Archive
Events
- Let’s Celebrate Your Loc Journey!
- The Journey to African Locs: A Complex Conversation
- Are You Ready For Loc Appreciation Day?!
- Celebrate Kwanzaa With Me!
- 5 Reasons You Should Attend Natural Hair Shows
- No Retwist Challenge!
- Transitioning to Locs
- Fun Times at the 1st DMV NuGrowth Meetup
- Meeting With the Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine
- 1st Annual Sisterlocks Explosion in Atlanta
Features
- Crown Chronicle of @TheQualityName
- Crown Chronicle of @MajesticDopenessLocs
- Crown Chronicle of @Barbylocs
- Crown Chronicle of @LocCrush
- Crown Chronicle of @BrandiChantalle
- Crown Chronicle of @IndieAfrikana
- Under the NuGrowth | Weena
- Introducing…Goddess Gemz Sisterlock Journey
- Crown Chronicle of @Creationz_Monae
- Crown Chronicle of @WhoIsTB
General
- Your Hair Struggles When You’re Sick
- How to Prepare Your Locs for Color
- Updo Style Without Pins for Long Locs
- THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME LIVE!
- My Skin Scare Story
- Why Are You Afraid To Tell Your Loctician?
- A Guide To Unlocking Moisture in Locs
- The Real Cultural Appropriation of Locs
- Why the Natural Hair Community Does NOT Trust Hair Stylists
- Would You Sell Your Locs?
- The Secret to Achieving Crochet Hairstyles on Locs
- Is it Acceptable to Wear Natural Hair in the Workplace?
- Fetty Wap Loc Extensions: The Strength of Hair
- Why Salons Charge More for Natural Hair?
- Is Natural Hair Masculine?
- Is YouTube Making a Stylist’s Job Unnecessary?
- How Do You Determine Good or Bad Hair Advice?
- Is Having Natural Hair a Movement or a Trend?
- Would You Use Monistat in Your Hair?
- What are Common Misconceptions About Locs?
- Would You Get Loc Extensions?
- “You Can’t Make It In Corporate America With Locs”…Supposedly.
- Would You Pledge a Natural Hair Sorority?
- Is This a Degrading Natural Hair Ad?
- Do Not Touch…Without Asking: Strangers Touching Your Natural Hair
- Read “The Nu Growth Community”!
Hair Care
- Can you use too much moisturizer on your locs?
- How to Prepare Your Locs for Color
- What To Do About Frizz: Clipper Edition
- What Causes Thinning Sisterlocks
- Using Steam on Locs for Conditioning
- Why is there shrinkage with starter locs?
- When to Switch Moisturizers
- THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME LIVE!
- Next Steps for Thinning Locs
- YOU’RE WATCHING THE LATEST VIDEO
- Loc Brushing Tips From A Loctician
- You Can Use Foam to Retwist Locs— True or False?
- When Loc Brushing Goes Wrong
- 3 Pre-Poo Treatments for Locs
- Scalp Care Solutions for Itchy Locs
- Do You REALLY Want Moisturized Locs?!
- Why I Brush My Locs
- Are Loc Extensions REALLY Worth it?!
- Tips for Embracing Grey Hair with Locs
- How Long Should Your Retwist REALLY Last?
- The Evolution of Hair Ties for Locs
- What To Do About Extreme Product Buildup in Locs?
- Choosing the Best Hair Steamer for Locs
- Why Your Products Are The Problem!
- What Are These Balls At The Ends of My Locs?
- 6 Steps To Deep Condition Your Locs Using A Steamer
- Turning Thin Hair to Thick Locs & Scalp Concerns
- Unhealthy Hair Care Habits With Locs. It’s A Thing.
- Are Locs Low Maintenance?
- The Secret to Rinsing Shampoo Out of Your Locs
- Why You Don’t Need to Put Oil On Your Scalp
- Not Retwisting Can Cause Thinning
- What To Do When Your Hair Grows Away From Your Locs
- 5 Types of Moisturizers for Locs
- Help! My Sisterlocks Are Overdue For A Retightening
- How Do I Restore Moisture In My Locs?
- 5 Things to Consider Before Coloring Your Locs
- How to Soothe Itchy Scalp Without Damaging Your Roots
- 5 Types of Buildup in Locs
- How to Semi-Freeform Your Locs Properly
- Common Causes of Flat Locs
- How To Get Big Curls With Your Locs
- What To Expect When Starting Sisterlocks With Fine Hair
- Should You Use Conditioner On New Locs?
