1 YEAR MICROLOCS UPDATE | HOW I STRETCH MY LOCS, LENGTH CHECK, WHAT I'VE LEARNED & PROGRESS PHOTOS

We made it to ONE YEAR y'all! In today's video I'm filling you in on my 1-year microlocs update. I'm sharing how I stretch my locs, my lengths check, what I've learned so far and progress photos of my one-year transformation! If you liked this video please share it and give it a thumbs up! Don't forget to subscribe and turn on your notifications so you don't miss any future uploads and check out byifeyinwa.com for more content from me:)
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#microlocs #microlocsjourney #1yearmicrolocsupdate
0:00 one year microlocs progress - a visual diary
3:38 intro & my microlocs FAQs (locticians, loc count, hair type etc)
6:40 reflecting on my 1st year being loc'd & how I stretch my locs
10:48 changes to my locs - slippage & dry scalp update (close ups)
16:48 am I fully loc'd yet? about my curly ends (close ups)
19:41 length retention with locs & length check
21:16 what I've learned since loc'ing my hair
22:43 my future microlocs plans

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much for watching please don't forget to give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it :)

[@kareoleena]

Congratulations 🎊 on your Loc-aversary!!! 🎉 They look absolutely amazing!!!

[@tfprawl1]

I just hit my 10 month mark and I couldn't be happier with my decision to loc my hair. If anyone watching this is on the fence to take this journey, take the leap sis! ❤️❤️

[@melibow2003]

Hi!!! I joined the microloc community at the beginning of November 2022. I used to have to have a thick, dense, long head of hair. But after decades of relaxing and some health issues- I found myself with a much finer texture. I began looking for ways to keep my hair healthy with low manipulation and found the microloc community. I fell in love and never looked back. I can't wait for my locs to thicken up and stretch back out. But for now, I'm embracing the process and this new journey. Thanks for being my inspiration!

[@Ifeyinwa]

That's the spirit! It's so much fun and much more enjoyable when you just let your hair do what it wants to! And congrats on your journey 😊

[@melibow2003]

@@Ifeyinwa thanks so much! I need to update all my pictures for my social media accounts😅

[@vkandsprite6735]

You are gorgeous!! ❤ Love your locs and thanks to your videos I am becoming a part of the loc community myself!

[@mbabaziyvette4183]

I’ve been following you this whole week and let me say that I am ready to start my microloc journey! I have traditional locs but these looks so beautiful and easy to style. Thank you for inspiring me🫶🏿

[@Ifeyinwa]

Awww yay! Congratulations you’re going to love them! And thanks for watching 💕

[@giselel7149]

Looks gorgeous! Thank you for your inspiration :) My hair is very similar to yours, and I am 3 months in. Can't wait!

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! And you got this!

[@kendalldickson-womack4109]

❤❤❤ I’m 8 months in & loving it!!!

[@Ifeyinwa]

So happy to hear!

[@CristaStylista]

Your hair is flourishing! The price and the installation time you shared are so so amazing. Great video!

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much!

[@alexandrawalton7128]

More micro lock content please. Keep us updated. 🙂

[@crystalegbo1221]

Congratulations on 1 year!! Your locs are maturing so beautifully & you're definitely one of my microloc crushes lol. You mentioned not wanting to dye your hair, but I'm wondering if you'd ever try/review curl color waxes. I've seen a lot of naturals use them to add temporary color to their hair and it always looks so cute.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! My friend actually tried one of those products, possibly in the further maybe 🤍

[@jannaridgel8931]

I really enjoyed this video. I'm currently 2 months in and love the freedom from my journey so far. I really am a bun type of girl with extensions so just wearing it like yours I'm still getting used to. Thank you for sharing your journey, I love your hair and content.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! Enjoy your journey it’s honestly the best thing I’ve been done to my hair 💕

[@GloriaQuansah]

Ooh I’m looking forward to this!

[@Ifeyinwa]

Awwww I hope you enjoy it!

[@kbwns]

Great video, your locs are beautiful!! My locs are six months old, and I love them. You helped to inspire me to start my journey.

[@Ifeyinwa]

I'm so happy to hear, thank you for your support 😊

[@LisePlansandJournals]

Here for the hair update but thank you so so much for listing makeup deetz in the description cause I love your look here 😊

[@Ifeyinwa]

awww I’m so happy you found it useful, I spend a lot of time on my description box haha

[@Iamcrysiej]

I’m one month in tomorrow and my hair looks so similar to yours. Thank you for sharing your journey!!!😍😍😍😍

[@Ifeyinwa]

Awww congratulations!

