Great Photos of Shannon’s Baby Locks - Dreadlocks Pictures
I’d like to introduce all of you to Shannon my newest client and brave soul. She has graciously allowed me to post her videos and photos for your viewing pleasure. So please, give her your support and as always remember what our mothers taught us…”if you don’t have nothin good to say”…(you know the rest). Shannon’s hair locking journey will be documented on this site-so stay tuned.
Shannon had color and texurizer on her ends. Of course this affected her natural curl. Her ends were damaged and would not readily coil. She held a very good coil near her scalp, but as I continued to coil, the ends remained loose. Many of her ends had to be clipped. The clipping of Shannon’s ends will probably continue for the next few groomings. Shannon is on a 4 week grooming schedule.
Shannon has great hair texture for locking and an incredible positive attitude for going through the locking process. It’ll be fun watching her transition and documenting her loc journey. Thanks Shannon! If you haven’t seen her interview, check it out.
Click on the dreadlock photos to enlarge. Click on the photo once more to get an incredible close up and then use the scroll bar to move up and down the page. What detail!
Have A Great Hair Day!
Phyllis Johnson
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Thanks to Shannon for allowing you to share the photos of her baby locs. They are beautiful.
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Phyllis Says: Hi Angela. I’ve thanked Shannon 10 times. I’ll post more as her locks mature.
My boyfriend has baby locks like they are 1 inch long and they continue to slip out when he is sleep. They last for about two days and then they are almost back to an afro. Should I have him wait till his hair grows longer or is there something else I can do??? Thanks
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Phyllis Says: Yes. You may have to wait until the hair becomes a little longer. More length will help hold the coil especially if his hair is straighter or smoother in texture. Thanks for posting and have a great hair day!
Hi Laydies! I am grateful to run across your site! I had lightly texturized my hair to loosen my natural hair so my fro would stretch easier. I really would like sisterlocks but I wasn’t sure if I would have to do another big chop. I am def interested in Mrs. Shannon’s progress. Thank you Shannon and Mrs. Phyllis! Just seeing these few pics gives me a little hope! Thanks again!
Hi, I have recently started to notice that my locks are unravelling, i think this is came about when i tried a color in my hair( I have soft hair and i have had locks in for more than a yr now) and my locs weren’t mature enough, now some of the hair sticks out of the locks they dp not look smoothe at all. Can you give me some adice or tips?? plzzzzzz
Hello. I am in the process of locking my hair. It has been approximately 3 months in the baby loc stage. I am truly loving it. However between maintenance my hair has the tendancy to lose its form. my locs tend to go in their own direction. I wrap my hair every night and in the morning I have to pin my locks down for some time before going to work to help them stay “in order”. Do you have any suggestion on how to maintain my baby locs to stay in place between maintenance? I have my hair maintained every three weeks. Any suggestions or do I just let them go with the flow.
Hi Terry. I think you know that you already know the answer to your question and just want confirmation. So here it is in your own words, “just let them go with the flow” (lol). You realize that your locks have been in the “baby stage”. By now though, they should be transitioning into the “teen age” stage, which is characterized by drier looking locks, more frizz and fuzz; slight unraveling of the locks, which will give them a more “poofier” appearance; losing the definition of your parts, and some locks just going in the opposite direction of where you want them to be. I remember that I had a few locks that would just stand straight up like an antenna peeking out of the rest of the locks. I tried at every opportunity to lay or tuck them, but to no avail. They were more determined.
If you desire to keep them under control, just continue to do more of what you’re already doing, however, you’ll find it more freeing when you can learn to just leave them be and let them do their own thing. It’ll be better for your lock development in the long run and your peace of mind.
Thank you Phyllis for the confirmation. It gets a little frustrating sometimes.
But I know that at the end of the journey, there is positive result if I hold on and hold out.
Thanks again.