4 Things to Consider When Choosing Locs
Our hair is the only accessory that’s front and center in everything we do. As an accessory, it’s our prerogative to dress it up or down as much as we desire. As professional stylists, we are strong advocates of you deciding how you would like to look. We also want you to keep healthy hair care habits at the top of mind when choosing your desired look. This blog post will outline 4 things to consider when choosing locs.
#1: Locs Do Not Require Less Maintenance
Yep, that's correct! When it comes to locs—it’s not necessarily less maintenance it’s just different maintenance. When a client chooses to start their locs, within the first year, a client will be expected to be in the salon every 4 weeks in order to properly cultivate the locs along the way to ensure they’re not bumpy, lumpy, and that they’re locing consistently.
#2: Locs Will Require Maintenance
It's definitely easier said than done, but when you first start out on your loc journey, especially the traditional way, it can sometimes take up to 1 to 2 years for the hair to fully loc and be mature.
This is very similar to the new natural hair + tight curl client that comes to the salon after doing all the things to their hair such as heavily using raw oils, butters, putting food, clay, etc in the hair and also trying to grow out holes and baby crowns in the hair. It can also take up to this length of time for tight curlies + naturals to get a good place with their hair as far as growing out your hair through regular maintenance cuts and re-establishing hydration with healthy hair care practices.
#3: Locs Will Require You to Embrace Frizz
The natural hair community generally despises the five letter word: frizz. Unfortunately in very humid climates and with life happening, it's bound to happen. Frizz is also present in locs. They look neat on Instagram, but that’s typically directly after a salon appointment. They do not look like that 90% of the time, so you must be ready to embrace that part of the look too.
#4: Locs Will Require You to Partner With a Professional
Without receiving proper maintenance from a licensed professional, you can experience breakage and ultimately damaged hair with any of these hair options. Every hairstyle requires proper care and for you to partner with a licensed professional to ensure you are getting the maintenance required on time and that it’s being done properly.
