I give a breakdown with the best terminology on how I went from curls to locs with freeforms. Enjoy! INSTAGRAM: / camz.cutz TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com.... SNAPCHAT : CAM.SAFACK
I’m black & Puerto Rican & I felt the intro so fucking much “ I KNEW I could do it… but I didnt KNOW if I could do it” I just started my journey sep 8 2023 a couple weeks before sexy red dropped a shake up dreads snippet, ya boy was hype asl lmao
Had my hair locked since I was 15 and I cut em for my 24th birthday, one thing I learned with having dreads with mixed hair is to CROCHET new growth, it will keep your roots tight for longer, retwists would only stay in my hair for a week at max
I started to lock my hair when I was around 14/15, and started maintaining with a crochet hook. I ended up cutting them off after 3 years because my locs looked and felt really stiff and unnatural. I think that in the long run, letting the locking process do it's think naturally, is far more worth it than getting them to loc up faster.
@@iwasjustchillin if I didn’t crochet my roots then my dreads would just tangle together at the roots real bad, retwists wouldn’t stay long enough for the new growth to lock in with the dreads, that’s the only method that worked the best for me
Yeah that makes sense, and I definitely have moments where the ends get very loose but that’s all about the process of the locs it was the breathing state I called it and I needed them to stretch out natural so then I could twist them again down the road.
I started on August 26 with 2 strand twist. I’m starting into my 5th month and loving it. You look so handsome with your locs I can’t wait til mine mature.
Bro this is seriously the only helpful video I've seen on how to get dreads wit my hair type. I think I went through a similar process last year and ended up cutting em off. Imma try again!
Thanks for sharing your journey. My baby is Black, Panamanian, and Puerto Rican. I starter his braidlocs in January 2024. I unravelled his cornrows, but keep the grid. I also used a lego for even parting. Since his hair is curly I will maintain his locs with an interlocking tool. I have 2 year braidlocs as well. So I am excited about our loc journies 🥰! P.S. with interlocking we can wash our hair as often as we desire, and it will stay uniformed. We only use translucent shampoo, translucent conditioner, oil, and water in a spray bottle...to prevent build up in our locs.
Thanks babes!! Been dying for a vid in mixed hair my type is 3b, that explains several ways that you've tried...oh yea..and voice crack.. it's visual too 👌🏽
I’m black with a Hispanic background and my hair texture is like 3b-3c hair and my roots always un ravel after re twists but it’s taking my hair a while to fully loc up but with this video I’m encouraged to keep pushing 💪🏽
@@ValeryWhat its going good, im about three moths in and its starting to really loc. First i wanted to do completely freeform but when it got to clumpy in the front i started to separate them.
@@PAULBENTLEYSOUND I will just use the sponge to get the curls formed and then split them with my hands until they would actually loc up and then get retwist properly.
I got like a 3b hair type and I started with comb coils right now my hair is just starting to lock but I’m thinking about restarting because my hair gets frizzy and I want to have a full head instead of a hightop but when I see people with the same hair type that started with free forms then did maintenance theirs look clean for example yours
I appreciate that g a lot. Me personally I think the free form method was the best because u can still embrace that fro for the time being and Rock that messy look, I prefer the messy look compared to the neatly parted coils so do as your intuition is telling you and grow them babies out!!
As a female I’m scared to free form but I tried two strand twist 3 times and my hair is so lose it just wasn’t working but my brother free formed and just got a retwist and it worked for him his look like urs basically
Hi! At what point did you do the two strand twist? Was this after you already had free formed and split the locs and just did it for a style? Or did you do the two strand twist after free forming for some time and then leave the twist in to loc up? Thank you!
Wasgood , I did the two strand twist after I was routinely splitting them, i did it for the style but also do each loc could be separated with more form, free forms first then I 2 strand twisted them. Hope this helps!
Yoooo I’ve been thinking about doing something similar to this. Not the same hair type(I’m 4b-c) but was gonna try to get my dreads through a wash n go. Wish me luck
I’m a coloured south african so i’m black Indian and white my hair like 3C - 4A i jus buzzed my hair 2 months ago my curls back but ion know if i wanna grow the fro back and get cornrows or do dreads wit dat sponge thing and will the sponge make my hair lock up ?
