Maintaining My Curly Ends | Sisterlocks Journey
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- One of the questions I get asked often is "how do you maintain the curly ends on your locs?" The answer? I don't. I leave my hair alone 99.9% of them time. My curly ends are still curly because my hair texture allows it to be. My hair texture is not only fine, with a regular/average density, but it is also soft. That means that my hair will loc at a slower rate than the average woman with locs and I am fine with that.
I decided to experiment with my hair, (because let's be real, this is an experiment. No one told me to do this and I do not know what the outcome of this will be lol ) and see what a little conditioner on the end of my Sisterlocks would do to my already visible curls on the end.
I am happy to report, it gave EXACTLY what is what supposed to give (in my humble opinion. lol.) Let me know what you think!
As always, thanks for joining me on my thin hair/ fine hair Sisterlock Journey / loc journey!
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When I do my micro locs I wanted to keep my curly ends I’m glad this is a thing so I can see how it looks 😭😍
happy to help. lol
I was on the edge of my seat for this one!! I think it came out great looks “refreshed”. When you got the comb I’ll admit I was nervous 😬 but I love how you showed us the ones that are trying to lock not to comb those out. I have some that look like that too. What a great video!! 😊❤️
Thank you. I was nervous too ! Lol.
All praises to THE MOST HIGH 🙌
You look so lovely, Sis! 🥰
Do you still get single strand knots with breakage? Thanks for the video!
I have loose ends on my diy microlocs as well. I just use my water mix and add a lil more oil to my ends. I'm 19ths in. Yours look great!
Thanks for the tips!
@Gullah_Geechee Thanks for sharing your process too, did just adding a bit of oil & water keep your ends curly even still now? Am figuring out what my process will be, thanks & thanks to Kyla B for posting!
Locs are gorg. I'm 27 days into my loc journey. Thanks for sharing your journey with us...and I can see the difference after conditioning!
Thank you! I'm happy to share.
Congrats on starting your loc journey!
You definitely convinced me I enjoy your videos I'm getting my locks done this week Thank you
You’re welcome! Go for it!
@@TheRealKylaB I did it now I'm really going to be on your page
No, it's not all in your head. There was a marked increase in curliness at the ends after you applied the conditioner. Your locs are really beautiful either way. I am 14 months in with diy braidlocs and at first I tried to maintain the curly ends by applying conditioner each wash day but I found it was very time consuming so I've decided to leave my hair alone and let it do what it will.
I think it is the best way
Leave them alone
They will do what they have to do
Yeah. Every wash day sounds like a lot of work. How are your ends doing now?
Love your locs and video💕. I’m 25 months sisterlocked and I love my loose curly ends. And yes, I comb them from time to time.
Thank you so much 😊.
So the other day I put shea butter on my ends. Initially I tried to do every single loc individually, but then I did it by sections with the same length. I haven't replied since putting the butter in. It's been about 2 or 3 days. I also haven't refreshed yet.
I've had my sisterlocks since June 17th, 2021. I left my buds alone. I have always wanted to have loose ends because that's what I always saw when I looked up sisterlocks. I didn't realize they're supposed to bud at the end, lol.
Initially, the girl who colored my hair left me with heat damage for the first time since I went natural in 2012. Fed up, I immediately found a consultant and the rest was history.
My favorite part about my locs is the amount of time it frees up for my professional life. I have a traumatic brain injury and it hurts to manipulate my hair around the nerve damage, so not being in it every day is helpful.
I didn't use a comb like you did, I used my fingers. I'll also do an ACV rinse to prevent build up from the shea butter. I'll try some of my leftover conditioner from my loose days next time. 😊 Thanks for sharing.
P.S. I have approximately 368 locks so we're right in the same ballpark! I decided to look up ways others maintained/prolonged their curly ends because mine were starting to look unkempt (and I don't mean the buds. I mean the loose ends looked terrible.) So again, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing too ! ❤️
First let me say, I love your videos. I’m 2 1/2 years in my journey. I have soft fine hair as well. My ends are curly too. I still braid and band on shampoo days. No combing or conditioner though. My ends are still closing and they are doing great. Combing interferes in the locking. The matting on the ends is the locking. Trust the process!!
Thank you 😊. & I know. Lol. I don’t want them to lock just yet!
I love curly look on ends
I was just going to ask how often do you do this, but you mentioned once a year. I definitely see definition on the ends of your locs, they're gorgeous! Thanks for this video, Kyla❤❤❤
Yeah. This is the first time I’ve manipulated the ends of my hair since I got my locs last July.
And thank you!
Thank you for sharing. I have to admit that I "tampered" with the ends of my locs. I didn't like that so much of my ends were loose. I braided the ends of my locs. They would unravel and the ends would curl again. But I didn't want to have large bunches at the ends of my locks. I have tight zig-zag pattern on most of my head and some coils at the top. Now I am locked for 13 months. Most of the ends are trying to close. I am happy.
