???? That LITERALLY makes no sense. You will always go through an awkward stage. ALWAYS. So if you cut it, you will just delay the inevitable and go through the whole process again ten months from now.
Your freeforms look great. Follow the rules.
1. TRUST THE PROCESS
2. Stay out of the mirror
3. Keep your locs moisturized and oiled
4. TRUST THE PROCESS
5. Tie them up at night
6. TRUST THE PROCESS
And remember-- trust the process!!
I'm just kinda sick of these people coming on here and saying "am I cooked". Or "should I start over". I just want them to research a lil bit about locs. They only like the rapper's locs they want to imitate. They don't realize half of them got extensions or half wigs, or Marley hair that's been dyed.
Just read about the stages of locs and what to expect and when. Don't want to read? Just view some tutorials on YouTube! Just find out,you know? Damnnnn
I guess. But how bout just asking for a rating opinion? These people coming on with THICK a88 hair looking great. You know they don't really think they cooked!
At least I hope not, lol😂
You not the wrong guy to ask lol you have a very mature take. Other dude threw me off when he decided to control how another man ask a question instead of pushing for empathy and answering him
It's hard to know what the awkward phase is supposed to look like because it looks different on everyone, it's fine to check in and see if you're locs are on the way too looking how you want them too. If it annoys you that bad maybe skip over the posts. The awkward stage is full of uncertainty so I totally get why people ask, research, freakout, etc.
Seriously?!?! In what world do you come up with my comment being RACIST??
These are people who WANT to have the look. You really had to REACH for that one, didn't you?! People who are used to seeing my comments about our beautiful melanin,(on people who post their photos)our ancestors and the history of our locs and our history and culture would never accuse me of being a clear person OR racist.
What I SAID was ------they want to imitate the rapper's locs that they see, without even knowing how the look was obtained. This ain't got shyt to do with being racist so you really were stretching to try and make this be about me being racist.
Commenters actually POST the photos of the rappers they want to imitate.
A lot of the rappers have added hair and crocheted hair. Unless you are living under a rock, you should have seen these posts almost daily asking how to get this or that rapper's or star's look.
Miss me with your bullsnit trying to accuse me of being racist.
So you aren’t melanated? Yeeaaaaa racist vibes I literally scrolled thru after you said that for days. And only found ONE post of someone wanting a rappers locs. (Futures to be exact) all the other rappers get made fun of. J Cole Jay Z Lil Wayne etc no one wants rapper locs. You a lil TOO triggered to have not heard the racist thing before 😂😂😂😂🥴
I’m 7 months in but the shrinkage is killing me 😭I got a retwist, put em in barrel twists, took em out and saw that they got longer from my first retwist, washed em today, and now I look like how I looked when I was 4 months in barely hanging off my head now 😂😂
You want that tho. U want the hair to compress and be tight . Imagine if they were loose, they’d thin and break later . It’s better once you understand what certain parts are happening . That extra compression lead to the weight for them to drop too. Embrace the journey because it’s yours . It’s personal
The shrinkage never stops! EMBRACE IT!! When ur hair is in barrel twists and you ask your girl to take em down and she start bytching------you know you've made it. She complaining cuz your hair is actually thatttt long. One of my sweet enjoyments in life is untwisting my style and watch it falling into my lap. 😀
This is the “anime” hair stage of freeforming, it comes with a lot of party/headbanging music, women playing with your hair randomly, and occasionally urges to rebel. Enjoy the stage.
This actually is the "oh no" stage
Sees mother " oh noooo". Son? Please. Are you trying to put me in an early grave ?please get your haircut, please?!!?
Sees father "oh noooo". "Son I guess you think I'm playing with you! You want to wear your hair like that get a job! You not going to live under my roof with your hair like that! doing what you want and not paying no bills!!"
Sees teacher. "Ooh nooooo". "No Hey, I just wanted to remind you next week is Motivation Monday. we will be going on the career search and well -----I don't know how to say this but your hair just won't be acceptable in the corporate world. I know you're trying to be independent and all that cool stuff but we're requiring all young men to have their hair at collar length."available.
"But coach! It is at collar length!! It's been shorter than that all year long!"
"Yes but it's..... wild n crazy looking! It needs to be more...... traditional looking"
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
They good bruh. How you keep em stacking vs falling over
Personally I did the highs they came out fire but I cut and now I grew the lower half out more
They look amazing! Keep going! Also, keep asking questions you are entitled to it. Growing locs can feel vulnerable so I commend you for asking questions 👑🖤
Your freeform look a lot better then mine did though I was really just letting it grow crazy cause I didn’t want to go through that tiny worms starter phase. I eventually twisted all of it and went semi free form and I think it looks a lot better. Yours kinda look like Sideshow Bob’s which is pretty cool. If you really ain’t rockin with em tho I would suggest twisting them and see how you feel after a month or 2
Like not to the scalp either. Just twist em whenever in your free time
i lowkey wanna leave this sub because of the way people act when their natural hair does its thing… most of the time yall hair isn’t hanging off the bone nothing yall js want cartoon hair. its sad. js don’t get locks and i mean that in the least gatekeeping way possible. no shade to OP.