- 7 Ways to Moisturize Dry Locs
- A Closer Look At Product Buildup In Locs
- 5 Ways To Control Frizzy Locs
- Why Are My Locs Always Frizzy
- The 5 Best Tools for Interlocking
- Top 3 Things You Need For Retwising Locs
- 3 Biggest Risks of Air Drying Your Locs
- Stages of Locs: How Locs Evolve From Beginning to Maturity
- What Are The Different Types of Microlocs?
- Top 3 Products for Sisterlocks
- How To Part Your Hair For Starter Locs
- What Are The Best Products for Locs?
- Holiday Gift Ideas for Locs
- Top 5 Oils for Locs
- When Will Locs Start Budding?
- 9 Common Causes of Thinning Locs
- Switching Between Palm Rolling & Interlocking Without Causing Damage
- Palm Rolling vs. Interlocking: Which Is Best?
- How to Relieve Itchy Scalp After Working Out
- What No One Tells You About Exercising With Locs
- Top 5 Do’s & Don’ts With Locs
- 7 Products for Retwisting Locs
- What Happens If You Don’t Use Products to Retwist Locs
- The Philosophies of Hair Locking
- 5 Must Have Products for Swimming With Locs
- Why I Stopped Using Shea Butter
- Holiday Hair Care Guide for Locs
- Loc Reattachment FAQs
- 7 Methods to Start Locs: Drawbacks & What to Expect
- 3 Tips for Frizzy Hair Loc Repair at Home
- 3 Tips for Wearing Loc Jewelry Without Causing Damage
- 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got Locs
- Men’s Loc Styling 101
- Disease & Vitamin Deficiency Traits in Your Hair
- How to Prevent Dry Locs in Cold Climates
- Dr.Bronner’s Castile Soap as Shampoo Product Review
- How to Easily Transition from Curls to Locs
- Deciding between Sisterlocks or Traditional Locs
- 5 Things You Need To Know Before Starting Locs
- How to Prevent Locs From Tangling at the Root
- 3 Tips to Lock Your Hair Faster
- Tips for Properly Shampooing Locs at Home
- Blue Dawn Dishwashing Liquid Shampoo Review
- 3 Things to Know Before Starting Thick Locs
- How To Grow Thick Locs
- 4 Products to Avoid Using On Locs
- Using a Brush on Locs: Loc Brushing 101
- Chocolate Syrup Hair Oil | MyHoneyChild Product Review
- How to Shampoo & Maintain Starter Locs
- Shea Moisture JBCO Edge Treatment Gel | First Impressions
- MyHoneyChild Honey Bee Sweet Scalp Exfoliator Product Review
- Are Locs a Lifetime Commitment?
- Trimming the Frizzy Ends of Locs
- Top 3 Reasons Not to Use Conditioner on Locs
- The Difference Between Havana Twists & Marley Twists
- Removing Hair Chalk Buildup
- Creamed Soaps Shampoo Bar Review
- [Review] Eden BodyWorks Natural Hair Oil
- How to Protect Long Locs at Night!
- Hair Diary: Nighttime Qredew
- [Product Review] As I Am “Smoothing Gel”
- Aveda Dry Retwist
- Advantages & Disadvantages of Sisterlocks and Traditional Locs
- How to Comb Out Sisterlocks
- In the Stylist’s Chair: CURLS Curl Control Paste
- Creating a Stronger Sisterlock Base
- Starting Brotherlocks from Traditional Locs?
- Grooming & Cutting My Sisterlocks
- Starting My Sisterlocks Over?
- [Product Review] My Tropical Roots Firm Locking Gel
- How Often Should I Shampoo / Co-Wash My Hair?
- WEN & Huetiful Hair Steamer on Sisterlocks
- Chai Tea Shampoo Bar Review
- Loc Soc vs. Dreadsock: Which Is Best For Protecting Your Locs?
- Should I Start My Locs With Two-Strand Twists?
- Can Traditional Locs Turn Into Sisterlocks?
- My Lock Loops Are Here!
- Instant Color! Red Wine Highlights in Sisterlocks
- Natural Styling Tips for African American Hair
- 3 Products To Protect Locs at Night
- How To Shampoo Sisterlocks: Bundle & Banding Method
- My Sisterlocks Are In The Budding Stage
- Pipe Cleaner Set vs. Flexi-Rod Set on Locs
- Wearing an Afro to a Job Interview
Ingredient Awareness
- Products For Locs You Can Find at The Store
- Is Armpit Detox a Real Thing?
- Is Hair Color Wax Safe For Locs?
