What's the mix you use, if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks for the information. I don’t have locks but after keeping my hair in a protective style for a little too long I also use oils to loose and detangle.

The horse mane and tail detangler works awesome.

As a cosmetologist and certified natural hair specialist would you say that the hair texture of yt people can actually handle having it put in dreads? I feel like they’re more matts then anything.

I used to have locks from 2016 to 2018 100% my hair no extensions, I did it myself and when I took them off with a crochet needle and a comb without anything else, I thought would be harder due to my C4 curls and the humongous amount of hair I have but it was relatively easy and was indeed surprised, I've been wanting to lock them again but at the same time I don't know if I want to spend 3 days locking my hair 🤣🤣 usually breading takes around 8-10 hours

8 pounds that’s insane, must’ve felt soooo good

Wow I'm sure he felt great getting rid of that weight!

Locs can be trimmed. Regular trims and maintenance would have relieved his pain…

​​@@Desaundreathat's true, he started working as a large engine mechanic, it was too difficult to keep them clean even though he washed them regularly, also they were a safety hazard when working with engines with moving parts. The weight also caused him neck pain. Ty for your comment:))

@@forrestmonarch7577 no problem I understand that as I am on my third round of locs, making this set smaller. Engines and hanging hair definitely don’t mix.

I’m white with wavy hair, but once I got really sick for a long time. I couldn’t get out of bed and would often just let water run over me in the shower and lay back in bed with wet hair. I got a huge nasty dreadlock like tangle in the back of my head. All the way to the scalp. The only place willing to even try detangling it instead of shaving it off was a salon for African hair. Even they said it was iffy. A woman from Kenya and an African American woman worked on my hair for 6 hours and managed to actually get it completely out. They weren’t even gonna charge me the whole 6 hrs but obviously I insisted. I couldn’t go back to that salon cause my hair type isn’t their specialty, but I’ll never forget how they refused to give up even when everyone else did.

@@Forevergreencloverthat’s so sweet🫶🫶🫶

👍🏽 I said that up top 😂

@@Forevergreencloverif any one can do your hair it is the Africans they can grip scalp and anyone’s hair. They have some magic hands❤

as a white person with white person hair that always matted up like crazy as a kid until i discovered layers, i agree 😂 i would’ve had to shave my head if not for the conditioner my mom would slather all over my hair

Conditioning or not conditioning depends on hair type.

That’s so cute! You guys deserve it - yall are real hair Magicians/artists ❤

Girl same! ❤

7:12 sooo beautiful! I understand the hiding behind your hair. I hope you feel confident

I didnt know this could be done!!!

Straight hair is stronger dry, curly hair is stronger wet. Not 100% sure that's scientifically accurate but it sounds right lol At the very least, wet hair being more pliable helps the curly knots bend out of each other without breaking

@@madeliner1682 all hair is strongest when dry and weakest when wet

​@@madeliner1682fully agreed. Dangling curly went wet is faster, earlier and wayyy less breakage if any

@@Angel-xu3ul every place a hair strand changes direction is a weak point and a place where the cuticle lifts and therefore is naturally more porous. This is why curly hair is by default more brittle than straight hair, and why it's a thousand times easier to avoid breakage when the hair bends first when force is applied as opposed to going straight to snapping off at a weak spot. Since curly hair is also very opinionated about where individual strands want to lay, water helps the knot clumps be more open to suggestion on a new arrangement instead of having to literally pull a single strand of hair out of the knot at a time only to end up with a hundred de-knotted hairs that all want to go in contradictory directions and therefore re-knot themselves every fifteen seconds anyway

@@madeliner1682 the last young lady did NOT use water. She used coconut oil with absorbs and continues to soften and loosen her curls. That is why is was easier. Also it looks like she used a latching method to maintain her hair, so removing them is easier for her.

Amen!

