So next month i'll be hitting 2 years with my micro locs!
Happy birthday to my hair lol, it's one of several hair-versaries I have celebrated, but this birthday is extra special as it's my first one with coloured hair!
In the the beginning of my loc journey - 1st 3 months, i seriously considered taking them down and even went as far as taking one of my locs out just to see that I could! I was so used to the versatility of my afro, I didn't know what to do with my new look.
It was a comforting and familiar feeling however, I remembered feeling exactly the same way when I did my big chop in October 2011. I knew it would happen and I embraced it as part of the process.
I also knew that I would compare my hair to people with people with fully mature locs, be them long or short, thick or super thin locs, I knew I would compare. And this too was a phase that I welcomed, because I knew that after enough time had passed I would come to love and embrace my locs as they are. I'm about 95% of the way there now.
I'm not 100% happy with them, and that's mostly because of the length. I have this arbitrary goal in mind, that my hair must be at least as long as it was when I was a loose natural (bra length) for me to feel like I have achieved/conquered this style (nonsense, I know!) One of the biggest milestones for me is my hairline growing back! My temples have always been super sensitive and when I started my locs, this area is what taunted me the most. Today, enough hair has grown on my right temple to start 4 baby locs and 3 on my left, the left still has a gap where another 2 locs should be, but I don't fret anymore because in time, this will hopefully also grow back.
I've been rocking bright red locs since July 2016 and have been loving it, but I toned down the colour a couple of weeks ago as I felt it was a tad too bright for the winter season, so it's more of a maroon colour now, than a true red as before!
If you are new to microlocs feel free to contact me via any of my social media pages and i will definitely get back to you.
xoxo
Rose
Happy birthday to my hair lol, it's one of several hair-versaries I have celebrated, but this birthday is extra special as it's my first one with coloured hair!
In the the beginning of my loc journey - 1st 3 months, i seriously considered taking them down and even went as far as taking one of my locs out just to see that I could! I was so used to the versatility of my afro, I didn't know what to do with my new look.
It was a comforting and familiar feeling however, I remembered feeling exactly the same way when I did my big chop in October 2011. I knew it would happen and I embraced it as part of the process.
I also knew that I would compare my hair to people with people with fully mature locs, be them long or short, thick or super thin locs, I knew I would compare. And this too was a phase that I welcomed, because I knew that after enough time had passed I would come to love and embrace my locs as they are. I'm about 95% of the way there now.
I'm not 100% happy with them, and that's mostly because of the length. I have this arbitrary goal in mind, that my hair must be at least as long as it was when I was a loose natural (bra length) for me to feel like I have achieved/conquered this style (nonsense, I know!) One of the biggest milestones for me is my hairline growing back! My temples have always been super sensitive and when I started my locs, this area is what taunted me the most. Today, enough hair has grown on my right temple to start 4 baby locs and 3 on my left, the left still has a gap where another 2 locs should be, but I don't fret anymore because in time, this will hopefully also grow back.
I've been rocking bright red locs since July 2016 and have been loving it, but I toned down the colour a couple of weeks ago as I felt it was a tad too bright for the winter season, so it's more of a maroon colour now, than a true red as before!
If you are new to microlocs feel free to contact me via any of my social media pages and i will definitely get back to you.
xoxo
Rose
