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How to RETWIST Microlocs (FULL TUTORIAL) | BEGINNER FRIENDLY | NO interlocking or 4 pt rotation |

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2023
  • Here's how I retwist my microlocs. I maintain my locks with 4 point rotation interlocking every 3 months and I retwist every 3-4 seeks. Time stamps below for your convenience
    00:10 - Tools I use for retwisting
    00:48 New growth since my last retie
    1:06 Tutorial
    6:38 Views of all the clips
    6:53 Take down
    8:19 Fluff and trim
    9:00 360 visuals of parts
    9:48 Thinning at the roots?
    Microloc Influencers who retwist
    @AliciaJames - IG: @msaliciajames (exclusively retwists)
    @KhaliliaTanae IG: @khayute
    @fretnaturals4459 - IG: @fretnaturals (exclusively retwists her hair. She interlocks clients hair though)
    @KekeJ - IG: @keke.j_
    See my video on how to do a 4 pt rotation here:
    • Retightening My DIY Mi...

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  • @naturallysage_
    @naturallysage_ ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Do I have microlocs? No, but did I still watch? Absolutely 🤭

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i love the support 🥰🥰🥰thanks so much frannnn

    • @KrissyTheIntrovert
      @KrissyTheIntrovert 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same😂🤭

    • @necilya
      @necilya 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don’t even have locks and I’m not planning to get any. 😂
      I just love seeing microlocks.

    • @mels5220
      @mels5220 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂

  • @BrandiBombshell
    @BrandiBombshell 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I love this! I had traditional locs before my current micro loc set and i enjoyed being able to do (retwist) my own hair..with micros interlocking is the “rule” i hate salons..so thank you for this

  • @TimberlinOden
    @TimberlinOden 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I’m sold I’ll be retwisting till eternity 😅

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha I love this!

    • @yeverett4533
      @yeverett4533 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too! I retighten my own microlocs and I have 760 locs and came here looking for an alternative because it takes me 16 hours to retighten them. I am so excited, I am going to try this in about 2-3 weeks.

    • @KosmikGawdess
      @KosmikGawdess หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@yeverett4533 holy moleyyyyy you have alot of hair girlfriend either that or each loc contains 3 strands of hair😂😂😂

    • @yeverett4533
      @yeverett4533 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KosmikGawdess Neither is true. My hair is average thickness but long. 😂

    • @natashawilliams4405
      @natashawilliams4405 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a great tutorial. Thank you because I’m just learning to retie my Locs and it takes forever! How often do you retie since you retwist now? Also how often do you retwist?

  • @veeblack5739
    @veeblack5739 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is my first time retwisting my microlocs. Your video was my second one watching and I like your version of retwisting better.

  • @claudiaanderson7099
    @claudiaanderson7099 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I am thinking of microlocing my hair and your video really helped. I was concerned about the maintenance but you've helped me greatly🎉😊

  • @Print824
    @Print824 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thank you for making a video on this method. My mom and I both have microlocs. But with the way these prices getting, I rather do my own hair. And this is simple. I am definitely sharing the video with my mom.

    • @skwalker03
      @skwalker03 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes the price was ridiculous I start doing my own hair

  • @graced_by_ebeauty
    @graced_by_ebeauty 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    As a loctician, I just want to state that what you're referring to as new growth is also slippage. Our hair typically grows half an inch a month so some of the locs have new growth AND slippage. Anyone can have slippage. Our hair doesnt loc overnight and new growth definitely doesn't fully loc in 6 to 8 weeks but that's just my professional opinion.

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I think possibly you might have misunderstood what I’m saying or maybe I don’t understand your comment. My hair doesn’t loc in 6-8 weeks, it takes closer to 3-4 months for the shed hair to start locking (for me personally). However, what you see here is definitely new growth. I don’t have slippage, I never have. My hair just started growing extremely fast because i’m pregnant (this also happened when I was a loose natural) I just didn’t want disclose the full reason behind the fast growth because I was very early on.

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      i realize it’s a bit confusing since I didn’t explain the full reason behind the new growth

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I suddenly understood what you meant about hair not locking in 6-8 weeks. YES! This applies to retwisted locks and YES all of that would NOT be new growth, because hair doesn’t lock in 6-8 weeks. HOWEVER this doesn’t apply in my case because I INTERLOCKED 6-8 weeks ago. :) This was my first or second time retwisting. I am keeping track of my new growth from my last INTERLOCKING session because I can see where that begins. i do not base my new growth from the last time I retwisted because you’re absolutely correct - as soon as the hair gets wet, the retwist unravels. I didn’t realize that is what yoh meant. Pregnant brain I guess haha

    • @Maxe913
      @Maxe913 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theminimalistnaturala

  • @mowamulenga4477
    @mowamulenga4477 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This looks so much easier than interlocking eishh. I'll try this, thank you.