[@sharongandiwa4564]

They look so good , I currently have regular locks but I’m so tempted to get these😊

[@Ifeyinwa]

Aww thank you!

[@RandomlyShay]

Ouuuu so very prettttyyy. My 7th month is actually tomorrow, which is absolutely crazy, before I started and up to now I still love watching other people love journey or them talk about locs, I could never have too much information. I just hope that I'm doing this thing right. Recently put braids in December I had no choice...anyways...kinda messed up my weaker locs in the front, I just intelocked them, I'm hoping as it thickens up that it will all become uniformed

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thanks for watching and I wouldn't stress about it too much. If you run into any issues with them in the future, there's always a way to fix it!

[@naturalfitgirl80]

Congrats ! So glad I found your videos! My hair is the exact same texture and coily curls. I'm 4 months in on my DIY locs. Your hair is beautiful! I've noticed that when I don't manipulate them at all they look fuller so I can attest to what you said about not doing anything to them. Can't wait to reach 1 year! Love your vids ☺👏

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! And congrats on 4 months!

[@naturalfitgirl80]

@@Ifeyinwa Thank you!

[@ShakaraBabyy]

Ahhh beautiful!!! I recently cut my locs less than 3 months ago and I’m already itching for my hair to grow long enough so I can get microlocs again but tinier than I previously had

[@Ifeyinwa]

It'll be long enough before you know it! And thank you xx

[@myrootsofficial]

Am 2 months in and excited for the future 🎉🎉❤your hair is beautiful

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much and good luck ❤❤

[@mjdonast]

I'm getting sisterlocs in two weeks and I am nervous but so excited! I hope I'll be able to keep your mindset of just accepting my hair at every stage.

[@Ifeyinwa]

You can do it and good luck 😀

[@ceereice]

Your hair looks great and I can definitely see the drop! I’ll be a year in at the end of January and I haven’t experienced the drop yet but I think it might be because I started off with two strand twists. I’ve also noticed that my scalp is more sensitive since I started my locks, even having my hair in a bun starts to hurt after a while.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Don't you worry it'll drop before you know it, 2 strand twists take a bit longer to loc so that would make sense. And I've noticed my scalp around my nape is bit more sensitive too! I never thought about it like that until you mentioned it haha

[@cecejuean6162]

I joined the community in September 2022. It's been so fun. Your hair looks beautiful.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you! And welcome 🤗

[@opocoyo]

Millennial black girl is a KZbinr with microlocs and loose ends if you’d like to get an idea of what it might look like 😊 your hair is flourishing and I love how it’s an accessory not something that consumes so much of your mind and time

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! I checked her out (and subscribed!)

[@beingmichelleg]

Congratulations on passing the one year mark. Your hair is absolutely looking thick. One thing to remember is Queen Eleem and Tykara started with longer hair and both have over 600 locs. You may not see it now but I can already tell by the time you hit two years you will look as if you have many more locs than you actually do.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! That’s a good point as well! And I hope so 💕🙏🏾

[@hellotinashe]

congrats on 1 year!!! I'm now 16 months microloced and loving it too much too. my ends used to be all curly too but I think around the 12 month mark Ive fully budded and locked except my front locs that are still curly. I think if you wash your hair more regularly it makes them bud/ loc faster. (that's my unprofessional opinion)😊

[@Ifeyinwa]

Aww congrats to you too! Everyone's hair will naturally loc/bud at different rates, and I've been told that my hair will take about 2 years to fully loc due to my hair type (which is just an estimate) but I'm perfectly happy to let me hair do what it wants to do. I'm in no rush 😊

[@Kim_Ngumbela]

Man! Your microlocs are beautiful! 😍love the progression! I want microlocs so so bad😭😭😭 but I feel like for the first year I'd have to live in a headscarf or something because I have super thin hair and so I'd probably have 5 locs for the first few months😂 and everyone would laugh at me😂 more especially since they're not a thing out here yet so people wouldn't understand what was going on on my head with my 5 locs💔😫 Also they're super expensive to retie 😭😭so I'm still so torn for those reasons, but mainly the maintenance cost is what is holding me back the most!

