Why Does My Retwist Unravel? | What is a Retwist Really for...

[@JleeSyd6564]

Locing happens regardless of a retwist or not. Locing is a process and that's why its a journey. I think that social media makes it seem so difficult but it really isn't. I have had to learn this myself and just let the process happen.

[@krabwafer7994]

How long does it generally take

[@francinejackson5148]

I agree. The hair is gonna lock anyway the way that it wants to lock. This is what I am noticing in my journey and considering just freeforming. I am currently semi freeforming anyway. I was doing 6 month retwisting using the interlock method and currently started my 1 year trial of which I am 10 months into and it is working for me. My hair does not grow much outside my locs and any loose hairs I just wrap around the loc. I guess I have to do something to remain groomed but retwisting is not very necessary. As Elizabeth says it is mostly for the look. Even with interlocking a space remains that has to lock on its own.

[@GoddessOfLightMagee]

Agree

[@PeaceNotPerfextion]

Suggestion: the entire “retwist” culture needs to pump their breaks... our hair will lock regardless. Everyone’s hair is different so the time that it takes to bud & lock can take a couple of months to two years... retwisting is MAINLY for aesthetics, why the obsession with “neat locs” 🧐which is an oxymoron in and of itself. Locs are that style that screams “let me do what I wanna do😃” a lot of women embark on this loc journey and never drop the former standard of beauty that most of us were conditioned to embrace, so they freak out if they see frizzies, shrinkage etc🤦🏾. This journey is spiritual for some, strictly fashion for others, so there’s that, but if hair health is the focus, your sexy with this look will unfold regardless✌🏾

[@CieLocd]

Thank you for this video ! Because a lot of ppl kept saying that a retwist was helping the roots lock and I never seen the roots locked . I know I wasn’t crazy . Your locs have gotten so long and they’re gorgeous !

[@ElizabethRosette]

CieLoc’d thank you 😊

[@dorianm6502]

Yesss I am new just started 2 months ago or 3. and I did my first retwist and noticed there was still all this hair where I am also having even more new growth…. I was like why isn’t my hair locking 🤷🏾‍♀️ and this video clarified it for me

[@CieLocd]

@@dorianm6502 the only methods that help lock the new growth is interlocking and the crotchet method . The retwist only has your roots near for the moment

[@Jamochamooch]

I really needed to hear this today. I’ve struggled with the washing and Retwists because mine keep matting together so quickly. I keep having meltdowns thinking I’ve ruined my hair. But you’re so right, it’s an individual journey and we need to embrace our own process. Thank you for sharing!❤

[@queentee6830]

I want to thank you for being so honest. I was a person that said in the very beginning that I wouldn't have a ugly stage because I thought I was too cute, but later in my journey I started to feel insecure and have bad days. But I'm still enjoying my loc journey and understand that everyday with locs may not be wonderful.

[@jaslevonne9488]

I’m 8 months in and head wraps are my best friends when I have those “oh no girl” days.

[@luvlocs06]

I don't personally use the phrase "ugly stage" but most of us understand exactly what someone means. It's a valid feeling. I just called it the "challenging stage".🤣

[@heyitsjubilee_]

Yeah I like to call it the "awkward stage" because that's exactly how I feel during that stage 😊.

[@LovethroughAbby]

facts 😭 bc it's still cute ! just a lot of shrinkage

[@allthingsme641]

6:07 is when she gets to the topic Everyone

[@jayman1819]

Actually 2:46

[@ash8814]

I’m a little over a month in, and I’ve watched so many videos on this since my last retwist unraveled at the the root. Good to know this is just a part of the process. I was worried until I watched your video. Thank you 🙏🏿

[@mndegrassi8]

I never attack someone when they say ugly stage because I know exactly what they mean. It's a very awkward stage because you're dealing with shrinkage you might not be used to, your hair isn't really twisted or coiled anymore, but it's also not loc'd yet so it can be weird to handle. I've been wearing my locs covered since starting my journery 10 months ago and I don't feel bad about it at all. It's not that I am ashamed or embarased of my hair at this stage, but because it's not long enough for me to do any styles that I like. No lenght is not all i care about and that's not why I loc'd, although that isnt a bad reason to loc'd your hair. I figured instead of pulling and tugging at my hair which might be causing breakage just to try to force it into a style that it can't go in, I rather let it rest and grow under a wig or head wrap until I can COMFORTABLY style it without risking breakage. However unless I am out and about, my locs are always out and loose so it can have a chance to breathe because wearing any style in excess without a break can potentialy cause damage. Please don't let anyone tell you how to embrace your locs. I wear my hair covered under wigs when I'm out, but still embrace them everyday when I get home and snatch that wig real quick off lol

[@summerroberts4712]

LITERALLY ME RIGHT NOW 😭i’m glad someone said it

[@One_of_Many750]

I’m Understanding Why Some People Refuse To Wash Their Hair For Three-Four Months After Getting Them Started. Mine All Unraveled After A Month of Not Washing Them. I’m Pissed.