  • @user-qh5cw5sm5w
    @user-qh5cw5sm5w 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ok, so this is much easier because everyone is interlocking for the retwist. Thanks

  • @GymBaeNation
    @GymBaeNation ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Girl! I must say, this video is giving me hope! I make 1 year next month but my hair gets SO frizzy in between my retightening appointments! Im definitely thinking of starting to do this! What do you think about using both methods to maintain? Retighten every 8 weeks with a retwist at the 4 week mark?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think that’s awesome! Just keep track of how long it takes for your shed hair to start locking. For me it’s 12 weeks. I just did a full interlocking after 12 weeks and was able to retie the entirety of it. I noticed a few locks where it was starting to matt at the top of where I interlocked previously. I simply loosened it up before interlocking.

  • @skwalker03
    @skwalker03 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for this video gave me another option other than interlocking

  • @averagebear7488
    @averagebear7488 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love you for this video! I’m so tired of re-tying and my first set of locs were traditional and I want that ease of maintaining again. Thank you!

  • @OhNo4921-rg8yk
    @OhNo4921-rg8yk หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for sharing. I wanted to smaller locs maybe not microlocs but I thought I had to retie

  • @kshoyentertainment2470
    @kshoyentertainment2470 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I am so happy to see this video bc I want to Microloc my hair but when I think of the maintenance timing and costs I got discouraged but this is giving me motivation again. How long does this last? I’ve heard loctician say that retwisting microlocs will make your locs thin and fall out but idk if that’s true what do you think ?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      it’s not true. Only if you do it improperly which is the same for ANY maintenance. For microlocs and traditional locs.

  • @LatoyaCherrie
    @LatoyaCherrie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am definitely going to start retwisting instead. I hav 302 locs and severe asthma so interlocking takes soo long and chest hurts too much. I usually retie a few hours over 3 days

  • @lakiyahmuhammad9532
    @lakiyahmuhammad9532 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omgosh! I’m so thankful for this video! I’m going to attempt to do this myself to save finances! I love how yours look. ❤❤❤❤

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much and I hope it works out for you!

    • @greenscreen385
      @greenscreen385 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theminimalistnatural I am going try this I’ve never tried it before thanks so much❤❤

  • @hiyahiy
    @hiyahiy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this relaxing music.

  • @thewandingtruth4839
    @thewandingtruth4839 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow... Love this!! I was wondering how often do you twist?

  • @gardenflower620
    @gardenflower620 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey!!! I’m seriously wanting to begin this process with my microlocs!!! Thanks so much for posting this video!
    How often are you washing your hair? I wash mine once per week. Do the washes affect your retwists??

  • @AccioXwing
    @AccioXwing 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m thinking of starting retwisting too. Does this particular gel make your locs heavy at all? I do like how light and fluffy my microlocs feel with no product with reties so just wondering if the texture changes a lot. Love your locs!

  • @sheilaandfrank
    @sheilaandfrank 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Here watching

  • @thespillwithcristyt
    @thespillwithcristyt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can you put your hair under a over head dryer after twist

  • @celestetaylor6
    @celestetaylor6 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How long do you leave the clips in? I don’t think I saw that part or got to that part if you mentioned it

  • @aprilanderson93
    @aprilanderson93 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this! Questions? Can I do this with sisterlocks? Do you ever retie them??

  • @msalmond1975
    @msalmond1975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m going to try this. I have Microlocs extensions and it’s starting to get hard to interlock. Hopefully this will allow me to retain length and keep my extensions until I get a the desired length.

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahhh very interesting idea! I have no experience with extensions so not sure, but you can always try once and see how you like it!

  • @savadawilliamson8822
    @savadawilliamson8822 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How hard is it doing the back? I can’t keep affording a retie every 4 weeks. So I’m considering twisting my own hair from here on out. I also have a lot of new growth and my hair doesn’t grow inside. Any further suggestions?

  • @Locked_in_with_DaQueen
    @Locked_in_with_DaQueen ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great job. I love retwisting for speed. Mine haven't caused any thinning and I switch back and forth

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey Thats awesome to hear! How often do you switch?

