My Favorite Protective Style

Bantu Knots My favorite way to style my starter locs, has to be bantu knots. They are a mood whether you decide to go out with your hair up, or wear the curls down. I have also noticed that Bantu knots after a good wash a moisturize can contribute to keeping moisture for longer, because this...

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Product! Product! Product!

Let me just start this by saying, I know it has been a long time since I updated this page. Life as a way of leading you to the edge and back. However I am back, with regular updates, if you would like to keep up with me more regularly please follow my Instagram (@amalalocs). I figured the best...

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Wash Day!

So after having my locs for 1 week, I decided to go ahead and wash my hair. I know my loctician said to try and wait for at least 2, but my head was very itchy, and it just needed a good wash, also I generally wash my hair once per week anyway, so I am used to the routine. The back of hair right...

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Day 1 of Starter locs!

Guess What?!!! Today starts the first day of my starter loc journey! I am finally all in, and I could not be happier. I have decided to start my locs with two-strand-twists, and my loctician interlocked them at the root. The size of my locs is about small to medium (I do not have an exact count). These...

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The Beginning

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Amala, and I have been loose natural for about 5 years now.  Me with a twist out Previous to that I had my hair relaxed for most of my life. My mom has always said, she did not know what to do with my sister, and I's natural hair, so she used...

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