How to RETWIST Microlocs (FULL TUTORIAL) | BEGINNER FRIENDLY

How to RETWIST Microlocs (FULL TUTORIAL) | BEGINNER FRIENDLY | NO interlocking or 4 pt rotation |

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11 ай бұрын

Here's how I retwist my microlocs. I maintain my locks with 4 point rotation interlocking every 3 months and I retwist every 3-4 seeks. Time stamps below for your convenience
00:10 - Tools I use for retwisting
00:48 New growth since my last retie
1:06 Tutorial
6:38 Views of all the clips
6:53 Take down
8:19 Fluff and trim
9:00 360 visuals of parts
9:48 Thinning at the roots?
Microloc Influencers who retwist
@AliciaJames - IG: @msaliciajames (exclusively retwists)
@KhaliliaTanae IG: @khayute
@fretnaturals4459 - IG: @fretnaturals (exclusively retwists her hair. She interlocks clients hair though)
@KekeJ - IG: @keke.j_
See my video on how to do a 4 pt rotation here:
• Retightening My DIY Mi...

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@naturallysage_ 11 ай бұрын

Do I have microlocs? No, but did I still watch? Absolutely 🤭

@theminimalistnatural 10 ай бұрын

i love the support 🥰🥰🥰thanks so much frannnn

@KrissyTheIntrovert 10 ай бұрын

Same😂🤭

@necilya 9 ай бұрын

I don’t even have locks and I’m not planning to get any. 😂 I just love seeing microlocks.

@mels5220 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@TimberlinOden 9 ай бұрын

I’m sold I’ll be retwisting till eternity 😅

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

Hahaha I love this!

@yeverett4533 Ай бұрын

Me too! I retighten my own microlocs and I have 760 locs and came here looking for an alternative because it takes me 16 hours to retighten them. I am so excited, I am going to try this in about 2-3 weeks.

@KosmikGawdess 3 күн бұрын

@yeverett4533 holy moleyyyyy you have alot of hair girlfriend either that or each loc contains 3 strands of hair😂😂😂

@yeverett4533 3 күн бұрын

@@KosmikGawdess Neither is true. My hair is average thickness but long. 😂

@Print824 Ай бұрын

Thank you for making a video on this method. My mom and I both have microlocs. But with the way these prices getting, I rather do my own hair. And this is simple. I am definitely sharing the video with my mom.

@claudiaanderson7099 Ай бұрын

I am thinking of microlocing my hair and your video really helped. I was concerned about the maintenance but you've helped me greatly🎉😊

@averagebear7488 3 ай бұрын

I love you for this video! I’m so tired of re-tying and my first set of locs were traditional and I want that ease of maintaining again. Thank you!

@OhNo4921-rg8yk 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I wanted to smaller locs maybe not microlocs but I thought I had to retie

@graced_by_ebeauty 9 ай бұрын

As a loctician, I just want to state that what you're referring to as new growth is also slippage. Our hair typically grows half an inch a month so some of the locs have new growth AND slippage. Anyone can have slippage. Our hair doesnt loc overnight and new growth definitely doesn't fully loc in 6 to 8 weeks but that's just my professional opinion.

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

I think possibly you might have misunderstood what I’m saying or maybe I don’t understand your comment. My hair doesn’t loc in 6-8 weeks, it takes closer to 3-4 months for the shed hair to start locking (for me personally). However, what you see here is definitely new growth. I don’t have slippage, I never have. My hair just started growing extremely fast because i’m pregnant (this also happened when I was a loose natural) I just didn’t want disclose the full reason behind the fast growth because I was very early on.