[@Ifeyinwa]

I hear you, I always tell people they need to budget for the reties not just the install but no one would laugh at you hun! 5 locs and all 😂😂😂

[@AShasa35]

I am 1 year into my microlocs journey. I am like you, I don't do much to my hair and it still looks great. 😀😀👍🏾👍🏾

[@Ifeyinwa]

Low maintenance is the way forward haha

[@AShasa35]

@@Ifeyinwa Exactly!

[@kareoleena]

I had to tell you this because I understood 1000% what you were experiencing when you referred to slippage around your perimeter. During my first 2 years, I kid you not, I had to re-establish my locs along my perimeter every month for a year and a half. 😅😅😅 . The 1st of January was my 6th year anniversary, and for the past 3 months, I have been trying to establish a new loc from the excess hair that has grown in around my temple. It is absolutely NOT locing whatsoever! 😂😅🤣. So , yes sometimes due to fine or looser hair textures the perimeter can be a very difficult challenge when it comes to establishing locs.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much for sharing!! It’s so nice to know I’m not alone lol.

[@ktc0900]

Your locs are beautiful. Im 9 months in and just trusting the process.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much lovely!

[@sheilaandfrank]

here watching and listening

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you 🥰🥰

[@ladieessence]

Love love love your locs…. Your hair is beautiful.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much🥰

[@ladieessence]

@@Ifeyinwa you’re welcome.

[@alexandriasmith6494]

Best decision I have made! The months are not passing by fast enough for me lol. I am only 2 months in =) People said not to wash your hair but I braid and band and wash my hair 2x a week and where my hair is interlocked it actually looks like a loc.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Ohh that's amazing! I always say do what works for you for sure!

[@Amuotoh1]

Beautiful. Love love love ❤

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much hun!

[@She_is_P]

Your hair has grown and looks so good. I make six months on the 21st. I love watching other’s journey’s.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much and congratulations on 6 months!

[@cecemimi9304]

Your hair looks beautiful! I want to do it but I’m scared. Thanks for sharing.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much!

[@ms.virgo8279]

Lord! I wish that's awesome they look like sisterlocs! Beautiful 😍

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you! 😊

[@judithpriestess7781]

You are beautiful! And, of course, so are your microlocs.

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@alexandriasmith6494]

Also, I haven't had to condition or use oil since I have loc'd my hair.

[@TrishGabz]

Wow. I haven’t even finished the video but what a journey. At the beginning of month 7, can you link the green dress please? Ok..now back to the video 😂

[@Ifeyinwa]

Hahaha check out my Greece vlog, I linked it there xx

[@Danieei]

Love your makeup , where are your lashes from ?

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you, linked in bio!

[@sherisemicka7726]

@Ifeyinwa when you started your locs did you have them interlocked from root to tip? Or interlock at root with two strand twist of the remaining hair?

[@Ifeyinwa]

Interlocs all the way!

[@lindacantonlc]

New Subscriber 🤗

[@Ifeyinwa]

Welcome!!

[@choclitsuga]

Has anyone told you you look like KendraKenshay? Love your locs pretty

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you and yes I get that on a lot of locs videos haha

[@simplesweetjoy16]

I was going to get Sisterlocs but now I think I’m Microlocs

[@MimisFoodieLife]

I'm thinking about doing microlocs. What kind of hydration tablets do you use?

[@Ifeyinwa]

linked in my description box:)

[@minitaperkins6071]

Goodmorning. Your locs are beautiful. But when you get your retie and wash does it hurt

[@Ifeyinwa]

No but my scalp does feel a bit tender immediately after a retie. Washing doesn’t hurt at all

[@minitaperkins6071]

@Ifeyinwa omg when washing it almost killed me. I might be tender headed .Thanks for responding

[@shikemi]

Can you get microlocs on relaxed hair and did you get yours done in London please?

[@Ifeyinwa]

Yes you can and I talked about where I got my locs done in my video :)

[@lolly3596]

Hi Ifeyinwa, what rotation does your stylist use?

[@Ifeyinwa]

No idea sorry

[@tiffanyodugwe]

Hey Ify, random ?. Where are you earrings from?

[@Ifeyinwa]

linked in my description box :)

[@ruvimboguta443]

Where in London do you go to get them retwisted

[@Ifeyinwa]

Linked in my description box ☺️

[@edwickbaboe]

Hi not really related to the video, your piercing is so pretty is that a rook or a flat?

[@TheJoellean]

Beauti

[@Ifeyinwa]

Thank you!