We had a black girl in school (in 'hip' terms, I'd call her a main-character) that had weaves with braids (a lot of braids) and she'd regularly spend a lot of money putting new ones in. We asked her to show her natural hair, which she was a bit hesitant to do, but there's not that much "taboo" (youknow, judgement) on natural hair in my country, so that was not the issue. She was just a bit unsure, she hadn't done that in a long time, she was afraid it wouldn't look nice. One day, she wasn't in class. We sat down and were about to start the class. Then, there was a knock on the door. We said; 'Come in!' and the door swept open, but nobody was there. We all looked and stared at the door, which is when she dramatically put her head around the side and said; 'Hey whatsup?!' and she had her natural hair, with a golden clip and a golden statement necklace and a leather jacket. She looked like a goddess in modern times. We all screamed and even the teacher was speechless. I remember how she was striding to her chair like a rockstair, leaned back and said; 'Touch it!' and we touched her hair and screamed at how soft it was. The whole day, she was surrounded by a group of girls that wanted to look at the teachers reacting to her new hairdo and her outfit. And later, she started experimenting with her natural hair and started putting clips or glitter-application-thingies in there, I'm not sure, but it looked very cool. I don't remember all of my classmates and many were awful, but Wendy, was really cool.

@@Widdekuu91 That is such a lovely story! Ngl that put a huge smile on my face just reading that. Wendy sounds awesome!

2 years n that short

Actually all hair types would be easier if they used emollients in their removal. Using water makes it harder.

Using water and conditioner helps as a black girl. Not using water and conditioner is harder.

@@Desaundrea Ya I agree. I tried ditching conditioner and then found a dread loc in my hair over night. Brushed it out multiple times and it kept reforming over one day in the same spot. My hair isn't even curly. It's just wavy.

Mix a little extra virgin olive oil in conditioner I have dry hair it made a big difference my curls came back to life. You can also add some to shampoo too

@@RavenVargas27 I like the olive oil/ conditioner. But no shampoo until the torture is over 😂 Seriously don’t detangle locs with shampoo.

I never knew she had locks! I just came across her channel this past year. I love her videos!

Christina is so wonderful 🥺

Yessss I adore her! She looked beautiful with and with out locs

⁠@@hannahremillard2471 She used to look COMPLETELY different.. Not just her hair but her whole face lol

Right i watched her transformation! Her friends from jail helped her. I love her, she is amazing!

I was thinking the same thing...shave it all & start fresh, lol! I admire the patience of those who choose to comb them out tho.

I just want to say your curls must be pretty, but I do find that people with extra long hair have the same issue. I go to run my fingers through my hair, and they get caught and tangled. If I brush too quickly my hair literally wraps around my brush… 😅

Literallyyyy can never run my fingers through my curly hair 😢

bro i have thick wavy hair and i go through your issues as well 😭🥲 ((gingers only have 90,000 strands on their head but its thicker)) 🥰

Did your neck and back hurt because of the dreads themselves, or was it the case as well with long untangled hair?

@@BDXRDM idk about dreads, but when my hair was that long i definitely had some neck issues cause of the weight, but its only really bad when you´re washing your hair. with the water in its so heavy it pulls my head back lmao

I had mine for 7yrs. Took me and another person 7-8 hrs a day for around 5days to comb them all out 😓

I couldn’t be bothered to comb mine out. I buzzed my head. My sleep improved.

@@Dragonfly_vbz no! Surprisingly they were super clean on the inside and no stink. I was TERRIFIED they were gonna be bad lol

I gasped when I saw her ! She’s amazing ! I been watching her since like 2018 or so 😭

I was shocked for a while when she and her friends took them out!! I watched the whole process back then! It was a change to get used to, but I Love Her So Much!! I love how healthy her hair looks now! I still want to know where TH is Summer Wells?

Yesss Christina 🎉 love her.

@@thechrononautswife-dorothy me too. This has always been my theory on SW. I think when they got back home, Summer was asleep in the back (like in the milk jug video) so they decided to leave her there until she woke up. But Candace was high & by the time she thought about it, it was too late. Maybe she had been dosed to sleep like what's being said so her body didn't react to wake her up in the hot car. I know it's a different theory than all the ones out there but I feel like it's possible bc it's a simple explanation. What do you think?

I thought she was one a see prison videos from. Made my giggle every time Brand said "locked up" while not knowing her story

Right. And it's so blonde. She's such a beautiful woman!

