Faux Loc Love

During the winter season, many people have been popping up with faux locs. Including myself. This is one of many protective styles that can be worn to benefit your hair while locking in moisture. Brittle hair is a common misfortune during the dry and cold winter months. Many want to stop this from happening which is why they try protective styles. Faux Locs seem to be one of the most popular.

The process is long depending on the size And length of loc you want. I chose to do a medium size and because my sides are missing, that also cut down on the time as well. First, the hair needs to be braided with either braiding hair or with yarn. If you use braiding hair, it's logical to get the same color that you're using for your locs. If you're using yarn black or white is ideal. Me, being the out of the box person I am, I used pink yarn.

After all the hair is braided, next is to wrap the braid with Marley hair. The trick is to tightly wrap the hair down the braid and if you'd like, burn the ends. Then clip the yarn or braiding hair if it's still showing at the ends. Then you have a perfect faux loc.

As you can see, I didn't get them long. But, you can get them as long as you'd like. Now, be warned that the faux locs will be extremely tight during your first week. Mainly because of the braiding and wrapping on top of that. But after they loosen up, you'll really be able to style and wear them as you please.

Here's some other faux locs looks.

If you'd like to see other protective styles, follow the IG page @protectivestyles to get some ideas.

Also, follow my stylist @badazz_flowerchild. She is located in Chicago and does all types of hair styles. You can see her work on her page.

Besos,

Ashley Marie