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Note: This post is particularly directed at Nigerian Loc Heads My Fellow Loc Heads, I agree that it is extremely difficult to find people who know what to do with your Dada, so I'm going to try and simplify the process of finding the perfect Loc salon and Loctician better known to us hairdresser. Firstly, thanks to the Locitude blog readers and followers on our social media channels for the inspiration for the post. I have been asked severally to recommend salons and errrrr... I don't exactly have a list but here's my recommendation on how I think we can help ourselves. Our mothers didn't mix lottabody themselves and have salon bags for nothing, they did because they were not going to leave their crowns to the mercy of hairdressers, they at least tried to control went when into their hair, from the quality, quantity and of course some cost control. The point I am trying to make here is that to find the right Loctician you owe it to yourself to know the ...

Hello Peeps, So today I will be deploying my magical powers of time travel to reminisce on how I decided to change my hairstyle from being a relaxed natural to becoming a Dada head. If you are wondering what relaxed natural means then you should read " What's with the hair Religion ?". I had a dream where an old woman told me... Just kidding, my loc story is not queer. I liked locs as a hairstyle for no apparent reason and always wanted to have it. I also thought that once I got my hair loc'd I wouldn't need to worry about salons anymore. Anytime I saw someone with locs, I would walk up to them and ask questions; the "can I touch your hair question?" inclusive. I'll say my loc inspiration at the time was Barbie Adebo @kandicolouredbarbie on Instagram. I knew when she had started her locs, seen them grow and I just loved them. I recall my first attempt to go loc'd was in 2006 just before my final B.Sc. project. I had worn two strand twist e...

Hey peeps, Totally not loc related, but enjoy! In the spirit of the World cup, Brazilian hair Vs German hair? We Nigerians love schadenfreude sha, watching the football massacre last night can be compared to watching Gladiators in the arena, it was extremely entertaining. Whilst history was being made yesterday on Brazilian soil as the German machines literally crucified the Brazilian Football National team; I wonder if all our proudly Nigerian Nna traders who took advantage of the world cup to travel far west to source for Human Brazil hair have changed their mind. Na German hair dey rain now. But wait is there anything such as German hair. My internet research skills (a.k.a. the want to know/Amebo) are impeccable, so I’m happy to let all them weave sisters know what’s up. German hair exists, and it is of the most superior quality that man sorry Nigerian woman can hope for. The only problem is that google hasn't listed them for sale! When you google “German ha...

Hello there, Products are generally a big discussion in the hair community; whether to use natural or chemicalised products; what natural product to use; what the products claim to do for your hair and scalp, what products make your hair grow, what products make your hair shine and so on and so forth. The thought for this post came when I was interviewing Bassey Ikpi for Hair Story in Locitude Magazine (available online soon); she said her loctician wouldn't recommend coconut oil for daily use because it is too heavy for locs. I'm there thinking but it is natural, why not? I have also gotten a few questions about what I use on my hair; I've helped to start out locs for a couple of locs heads and I'm beginning to think a lot about PRODUCTS! There's already a million and one things we already battle from not getting into our loc strands and this really got me thinking if natural products leave residue in locs. Do you know your products? For the most p...

Hey People, I'm back and a bit recovered from the euphoria of Loc Appreciation Day, Lagos, 2014. A BIG "THANK YOU" to everyone who made it to the event. The rain that fell that Saturday the 28th of June almost required us to build Noah's Ark... Chai, but there was God :) It was indeed a pleasure to have organised and I'm sincerely grateful for all the support I received from, Bassey Ikpi, Wana wana, The Obii, Belz Accessories, Black and Loud photography, Inyang Otu, Oghogho Kamah, Edwina (who came all the way from Cotonu), Aunty Angela, Aunty Pauline, Rama Shagaya, Nonny, Rulz, Damilola, Kazeem, Benjamin, Helen, my Konga.com family, EVERYONE and of course the reason why I still have locs, my sweetheart, Akan Umoden. Ok no more talk, just pictures from here on. Ade of Locitude, Styling. Pretty attendee. Locitude at work My acquired sister, friend and motivator, Dabs of Savvy & Chic (Official Sponsor of LADLagos) and I. Nonny and th...