Yours are 🔥Might possibly do this…we have similar hair types, did you moisturize after washing or condition or did you keep it dry after washing as it was growing out?
when u we’re growing out the fro did you wet ur whole head when washing im confused wouldn’t that mess it up ? also how often should i oil and wet my scalp
I think something like that depends on your curl pattern. If you started from free form I don’t see why it shouldn’t loc up. But if you started with other methods that could be the case as well. Has it been getting more loced in those 3 years?
So just to clarify, when you did your 2 strand twists do you leave them to loc into one over time or do you split them into individuals? also, do you blowdrow your hair before 2 strand twists? as ive been doing this but it makes my hair super soft/thin and takes soo long to loc
Wassgood g, seems like u didn’t watch the whole video then😂. I mentioned that I attempted the twists but they didn’t work so I let the fro form into locs naturally then I started to split them.
@@CameronSafack Hey bro thanks for getting back, I mean at 5:17 where you talk about maintenance with the tropical roots gel. Im trying to do mine like this to encourage the locking process. But usually i would blow dry my hair before twisting, would you recommend just not blow drying the free form curls/coils and twisting them as they are naturally? (Especially after washing the hair as it is damp)
@@leonharper5678 yeah I wouldn’t blow dry mine, just start going as they are damp and then if anything when you are done twisting then you can dry them off with a blow dryer
Wb if I’m starting long. Would the process be different on how to achieve this look. I feel my hair being long will clump together so easily and fast where the fro gets bigger. And the hair clumps together. 😂day one hair is cool but it’s the day 3 heading into day 4 hair I just feel because my hair is long I’m wondering what it will be like separating each individual curl.
Wassup g, separating is the painful but needed part as long as your separate and check them frequently to make sure they don’t bunch up you’ll be straight.
How did you keep yours as a fro when you take a shower then it drys my is staying down right now and I got tight curl so I don’t understand fire locs tho
@@She_Fw_YBA this was another concern from other as well, and I didn’t see mine start to form together until a couple months in, it all takes time really just make sure you are still separating so it can keep its form, time will do the rest
I’m black & Puerto Rican & I felt the intro so fucking much “ I KNEW I could do it… but I didnt KNOW if I could do it” I just started my journey sep 8 2023 a couple weeks before sexy red dropped a shake up dreads snippet, ya boy was hype asl lmao
Bro I’m your same mix and I’m trying to figure out what was that supposed to mean 😂 not all of have similar textures
Right when u started how long did u wait to wet yo hair?
@@deshaymoore1675how yall lightskins get yall hair like that i got 3 a hair I'm louisiana creole black male btw I've been trying for years
Fr I’m mixed black and white I get this
thank you bruh. Can't find no mixed niggas on youtube with our hair! ima be right there with you soon
I’m saying😂😂 we thé rare breeeeeddd
on God🤣@@CameronSafack
bruh on Swear lol 😂
Sam man same
😂😎
Had my hair locked since I was 15 and I cut em for my 24th birthday, one thing I learned with having dreads with mixed hair is to CROCHET new growth, it will keep your roots tight for longer, retwists would only stay in my hair for a week at max
I started to lock my hair when I was around 14/15, and started maintaining with a crochet hook. I ended up cutting them off after 3 years because my locs looked and felt really stiff and unnatural. I think that in the long run, letting the locking process do it's think naturally, is far more worth it than getting them to loc up faster.
@@iwasjustchillin if I didn’t crochet my roots then my dreads would just tangle together at the roots real bad, retwists wouldn’t stay long enough for the new growth to lock in with the dreads, that’s the only method that worked the best for me
Yeah that makes sense, and I definitely have moments where the ends get very loose but that’s all about the process of the locs it was the breathing state I called it and I needed them to stretch out natural so then I could twist them again down the road.
finally someone w the same texture of hair n the same origin that is giving me advice on ma loc journey
YESSUHH GLAD TO HELP!!
