Loc Me Tae

Going blonde spring 23’, i knew my maintenance/regimen would increase from a ⭐️ to ⭐️⭐️⭐️ wanted level on GTA.
Meaning quick wash & goes with a lil moisture to the scalp take a little longer.

I made the decision to go blonde once I knew my locs were in their elder/mature state, meaning they’d dropped (no shrinkage), the locking pattern was apparent & established, and I no longer needed to BRAID & BAND.

AKA around my 4 year anniversary of having
I say this out-loud simply because color/bleach is a detailed topic I always discuss in consultations for installs or transfers.

Color it before the install, I encourage— and even if you don’t, you’re still going to have to wait minimum 2 years before you can introduce color/bleach to them again.

Don’t stop reading the post now, sis. I know you ain’t like that answer. I don’t give a damn.

Coloring baby locs or while in your teen phase of locking will cause so much slippage, holes, shedding & unraveling, you’ll hinder the locking process tenfold.

And then you also lifted a level or three? Phew— it’s taking even longer to lock.
Because that’s the whole point of these things. Is to loc up to add more leisure to your life.

Color is a beautiful thing but something I dont greenlight for clients until I know for sure that their locs are ready. The same practice went for me.
Being blonde now, mainly consists of fighting the brassiness & dryness that comes with lifting. Often with any type of hair, maintaining requires a purple shampoo/conditoner combo.

I found mines with alma extract conditoner mixed in with violet cream conditioner & daddy-o shampoo. After a good shampoo & scratch of the scalp, I load both products on scalp & locs— go scroll tiktok for 15 to 25 minutes of 🧠rot, then 🚿 with cool water.

This combo (minus the tiktok) has kept the ash blonde color intact, shiny, soft & moisture intact.
My last color touch up was in March & it still looks great. So—who’s thinking of color?

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Coloring locs has become one of my favorite subjects this past year.
Maybe because im a natural blonde now🙂‍↔️

Or maybe, because summers returned, the tan lines are ready to debut & its just some ting about popping up in a new hair color at the bbq in your fave sundress with a chilled wine cooler in hand.

But with color you always have to be aware, it will grow out and you can either color again or leave it be in the mean time.

The first 3 photos is my clients color, grown out over a year with trims here & there to keep a comfortable length. The crimsons faded to a nice auburn brown thats given an ombre effect with her new growth.

Her crimson from summer 23’ was bold & her roots a tinge of burgundy, that lasted her thru the holidays🎄

Now, will she return to coloring her hair? Its all a personal choice of if, when & what color she’ll do next.

Either way its fun & its summertime. If your locs are MATURE & healthy then I say by all means just into the summer with a splash🌈

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Texture shots to show:
A) Im still alive
B) Having 300+ locs on your head means every individual loc looks different.

Clients will always ask, “This loc looks weird. Why?”
And my genuine reply in my head is, “Locs just be doing ish.”
Not the most professional but, I clean it up before it passes my lips🤫.

The loc’ing process always starts mid loc & works its way down & up to the new growth, hence the need for a retie every few weeks.
If your hair is long (over 6 inches at install) it’s going to take longer to loc, plus how you care for it & youre protecting your unsealed ends.

Youre going to have curly ends for AWHILE. And no—I DO NOT RECOMMEND KEEPING SAID CURLY ENDS CURLY. Let them seal.
Yall gon stop listening to these ladies on here keeping their ends open for clickbait—working against the loc’ing process eventually will cause issues😤.
But we’re all grown🙄

Either way, you’ll experience bunching, curly ends, swelling, shrinkage, frizz, some locs sealing at the ends & some may keep a curl or two. Hell—some might not even make it & need to be combined with a sister.

They’ll never all grow at the same length & yes we all experience marrying at the scalp between reties. It’s just their nature.

But don’t be insecure with how they look. Theyre just doing their thing & enjoying the freedom of little no manipulation.

Remember sis, besides wanting length (yall aint got to lie to me, thats everyone main goal Narcissus😂❤️🪞) the point of these locs was to make your life easier. To make your routine lighter. To TRULY wash & go for any occasion.

Enjoy them—and watch them flourish💐

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Your favorite persons has been in her filler arc this summer☀️ but they doesn’t stop the work.

I strive here, in this sisterlocks/microlocs arena, to show not only the locs flowing past one’s ear or nape—but to the equal beauty of shorter locs & color.
If I constructed a pie chart of reasons why folks get locs, I’d bet my right pinky toe 50% is to achieve length.

Nothing wrong with this goal. But while on your journey from 4 inches of baby locs to a 24 inch buss down of rope, keep dem blinders off & enjoy/embrace every phase.

We could have a whole convo on how Eurocentric beauty standards got still hating yourselves with short hair, no matter the medium (🗣️cough, cough: getting extensions off the rip when 82% of yall dont need em).

But I’m not at the podium for that. I’m here to say take a photo of your hair from beginning to now. Embrace having your locs at every length & phase. Get them cute pins, scarves & ribbons now & use em.

Starting with shorter locs is better anyway—once they hit a certain point, they “drop” and shrinkage becomes a thing of the past.

Anyone starting with long locs has to fight shrinkage twice as long due to the loc process taking longer to go up/down the loc, therefore all that length disappears for awhile. Simple math, innit?

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Its been a brutal summer☀️ so far and yet one is required to leave their AC controlled home & venture outside to play…

Besides sunscreen & shades, sis, get you one of these visor hats. They come small visor sizes for tennis🎾 to this comfortably oversized brim for great 180 protection.

Having sister or microlocs, this is THE sunhat to have in your arsenal: mainly because it allows the top of you head to breathe.
Trapping locs under a fisher or bucket hat this summer will cause a damn heatstroke. Trust and believe I would know (Key West 2021, I was BOILING spaghetti under that bucket hat🤣).

You can wear your locs with this up or down—but seeing as how its so darn hot, you’ll probably have your locs off your neck. These visors work well with short & long hair. Always hydrate both inside🚰 and out🧊 & keep cool this summer.

Available on or any local sporting goods store (S/O to for holding it down) grab them in all the colors & keep that pretty face in the shade & the sun out ya eyes…

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