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

i realize it’s a bit confusing since I didn’t explain the full reason behind the new growth

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

I suddenly understood what you meant about hair not locking in 6-8 weeks. YES! This applies to retwisted locks and YES all of that would NOT be new growth, because hair doesn’t lock in 6-8 weeks. HOWEVER this doesn’t apply in my case because I INTERLOCKED 6-8 weeks ago. :) This was my first or second time retwisting. I am keeping track of my new growth from my last INTERLOCKING session because I can see where that begins. i do not base my new growth from the last time I retwisted because you’re absolutely correct - as soon as the hair gets wet, the retwist unravels. I didn’t realize that is what yoh meant. Pregnant brain I guess haha

@Maxe913 3 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnaturala

@mowamulenga4477 Ай бұрын

This looks so much easier than interlocking eishh. I'll try this, thank you.

@hiyahiy 5 ай бұрын

I love this relaxing music.

@sheilaandfrank 9 ай бұрын

Here watching

@GymBaeNation 10 ай бұрын

Girl! I must say, this video is giving me hope! I make 1 year next month but my hair gets SO frizzy in between my retightening appointments! Im definitely thinking of starting to do this! What do you think about using both methods to maintain? Retighten every 8 weeks with a retwist at the 4 week mark?

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

I think that’s awesome! Just keep track of how long it takes for your shed hair to start locking. For me it’s 12 weeks. I just did a full interlocking after 12 weeks and was able to retie the entirety of it. I noticed a few locks where it was starting to matt at the top of where I interlocked previously. I simply loosened it up before interlocking.

@DIYLETSCREATE_MINIATURES 2 ай бұрын

Thinking ab getting some ❤

@lakiyahmuhammad9532 11 ай бұрын

Omgosh! I’m so thankful for this video! I’m going to attempt to do this myself to save finances! I love how yours look. ❤❤❤❤

@theminimalistnatural 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and I hope it works out for you!

@greenscreen385 6 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnatural I am going try this I’ve never tried it before thanks so much❤❤

@gardenflower620 Ай бұрын

Hey!!! I’m seriously wanting to begin this process with my microlocs!!! Thanks so much for posting this video! How often are you washing your hair? I wash mine once per week. Do the washes affect your retwists??

@luna5264 5 ай бұрын

Hi I love your video thank you for it just wanted to ask how long you keep it in without water touching it for it not to unravel?

@Brownmahfun 9 ай бұрын

WOW!!!!!!! Thank You Sis.😇

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

@LatoyaCherrie Ай бұрын

I am definitely going to start retwisting instead. I hav 302 locs and severe asthma so interlocking takes soo long and chest hurts too much. I usually retie a few hours over 3 days

@thewandingtruth4839 3 ай бұрын

Wow... Love this!! I was wondering how often do you twist?

@user-qh5cw5sm5w 9 ай бұрын

Ok, so this is much easier because everyone is interlocking for the retwist. Thanks

@theminimalistnatural 8 ай бұрын

yes. It’s a lot easier for me

@muscleswithmaya6199 2 ай бұрын

Ateeeeee😍

@LifewithLava 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@thespillwithcristyt 4 ай бұрын

Can you put your hair under a over head dryer after twist

@savadawilliamson8822 5 ай бұрын

How hard is it doing the back? I can’t keep affording a retie every 4 weeks. So I’m considering twisting my own hair from here on out. I also have a lot of new growth and my hair doesn’t grow inside. Any further suggestions?

@CarolynLamar-yb2dc 8 ай бұрын

Hello beautiful Ty for video I’m looking to get my hair micro locked who did yours if you don’t mind me asking I love the size and fullness I’m super excited Jude trying to find someone to do mines I’m willing to fly if I have to

@janedough6302 10 ай бұрын

omg thank you

@Luckyworld773 9 ай бұрын

Bomb!

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

THANKS!

@abusdaughter_ 11 ай бұрын

This is beautiful to watch. Would this cause a variation in the size of each loc due to the parts that were retightened (thinner) and the parts that are retwisted (thicker)?

@theminimalistnatural 11 ай бұрын

Great question. The parts that were thinner when I retied were only thin at the beginning. They eventually swell up like the rest of the loc. I will be interlocking all the new growth every 3-4 months so everything will stay even. Retwists just maintain my locks and keep them from breaking at the roots until I interlock again.