Me too. I love her channel. Been around since her prison stories lol😂

@@taylorcook7340I literally love her prison stories!

Literally I would just shave my head hahaha

​@@tleigh4583same 😂

The patience is actually growing them so brushing them out is nothing ❤

@@DreadfulThingsDesigngirl

Man i love that 🥹

Your value does not lie in your appearance.

💯💯

I need all of the serotonin!!

hes a professional

Locs are just short for dreadlocks he probably just calling them locs because it’s a shorter version or because he knows some of y’all love to complain

@@thatlilbeach5430 Really? You don’t say? So I don’t know the name of what I have in my head? Why you so much, you’re so fkn smart 🥱🙄

exactly 😂

The loose ends aka grinch fingers are a choice 😄 I started out with loose ends but by the time I combed them out they were rounded.

*NO!* That girl wasn't properly caring for her hair! She wasn't doing the maintenance. Every so often you have to have a "hair bath" with locs to detox and calrify.

The last girl was the only one who clearly kept her scalp and locs *CLEANA* And the only one who didn't describe the removed hair as "an animal"

Locs are the natural state of all hair fibers that are not prevented from matting together. Literally anything with hair will get mats if the hair isn’t prevented from matting. Locs are guided matting. Hair texture may be relevant for the matting process, but absolutely irrelevant for anything regarding cleanliness or protective styles. If you lox your hair and don’t keep it clean, moisturized and above all dry, you will have buildup, fungus and problems.

Her hair was so umkempt!

Mixing vinegar and baking soda neutralizes both and negates any real effect . Dissolve the sodium bicarbonate and a bit of soap in hot water, throughly saturate and agitate the locs, let the soak to soften and emulsify all the oil, dirt and nonsense stuck in the mats, then rinse very very throughly, then throughly saturate the hair with the acidic solution to neutralize the soap and bicarbonate and rinse very thoroughly again. Chemistry is chemistry, and cleaning something with bubbly water won’t work nearly so well as an alkaline cleaner followed by an acidic rinse.

I believe she was in prison and couldn't get proper treatment for her hair.

​@lindagore3307 Yes, she was in prison

If im correct she got them when was in jail and they didn’t have baths so she wasn’t able to wash them as well.

What’s wrong with calling them dreads?

@@KaiKailuv nothing when they’re on white ppl/ppl with the wrong hair type

@@KaiKailuvi’ve heard it refers to “dreadful” which can be offensive

All hair types lock.

But that's what they're called. Can't say anything these days

I'm assuming you're talking about an undercoat rake type comb.

@@diannemyers2423 yes! 🙂

It’s because they are dirty Dreds are dirty

@@nowirehangers2815 nope, the last girl was clean and kept, white people with straight hair cant wash locs properly or they will undo

Here's a hug, girl ❤

I feel your pain girl. Just remember that things get better. 🫂

Massive massive hugs to you maddyyeet9669. It's been a hell of a week for me too. Here's to hoping it gets better. 💖

The “Hello Beautiful” makes me feel better every time I hear it. Big hug from Illinois.

I was wondering why she looked so familiar

I’ve watched that mr ballen guy a couple of times but felt like his videos are made for kids, am I wrong?

​@@missbelle13222definitely not for kids lol

@@missbelle13222 then you should hear some more 🙋🏼‍♀️ my kid is not allowed watching him 😂 try his last video 🙌🏼 much love ❤️❤️

Oh to do nothing but watch videos morning to night….. don’t have a baby it will never happen again lol 😜

Nnnoooooooo

Same!

The videos she's done about her prison time were so good and so emotional. She's such a lovely genuine person 💕

You're a real one 😄❤

The fact that her locks were all uniform, layed down flat, and were also able to be removed very easily shows which hair type locs are actually meant for.

@@Adam-tx1trTHIS!!!!

⁠@@Adam-tx1trso black people are just born knowing how to remove locs? Bffr race has nothing to do with this its just wether the person is informed or not

⁠@@tacowolf9623They’re saying bc of her hair type the locs weren’t every which way lol chill 💀