[@IgotJoshsYTchannelTerminated]

@@One_of_Many750 looks like u have locs now

[@deedeel5977]

Same 🤣😂

[@zoe0411]

I totally get you. I only wore my hair out about five times. Other than that I'd wear a snood over my head or a beanie or my wigs till I got 1 year locked. after that my hair started behaving( hanging) and so I really didn't stress about covering my hair like I did before, plus my wigs don't fit anymore. like you, when I get home first thing I would do is let my hair breathe. Lol. I still try to cover it from harsh weather and dust though.

[@Molly-iw1rc]

This is literally the first time I've heard this, but it does make sense when you think about freeform locs. It really just is for neatness, but it is not needed for actual locing.

[@ahappyclaire]

That was the best most straight forward explanation of what a retwist really does! Thanks for educating us thumbs up 👍

[@turrioncb]

This explanation helped me a lot. I'm in the 3rd year of my journey, and I was starting to feel like my roots weren't locking, but my hair is still getting longer. But to know that there's no way it can be locked to the root, makes me feel a lot better.

[@LinesDivine79]

Yeessss!! I did your two month no retwist challenge and that made me fall so in love with my locs!!! Now I hate retwisting😂

[@pretoriaafro5074]

i was loced for 5 years and i am still learning. Thanks for explaining the loc process. retwisting vs the start loc process. How the budding starts, the middle of your locs. the up and growing down process.

[@javicaterry9646]

I’m 7 months in my loc journey, and I’m one of those people that thought retwisting started the loc process, cause I have a lot of space, and I’m like why isn’t this workings lol But this opened my eyes! I feel better about cause h thought I was doing something wrong

[@annjones9809]

I'm only 4 months into my loc journey. This video was freedom to me. I haven't heard anyone address this issue. Because my hair is budding at the roots, I thought my locs would be bumpy, (lack of a better word). Your locs are beautiful. Thank you

[@ody6882]

Thank you I needed to hear this, now I won’t waste money getting retwist unless I need my hair done for something special

[@dezhanad419]

I thought this was gonna be about why the retwist was not lasting but ended up getting some much needed info thanks!

[@leola0613]

I retwist generally once a year. I found that my hair did so much better when I leave my hair alone.

[@launchjupiter825]

Same and also I’m not gonna do all that work just for it to not actually do anything

[@Onlybigcam]

@Shy Brotha Speaks once a month is too much unless you just started I would typically go 2-3 months

[@tinygalore8976]

I definitely agree. The first few months I was interlocking because I thought there was an issue with my hair. Thanks for this video.

[@stamac5955]

Thanks ive been doing my daughters retwist and I was frustrated thinking I wasn't doing them correctly this really helped my self esteem ❤❤❤❤

[@YesiLaMorenita]

Thank you so much for this. I'm about 3 months into my loc journey and this is the first time I'm hearing of this

[@2joie]

Great video-I think a lot of people are just doing waaaay to much to their locs-let that hair DO WHAT IT DO

[@natural_rastagurl5236]

Great video I agree growing up in the Island Locs is messy looking we never used gel or all those products, clips, and etc. We just let it do its thing

[@abenaabedonstv2763]

Omggggggg thank you so much. I needed this. I was always wondering why my hair unravels when ever i wash them. Hope they loc soon

[@miscellaneousish4320]

I’m a year in and I’ve only retwisted my hair ONCE because it unravels a day or two after I retwist. So I never seen a point in it. But lately I’ve been wondering if my roots are locking since my roots are never retwisted. Thank you for this. This is very helpful.

[@poppetanya]

Im so happy i looked this up cause i was actually about to start taking my locs out cause i thought something was wrong with my locs not staying retwisted. And was going to try a new method. Some of my retwists stay. But then when it comes to the time im spraying and oiling my hair it comes undone and i feel frustrated. I know this is going to be a journey and ive got to stay patient with my hair. Im glad im not alone with this question!