NOT THAT MANY OF US WITH THIS HAIR TYPE 😂
It took my curly hair a while to loc up. I was told to wet my hair everyday til they locd and It worked
Good shitttt
This works fr?
@@teddybear2mill405 the proof is in the pudding
locs look good on you suits you well, i’m thinking about doing locs and you got me inspired thank you 💗
IM GLAD I COULD INSPIRE YOUU, I WILL GET MORE VIDEO OUT SOON
i’m mexican and black i’ve always been wanting locks i’m starting my journey bc of u gang ty bro
@@mj2reall yessuhhh no problemo g!!
I started on August 26 with 2 strand twist. I’m starting into my 5th month and loving it. You look so handsome with your locs I can’t wait til mine mature.
you got gunther the great locs. and you articulated them board representations too well gang
gunthers look worse than this, this dude got actual locs
this guy got better locs lmao
I think Gunther's curl pattern is tighter
Bro this is seriously the only helpful video I've seen on how to get dreads wit my hair type. I think I went through a similar process last year and ended up cutting em off. Imma try again!
THANK YOU BROOO
TRY AGAIN ASAP BUT NOW WITH CONFIDENCE
I got mine put in with a crochet hook, im on week 1. Seeing you gives me confidence.
YUHHH YOU GOT IT!!
bro thanks so much, i needed this bc i have like the exact same hair type as you being mixed
No problem g I gotchu I’ll make more content
also, what hair type do you have? i said we have the same hair type but only because my hair looks the same
@@prod.caleb100 Im not gunna lie I don’t the hair type / pattern at all
@@CameronSafackI’m pretty sure u got a 3c cuz urs looks like mine almost and I got a 3b/3c
I love this video so much we have exactly the same hair type, give me hope and motivation and confidence to start
I’m glad I could provide that for you man!!!!
IM SOOO HAPPY I FOUND THIS VIDEO. My twist looked the same way and I felt I wasn’t getting really anywhereee, thank you
@@Aaliyah_J NO PROBLEMOOOO
Your dreads will look fantastic as long as you leave them alone and keep the twist in. You gotta trust the process 😂 my son has hair like you
I appreciate that man. Thats the key just letting them be!
You helping out a lot of ppl bro thank you . We mixed come frm all around
Yessuh I’m glad I can help!
will be trying!
*Spider-man pointing moment*
Thanks for sharing your journey.
My baby is Black, Panamanian, and Puerto Rican. I starter his braidlocs in January 2024. I unravelled his cornrows, but keep the grid. I also used a lego for even parting.
Since his hair is curly I will maintain his locs with an interlocking tool.
I have 2 year braidlocs as well. So I am excited about our loc journies 🥰!
P.S. with interlocking we can wash our hair as often as we desire, and it will stay uniformed. We only use translucent shampoo, translucent conditioner, oil, and water in a spray bottle...to prevent build up in our locs.
Beautiful, thank you for sharing!
Great doc on the process, Thank you😊
NO PROBLEM IM GLAD I COUKD HELP!
how yo shit so perfect bruh. im half ivorian half sri lankan and got some luh 2 strnd twists rn. idk how im posed to get my shit to lock up
@@percpioneer gotta take the Freeform method, I appreciate the compliment 🫡
I'm thinking about locs but my hair is pretty smooth for a mixed chick. It can get frizzy ah though.
Let it freeform and see what it does
Thanks babes!! Been dying for a vid in mixed hair my type is 3b, that explains several ways that you've tried...oh yea..and voice crack.. it's visual too 👌🏽
@@Livvi-88 NO PROBLEM, I’m glad I could help!
@@CameronSafack hey guess what...Iv started 😁 thanks again for the further inspiration ♥️🙏🏽
I’m black with a Hispanic background and my hair texture is like 3b-3c hair and my roots always un ravel after re twists but it’s taking my hair a while to fully loc up but with this video I’m encouraged to keep pushing 💪🏽
@@shaynokizzy953 YESSUHHH keep going maneeee
Trying to start my journey today, your video is really helpful 😊
I’m glad I could help you out!
