FAUX LOCS

I don’t know if everyone knows or not but I am a hairstylist and I specialize in faux locs. Faux locs are temporary loc extensions. I know a lot of you have thought about getting dreads but you’re scared of the commitment. Faux locs are a way to achieve the look without actually locking your hair. Faux locs are a good protective hair style as well.

You can create fauxlocs with marley hair or yarn. Me personally I don’t like the way they look with yarn so I don’t do them with yarn. I just cant see myself doing someone’s hair with yarn. I just can’t get into it. But there are a lot of pro’s for yarn locs. They are very inexpensive. Depending on how thick your hair is, alongside with how short or how long you want your hair- the cost of buying the yarn should not cost you more than $10-$20. The yarn also comes in a variety of colors. You can also wash your yarn locs and they will become softer.

The cons of yarn locs are they can cause serious breakage if you do not moisturize your hair. Your hair is covered by a thick covering of wool- don’t neglect it just because it’s a “protective hair style”. The yarn locs can start to smell like mildew if they are not properly taken care of. When you wash the yarn locs they take forever and a day to dry. The yarn locs are also time consuming. You have to measure out the yarn, and measuring out the right length of yarn can have your hands hurting all the time. They can easily collect lent, and anything that can cling on to your hair.

Some pros of the marley locs are the hair already comes pre stranded so you don’t have to worry about cutting or measuring out the yarn to achieve this style. The hairstyle can last from weeks to months. You have to be careful not to leave it too long because it will lock with your real hair, unless that is the look you are going for.

Its also great for those wanting to actually grow out locs but don’t want to go through the awkward phase. It is also gentler on the hair.

Some cons are this hairstyle is way pricier than using yarn to wrap your hair. Wit the method that I use you’re going to spend around  $60-$85 on the marley hair. This hairstyle is easy to collect lint, and anything that can cling on to your hair. The hair tends to snag onto everything. They can also cause breakage if you don’t properly take care of them. These are harsher on the hair than the yarn.

A lot of people ask are these locs heavy. I’m honestly not sure which form is the heaviest on the head. I think it all depends on how big or small your locs are as well as how many strands per hair you used which achieving the style.