So I have decided to loc my 7 yr old daughters hair. she already has long hair and she doesn't really care for it. Sometimes I want to do it so that she will not feel left out. I have locs(for now!) and so does her dad and her younger sister has very curly/kinky hair so she wears a lot of twist and twist outs. My 7 yr old on the other hand has wavy hair that does not have that much of a curl to it. Sometimes she says that she wants her hair to look like mine and I decided that now would be a good time to do it. She doesn't like to have her hair washed, combed, or brushed...she doesn't like her hair braided, in more then 2 ponytails, nor does she ever want it in her face. So this seemed like the most logical solution. Because of her hair texture and the length of her hair we are starting from braids. It has taken 2 days for me to get 3/4 of it finished and so far it is looking pretty good. I didn't bother with making them very tight because i want there to be good room to twist when they start to grow out. I am not looking forward to twisting her hair at the roots each week but I will do it. I didn't put any product on her hair because I don't want them to start off with build up. I want her hair to be clean...so yes it is a little(actually a lot) frizzy right now but I will get that all straightened out in the coming weeks. I will be sure to give updates and post pics(as soon as I take some good ones and figure out how to upload them on to the blog) along with her thoughts on the process as we go.....
Hopefully this will be a liberating experience for her...........
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