How's the journey going
@@ValeryWhat its going good, im about three moths in and its starting to really loc. First i wanted to do completely freeform but when it got to clumpy in the front i started to separate them.
@@PastaFarmen56 Damn I'm Tryna start to I just wanna trim my hair cuz its too much hair lol
Would you recommend using a dread sponge to start the Freeform process?
A sponge would definitely help get the shape started, but after it’s set just leave it in my opinion.
You can only get so far with the sponge though right? Then I would need to see a locktition for retwist when my hair gets longer
@@PAULBENTLEYSOUND I will just use the sponge to get the curls formed and then split them with my hands until they would actually loc up and then get retwist properly.
…. AND I KNEW THIS 🤣🤣🤣🤣 doggy silly as hell
I got like a 3b hair type and I started with comb coils right now my hair is just starting to lock but I’m thinking about restarting because my hair gets frizzy and I want to have a full head instead of a hightop but when I see people with the same hair type that started with free forms then did maintenance theirs look clean for example yours
I appreciate that g a lot. Me personally I think the free form method was the best because u can still embrace that fro for the time being and Rock that messy look, I prefer the messy look compared to the neatly parted coils so do as your intuition is telling you and grow them babies out!!
i’ve been freeforming 4 like 5 months and i think im starting to see sum progress
bro giving early dreadheads lessons 😂
Got to🫡
Need the retwist video bro
Awesome locs bro
I also got curly hair too💪🏽😎💪🏽
I'm gonna try the same process
Thank you mannn!!! BEST OF LUCK TO YOUU
@@CameronSafack THANKS BRO
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
YOU GOT THAT LOOK THAT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE MODERN DAY RAPPERS.
IT'S SO DOPE I GOTTA TRY IT FOR REAL YO!
@@FrederickBeats THANK YOU G!!
@@CameronSafack YOU'RE WELCOME BRO
As a female I’m scared to free form but I tried two strand twist 3 times and my hair is so lose it just wasn’t working but my brother free formed and just got a retwist and it worked for him his look like urs basically
Understandable, have u ever looked into just coils to start off, you’ll still have to wait but I heard that’s another way
Did you ever use any brushes or towels to twist them
1:31 when you say parting do you mean sectioning the roots off the a rat tail comb or do you mean separating with your fingers to prevent congos?
Separating with my fingers to prevent congos, splitting/ separating them help keep there individualism as well when they start to grow.
Once they get longer you will get the locks you want.
You got 🔥 dreads gang and I got da same hair and I’m gonna use your method now💯
I appreciate ittt and Thats wassuppp i hope it goes well for you!
I’m doing everything you did just wondering when I should get that first retwist (I’m at a month and a half currently)
I didn’t get the first retwist until like 6months in since that’s when I saw them really start to loc. wait until you see it start to loc in a little.
Thanx for the tip,
btw Nice flag my boy🇨🇲❤️🔥.
what length you start your journey at? Im growing my undercut out and bouta get the top trimmed to match my sides and start my journey
I don’t know the exact length but I was probably about, 1 year and half into my hair growth.
@@CameronSafack appreciate you gang dropped a sub keep up the grind g
@@j_xye I appreciate u g got u
@@CameronSafackyo just wanted to lyk I tried to find your channel again and that shit wouldnt pop up
How do i prevent stray curls not connected to the locs?
You kinda got just go back and roll them into the loc the best you can in that moment
So did you just let them naturally lock up ??
Yeah
I have like a 3b hair type should I do the same method??
If you fell like you got the curl go for it!
The voice cracks have me weak😭
Im glad😂
I got the same hair and it started budding and locking up on its own but then I let somebody crochet it. Kinda wish I kept it as freeform :/
Aye that’s okay they just keep thuggin it out!!
this video helpful asf
I’m glad I could help !!
Soo I could just start by washing my scalp and they would start to grow into locks?
If u don’t comb them out they shouldn’t
bro what did u do when u had a curly fro? Im tryna the same thing letting it grow long then locking
When I had the fro I just let it grow , not sure what u mean specifically tho.