Your curls are cute, mine made my locs look like an afro! LOL
Oh! The loose hair at the ends of my locs were also "marrying" and trying to join the locs nextto them. LOL
That makes sense. A lot of people braid the ends because they don’t like the loose hair either. The most important thing is that you’re happy with your hair. I didn’t want loose hair on the end originally, but it grew on me. Lol
Thank you so much I'm so glad to finally find someone who has my hair texture!
Definitely subscribed ❤ I've been searching for awhile for microlocs trying to decide now I know I will. I now just have to find someone I live in the Raleigh NC area if anyone can recommend someone thank you!
you're welcome! I know the struggle of looking for someone with similar hair texture who has locs! Which is exactly why I put mine on the internet. I couldn't find any when I wanted to start my journey. SO I decided to be the guinea pig. LOL. I'm happy you found me too Shelly!
I’ve been thinking about doing my ends like this forever but the amount of time always kept me away. Now that I’m actually seeing someone do it, I’m interested lol and I’m only a year locked. Definitely have most of my ends still loose and my tech also has already given me the go ahead
I love this idea, I'm going to be doing it for my daughter's locs. Thanks for showing this🤍
No problem!
Your hair looks beautiful!!! 15 months in they're just amazing.
thank you ❤️❤️
Thank you for this information! When did you start experiencing budding?
💚💚💚 love your hair and your etsy shop. I've gotten a few things and love them. Keep the videos coming. Any new styles you are doing?
Thank you! And yes! I recognize the name.
And the only new style I do now is a low bun since my hair is long enough to do that now. Lol
This video definitely helps. I want microlocks but want to keep my ends curly. I think ima do ot now 🙃
Go for it! Glad the video was helpful !
Your babies are flawless. I have curly thin soft hair and had to take microlocs twist out. Unraveling from ends and root bad to where I lost my grid😩 . Going to try again. Thank you for your helpful, detailed vids
Happy to share !
The unraveling is common with microlocs. A sisterlocks loctician would create a nest where your loose hair starts. It would be far less likely to unravel.
Did your Loctician originally leave a lot of your ends loose during the establishment? Or did your ends unravel? This is Day 2 for me and I have curly ends but they are not as high. Wondering if I should try the conditioner and comb this early.
Yes. She left a good amount of my ends unraveled. I had a lot of split ends. You should definitely leave the conditioner alone. Lol. It’s way too early.
Love how you broke down the curl pattern and disclaimers. I hope people listened
First like 👍🏽!!! Love your videos!
❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much ! 🥰
I do this but us Knot Today. It really defines and holds the curls, then I seal them with honey
🤔 I'm going to try this. Are you using the leave in?
Nah. Regular conditioner. I do not believe in leave in conditioner. Lol. Also I’ve only used conditioner ONE time in the 2+ years I’ve had locs. Specifically for this video
I love your locs😍
My ends are curly as well..and I do the same thing to my ends.. great minds think alike 😉 I thought I was doing it wrong..thanks for sharing 🥰
I was so nervous! Lol. It was my first time doing this.
Thank you so much!
@@TheRealKylaB 🥰❣️
@@TheRealKylaB you did great.. and you're very informative too .🥰
So is it ok to have loose ends and not have your Loctitian close them down more? I was told that it would make the lock look too fat on the end but i don’t know if it would really make a difference
It varies from person to person. Everyone has different hair, and therefor you everyone’s hair reacts differently. My locs are 4 years old now. I think they were 2 in this video, and my ends are not fat. At all. Lpl
Do the conditioner attract more lint.
Don’t think so. I’ve only done it once. So I can’t say for sure.
Looks very pretty.
Thank you 😊
How do you get all that buildup/lint at the roots of your locs out?
Honestly, prevention is the key with that particular problem. I don’t use products in my hair and try to cover my hair as much as possible.
How long did this take you the first time around to complete this? It seems like it would take longer than 1-1.5 hours.
This is the first time I’ve done it. It took an hour / 1.5 hours to condition the ends and lightly comb them. I didn’t do much combing. A little more than half of my locs had some loose looking hair on the end. I only touched those. I didn’t time the washing of my hair. Only the conditioning and combing.
Remember I only have 390+ locs. I imagine it would take longer women with more than 400 locs to do.
I find that my curly ends get a lot of lint so sometime I cut it or try it braid it
Really? How old are your locs? And how do you generally prevent them from getting lint?
@@TheRealKylaB Mine are 7 yrs now. I usually sleep with silk pillowcase, wear a bonnet and use microfibre towels
Here watching
beautiful
So you can’t condition loc’d hair? Let me just keep watching.
Of course you can.
You're the first person I found after I got my sisterlocs and I appreciate all the good info!!! 💋🤌🏽
Glad I could help! 🥰