@laquannatimothy9512 5 ай бұрын

Do you have a tutorial on how you started them

@MichelleSmith-jb9qh 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful ❤

@theminimalistnatural 11 ай бұрын

thank you love!

@msalmond1975 9 ай бұрын

I’m going to try this. I have Microlocs extensions and it’s starting to get hard to interlock. Hopefully this will allow me to retain length and keep my extensions until I get a the desired length.

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

Ahhh very interesting idea! I have no experience with extensions so not sure, but you can always try once and see how you like it!

@angelafloyd5902 9 ай бұрын

Hey there, sis! 👋🏽 I’ve been following you for awhile on IG… I was the one who said I ain’t neva seen your hair needing a retie and now I see why!!! 👀😂🙌🏾 Thank you SO much for this video… ♥️ I’m 6 mos into my journey and my perimeter and also lots of frizzles even after retie are my issues… would you recommend to be completely loc’d to use this method?? 🤔

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the youtube side queen! I remember you ! Hahaha and yes, I promise my hair gets frizzy too, it’s just not super noticiable because I try to keep my locs maintained and strong. So as soon as I wash it, I normally retwist right afterwards. I started this method around the time I was getting fully locked. I’m not sure what would have happened if I did it before honestly. You can always try once and see if you like it. Nothing bad can happen from retwisting once. If you don’t like the results you can wash it out and 3 weeks.

@angelafloyd5902 9 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnatural lol… thank you… I’m definitely going to give it a try! Keep the content comin! 🙌🏾🫶🏽😘

@kshoyentertainment2470 7 ай бұрын

I am so happy to see this video bc I want to Microloc my hair but when I think of the maintenance timing and costs I got discouraged but this is giving me motivation again. How long does this last? I’ve heard loctician say that retwisting microlocs will make your locs thin and fall out but idk if that’s true what do you think ?

@theminimalistnatural 6 ай бұрын

it’s not true. Only if you do it improperly which is the same for ANY maintenance. For microlocs and traditional locs.

@bettyeames6812 6 ай бұрын

You make me wish I had 475 locs. I have 212 because I wasn’t ready to retie more than that . I have wanted to retwist instead of retie. I’m going to try your method. How often do you retwist your microlocs?

@cythcy 10 ай бұрын

Very nice

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@heal-thylife77 11 ай бұрын

I heard some people that do both methods, unravel the twisted portion before each retie which I thought was odd..do you do that?

@theminimalistnatural 11 ай бұрын

Mine already is unraveled once I wash it. it reverts back to regular new growth. The point of unraveling it is so they can interlock all the new growth. For a lot of ppl like me, the retwist is just a way to stretch out how often we have to retie. Someone who reties every 8 weeks and someone who retwists 3 times in 8 weeks have the same amount of hair to retwist/retie. All retwisting does is give the hair a structure until the next wash day. Interlocking actually creates a permanent structure that doesn’t unravel after getting wet. Retwisting doesn’t create a loc. Does that make sense? Great question by the way

@heal-thylife77 10 ай бұрын

@theminimalistnatural makes soo much sense thanks for breaking thay down!

@raineynight 9 ай бұрын

Hi, do you retwist with every shampoo? And how often do you shampoo? Ty

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

Yes! I retwist every month after my shampoo.

@LL-bu2zs 7 ай бұрын

Does the retwist close the hole at the top? The one that you typically use when retying?

@LL-bu2zs 7 ай бұрын

Also you said your retwists last as long as your reties, do you not moisturize them daily? I was always under the impression that retwists “mess up” (for lack of better words it’s like 3am lol) after getting wet.

@theminimalistnatural 7 ай бұрын

Yes it closes the hole at the top. I stopped moisturizing my hair every day once I got fully locked. I only wash my hair once a month now like I did when I was a loose natural. Lastly, if I want to moisturize daily or wash frequently like in the summer, I just wear it in two strand twists.