- Do’s & Don’ts of Edge Control for Locs
- Frequently Asked Questions About Detoxing Locs
- Noggin Oil Product Review
- Dr. Locs Product Review
- Do Biotin & Castor Oil Really Grow Your Hair?
- Shea Moisture Adds a Product Specifically For Locs— Good or Bad?
- Why I Hated Dr.Bronner’s Castile Soap in My Hair
- Alikay Naturals Essential 17 Hair Growth Oil Review
- Jane Carter Natural Hold Locking Spray Product Review
- Taliah Waajid Lock It Up Gel Product Knowledge
- Taliah Waajid Tight Hold Gel Product Knowledge
- Jamaican Mango & Lime Locking Gel Product Knowledge
- OyinHandmade Grand Poo Shampoo Bar Product Review
Inspiration
- How Can You Benefit From Listening to ‘Trust the Process’ Podcast
- 11 Loc Styles for Valentine’s Day
- Cutting Locs into a Loc Bob
- Loc Envy is So Real
- Reading A Poem About Locs
- The Effects of Your Starter Locs Growing…
- I’m Tired of My Locs But Don’t Want to Cut Them
- The Controversy of Locs on The Runway
- Professional Hairstyles for Women With Locs
- 5 Ways To Have Fun With Locs
- Where to Find Natural Hair Artwork
- Discrimination of Locs in the Workplace Is Just The Beginning
- The Problem With Covering Your Locs With a Wig
- Things I Wish I Knew In The Beginning of My Loc Journey
- Myths About Locs: From a Professional Perspective
- The Biggest Lessons Learned With Locs
- 4 Reasons Why I Miss My Sisterlocks
- Embracing Your Hair: A Lesson From Snoop Dogg
- Ledisi Joins Design Essentials: Showcasing Locs in the Beauty Industry
- 4 Tips to Overcome Postpartum Hair Loss
- Inspiration from Lupita Nyong’o
- Hairspiration: Locs with Curly Ends!
- Awkward Phase of My Sisterlocks Journey
- Natural Hair Books For Thought
- At War With ‘Unmanageable’ Hair
My Journey
- 7 Years Loc’d: Length Goals & Updates
- How Do Your Locs Protect You?
- Becoming a Certified Yoga Teacher
- 6 Year Loc Journey Update
- I Tried Loc Knots For The First Time
- No Shampoo Since Last Year
- How I Keep My Retwist While Working Out
- What is a Digital Loctician?
- How Locs Changed My Life
- How Long Does It Take To Shampoo Thick Locs?
- I’m Scared to Start My Kid’s Locs
- I Believe My Locs Are Sacred
- Thin Twists to Thick Locs
- Why I Detox My Locs, Even Without Seeing Buildup
- How I Hydrate My Locs In The Shower
- I Tried The Ponytail Method for Retwisting—Here’s What Happened…
- How I Instantly Combined My Locs
- First 6 Months With Locs: What I Learned
- What Locs Look Like at 9 Weeks
- Week One Starter Locs Update
- I Took Out My Locs And I Don’t Feel Beautiful
- Locs Under a Microscope
- My Combined Locs Update
- The Mission of CurlyNuGrowth
- My Current Regimen at 35 Months
- The No Retwist #NuGrowthChallenge Is Over
- Not Retwisting My Locs Causing Itchy Scalp?
- Styling Locs Without Retwisting
- Starting to Accept My Roots
- No Retwisting Week 4 Update
- #NuGrowthChallenge Week 3 Update
- #NuGrowthChallenge Week 2 Update
- No Retwist & 32 Month Loc Update
- How To Regrow Edges Naturally
- 31 Months with Locs: Lots of Growth + Pops of Color!
- Celebrating 2.5 Years with Locs!
- DIY Afro-Textured Crochet Wig
- Hair Sprinkles for Locs
- Rockin’ Locs with Crinkles
- 2 Year Loc Update
- 21 Month Loc Update: Semi-Freeform Locs Vlog #1
- Coloring My Locs Black with Shea Moisture
- My Decision to Semi-Freeform My Locs
- Locs, Hair Growth and Postpartum Shedding
- Hair Chalk on Black Hair!
- Combining My Locs to be Thicker
- Thinking About Combining My Locs
- Loc Extensions using Havana Hair!
- 15 Month Loc Update!
- Undercut on Locs!
- The Awkward Phase of Locs
- New Year, New Goals!
- 8 Month Loc Update
- It’s Wash Day!
- I Dyed My Locs Blue!
- Three Month Loc Update!
