6 months Loc'd. Take one.
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So it has officially been 6 months. I am at half a year since
I started locing my hair. I can't believe it's 6 months already.
But yeah, it's been a good journey so far, a few things have definitely
changed. This month as compared to last month. I'm actually training
for a 10 K right now. And so because of that, I'm working out a lot
more than I usually do. And so to make sure that my scalp which
is always my top priority with my locs, with my hair in general,
to make sure that my scalp is staying as clean as possible, and
healthy. I decided to just switch to Head & Shoulders just because,
while it is a little bit harsher on my overall hair, Head & Shoulders
tend to dry out my hair a little bit. While it is overall harsher,
I don't have to wash my hair as often when I use it. So now that
I'm working out consistently, and sweating a lot, things like that, Head & Shoulders
really is something that I'll probably be using for the foreseeable future
just to keep my scalp in check, and balanced, and break
down build up, and all of that. The second thing is that I started
using Rosemary oil in my hair, so now what I do daily
is, I moisturize my scalp after I get out of the shower
using water from my shower head, because it is the cleanest water
I have, because I purchased water filter for shower head. So I put
a little bit of that into a spray bottle, and then I also put about
10 drops of Rosemary oil. And then a little bit of my Rosewater as
well, shake it up, and I concentrate that mixture to my scalp, and
really massage that into my scalp. If I feel like I need to follow
up with anything especially now that's it's getting dryer, and dryer
here in Texas, it's not necessarily getting colder, but it's getting
dryer.
I'll take a little bit of Apricot oil which is a very light absorbent
oil for the scalp. I'll take a little bit of that, and work it into
my scalp. As far as the rest of my hair, after I wash my
hair usually, and moisturize, and all of that, I will put coconut oil
on the rest of my hair. But not on my scalp because it's a little
too much for my scalp. Those are the two main things that have
changed this month as far as my locs are concerned. Something
else that I'm noticing in just in the process is, I'm finally,
I'm covering the ears almost now y'all. Something I'm still doing
is I'm not touching up the back as much. The back, and all of the
sides are pretty much at a 2 months schedule, so I'm not gonna
touch them up this month, I'll touch them up next month. But the top, I'm
still keeping at a month, I haven't touched it up yet,but I will.
It is getting better though. I'm noticing that it's been a month,
and while I do have new growth, slowly but surely, the new
growth is starting to grow more, and more into the specific locs
that they belong to. That's really cool, cuz that was something that
was really bothering me in beginning of the journey, going through
to, yeah to now. And then just overall, so it's officially been an year since
I shaved my head as well, and remembering where I was at that point,
it was that, while I was proud of my hair, and how I had grown
it out, and how healthy it was. I was also a little frustrated because,
I could feel myself starting to devote so much time to my hair
that I didn't feel like it was necessary, and devoting so much
time to just the aesthetic of my hair, and not the health. I feel
like it's one thing to take care of yourself, and have rituals in
of just taking better care of yourself, but I felt like
with my loose natural hair, I was really starting to get into the realm
of, I don't wanna say vanity because that's too strong of a term. But
just, I was taking it too seriously, I was like, I don't like that I am spending so
much time on this. I went back to being natural because
I wanted to save money, and save time, and embrace what my hair naturally
does. And so when I became a loose natural, I feel like a kind of
segwayed, and got away from that. And so that I think was what prompted
me shaving my head, to kind of liberated me of just all of it
in general, because I knew I couldn't make a clean break. And then
in shaving my head, I think I began to realize, you know what, I had it right the first
time with, I transitioned to being natural by having locs,
with my first set of locs. So shaving my head was really a crucial
point for me to realize, you know what I was right before. Like
when I was younger I was right, having locs is what works best
for me. I feel like with having locs, at least now with this journey
too really, it really isn't about the aesthetics as much as it is about just the
health of my hair,
and just having healthy hair. And building a regiment, building
rituals around that goal rather than aesthetically, I want this.
It's been really cool to get back into that, and to feel that
way. I feel like I'm being more true to myself. For some people, I
think having locs, you bring into it whatever you wanna bring to
it. I think with some people, it's purely an aesthetic thing, and like whatever, but for me
I do really consider it a journey, and I do consider it part of my overall, I guess like
spiritual growth if you will. Not to get too philosophical about
hair. Hmm. In the comments below let me know if you have started locs,
and if you're on a loc journey right now. I would also be curious
to know if you have a Youtube channel as well because now that
I do have locs, and it's been a while, I find myself now combing through
Youtube looking for other loc'd people to follow, and see what
they're up to, and what their regimens are like. Getting tips, and tricks
on how to better maintain the health of my locs as well, and I will
see you when I see you. Don't forget to start your week with me,
I push out new videos every Monday at noon central time, and make
sure to follow me on social media, so you can stay in tune with
everything I've got going on.
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