-Growing up in my household,
my mom refused to allow any of my siblings,
as well as myself, to process my hair,
so I was natural.
At the end of last year, I made a dream board,
and one of the things on the board
was I start my loc journey on my birthday.
This is one of those things that I really wanted
for quite some time now.
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My name is Kamalya.
I am from Brooklyn,
and today, I'll be getting starter locs.
Locs in general, they're a beautiful thing.
I've always admired the look.
My junior year, I permed my hair,
which was a very awful decision.
Because my mom refused to allow me to get locs,
I decided that once I left high school,
that I'll loc my hair.
2007, once I graduated high school,
I had locs up until 2019.
I chopped them off as a result of being hospitalized in 2018
due to some head trauma that I had.
That resulted in half of my hair being chopped off,
so as opposed to rocking it with it half hair,
I just decided to chop it all off.
It's about three years into the big chop.
I am excited.
So now I'm here today, starting the journey again.
-Hey.
-Hello, how are you? How are you?
-Just take a seat right here.
-I'm Nia the Loc God,
owner and founder of The Loc God Corporation
and The Loc God Salon.
I'm mostly known for being
Derrick Rose's official hairstylist.
I'm also the official hair stylist of Miguel Castro,
also, Sylven Landesberg.
Alright.
What are we doing for you today?
-We are doing starter locs.
-I started doing hair at my aunt's salon
for a little bit of extra cash when I was 17 years old,
and then I put it on social media
and it became something bigger.
The products that I use, of course, are my own.
I started my locs when I was 10 years old.
I'm now 21, so I've had my locs for 11 years.
I've cut them, dyed them, all kinds of things,
but here I am now.
-Don't be timid, girl. Get in there.
-I am, don't worry. -[ Laughs ]
-My favorite thing about doing hair
is putting smiles on people's faces.
We are going to first wash her hair
with The Loc God conditioner and shampoo together.
Your hair feels nice.
-[ Chuckles ] Thank you.
-Shampoo first, of course.
After that, we're gonna dry it off.
Then we're gonna bring her to the chair.
We're gonna look at the hair.
We're gonna spray it down with our mist
just to make it more moisturized
and give it a little bit more slip.
Even though we offer a few different ways
to start locs,
today, we're going to be doing comb coils.
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We're gonna use a comb
and part it out into triangle parts,
and row by row, we're gonna do that.
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This process today should take around three hours.
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Make sure she goes in a dryer.
She's gonna sit in the dryer for about 20 minutes.
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Do you want it to styled? -I do.
-What do you want?
-Something up and to the side.
-After she dries, style it, twist it down...
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...add jewelry...
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...all done.
Okay, I just finished the style. Add in the jewels.
How do you like it?
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-I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it,
I love it, I love it, I love it.
I love the jewels.
Love the up-do.
Love them, love it, love it.
[ Both laugh ]
-Thank you, thank you.
Kamalya's hair came out fantastic.
The parts are dope, the style looks amazing, the jewels,
everything -- it's just absolute excellence,
perfection.
The locs are going to be beautiful.
In about two weeks, you want to take the style out.
Make sure you're wrapping your head every single night.
Use the products. -Okay.
-And come back in four to six weeks
for your next re-twist.
-I'm ecstatic to, you know, re-journey,
you know, this loc thing, so that's just really it.
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