Loc n Tuck Hairstyle

Hi beauties:

 

Today's post is a quick and easy 'loc n tuck' hairstyle that I have done numerous times before but thought to capture a picture of, and share with you.

 

If you like this hairstyle and curious to know how I did it, comment below and I'll do a pictorial for you.

 

 

 

 

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D-I-Y Hair: Purple Hair and I Don't Care

Hey beauties:

I hope you had an amazing weekend and ready for another productive week. I pretty much spent yesterday (Sunday) indoors as it was pouring buckets all day. I really didn't mind because I was able to get some house work done along with re-colouring my hair. :)

I've been on the hunt for the perfect shade of purple hair colour for a while and I saw a video by ColouredBeautiful on YouTube where she tried Purple Haze, a Manic Panic hair colour and I figured, hmmm, why not give it a go. When I got the colour, I noticed it was a royal purple so I mixed it with Hot Hot Pink to get the shade that I wanted. I have used Manic Panic hair colours before and I like them. Why? Because they do not contain peroxide or ammonia and are considered vegan so I'm all down for that.

Here is a step-by-step pictorial of how I coloured my hair. Bear in mind that several of my locs have been previously bleached.

Step 1: Ensure that your hair is wet. It makes the colour sit better. I didn't pre-wash mine. I just wet it in the shower.

Step 2: Apply colour. As you can see, I mixed my colour.

Step 3: Leave the colour in until you think it has totally saturated your locs (hair). I didn't time mine but considering that I was doing chores, I probably kept it in for an hour. Oopsie!

Step 4: Rinse hair with warm water until the water runs clear then, wash with shampoo until the water is clear-ish. The water will not go completely clear with the shampoo as this colour lightens with each wash.

Step 5: Towel dry and style as desired.

Step 6: I chose to curl my locs with pipe cleaners (see D-I-Y tutorial here)

Step 7: Style as desired

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Defined Curls.....hair how-to

Hi beauties:

I'm sure that if you have locs and are ceative with your locs, you have seen many Youtube videos or photos of loc'd pipe cleaner curls. Well this post is no different.

Pipe cleaners are the most cost-effective and efficient way of curling locs as they can be purchased from any art & craft store for $3 or less. I purchased 2 packs of 50 and use just about all of them to curl my locs.

Here's a step-by-step pictorial of how I curl my locs using pipe cleaners. If you've curled your locs using pipe cleaners, leave me a comment with a link to your Youtube page or blog post about your curls.

Step 1: Wash hair (or have damp hair)

Step 2: (Optional)

Add product to your hair. I grease my scalp with Dax Kocatah Coconut Oil & Tar Oil mixed with Argan Oil (below) or Black Jamaican Castor Oil

I also spray on the Hask Placenta Olive Oil Leave-In Conditioner

Step 3: After massaging all products in my hair, I start 2 strand wrapping my locs are the pipe cleaners

Step 4: Wrapped all locs on pipe cleaners and leave in until hair dries completely (usually overnight)

Step 5: Pull out pipe cleaners

Step 6: Separate curls and style as desired

View from the back. Nice tight curls :)

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