???? That LITERALLY makes no sense. You will always go through an awkward stage. ALWAYS. So if you cut it, you will just delay the inevitable and go through the whole process again ten months from now. Your freeforms look great. Follow the rules. 1. TRUST THE PROCESS 2. Stay out of the mirror 3. Keep your locs moisturized and oiled 4. TRUST THE PROCESS 5. Tie them up at night 6. TRUST THE PROCESS And remember-- trust the process!!
It make sense . He young and in a hurry, we all go thru that phase too. He a be solid
I'm just kinda sick of these people coming on here and saying "am I cooked". Or "should I start over". I just want them to research a lil bit about locs. They only like the rapper's locs they want to imitate. They don't realize half of them got extensions or half wigs, or Marley hair that's been dyed. Just read about the stages of locs and what to expect and when. Don't want to read? Just view some tutorials on YouTube! Just find out,you know? Damnnnn
I do get that, but hey, if they need a little ego boost, what's the harm in giving it to him. Better that then money 😂
I guess. But how bout just asking for a rating opinion? These people coming on with THICK a88 hair looking great. You know they don't really think they cooked! At least I hope not, lol😂
Idk man it ain’t really that big of a deal to me. Maybe im the wrong guy to ask 🤷🏾♂️
You not the wrong guy to ask lol you have a very mature take. Other dude threw me off when he decided to control how another man ask a question instead of pushing for empathy and answering him
I don't obsess over it, lol.
It's hard to know what the awkward phase is supposed to look like because it looks different on everyone, it's fine to check in and see if you're locs are on the way too looking how you want them too. If it annoys you that bad maybe skip over the posts. The awkward stage is full of uncertainty so I totally get why people ask, research, freakout, etc.
What is your definition of Marley hair
They just want rappers locs?????? That gave off hella racist vibes 👀👀👀😂 I hope you a melanated person sayin that
Seriously?!?! In what world do you come up with my comment being RACIST?? These are people who WANT to have the look. You really had to REACH for that one, didn't you?! People who are used to seeing my comments about our beautiful melanin,(on people who post their photos)our ancestors and the history of our locs and our history and culture would never accuse me of being a clear person OR racist. What I SAID was ------they want to imitate the rapper's locs that they see, without even knowing how the look was obtained. This ain't got shyt to do with being racist so you really were stretching to try and make this be about me being racist. Commenters actually POST the photos of the rappers they want to imitate. A lot of the rappers have added hair and crocheted hair. Unless you are living under a rock, you should have seen these posts almost daily asking how to get this or that rapper's or star's look. Miss me with your bullsnit trying to accuse me of being racist.
So you aren’t melanated? Yeeaaaaa racist vibes I literally scrolled thru after you said that for days. And only found ONE post of someone wanting a rappers locs. (Futures to be exact) all the other rappers get made fun of. J Cole Jay Z Lil Wayne etc no one wants rapper locs. You a lil TOO triggered to have not heard the racist thing before 😂😂😂😂🥴
He’s getting freeforms tho, every stage is an “ugly stage”, This post makes no sense
I’m 7 months in but the shrinkage is killing me 😭I got a retwist, put em in barrel twists, took em out and saw that they got longer from my first retwist, washed em today, and now I look like how I looked when I was 4 months in barely hanging off my head now 😂😂
You want that tho. U want the hair to compress and be tight . Imagine if they were loose, they’d thin and break later . It’s better once you understand what certain parts are happening . That extra compression lead to the weight for them to drop too. Embrace the journey because it’s yours . It’s personal
The shrinkage never stops! EMBRACE IT!! When ur hair is in barrel twists and you ask your girl to take em down and she start bytching------you know you've made it. She complaining cuz your hair is actually thatttt long. One of my sweet enjoyments in life is untwisting my style and watch it falling into my lap. 😀
You overdoing it bro lol you emotional as hell
honestly looks fire bro
They look so precious fr fr 🥺
appreciate it
appreciate it
Fr. There’s no “ugly stage” ???
man gtfo out this sub reddit this shit fire talm bout “imma cut this shit again” leave for you pmo
I'm in this same stage I need answers too!
Why you don’t love yourself?
😭😭😭😭
send a pic
It’s only been 10 months my guy 😂 u gotta be patient
alright
nahhh you’re trippin fr, those are some fire freeforms 😭. i usually lurk in this sub but i had to come and comment, just trust the process!
appreciate it
u call this ugly????
