Are you team braid and band or 👀👀? Let me know your thoughts!
@bridgethowell79646 ай бұрын
Braid and band always.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
I get that!!
@bridgethowell79646 ай бұрын
@@kahinamatata your hair is looking amazing! Flrourishing💕💕💕
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! 🤗
@Lizwit786 ай бұрын
I'm team no braid and band
@DBX40186 ай бұрын
In the beginning after some months I wanted to skip the braid and band. Just one wash was enough to unravel my ends. After some time I had bunching and fat ends. I had to correct them and after that I braided and banded for 3 years straight lol. I decided not to be lazy with it, because it still beats a loose natural wash day. I braid at night and hop in the shower in the morning. I washed on my off days so there wasn't any need to go outside. Plus in the beginning my hair was almost dry after 2-3 hours. So it's not like you're stuck in the house the whole day. As a loctician now all I can do is give advice. Of course some clients still do their own thing and that'sfine. Some are lucky, but many are not. And the repairs will cost them more than just 15 minutes of braiding and banding.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Hi beautiful! Thanks for your insight 🤎 I love the idea of braiding at night then washing in the morning. And I definitely get the sentiment of rather be safe than sorry lol in that sense, I’m certain that if my loctician were braiding & banding mine, I would’ve followed suit; but her not doing it made it feel not so risky for me, especially since I haven’t experienced major issues. Do you braid & band for your clients?
@tinikiadavis79716 ай бұрын
Tell folks to mind they business if they don’t like what you do with your hair 😂. But, I braid and band still and I am over 2 years locked. I am paranoid and it’s still quicker than my loose natural hair washes. I wash before bed and put a T-shirt over my head. Once my hair is dry enough I put my bonnet on and go to sleep. I wake up in the morning with a cute braid out and clean hair.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
LOL! How mature would you say your locs are this point? I like the sound of your routine! And I definitely get how that would still be quicker than pre-locs wash 🤎
@tinikiadavis79716 ай бұрын
@@kahinamatata I have loose ends but have been told that some people keep those forever. My hair is essentially locked everywhere else. My hair is armpit length so it has some weight to it when wet so the braiding and banding helps with that too.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Yesss armpit length! And okay I hope I can say the same (fully locked) at 2 years lol
@belindasmith2626 ай бұрын
I definitely braid or twist and band. My hair is fine and low density. I’d rather proceed with caution so I’ll braid and band until I’m advised I don’t need to. I’ll probably still do it because I’m trying to get volume. To each its own I just want to avoid the possibility of needing costly repairs.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Hi beautiful! I get that, especially with having fine hair. I haven’t run into any need for repairs so far, so hopefully it stays that way (lol) but it’s understandable to not want to take the risk! 🤎 How far along are you on your journey?
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Also, I wasn’t aware that it could help with volume (besides maturing faster); that’s definitely a pro to keep it going!
@ChrissyAnn855 ай бұрын
I have micro locs. So it’s not required for us but I did it for 3 washes. But my rubber bands kept breaking and my braids unraveled. So I said forget it. I stopped doing it and surprisingly my hair locked faster. I still had slippage but I just retied them. It wasn’t many locs that unraveled. Some locs just didn’t like the direction I had it going so I had to figure out which direction it needed to be in. Or if I needed to interlock it. The ones I twisted in the direction my hair spiraled they stopped unraveling after every wash. Now they are just locs with curly loose ends.
@kahinamatata5 ай бұрын
Hi beautiful! Thank you for sharing 🤗 That’s so good that it worked out fine for you too and that you’ve learned so much about your locs. We all just have to find what works best for us on this journey 🤎
@BeingAjanaclair6 ай бұрын
I totally agree. I take so many liberties with my hair, and it is thriving. I think whether or not you braid and band just depends on your individual hair situation and your tolerance for repairs if needed. I am a little over 4 months in now and unraveling or slippage is not a thing that I worry about at all. My hair is starting to lock and what is not yet locked is not going anywhere. I do, however, have loose ends that will frizz if I don't braid and band, and I don't like that at all. I do not want my ends to lock fat, and I do not trust that the fat ends will work themselves out plus I don't have pain during reties and don't want it. The rules are great to have as guidelines, but hair care is not a one size fits all system. If it was, we would not have 10,000 different brands and types of hair care products.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
I love this approach! Looking at these types of things as guidelines rather than requirements is very freeing. It just gives more sense of choice and agency, regardless of the route you decide to take - based on what works best for you. “What is not yet locked is not going anywhere” 👏🏾👏🏾 facts lol
@txLALA6 ай бұрын
I stopped at 6-7 months and haven’t had any issues. My hair is type 4 b/c.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Yess!! Thank you for sharing 🤎 How long did it take your locs to mature?
@txLALA6 ай бұрын
@@kahinamatata They’re probably not. I haven’t had my sisterlocks for a whole year yet.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
Got it! What made you decide to stop?
@txLALA6 ай бұрын
@@kahinamatata I had only ever experienced slippage in the back where my texture is slightly silkier, but that had stopped, so I decided to just give it a try because I did not like braiding and banding. My hair and scalp were not getting as clean when braiding and banding. I had no slippage so did it again 2-3 weeks later. Now I wash whenever I want with no issues. My hair is naturally a really tight coil, so I think it’s just resistant to slippage because most of my ends are still curly/coily. A few may be locked.
@kahinamatata6 ай бұрын
I love that this worked well for you and that you haven’t had slippage! You didn’t mention bunching, so I’m assuming that hasn’t been an issue either? My coils vary but most are tight so that may be a saving grace here for me too lol