    • @Locked_in_with_DaQueen
      @Locked_in_with_DaQueen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @theminimalistnatural whenever I have the time. I wanna say 8 weeks. More reties for the summer but twisted for the spring

  • @DIYLETSCREATE_MINIATURES
    @DIYLETSCREATE_MINIATURES 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thinking ab getting some ❤

  • @abusdaughter_
    @abusdaughter_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is beautiful to watch.
    Would this cause a variation in the size of each loc due to the parts that were retightened (thinner) and the parts that are retwisted (thicker)?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great question. The parts that were thinner when I retied were only thin at the beginning. They eventually swell up like the rest of the loc. I will be interlocking all the new growth every 3-4 months so everything will stay even. Retwists just maintain my locks and keep them from breaking at the roots until I interlock again.

  • @CarolynLamar-yb2dc
    @CarolynLamar-yb2dc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello beautiful Ty for video I’m looking to get my hair micro locked who did yours if you don’t mind me asking I love the size and fullness I’m super excited Jude trying to find someone to do mines I’m willing to fly if I have to

  • @angelafloyd5902
    @angelafloyd5902 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey there, sis! 👋🏽 I’ve been following you for awhile on IG… I was the one who said I ain’t neva seen your hair needing a retie and now I see why!!! 👀😂🙌🏾
    Thank you SO much for this video… ♥️ I’m 6 mos into my journey and my perimeter and also lots of frizzles even after retie are my issues… would you recommend to be completely loc’d to use this method?? 🤔

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome to the youtube side queen! I remember you !
      Hahaha and yes, I promise my hair gets frizzy too, it’s just not super noticiable because I try to keep my locs maintained and strong. So as soon as I wash it, I normally retwist right afterwards.
      I started this method around the time I was getting fully locked. I’m not sure what would have happened if I did it before honestly. You can always try once and see if you like it. Nothing bad can happen from retwisting once. If you don’t like the results you can wash it out and 3 weeks.

    • @angelafloyd5902
      @angelafloyd5902 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theminimalistnatural lol… thank you… I’m definitely going to give it a try! Keep the content comin! 🙌🏾🫶🏽😘

  • @heal-thylife77
    @heal-thylife77 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I heard some people that do both methods, unravel the twisted portion before each retie which I thought was odd..do you do that?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mine already is unraveled once I wash it. it reverts back to regular new growth. The point of unraveling it is so they can interlock all the new growth. For a lot of ppl like me, the retwist is just a way to stretch out how often we have to retie. Someone who reties every 8 weeks and someone who retwists 3 times in 8 weeks have the same amount of hair to retwist/retie. All retwisting does is give the hair a structure until the next wash day. Interlocking actually creates a permanent structure that doesn’t unravel after getting wet. Retwisting doesn’t create a loc. Does that make sense? Great question by the way

    • @heal-thylife77
      @heal-thylife77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @theminimalistnatural makes soo much sense thanks for breaking thay down!

  • @cassondraadams8608
    @cassondraadams8608 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi. I love your hair. So, have you ever interlocked your hair, even when you started your
    Journey? I want to lock mine, but I don’t want to interlock at all.

    • @nnenne4
      @nnenne4 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She said she was retieing them initially but it was taking 12+ hours

    • @cassondraadams8608
      @cassondraadams8608 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nnenne4 gotcha. Thanks.

  • @luna5264
    @luna5264 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi I love your video thank you for it just wanted to ask how long you keep it in without water touching it for it not to unravel?

  • @LifewithLava
    @LifewithLava 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @laquannatimothy9512
    @laquannatimothy9512 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have a tutorial on how you started them

  • @muscleswithmaya6199
    @muscleswithmaya6199 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ateeeeee😍

  • @machochomengo8201
    @machochomengo8201 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My microlocs are 5months old. Can I start retwisting now or do I have to wait until the hair has locked?

  • @bettyeames6812
    @bettyeames6812 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You make me wish I had 475 locs. I have 212 because I wasn’t ready to retie more than that . I have wanted to retwist instead of retie. I’m going to try your method.
    How often do you retwist your microlocs?

  • @km7890km
    @km7890km ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just retwisted the perimeter of my hair and it took no time compared to if i was to retie it. Is there a way to make the retwist hold/stay? The reties take me days. The last time i washed my hair after a retwist, the retwist washed out. I sat under the dryer for 1hr for that retwist. Please help. Thank you!❤

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Retwists come out as soon as you wash your hair :/ There's no solution to this which is why many ppl chose to interlock. I only wash my hair once every 3 weeks so I works for me. If you need to wash your hair often, you should interlock

    • @mai-linhmainor5965
      @mai-linhmainor5965 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@theminimalistnaturalwould braiding and banding help?