I know right?!?🤷♂️
Lets trade then bro
I like them 🤷🏽♀️, they look unique. I did go through a stage where I didn’t like mine but now I love them and I’m glad I didn’t comb them out.
appreciate it
There. Is. No. Ugly. Stage.
ugly stage doesn’t exist
This is the “anime” hair stage of freeforming, it comes with a lot of party/headbanging music, women playing with your hair randomly, and occasionally urges to rebel. Enjoy the stage.
This actually is the "oh no" stage Sees mother " oh noooo". Son? Please. Are you trying to put me in an early grave ?please get your haircut, please?!!? Sees father "oh noooo". "Son I guess you think I'm playing with you! You want to wear your hair like that get a job! You not going to live under my roof with your hair like that! doing what you want and not paying no bills!!" Sees teacher. "Ooh nooooo". "No Hey, I just wanted to remind you next week is Motivation Monday. we will be going on the career search and well -----I don't know how to say this but your hair just won't be acceptable in the corporate world. I know you're trying to be independent and all that cool stuff but we're requiring all young men to have their hair at collar length."available. "But coach! It is at collar length!! It's been shorter than that all year long!" "Yes but it's..... wild n crazy looking! It needs to be more...... traditional looking" 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
The ugly stage is when you're shit is small and don't come off your head brother lol
this isn’t ugly bro. stop comparing your hair, your shit looks valid
appreciate it
Bruhhhhhhh just let ya damn hair grow mfs be wanted shit to look exsctly how they want right away
alright 😭
I don’t know what you mean by ugly ? Our natural hair is beautiful and has powers
Locs don’t have an ugly stage…. Unless you think yours are just ugly then cut them
Man you're going through the best part. My locs are growing too damn fast and I'm starting run out of ideas on what to do with 'em.
hard bro
appreciate it
"Ugly" lol they look good bro that mid length dread phase looks cool sometimes don't rush it
appreciate it
This is not UGLY at all. These are going to be 🔥🔥🔥
appreciate it
it don’t even look bad yall gotta stop being so hard on y’all selves
appreciate it
If you in a hurry just crochet them mugs.
...but it looks cool tho
appreciate it
Perfect for free forms leave em alone
appreciate it
U overthinking they valid 💯
appreciate it
I actually like this look
appreciate it
They good bruh. How you keep em stacking vs falling over Personally I did the highs they came out fire but I cut and now I grew the lower half out more
I’m in my ugly lock phase too I just need putting wigs on😞
Lazerdim
1st: yes, it's in the ugly stage, but it doesn't look ugly! 2nd: my ugly stage gave me a boost of self-confidence. So embrace it 😉
appreciate it
They look amazing! Keep going! Also, keep asking questions you are entitled to it. Growing locs can feel vulnerable so I commend you for asking questions 👑🖤
appreciate it
Your freeform look a lot better then mine did though I was really just letting it grow crazy cause I didn’t want to go through that tiny worms starter phase. I eventually twisted all of it and went semi free form and I think it looks a lot better. Yours kinda look like Sideshow Bob’s which is pretty cool. If you really ain’t rockin with em tho I would suggest twisting them and see how you feel after a month or 2 Like not to the scalp either. Just twist em whenever in your free time
Put on a beanie for 3 months straight. Stay away from the mirror king
bro never heard of trust the process
You'll be a'ight. Lookin like sideshow phony Bob 🤣
bruh chill 😂😂
dis the best stage lil bro
ur head looks like a pineapple
bruh 😂😂
Your hair is beautiful. Why would you cut it?🥺
appreciate it and im not after all the comments
Just cut em
THIS the ugly stage??
i thought it was
i lowkey wanna leave this sub because of the way people act when their natural hair does its thing… most of the time yall hair isn’t hanging off the bone nothing yall js want cartoon hair. its sad. js don’t get locks and i mean that in the least gatekeeping way possible. no shade to OP.
What are you trying to achieve with your hair? Are you trying to make it curler or dread it or pineapple it?
yo shi look fire tho
appreciate it
Youre freeforming? But also overly concerned about the looks of your locs? Baby, your hair looks fine!
Ugly stage dont last 10 months bro, they maturing now, this just how they boutta look in which they look straight, you should self retwist them
appreciate it an alright
Or maybe… Freeform locs isn’t for you if looks is all u care about
Lucky you’re on Reddit bro your shit looks good, if this was TikTok people would be on “hopes and dreams ahh dreads”
appreciate it and bruh 😭
There usually is some sort of “awkward phase”, but ima be honest, they look so good
appreciate it
Your Freeform is tuff asl g Keep trusting the process Best Freeforms I’ve seen in awhile
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I think your hair looks great like that!!!
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Ugly stage? Don't be so sure. I've been ugly all my life.
It looks amazing imo
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No it looks good and sexy.
appreciate it
You should just cut it now. Why wait
That's weird that it doesn't look locked at all after 10 months. Cut it off, this style might not be cooperating with your hair texture.