What about backcombing the curls into dreads and to remove the frizz roll the dreads inside the hand. Will it. Look good you think on 3b curls ?
i know im commenting kind of late but can you tell me how to make your have have individual curls all around i have the same hair type
Hi! At what point did you do the two strand twist? Was this after you already had free formed and split the locs and just did it for a style? Or did you do the two strand twist after free forming for some time and then leave the twist in to loc up?
Thank you!
Wasgood , I did the two strand twist after I was routinely splitting them, i did it for the style but also do each loc could be separated with more form, free forms first then I 2 strand twisted them. Hope this helps!
@@CameronSafackhow long were you doing the freeforming + splitting before you got 2 strand twists? Would mean a lot to me if you could reply 🙏🤍
around how much inches was your hair when started that freeform method?💯
@@Melobabiiii not sure the exact length, I could probably pull it down past my eyeball.
How can get freeforms I’m mix
You literally the only video and I’m glad I was on the same idea and path
@@raregeeskii YESSUHH I GOTCHUUUU
Yoooo I’ve been thinking about doing something similar to this. Not the same hair type(I’m 4b-c) but was gonna try to get my dreads through a wash n go. Wish me luck
Yuh lmk how it goes g , remember patience
So if I want to try this (I have 3b hair) I have only to wash my scalp and not brush my hair right?
Correct
I’m a coloured south african so i’m black Indian and white my hair like 3C - 4A i jus buzzed my hair 2 months ago my curls back but ion know if i wanna grow the fro back and get cornrows or do dreads wit dat sponge thing and will the sponge make my hair lock up ?
Dope aslll!! The sponge will help start the pattern for the curls fasho but won’t necessarily make it loc up fully, that just takes time.
can you get locs with 3A hair?
Im not sure how easy it’ll be to freeform them but, I know the crochet method always works with any hair type
before your curls started to loc, would you still style it everyday or...?
Yours are 🔥Might possibly do this…we have similar hair types, did you moisturize after washing or condition or did you keep it dry after washing as it was growing out?
Thank you i appreciate that! And I kept it dry! The dryness helps the locness
when u we’re growing out the fro did you wet ur whole head when washing im confused wouldn’t that mess it up ? also how often should i oil and wet my scalp
Yooo what’s good, so I would wet my head but that was really only to rinse I wouldn’t comb or anything. But if I did I wash i would just do the roots.
@@CameronSafack alright thanks man ima start my journey see how this goes 🚀🚀
@@julez5503 yessssuhhhh
I’ve had my dreads for 3 years now and the ends is still fluffy and curly how do i fix dis
I think something like that depends on your curl pattern. If you started from free form I don’t see why it shouldn’t loc up. But if you started with other methods that could be the case as well. Has it been getting more loced in those 3 years?
I wanna do it so bad but I’m 3b hair type idk if it will work
Never hurts to try!
I KNEW THIS!
Dope video 🌴💪🏼
How much parts do you have? We have similar cut and I want my dreads to sit like this ngl.
So just to clarify, when you did your 2 strand twists do you leave them to loc into one over time or do you split them into individuals? also, do you blowdrow your hair before 2 strand twists? as ive been doing this but it makes my hair super soft/thin and takes soo long to loc
Wassgood g, seems like u didn’t watch the whole video then😂. I mentioned that I attempted the twists but they didn’t work so I let the fro form into locs naturally then I started to split them.
@@CameronSafack Hey bro thanks for getting back, I mean at 5:17 where you talk about maintenance with the tropical roots gel. Im trying to do mine like this to encourage the locking process. But usually i would blow dry my hair before twisting, would you recommend just not blow drying the free form curls/coils and twisting them as they are naturally? (Especially after washing the hair as it is damp)
@@leonharper5678 yeah I wouldn’t blow dry mine, just start going as they are damp and then if anything when you are done twisting then you can dry them off with a blow dryer
@@CameronSafack Thank-you for all the help bro, can see your dedicated to helping your subscribers 👊
@@leonharper5678 no problem g it’s my duty
Wb if I’m starting long. Would the process be different on how to achieve this look. I feel my hair being long will clump together so easily and fast where the fro gets bigger. And the hair clumps together. 😂day one hair is cool but it’s the day 3 heading into day 4 hair I just feel because my hair is long I’m wondering what it will be like separating each individual curl.