- Coloring My Baby Locs
- Setting Hair Goals for 2013
- Top 5 Reasons Why I Cut My Sisterlocks
- Two Weeks Later… My Retwist Update
- Hair Diary | Chunky & Frizzy
- My Locs are One Month Old!
- First Shampoo & Full Retwist
- My Loc’d Regimen at Two-Weeks
- My Locs Are Born: Est. 12/12/12
- Countdown to My Locs!
- Starting My Locs With Backcombing?
- My Sisterlocks Big Chop Experience
- Reflecting on my Sisterlocks Journey
- My DIY Sisterlocks Retightening Experience
- Sisterlocks Vlog #41
- New Color! A Subtle Purple
- My Perfectly Imperfect Sisterlocks
- Hi-Lites in My Sisterlocks
- New Hair Color!
- Retightening After Major Slippage
- Ouch! Too Much Styling With My Sisterlocks
- First Retightening of the Year!
- Setting Hair Goals for 2012
- Last Retightening of the Year!
- Length Check at 14 Months
- Before & After Sisterlocks at 13 Months
- Adding Highlights to Sisterlocks
- What is Slippage?
- Would You Consider Retightening Your Own Locs?
- Today is My 1 Year Sisterlockversary!
- Highlights in My Sisterlocks
- Adding Jewelry to Sisterlocks
- My Sisterlocks Turned 11 Months Old!
- Bantu Knot Out on Sisterlocks
- Retightening Update x Bantu Knots
- New Shampoo For My Sisterlocks
- Hair is the back!
- Today is My 10 Month Sisterlockversary!
- My Sisterlocks Are Almost 10 Months Old!
- 9 Month Old Curly Sisterlocks
- My Sisterlocks Just Turned 8 Months Old!
- Almost 7 Months With Sisterlocks!
- My Sisterlocks Are Entering the Swelling Stage!
- 6 Months With Sisterlocks!
- Sisterlocks 4 Month Update
- Sisterlocks 10 Week Update
- Sisterlocks First Retightening & 7 Week Update
- My First Shampoo with Sisterlocks
- My Journey to Sisterlocks…From Big Chop to Big Fro!
- My Two Week Old Sisterlocks
- The Birth of My Sisterlocks
- Results of the Test Sisterlocks
- My Decision to Get Sisterlocks
- My Story: The Reason I Went a la Natural
Styles
- A Quick Messy Loc Bun Tutorial
- Halo Hairstyle for Locs— NO Retwist Required!
- How To Create Pin Curls on Thick Locs
- A Simple Hack To Create a Full Sculptured Bun With Shorter Length
- How to Style Your Hair When You’re Not Comfortable With Short Locs
- Faux Afro Hairstyle With Pin Curls on Sisterlocks
- Easy Headwrap Style Tutorial
- In the Stylist’s Chair: Pipe Cleaner Curls on Locs
- How to Create Loose Curls on Thick Locs
- Transplant Loc Extensions
- Wrap-A-Loc Curls on Thick Locs
- Crochet Havana Mambo Twists FAIL
- How to Style Locs for the Workplace
- How to Create a High Bun with Short Locs
- Chic Locs Updo Tutorial
- EASY Faux Locs Extensions Tutorial
- Short Bob with Crochet Marley Hair Tutorial
- Crochet Marley Twists Over Locs Tutorial
- Crochet Marley Twist Out Style
- Faux Loc Extensions
- New Haircolor & Marley Twists!
- [Tutorial] Torpedo Locs Updo
- Versatility of Locs: Marley Hair Extensions
- In the Stylist’s Chair: Goddess Box Braids
- Havana Twists on Locs
- In the Stylist’s Chair: Relaxed to Marley
- Twisted Nefertiti Headwrap Tutorial
- HOW TO | Date Night Locs Style for Men
- [Tutorial] Front Cinnabun Headwrap
- [Tutorial] Multi-Color Loc Wrap
- Flat Twist & Double Barrel Locs Style
- [Tutorial] How to Put Cowrie Shells in Your Hair
- Hair Diary: Side Swoop & Braid Outs!
- Geisha Bun, Finally!
- Pipe Cleaners Set Tutorial
- How To Get Straight Hair Without Heat!
- Curly SisterLocks with Lock Loops!
- Flat Twist Double Barrel Style
- Simple Tied Loc Bun Style
- Hair Diary: Ladder Updo
- Bantu Knot Tutorial on Sisterlocks
- Puff Bang x Turban Headwrap Hairstyle Tutorial
- Twisted Bun Updo Hairstyle Tutorial
- Braid-Out Style on Sisterlocks!
- Comb Coils / Gel Twists Tutorial