I finally did a retwist! I hadn’t had once since March 23rd and I definitely needed it. My new growth was crazy, and honestly so was the marrying .🥲 I’m thrilled about how they’re coming along and I’ll most likely continue doing my own retwists for a while. I did enjoy having somebody else do it the first time but, it’s really not hard to manage and it’s important to me to maintain my own locs.
I’ll insert a few pictures from between my last retwist and this one, with relative dates of course for progress sake.
26th March ✨ Right after my retwist before traveling.
Somewhere between April and May ✨
After my retwist on May 2nd, (five weeks) after my last one. I would show you the behind the scenes but I’m almost embarrassed how long I waited to do something to it 😂
3 months loc’d now!!! And they are starting to look like locs! the twist shape is becoming less defined and they have gotten much thicker! I have one particular loc that keeps slipping but I’ve tied it with elastics so hopefully if I leave it alone for a month it’ll figure itself out. I can feel the weight of my hair on my head now so that’s exciting!
So I researched a bit because I wanted to understand why Hobie has locs and how I can start mine similar to his like not the same style exactly but the same manner/method
Cause I'm bout That Life you know what it is
And I had no idea how you loc hair besides the traditional way of parting and twisting the hair
BUT TURNS OUT for our hair type all I have to do is wet my hair and rub it
AND IT LOCS UP???? BY ITSELF??????
no product no nothing!!!! I'll post pictures in the explainer post but
I didn't even have to part it (which good it gives me migraines), it parts and locs itself in its own natural pattern.
Within like 30 minutes. Of sitting there and rubbing my head gently
BRUH HOW DID I NOT KNOW MY HAIR DOES THIS WHEN I DON'T FUCK WITH IT
IT'S SO SIMPLE AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW plus it's already feels healthier it's been like 3 days!!! AND IT DOESN'T GAVE ANYTHING IN IT
By leaving my hair and not putting stuff in it, it just does the Hobie thing!!!!???