@km7890km 11 ай бұрын

I just retwisted the perimeter of my hair and it took no time compared to if i was to retie it. Is there a way to make the retwist hold/stay? The reties take me days. The last time i washed my hair after a retwist, the retwist washed out. I sat under the dryer for 1hr for that retwist. Please help. Thank you!❤

@theminimalistnatural 11 ай бұрын

Retwists come out as soon as you wash your hair :/ There's no solution to this which is why many ppl chose to interlock. I only wash my hair once every 3 weeks so I works for me. If you need to wash your hair often, you should interlock

@mai-linhmainor5965 10 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnaturalwould braiding and banding help?

@EE-vah8394 9 ай бұрын

Reties take a while but they are well worth it because your hair lasts longer. Retwist will last maybe two weeks before your hair is a mess again.

@krimezofkolor4683 8 ай бұрын

@@EE-vah8394I like the messy look 😘

@natural.buggle1513 10 ай бұрын

I wanna know how long did the retwist last vs interlocking

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

My retwists lasts the same amount of time as interlocking

@Locked_in_with_DaQueen 11 ай бұрын

Great job. I love retwisting for speed. Mine haven't caused any thinning and I switch back and forth

@theminimalistnatural 11 ай бұрын

Hey Thats awesome to hear! How often do you switch?

@Locked_in_with_DaQueen 11 ай бұрын

@theminimalistnatural whenever I have the time. I wanna say 8 weeks. More reties for the summer but twisted for the spring

@Gizelle-cs6ix 7 ай бұрын

Do you know roughly how many clips in total you’d use for your retwists?

@theminimalistnatural 7 ай бұрын

Oooh I counted once and now I forgot but I’ll get back to you. If I forget just tag me in another comment.

@margaretgomezpritchett3246 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial.

@EmmJayy5 10 ай бұрын

How long did this take?

@theminimalistnatural 10 ай бұрын

this takes 3-4 hours.

@cassondraadams8608 2 ай бұрын

Hi. I love your hair. So, have you ever interlocked your hair, even when you started your Journey? I want to lock mine, but I don’t want to interlock at all.

@nnenne4 Ай бұрын

She said she was retieing them initially but it was taking 12+ hours

@cassondraadams8608 Ай бұрын

@@nnenne4 gotcha. Thanks.

@l93b45 6 ай бұрын

Hello you locks are beautiful 😍 but why do tou retwist instead of retie ? I am a beginner and I look for infos

@theminimalistnatural 6 ай бұрын

Oooh I have a whole video on this called “watch this before retwisting your locks”. check it out!

@mrs.dillard3860 8 ай бұрын

Have you heard of knotted locs by Melissa Blake?

@theminimalistnatural 8 ай бұрын

yes 😒😒😒 so not a fan cause they’re literally some extremely exclusive with information sharing and seems like more interested in getting $$ and a following than helping out the community. My personal opinion. :(

@mrs.dillard3860 8 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnatural I respect and understand your perspective. Thank you for responding. I converted my SL and it is so freeing - no more grid keeping and freedom to easily do my hair with my fingers and no tools. Also knotted locs have helped to increase volume for my low density hair. I have also freely learned so much from you and thank you.

@rosettawilliams9053 3 ай бұрын

@@mrs.dillard3860 How is it going still?

@mrs.dillard3860 3 ай бұрын

, actually, it is going much better than initially. There is a learning curve, but I am over the hump. It took a little while for the knots to be embedded. I am going into my eighth month, and I LOVE the freedom to do my own hair at my convenience. I have started over 10 new locs and my front edge line is looking good and will be great in about 6 months.

@deegeorge5711 10 ай бұрын

“Money shot!” 😂😂😂 way to go with inserting a porn- movie phrase into a retie how to tutorial!!!!

@theminimalistnatural 9 ай бұрын

I’ve never watched porn and wouldn’t know…..

@deegeorge5711 9 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnatural 🤣🤣

@deegeorge5711 9 ай бұрын

@@theminimalistnatural Neither have I! But I've heard that term used in movies regarding those kinds of movies and when you made your comment it reminded me of that reference.