[@breakingbadgoddess]

Shed hair forms the loc

[@ElizabethRosette]

That Girl exactly! #agree

[@swtcarmel1]

That Girl 👌🏾

[@alipush4311]

Thank you so much!!!! I was retwisting my starters only because I thought it was helping to loc my hair. Goodbye hairpins, hello freedom!

[@lindawhite1943]

You explained it well and, for me, you are so right about the space that doesn't loc, and the budding is further down, causing that individual section to loc eventually. Thank you 🙂and God bless.

[@reeselareyes6892]

I don't have an ugly stage but I do have a day or two when I have doubts of my appearance

[@nishanpridgen6210]

Some time they fall just right, sometimes they don't.

[@mariamendour7605]

Thank you for this video. I'm 6 months in the journey and needed to hear this. Hair cannot grow locked, that's it! Retwist makes locks look neat but it will not lock the root..

[@GoddessOfLightMagee]

Great!! Thanks I needed to know that

[@cameliamiller4140]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm 2 months in n my retwist only last for a week because I have to wash once a week. Sigh its really rough some days.

[@AprilDBoddie]

Yessss I had questions about my roots not locking this helped. Also watched some of your older videos I'm around one year loc'd and still in that hella frizzy stage lol your locs give me hope they look beautiful.

[@paulamcmullen-davis7637]

This video was very helpful. I'm 2 years in on my loc journey. I stopped going to the salon to get my hair done. I do it myself. I love the journey. I have several family members that have locs too. I wash my hair once a month and resist as needed. Or when I feel like it.

[@Christimony222]

Wow! This helps me ! I thought I wasn’t good at retwisting lol even though my hair is growing well and the rest of it is loc’d. But, my roots do not stay longer than a week 😩

[@TylerLauren.]

Mine do not either 😩

[@metsl1870]

🙋🏾‍♀️ same here

[@quanieworldofficial]

Same here lol I have soooo much space 😅

[@andreamcleod8570]

Love your hair regardless of what stage it's going through- the process in itself is beautiful and beyond the simplistic negative connotation as the term " ugly stage". One of the major issues with society is labeling- so unnecessary-embrace letting things just BE i.e: your hair😊. ❣

[@GoddessOfLightMagee]

Be.. excellent advice

[@WheresAli]

OMG. Thank you!! Cuz 1-2week after retie on my microloc I'm like what the what!!! So can I leave it and not retie it?? Or not worry about reties so often unless I want to refresh my edges

[@omyamarie]

I’m still very confused on how people expect their hair to stay in place after a retwist when they sweat or have any water substance in them, it’s the same thing with the afro is sprayed with water or when there is moisture in the air what does it do?... revert 😦😭

[@kathleengause9828]

Agree sis, that’s why we are natural, like nature it grows wild and free and that’s what we are supposed to let our locs do

[@thatboy_dooney2786]

Thanks for this explanation. 2 years in and I was worried. Now I might go longer without Retwist.

[@genevahightower272]

This made me feel so much better

[@marquiannapowell2938]

Thank u cuz I swear I been doubting this “ugly stage”

[@ElizabethRosette]

Marquianna Powell Lol your welcome!

[@nikkiep23]

Elizabeth your locs are really flourishing.

[@ElizabethRosette]

Nikkie thank you Nikkie! 🤗

[@feliciasanners5526]

I’m 3 years loc’d and I’m loving the journey!! Thank you so much for this information. I was tripping before because I couldn’t understand why my roots kept coming undone😂 Not tripping anymore! Thank you Queen❤

[@GoddessOfLightMagee]

This video is the solution to my locs unraveling at the roots! Bloop! Thanks

[@yvettebennett6320]

I needed this video. Thought I was going crazy. Like, why won't my roots stay twisted?! Thank you.

[@DavinchiD]

Started last friday and my roots not staying twisted i was thinking maybe cause my hair is short

[@christiana6687]

@@DavinchiD same

[@Taylorgang77]

Ohhh! I appreciate this because my retwist don’t last. The front of my hair be looking....😩😩😩

[@jameshahollomon4893]

YESSS😭...and my hair frizzes so fast, but I love my locs🤞🏾

[@desj4381]

Idk if you post anymore bit this helped alot. I'm 1yr and 6 months into my journey and I was starting to think my locs would lock anymore.