Wassup g, separating is the painful but needed part as long as your separate and check them frequently to make sure they don’t bunch up you’ll be straight.
How did you keep yours as a fro when you take a shower then it drys my is staying down right now and I got tight curl so I don’t understand fire locs tho
I appreciate that my guy, I just let it air dry after the shower and it goes back to a fro
I tried air drying but it’s still not making the Afro
@@red_data3716 your locs are probably to heavy then to stand up then
@@CameronSafack how do I make them Les heavy
@@red_data3716 I don’t know , do you want locs or a fro? Pick one.
Needed the video drop
How often do you shampoo your hair?
In my beginning stages it was once a week then later in my loc process now that they are long it every time before I get a retwist.
What parts do you have?
When I was doing the freeform process they naturally parted themselves, because I was splitting them by hand.
Yo bro idk if u know but should I cut my hair rn got half locs but it’s not forming from the bottom on curl on all of em
I aint even black I'm tryna get locs rn but my hair's like mixed but its more afro than rly curly so idk if locs would work
What if your half black and half white? Can you still get dreads
Yeah I’m half African and half white so I think it’s possible.
Stupid question fr
I’m 1/4 Cameroonian ❤
We got the same hair type and I got about 2 inches of hair, is this too little?
That’s wassup mann! I believe you can start free forming at any length as long as you got some curls. The shorter it is the better I’d assume
@@CameronSafackyooo thanks, I’ve been considering dreads and now ima finally try
yo i need this my hair type is like the same thanks gangy
I GOTCHUUUU
Did you loc it yourself or did you go to a locticion
did you wet your hair only on wash days or everyday in the beginning stages?
I would occasionally spray my hair with a spray bottle like a plant ,
Forgot to mention that
@@CameronSafackWould you spray the top of your hair or jus the roots?
Won't conditioner undo the locking process ?
it’d make it take longer but not rly stop it all together unless u have straight ass hair
@giozapata I'm so scared to add conditioner bro but my hair gets really dry and frizzy without it . People always say I look homeless 😢
@@professionalrawdogger161 jus add it don’t brush or comb it out or part it with ur fingers jus wet and leave it like that after u shower
who did urs, family or professional?
@@lnstantime I retwist myself or my lady
Yes sirrrrrr 💪
How many locks do you have
I’ve never counted homie
I got like 3a 3b ish hair u think my dreads can look like urs
I’m not sure about patterns, if you think you got the curl, trust it and try it out.
how often would you have to split them?
Id say about once a week do a solid mapping out/ splitting of which ones you want to be together and not
@@CameronSafack alright preciate it bro
Bro do a retwist video
Gotchuuu
Bro im black n Mexican but i only got 3b or 3c hair i dont think it will turn out good
I don’t much about pattern my g but if u got the curl let ts go for a whirl 👀😭
what is your mix ?
Cameroonian and American
Glookin gang
Yessuhhh
Hi, are you part Cameroonian?
@@Midasnatte Yessuh, half
@@CameronSafack ayyyyy. My parents are Cameroonians.
@@Midasnatte DOPEEE
How does it not get frizzy
It does
@@CameronSafackngl im restarting tmr with a mini afro n imma follow ur method 🤞🏽
@@She_Fw_YBA yuhhhhhh I hope the journey goes great for you!
@@CameronSafack when does the ends start budding ? bc my the hair on my scalp is tangled up but i still got my curls
@@She_Fw_YBA this was another concern from other as well, and I didn’t see mine start to form together until a couple months in, it all takes time really just make sure you are still separating so it can keep its form, time will do the rest
how long as it till you started splitting them and when did you do your first retwist
I’d say when u stsrt seeing them form, different for everyone
I got like 2c 3a hair does that work?
I like your hairs locs
🔥🔥🔥
Now this is the video I needed!!!!! 🤞🏽😭☝🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Glad I could helppp!!
bro looks like a Marly
🤫👀😂😂
Is your hair 3c?
lmao, voice crack central