Every Sunday, as a part of my self-love weekend, I show my hair some extra love. I’ve been natural since 2011. It has been a wonderful experience, learning to love my natural hair. For most of those years I had to learn how to tame and make my natural curls pop. It was fun and sometimes frustrating with all the gels and hair products I used. All the while, I was accumulating hundreds of pins on Pinterest with women sporting locs. I was in love with them, but terrified of the commitment. It took a while, but I finally took a leap of faith!
Now I have locs and I am proud and surprised to find that I am still going strong, a year and a half later. The game has changed and my regimen is much simpler, but there are still challenges.
What do you do when you need to detox your locs?
In and of itself, maintenance and wash days are pretty simple. You literally can wash and go! But there are times when just washing, is not enough to remove the oils I put in my hair. As you will discover, I am a DIY type of girl. So of course that means I started my locs on my own and I maintain them as well. I don’t have traditional locs, like the beautiful girl in the photo above. I have micro-locs, which means they’re much smaller. I actually started them with braids. But that’s another story for a different day.
So I did a lot of research online and with YouTube videos to see what I could do about the buildup accumulating in my locs. The majority of the loc community of YouTubers agreed that using apple cider vinegar and baking soda to soak and detox your locs, is pretty effective. I was down to try it, but the only problem was, how in the world was I going to soak my hair? I just always washed my hair in the shower. So how would I get this buildup out of my hair?
I didn’t have a sink that I could sit back and soak my hair in. So, I had to once again do my research. Finally, after some time, I discovered that they have inflatable shampoo basins for purchase online. So I bought one for about $35! It seemed like a good price. I wish I had searched more before I bought it, because I would have paid much less on Amazon . They have it for $19.99! Oh well, you live and you learn. Anyway, so it worked great! Now I can detox my locs at home without being forced to go to a salon to pay someone to do it for me!
Until next time,
Drea
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