[@37Kimberly]

Thanks so much for this video. I needed to hear this today. I’m only a month in and so unsure of how this process is going for me. This clarified a lot of my questions

[@simonetucker3086]

Omd. Thankyou. Light bulb moment for me. I was beginning to get frustrated. Been loc'd for 2 years in December and I have that gap... thinking my hair isn't LOCin right. I think mine must loc the same way. I feel I can appreciate them more now. 😘

[@pilarsuarez-ahmed4581]

Well said…. I’m just starting my locks and a re twist to me is that, to keep your hair neat and avoid an unwanted free style Love your videos ❤️

[@alexiswilliams9729]

Thank you for the clarification because I was so scared I was doing something wrong and this means so much to me

[@blackgypsy828]

Wow, your locs are growing so fast.

[@marshat.williams4757]

Needed this video. I was saying the samething like man my hair not locing. And I've been loc'd for a little over a year now

[@ladyrock1675]

Thanks because I am about 8 months into my journey. I love my hair and I can tell people wonder why my hair looks like it needs to be combed lol but they just don’t say anything. I thank you for talking about retwisting I went twice and I felt like it was too tight so now I am just going to let it do what it do. I thought retwisting would lock my hair

[@ggoodvibes23]

Same here. I'm trying to do this on my own and avoid a loctician because I hate tight hair! I'm just gonna trust the process and forget about a retwist lasting

[@chefstevenmurry158]

I feel the sameway I have Freeform Dreadlock and my hair dreads when it wants too.

[@jpme19818]

Because of this video, I’m keeping my locs in 😅 7 months loced

[@shanae707]

Thank you because I’m 8months in and when i get a retwist I’m thinking it will loc. Then two weeks later i have this huge space of roots.

[@netta358able]

Same here 🤗 that retwist will trick you 😆

[@atross07]

Whats a normal amount of space to have at your roots? Is it ok if some of my locks are fully loose except the ends?

[@deliap.8456]

Thank you so much!!! Your explanation really helped ease the frustration and misunderstanding I had about my hair not being locked pass that inch or so towards my scalp.

[@kathleengause9828]

Girl God bless you!!! Thank you for this loc education.

[@can448]

Thank you lol I have locs and I thought I was crazy. Wondering why they weren't loving after retwist

[@rodericktaylor7101]

Thank you this answers so many questions for me. I'm going on two months into my Loc'd journey.

[@educate4284]

Thanks sis for explaining this. I am locking my daughter's hair and this helped me. I have been researching for two months. Thanks for the info!

[@Sowhat20036]

This was really helpful! I'm only like 2 weeks in and I thought maybe I I do it right

[@LiyahG26]

I loved the video this helped a lot im 😍😍😍subscribe

[@tashajohnson4226]

Elizabeth I am new to the loc journey. I did the two strand twist on my 4C hair. Thank you for explaining this because I was very frustrated. I would retwist my hair with either my flaxseed homemade gel or aloe Vera gel or a locking gel and put my clips on it and sit under my heating cap for an hour just to get that deep conditioning. My twists would be dry. I take out the clips and it looks good and two days later the roots are back to being just nappy. I just can’t understand why the twists aren’t lasting at the root. The rest of the twist is still twisted it’s just the roots that make my hair look like I never retwisted it. How in the world do some peoples retwist last a week or two. Mine just 2 days. Is it because I’m moisturizing daily with rose water? Should I not moisturize everyday? I just want my twists to last more than two days. Please respond and thank you.

[@ggoodvibes23]

Lol...2 days? Try 1 day! I'm about 3 months in and also 4c. Very little water reverts my roots (but my ends never unravel) right out of those twists but I will continue to wet my hair daily. I'm guessing maybe you use less water right after a retwist so it will last longer. Thank goodness I found this video. She's basically saying the hair will still loc despite the retwist not lasting. That's the confirmation I was looking for.

[@PharaohsBloom]

Thank you, this was really helpful! I’m only a little over a year into my journey and I was starting to get upset that my hair was not locing after I would get it twisted. But what you said makes perfect sense.💕

[@dlawnawoolfolk5989]

This makes me feel better

[@diedraunderwood1114]

Saw you posted and click so fast! LOL Your locs look amazing!

[@ElizabethRosette]

Diedra Underwood thanks a lot

[@zazapierre4991]

I'm going through my ugly stage right now 🙄😑

[@taylordanielle5436]

Me too, we’re going to get through this lol keep going 💕

[@bsoul216]

Me too bro lol just let them do what they do don't give up

[@reeselareyes6892]

I understand perfectly what u saying mama..

[@thevnsdrkangl]

Thank you for the information. I thought I just wasn't meant for locs as I've interlocked for a while but I hated doing it. I'm learning to love my new growth

[@phaijjapatterson529]

Needed this reassurance. Kinda had this feeling all along ✨

[@wendykgosi149]

Thank you so much. This question. Has been bugging me a lot. I have locs now for 3 years. no matter the twist… it still Untwists after several days! I was under the impression that twisting it is what’s a making it lock! so if I decided to not retwist anymore… will my locs lock up even in the growth area? wow. Very hard to wrap my head around this . So the locking will happen on its own from the bottom up? Wow. It’s like a science.

