r/Microlocs

Hi everyone! I’ve had my locs for over 4 years now and have coloured it a burgundy ish wine colour for about a year (pics and inspo below)! Prior to that I had a ginger skunk stripe that I dyed back to black. I’m thinking of changing my hair colour again (possibly highlights or a honey blonde ish for the full head). Was wondering if people had any thoughts or ideas, and if so how I should go about it? I’ve used permanent dye every time and my hair is healthy but I am a bit afraid of bleach, but also doubt I’ll be able to remove the red without it lol! Ty in advance 😃

I loved the length when it was wet, but after they dried I lost so much legnth (last slide)😭😭😭 rip

Hi y’all I’m back 😋 my 6th month notification went off yesterday and I was shocked the time has flown so quickly! I’m on retie #4 since I did a retie retwist combo before going to Japan this summer, but I dyed my hair right after(dumb, but it was so overgrown I wanted to do it before washing) and it looked like I never touched it fr 😩 I’m starting to see some more length and my hair doesn’t shrink as much as before, though it still shrinks a good bit. Before my retie I was feeling a bit insecure cause it felt so short and messy but now it looks better and I feel cute again!! I would loveeee to get more of my length back cause the shrinkage is evilllll.

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Give me some style recs pls 🙏🏾

I literally have a love/hate relationship with my locs 😭😮‍💨 today is a hate relationship because why they look so scraggly. I’m now 5 months in and I’m not loving the journey today 🤣

Looking for guidance on the loc journey and knowing when to call it quits (or stick it out…?). For context, I have very thick and dense 3b-4b/c hair, i’ve had my locs for about 1 year and 5 ish months, and i have around 250 locs. I usually get reties every 2 months with a 4 point rotation. My locs were established by an old school sisterloctician (also my mom’s loctician), although not super traditional looking because the parts were more so sized to my hair thickness. In the beginning of my loc journey, I thought this was fine for me because personally I wanted them to be on the thicker side while still having a smaller loc size for versatility. However as I get further along in my journey i’m doubting they will ever get thicker or look more voluminous as someone who reallllly loves big hair, and i’m still not fully in love with them. Originally I was considering getting small traditional locs, but because my mom has sisterlocs I adore I thought I would appreciate the smaller size for more versatility in styling. Honestly i’ve seen a lot of different loc sizes i liked on different people and really had a hard time making a decision. At this point i’m unsure how to proceed especially because when I see people talk about their locs it’s usually always how much they love them, and right now I just don’t feel that way. Don’t get me wrong, I have moments when I think they look good but sometimes I wish they looked different. I’ve heard talks of people combining their locs but i’ve also heard that for some it’s not realistic and ultimately damages the structure of the loc. I’ve also been thinking about just combing them out and starting over, or waiting until the 2 year mark to make a better assessment. TLDR; would it be worth waiting to see if they might thicken up a bit or look more full as they drop, or would I waste more time waiting? 1st pic is around the 5th month mark, last picture is what they look like currently. Any advice is welcomed beautiful people :)

Y’all I’m so damn irritated 😭 cause why is it giving grown out perm. Leave out frizzed due to humidity. And then the fuck ass wannabe curls at the bottom omg.

Idk what I was thinking. Didn’t look up nothing, watch a tutorial for it on microlocs specifically, just went by vibes and “oh I did it on my natural hair before and it was cute!” And then it took forever to DRY.

I’m spraying the roots hoping it’ll loosen up the braid pattern and then I’ll redo it as FULL perm rods in a couple days when I’m no longer mad.

I had struggled over the decision to get micro locs. I was afraid I'd get tired of them and regret it. But I'm so happy that I took the plunge. In the end, I went home to the Caribbean for 2 weeks and got it done (so much cheaper). I wanted to interlock from the start since I have 3 different textures of hair and I know the back would not stay at all with twists or braids. 17 hours and worth it. So happy with my progress and I've loved them from day 1. I also love the fact that my ends are still curly. I hope they stay that way.

second try bc I dont think my first post uploaded. I started my locs in February. Now 6 months in i really want extensions because my self confidence has taken a hit and I dont like how I look with short hair. I saw videos on tik tok of adding extensions to locs, however they were fully mature. Would mine be able to do that/are strong enough to do that or would I just have to wait? the pictures are from my last retie in mid june Any advice would be appreciated!!

i have fine density hair and about 130 something braid locs. do i need more? and how often should i retwist?

***Uploaded the wrong Pic so reposting!***

I'm adopted and grew up with a white mom, so bear with me.

I just got into my natural hair about 12 years ago now and Ive been with it for awhile. Anyways, I want to loc my hair up but I don't like how stiff the traditional locs look and want to do microlocs.

Is this a good start? I don't personally know anyone and I want to make sure I'm doing it right once they're in.

Any advice or even pointing me to a tutorial for 4C hair is good.

Thank you fam.

I love love love my locs, I just got them done yesterday. My first set however I got done with extensions and they were thicker compared to what I have now….I’m starting to think that I might have gone toooooooo small. I have very very fine hair though so I’m not sure.

This is my second set of locs. My first set I started with two strands and they were traditional. I’d like micros, but I don’t have another mortgage payment to give up. I’ve started this set with two strands- braiding at the root. My question is: are these too big to be micros? Some are bigger than others bc I’m not doing a grid. Am I cooked? Should I just get somebody else to do it??

This is my second set of mircolocs. I DIY’d with 2 strand twist and an inch or so of interlocking at the roots. 

My parts are pretty wonky but I think you get what you pay for haha. I’m excited for the journey ahead and already love them!