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    Nicely said. That's why only mostly other lockers apprcieate locs. So many people think locs grow waistlength over night.

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    This was well versed and so true! More people who want to loc need to embrace this philosophy. I loved my locs in all of its stages but did/do have my frustrating days.

    I laugh at the fact that people think my locs look like twists , I remain steadfast in patience as some of my locs unravel at the ends, I giggle at the rebels who refuse to loc after two years (I've decide those hairs don't want to marry each other), I fuss the locs who are so short they stick out because they refuse to catch up with their neighbors, I spite my scalp for being so dry STILL after all this time.

    Through it all, I grow in patience and in love of my locs. I admire the fact that each set of locs looks different but beautiful on each of us. I won't lie I do have loc envy on an occassion when I look at others locs but I stay optimistic to the day when my locs get to that point
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    Gosh, I love your words! I don't know what I expected from my journey, I certainly didn't have any preconceived notions of length, and at the very least the length of time it takes to get a significant length was daunting to say the least, but I'm enjoying learning how to take care of my hair!!! Because I have a lifetime to love and learn my babies, I'm trying to embrace every step!
    Sessy dread!;)

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    Default Great Thread!

    This is absolutely on point, Agoddessinlocs!
    When I started my journey, i was prepared and had learned about the bumps along the journey of loc'ing. But like it's said, everyone's journey wont be the same and the end results will certainly vary. I will be coming up on my fourth month this week, and so far I have really enjoyed my frizzy stage. My hair hasn't been this thick since before my first perm(5th grade!). I haven't had much negative feedback so far, but either way I am doing this for me, not anyone else.

    This definitely needs to be pinned!
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    Great post! I'm trying to embrace my new [2nd] lock journey [avatar is 1st set].
    Even though I am in year two, I hope I will be able to keep this set as long as I did the first one which *almost* grew down to my waist! What a mistake that was to cut them! I hear lots of members think about taking their locks down, and I say think it all the way through first!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ymitchell1221 View Post
    as a new loc-er, i only want to say thanks. i was just looking at my hair before re-twisting it yesterday and thinking i wasnt going to make it. after the re-twist, and reading this- i will make it.
    Hang in there ymitchell! Lord knows, I've been there, done that and thought I wasn't going to make it either!! The end results are well worth the wait!!

    Quote Originally Posted by debe_999 View Post
    Good post! Really, loctitians should prepare people for the process of locing, oftherwise it can seem unachievable when looking at the starter stage. I really didn't like mine when they were first done, but because I'd done so much research I realised that I wouldn't find the beginning pleasing to the eye, but once the forst few 3-4 weeks are past they just get better with every day. And I have some rebelious "I'll do what I want, when I want, if I want" hair that changes its mind every other day. ... well I used to have that hair, now, ith locing, we've become friends and the result is soooo worth the time spent.
    I am glad that you and your locs have come to and understanding and compromise!! I didn't love mine at first either but so many of the things we grow to cherish in life come at the price of patience... I certainly didn't love being pregnant but those months of agony any the hard labor were well worth it when I first held my son!! If I'd have rushed him out of the womb too soon, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to develop and grow!

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    THANKS SO MUCH!! I used to have a bushWHACKED blog dedicated to the shenanigans of our former president that a lot of people loved but as far as Nappturality goes... would you believe that I can't even figure out HOW to blog !!

    @star13 - ain't that the truth?! I used to be one of those people, LOL!!!

    @Jhera - girl, WHAT???? I STILL suffer from loc envy from time to time!! Some of y'all be rocking those real plump locs that make me droooooool!!!! LOL!

    @BeautifulFlow - Thanks so much! I appreciate you letting me know and I'm glad that you're enjoying and learning your locs one day at a time, just like me!!






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    Quote Originally Posted by nini84 View Post
    This is absolutely on point, Agoddessinlocs!
    When I started my journey, i was prepared and had learned about the bumps along the journey of loc'ing. But like it's said, everyone's journey wont be the same and the end results will certainly vary. I will be coming up on my fourth month this week, and so far I have really enjoyed my frizzy stage. My hair hasn't been this thick since before my first perm(5th grade!). I haven't had much negative feedback so far, but either way I am doing this for me, not anyone else.

    This definitely needs to be pinned!
    CONGRATS on MONTH 4!!! I think every month/milestone in the first year is a HUGE deal because I know the labor of love that it entails .

    Thanks a lot for the compliment!!
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    Life can be short & Life can be unfair but life can also be beautiful and full of pleasant surprises. Surround yourself with positivity, why waste our numbered days with anything else?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenli19 View Post
    Great post! I'm trying to embrace my new [2nd] lock journey [avatar is 1st set].
    Even though I am in year two, I hope I will be able to keep this set as long as I did the first one which *almost* grew down to my waist! What a mistake that was to cut them! I hear lots of members think about taking their locks down, and I say think it all the way through first!!!!
    Hey Queenli... WELCOME BACK!! I ALWAYS say that a Queen is still a Queen no matter how you cut the deck (or in your case, the locs, LOL)... I just reached my 2nd year as well so I am uber excited and can't wait to add some more locversary's to the count. I was really surprised when Shawnta cut her locs...but even she made her way back to the loc side
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    You all are very gracious with your words and experiences. I love the thread and I have realized, as I approach my 2nd month, that patience and self love/ adoration is key.
    My journey is just beginning.

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    I am agreeing with the others who have posted up in here. This needs to be pinned.

    I had a brief week long try out with 2STs that I put in my hair, figuring I would leave them alone and see how/if they grew into locs. After washing and spritzing all week long I ended up with a one big fuzzy bush of hair on my head...so I took them out.

    After coming up in here and checking out this loc forum, I stalked fotki's and pictures and it absolutely, without a doubt, was those pictures of beginning locs that clued me in to how my hair could possibly look on the way to locdom. I saw the fuzziness, the so called "ugly stages" etc, and found myself slowly coming to the realization that I could handle it. Then, one day, I woke up, braided my hair, and began my journey. I decided to give my hair up to 2 years to loc and up to 2 years for me to "like" the way they looked. Here I am at 15 months and I can say without a doubt that at month 3 or 4, I irrevocably fell in love with my locs.

    They don't always look perfect (hardly ever actually, but I like that), but they're mine, and I KNOW that without the beginning stages, there is no teenage stage and no mature stage. It all takes time. I honestly wouldn't change this journey for anything - my eyes are still on the prize - healthy, long, glorious locs. I'm practically there already!
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