[@moreafterthistime]

Thank God for this video I was becoming so frustrated with my hair.

[@LYzander670]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@quanieworldofficial]

Thank you for this video! Im 2 years locced and I have so much space in between and I'm thinking I'm not retwisting right 😩 but this was reassuring thanks sis!!

[@cierracunningham4454]

This was extremely helpful👑❤ i only get a retwist every three or four months too im thinking of semi free forming and just leaving my hair alone

[@simplybjscreations3115]

Thanks for this helpful video

[@brookelove7789]

Sooooo I just watched your first video and to see thissss transformation YASSSSS trust the process okay gotcha 😍 so here for this 🥰

[@damilolaaliu1523]

So if retwisting doesn't actually loc your hair, how then does loc'ing happen? I'm a bit confused. I'm two years in

[@dorianm6502]

Based off what she said it seems the hair locs on its own there is nothing we can do to make it happen…. But does help is not washing as often… maybe if your wash every week try every two weeks to help the locking process.. but you are two years in a am just starting so that what I have to do cause every time I wash my hair my twists unravel AGAIN smh

[@jayman1819]

@@dorianm6502 u not supposed to wash your hair after a retwist that’ll make it unravel and if you go a month without a retwist then wash it you’ll see the roots come out even more so I don’t agree with the whole water locks your hair if you ask me it helps it not lock

[@folashade7]

Thank you so much for you words of blessing. I am going crazy thinking why I always have that open space after a month of retwist. So the tail of my hair is budding well it just the root unraveling after two week of a retwist and boom 💥 the space is there... and be like where is the bud 🙄 😳🥺 and start to get frustrated. So the budding takes place on the lower ends.... Bless you sis 😘 👍🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@TheEmpressHealer]

Thank you for this video. I was started to worry and now it’s make totally sense!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@brittneyjohnson4971]

Im about a year and 4mos in and i was confused about this, fortunately my retwists usually last for almost two months when i do it myself, thanks for a information.

[@misssonja2700]

What do you retwist with? I have 4c hair and sweat in my hair ALOT. I just hit 5 years and it's long but my edges stay a mess. I have been working from home and keep my hair tied down. After about 1-2 weeks I have 2-3 inches unraveled, on the first 3 rows. I only use water and oils to retwist.

[@siwat3318]

Thank you for this. I actually don’t like retwisting my hair. I’m 7 months in and they make them look neat and thin.

[@wendallarrow5569]

Damn my hair is almost identical to yours. The slightly unraveled roots and all. For me retwisting the roots after wash lasts like a few days. So I don't bother maintaining that root tightness.

[@bigsoul77ford14]

That really eased my mind thank you

[@iyaphillips7678]

Well said about the “ugly stage”

[@adiamond2587]

Thank you so much I’m a month in and I retwisted already hoping to keep it neat but now I can just breathe and leave it alone

[@atross07]

Can we have an update on your daughters hair please. I’m new on my journey but I also have soooo much space in between my roots and “loc’d” portion of my hair and I’m sorta discouraged about it. Just want to make sure it’s happening correctly as I started and am maintaining them on my own

[@deedeel5977]

Thank you. This made total sense.

[@XPB-tw9eb]

2 years later... But I love your locs

[@chynadoll33015]

I'm just so confused on how the rest of the hair that grows out that wasn't in my original 2 strand locs if retwists don't help loc your hair. Sorry if this is a silly question I'm 3 months in.

[@Mars-op9km]

When it gets messy I just slap on some product n slick/tie it up. No Biggie @ ugly stage. Just put it up in a bun til u ready to retwist. Or half up half down. Suit me fine (2months in

[@Akeem2real96]

I grab and go twisted my afro but I really don't plan on ever retwisting my hair

[@jeanettefurtick6070]

I am frustrated with my locs because my retwist don't last long. I started my locs in September.

[@karinadontstop]

I have to go to my brothers wedding with 5 month old locs. My family is very judgemental....so we'll see.....

[@missshannonsunshine]

I have up on my loc journey because of this. I just used a crochet hook because I was frustrated. My hair grew out flat and wouldn’t lock or stay in the retwist

[@LakeiaCreates-2010]

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing!

[@bleuhefner9394]

Perfect locs