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3 Ways To Style Faux Locs

Hey, beauts!
I finally get to take down my faux locs tomorrow. It’ll be a day shy of 8 weeks.
Whew! 8 weeks! I can’t remember having a protective style for this long. This time I did set the challenge of rocking it for 6-7 weeks, but life happened and gave me an additional week. I’ve been busy lately and although I miss my natural hair, to be honest, I was a bit reluctant to take these down because I’m not looking forward to a real wash day. For the past 8 weeks wash days has been so easy peasy that I’ve almost forgotten what a real wash day feels like. Well, I’ll be back to wash day reality soonest!
Having a boring hair is one thing I didn’t want while I had my locs, so I tried switching to different styles. Some peeps have been asking how I style my faux locs and here’s my last chance to show them how before the takedown.
Enjoy!
1 | SIDE SWEPT
I’ve tried this style on box braids before but it’s awesome with faux locs.
STEPS
1. Do a rectangular part i.e one side of the part should have more locs.
2– 4. Hold it in a ponytail using an elastic band.
5. Take out a piece from the ponytail and wrap around the elastic band to hide it, if you want a cooler look.
6-7. Choose the side you want the sweep to fall. If you want it on your right take the ponytail to the left and vice-versa. You get?
Now sweep the ponytail to where you want.
8–13. Take few pieces (usually 2 pieces works well with my faux loc) from the left and right sides, the ones closest to the rectangular part and tie at the back to secure the sweep.
2 | CHINESE BUNSomehow the pieces of faux locs left out of the bun reminds me of chopsticks. This style was inspired by my sister and it’s really easy to do. Do I even need to explain? Maybe just step 2 and 3.
2-3 After putting the locs in a ponytail, keep the two chopsticks pieces apart from the rest, so they don’t get lost while you do the bun.
3 | BRAIDED BAND
Or as a friend calls it: “the ninja look”.
STEPS
1-3. Take 3 pieces of locs and braid it down.
4. Take it across your forehead
5-7. Take a few pieces from the left and right sides to tie at the back, so as to secure the band.
And there you have it! Wishing you a fabulous week ahead!
Which style will you be trying soon?
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Being A Beautiful Faux Locs In A World Full Of Braids


I think faux locs is officially my best protective style. Keeps all my hair tucked in for weeks on, very easy to maintain and getting doses of air on my scalp? Don’t I just love this protective style?!

Since the take down of my last faux loc, I’ve been itching for my next installation and here we are.
Ever since I moved to a new state 9 months ago, I’ve been on the lookout for someone with a faux loc but to no avail. My “world” seems to be full of yarn locs, jumbo braids, box braids and any other braiding style but faux locs! After my recent installation, people here virtually stop me wherever I go to ask what braiding hair I used and how I achieved this look. It’s such a novelty here, hence this post.

When I first did this faux loc style, I made some mistakes. It didn’t exactly come out the way I wanted but I still enjoyed rocking it. This second time I’m making up for it. I got it the way I want (uhmm, maybe something more lengthy but I’m still great with this length).

I’ve been rocking these babies for almost 2 weeks now and it still looks new.

Here’s what you’ll be needing:
  • Yarn (wool) 
  • Kinky braiding hair

The amount you’ll use depends on the length and size of the locs. I used 6 rolls of yarn and 4½ packs of kinky braiding hair for this length and size.

How to:
  • My hair was freshly washed, well moisturized and oiled.
  • Then my hair stylist started with box braids using the yarn.
  • Next the box braids were threaded upon starting from the root using the kinky braiding hair to the tip of the box braids.
  • Finally the tip was tied and burnt to ensure a tighter hold.

TIPS
  1. To save time, stop braiding the box braids where your natural hair ends. The rest of the unbraided yarn can still be threaded upon.
  2. Burn only the tip of the kinky braiding hair. Don’t burn along it. I made this mistake the first time, it makes the take down process harder.

Have you tried the faux loc style? How did you go about it?
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Ways To Rock A Twa! | Style #1

FINGER/COMB COILS


Calling on the TWA (teeny weeny afro) rockers! Here’s a style for you.

Rocking a TWA is something I didn’t get to experience. Sometimes I wish I had the courage to do it just to know what it felt like. Other times I let my imagination run and see myself rocking one and slaying it.
For those of you rocking a TWA kudos! Doing what I wasn’t bold enough to do. The very least I could do is give you some ideas on how you can slay the TWA look. I’ll be sharing some styles I’ve always fancied on short hair. For this weekend you can try out the one below.

You’ll be needing:

  1. Comb and brush
  2. Spray bottle with water
  3. Styling products like gel (moisturizing gel), butters or a mix of both

How to:

  1. Start on freshly washed/co-washed, moisturized and well detangled hair. 
  2. Section a little part of your hair and detangle. Apply the styling product and brush through to distribute evenly.
  3. Twist your hair around your index fingers starting from the roots (close to the scalp) down to the tip. If you are using comb for your coils, grasp the hair close to the root and twist until hair is coiled to the tip. Continue until the whole hair is completely done.
  4. Air dry.

Tips

  1. This style is best done on dry or slightly damp hair. Spray bottle with water can be used to keep hair damp.
  2. The smaller the sections, the fuller the hair will look.
  3. Always sleep on a satin bonnet/scarf to make coils last longer.
  4. You can achieve a finger/comb coil out by separating the individual coils into smaller sections, like separating a twist to get a twist out.
  5. This style can be worn for several days or weeks but be careful so that your hair doesn’t begin to lock. If hair locks, deep condition and detangle to free locks.
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JUMBO DIDI (FRENCH) BRAIDS AND SMALL BRAIDS


One of the perils I face as a natural is my hair sticking out of place when I do jumbo braids or cornrows with hair braiding extensions, a week or two after been installed.

Recently, I’ve been yearning for simple, elegant braids for protective styling and the first thought that came to mind was jumbo cornrow-like braids! Then I remembered my experiences with it ever since I became a full natural hasn’t always been nice.

What to do? What to do about it? Go for a braiding style that keeps my hair all tucked in!
Correct me if I’m wrong, the jumbo braids are called french braids right? Because that’s what they look like to me. Here in Nigeria, it’s popularly called “Didi” in the Yoruba language or “inner weaving” in english.
So, I told my hairstylist I wanted jumbo cornrow-like braids but this time I’m doing it the Nigerian way. An hour 10 minutes later, with 1½ packs of braiding hair extensions, I had this juicy jumbo didi braids. It’s simple and quick to do.

I’m hoping this didi style of braiding will keep my hair all tucked in for the next few weeks. Oh, well so far, so good. It’s been almost 2 weeks now and my hair is still tucked in as it could possibly be.
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