actually find that i tend to have oils near new growth after washing. I don't use a lot of product in my hair. Maybe water w essenrual oils and spray w aloe juice. Every few days
I see a girl on you tube use dish washing soap 🤷🏽♀️ another use Holland and Barratts Dr Bronners soap... One that I use before not on dreads bt natural hair is Fantasia IC Pure Tea Shampoo Clarifying Formula which take out oil/build up
