Guest Post: Loc rockin' for 5 years

Say hi to Amelia from Wilmington, Delaware!

 What Amelia says, "I've been natural for 6 years and locking my hair for five.  

Miriam's bangin' styles!

My girl Miriam is back with some beautiful hairstyles done by her amazing loctician, Ebony.

Hotness!

Guest Post: 19-month old locs.

Stacie from Houston did such a gorgeous curly look with her 19-month old locs.

She used perm rod rollers to complete this look and I am loving the addition of the red flower. Beautiful!


Want to submit your photo to LocRocker.com? Email it to me at Brittany@LocRocker.com.

Guest Post: Regina's fly locs

Regina is from Dallas, Texas and she's been natural for 15 years and has been loc'ing her hair for 7 of those years.

According to her, she doesn't use a lot of products but sticks to olive oil and Organic Root Stimulator's Lock  and Twist Gel.

Gorgeous queen. Gorgeous!


Want to submit your photo to LocRocker.com? Email it to me at Brittany@LocRocker.com.

Loc Spotlight: Paula's locs celebrate 2 years!

I know. I am an absolute horrible loc rockin' natural hair blogger. Just wretched, I know. But enough about me and my e-ghostness when it comes to blogging. I should have featured the lovely Paula months ago (you know, like in June)  but I totally forgot. I have updated her stats from when she first sent them to me but check out her beautiful locs.

June 7th, my locs turned 2 years old.  I only use oil. No butters, creams or waxes. I use Pure by The Natural You which is my line.

I shampoo once weekly and deep cleanse using my liquid black soap bi-weekly. I condition with every shampoo and I do a conditioning rinse at least once a week or when I feel necessary( mostly when its hot and in Florida and that's all the time).

Since starting my locs I combined almost everyone of them by interlocking completely down the loc. I hate the 2 headed dragons. I started coloring my hair after my first year and I have been hooked every since. I do this now about once every 3 months or more and only to my roots.

I use the latching or interlocking method to maintain my locs and I have since decided to only latch every 6 months.

Since 2008, I have been on a natural high. Locing my hair was a natural progression (no pun intended...sike!!!). I always wanted to loc but as a stylist of 20 years I didn't know how my clientel would take as I had no plans to become a natural stylist at that time.

In 2009, I felt it was all about me being the best me I could inside and out, so here I am. Now I won't say because I am natural that everyone should be or if you are not something is wrong with you, I am just the opposite. I believe that natural beauty comes from within, and how I wear my hair has nothing to do with my beauty. I'm just as beautiful with a mane of locs or a bald head:)

I love my locs I love how they feel between my fingers I touch them constantly.  I love my hair. Nothing more nothing less.....

Guest Post: Katisha's Sisterlocks

So glad that I am finally getting the opportunity to feature a Sisterlock'er. Check out Katisha's story....

I've had a fro....I've had faux traditional locs....I've had another fro...then twists that I thought would turn into locs. Then I cut those out, and....had another fro. I was in a "ho-hum" phase with my hair in 2009. I knew I didn't want to cut it again, and go through the process of growing ut a TWA. Trust me, I was caYUTE in it (lol), but I was at a point in my life where I just didn't want to do that again.

Guest Post: Baby loc'er checkin' in!

My name is Shayla Defils. I'm from New Iberia, but currently living in Coraopolis, PA.

Guest Post: Why I Decided to Comb Out My Dreads

Today's post comes from a college friend of mine, Simone. She was always one of my favorite loc rockers and when I saw that she chopped the locs, I was like, "Wow! Gorgeous!" I wanted to get her hair story to share with the Loc Rocker family. A lot of us may not understand why loc rockers suddenly chop their hair, and while it makes complete sense to me, Simone's view may provide some perspective.

Why I decided to comb out my dreads

I started dreads about 1 year after going natural. After all of the initial unfavorable criticism, people fell in love with my dreads as they grew, and I did too. I remember when I used to stare at other women with long dreads wondering if and when I’ll ever reach those lengths and I did! I got what I thought that I wanted…Long, healthy, gorgeous dreads. Unfortunately while others grew more in love with them, I slowly fell out of love with them. I think the switch flipped in my brain one morning when I was washing my hair in the shower and realized how tired my poor arms were getting. By this point I was about 4 ½ years into my loc journey. My dreads became a chore to me. They were HEAVY. I had a headache because they were heavy. They took too long to wash. A once-a-week wash wasn’t sufficient anymore. They started getting caught on my purse. I would accidentally lay on them. I had to put them up every day for nursing school, which was not my style. I was too tired to curl them because I was tired from washing them. The list goes on. I got dreads because there were convenient and this was NOT feeling convenient.

Guest Post: DIY newbie loc'er

Check out Hasina and her goooorgeous baby locs.

After contemplating for the past 7 years, I finally decided to get locs and I've had no regrets. I am a DIYer and I enjoy figuring out my hair's likes and dislikes. The beginning of my journey was a little frustrating as my twists will unravel during washing but its all worth it since my locs are forming and I'm seeing beautiful results.

Guest Post: From permin' at 6 to rockin' 4 month old locs

Sheryl and I go back to the playground as kids. Not really but it feels like it. She is beyond awesome and wonderful and I am so honored to call her a friend. Peep her awesome locs...

I never in a million years thought that I would loc my hair.

I had a perm since the age of six (yes gasp now). I’ve never known what it was like to not have a relaxer. I was one the one to always be outside early in the morning on Saturday (rain, sleet, or snow) faithfully waiting for that wash and set. I didn’t think I had “good hair”. As soon as I got a perm I was counting down until the next one.


I can’t remember the exact moment that locing my hair crossed my mind.

Guest Post: Loc rockin' Mommy of 5

Alesia has been a dedicated Loc Rocker reader for quite some time and she gave me the honor to feature her beautiful locs. Check out with this Mommy of 5 has to say about her crown.

How old are my locs: They are 2 years old as of March 2011. 

How the locs came about: Well, this is actually my 2^nd set(wore them from 2000-2005) I wore my hair super short from 05-09, and I loved it, but my husband asked me to grow my locs back-so I did. I actually missed them anyway-I would look at photos of myself before I cut them and I would kinda miss them. 

Guest Post: Loc rockin' at 2 months

Hello Loc Rocker readers. My name is Courtney and I have been loc'ing for two months. While its only been two months it feels like forever! I say this because so many things has happened in this short time. By this I mean FRIZZ and I'm trying to keep it under control.


Welp, I learned early that this is impossible! I I have what I call the Alphalfa syndrome , locs sticking up everywhere! It has been LIBERATING to just let go. I came in a little reluctant because this process is brand new.After being a lurker on blogs I have gained this new confidence with my hair and I am sooo excited to see the future changes.