    • @EE-vah8394
      @EE-vah8394 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Reties take a while but they are well worth it because your hair lasts longer. Retwist will last maybe two weeks before your hair is a mess again.

    • @krimezofkolor4683
      @krimezofkolor4683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@EE-vah8394I like the messy look 😘

  • @Brownmahfun
    @Brownmahfun 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WOW!!!!!!! Thank You Sis.😇

  • @margaretgomezpritchett3246
    @margaretgomezpritchett3246 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for this tutorial.

  • @l93b45
    @l93b45 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello you locks are beautiful 😍 but why do tou retwist instead of retie ? I am a beginner and I look for infos

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oooh I have a whole video on this called “watch this before retwisting your locks”. check it out!

  • @EmmJayy5
    @EmmJayy5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How long did this take?

  • @MichelleSmith-jb9qh
    @MichelleSmith-jb9qh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful ❤

  • @janedough6302
    @janedough6302 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    omg thank you

  • @mrs.dillard3860
    @mrs.dillard3860 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you heard of knotted locs by Melissa Blake?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      yes 😒😒😒 so not a fan cause they’re literally some extremely exclusive with information sharing and seems like more interested in getting $$ and a following than helping out the community. My personal opinion. :(

    • @mrs.dillard3860
      @mrs.dillard3860 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@theminimalistnatural I respect and understand your perspective. Thank you for responding. I converted my SL and it is so freeing - no more grid keeping and freedom to easily do my hair with my fingers and no tools. Also knotted locs have helped to increase volume for my low density hair. I have also freely learned so much from you and thank you.

    • @rosettawilliams9053
      @rosettawilliams9053 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mrs.dillard3860 How is it going still?

    • @mrs.dillard3860
      @mrs.dillard3860 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      , actually, it is going much better than initially. There is a learning curve, but I am over the hump. It took a little while for the knots to be embedded. I am going into my eighth month, and I LOVE the freedom to do my own hair at my convenience. I have started over 10 new locs and my front edge line is looking good and will be great in about 6 months.

    • @sparker7768
      @sparker7768 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@mrs.dillard3860Knotting seems to be a great alternative to interlocking (time) and twisting (limited longevity). Hope by the time I begin my locs, there will be more open info about how to do it.

  • @raineynight
    @raineynight 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, do you retwist with every shampoo? And how often do you shampoo? Ty

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! I retwist every month after my shampoo.

  • @Gizelle-cs6ix
    @Gizelle-cs6ix 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you know roughly how many clips in total you’d use for your retwists?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oooh I counted once and now I forgot but I’ll get back to you. If I forget just tag me in another comment.

  • @LL-bu2zs
    @LL-bu2zs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does the retwist close the hole at the top? The one that you typically use when retying?

    • @LL-bu2zs
      @LL-bu2zs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also you said your retwists last as long as your reties, do you not moisturize them daily? I was always under the impression that retwists “mess up” (for lack of better words it’s like 3am lol) after getting wet.

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it closes the hole at the top. I stopped moisturizing my hair every day once I got fully locked. I only wash my hair once a month now like I did when I was a loose natural. Lastly, if I want to moisturize daily or wash frequently like in the summer, I just wear it in two strand twists.

  • @natural.buggle1513
    @natural.buggle1513 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wanna know how long did the retwist last vs interlocking

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My retwists lasts the same amount of time as interlocking

  • @cythcy
    @cythcy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice

  • @Luckyworld773
    @Luckyworld773 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bomb!

  • @deegeorge5711
    @deegeorge5711 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Money shot!” 😂😂😂 way to go with inserting a porn- movie phrase into a retie how to tutorial!!!!

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ve never watched porn and wouldn’t know…..

    • @deegeorge5711
      @deegeorge5711 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theminimalistnatural 🤣🤣

    • @deegeorge5711
      @deegeorge5711 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@theminimalistnatural Neither have I! But I've heard that term used in movies regarding those kinds of movies and when you made your comment it reminded me of that reference.

  • @dc.mathieu6114
    @dc.mathieu6114 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    did you install your microlocs or did you have it professionally done?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I installed them myself :)

    • @dc.mathieu6114
      @dc.mathieu6114 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theminimalistnatural do you know how many you have?

    • @theminimalistnatural
      @theminimalistnatural  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@dc.mathieu6114 no i don’t but over 400