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Good morning, 12:03am Friday 29th August qualifies for TGIF, whilst I can't sleep 'cos my mind is battling organisation of my life, upcoming photoshoot for the Locitude, October edition magazine, Loc workshop & Stylist competition , work and so on and so forth; what else can I do but thank God it's Friday!!! and keep up to some of my outstanding promises like posting this long procrastinated post :). Without too much more stories I'll get right into it. Went shopping at palms a few weeks back so I decided to check out the hair accessory section at Max, besides the fact there's always something new and flashy, I needed to show my locs some love. Small Hair Bands - N500. Good thing about this is that about 20 of them came in a set, if you are thinking why so many? Well these bands are bound to wear and tear. They rip after they've been stressed out of their limit so you want to have enough around you, especially when styling. But remember never t...

Hello Loc Heads, This one is obviously for fellow loc heads in the awkward phase of their locs. The awkward phase is usually sometime around Day 1 - Year 2; when your head is full of scalp after a fresh re-twist and your locs seem too scanty, when your hair unravels after a fresh re-twist before you say can say Jack Robinson; when you think water is your worst enemy because it's preventing your locs from forming; when you are having a bad hair day and you feel like - Oh God if only I could get my hair into a ponytail it would do. I can go on and on... but instead I present you with 7 Style Ideas for short locs. #LocInspiration no. 1: Loc loops or Loc petals. Reminds me of a cropped hair cut, this style looks classy and elegant. Can be worn to an event. It's also neat and can help with a more serious/subtle look. #LocInspiration no. 2: Pinned Up side. Even though it is just pinning up one side of your locs, it always make a difference. A touch Style. You can use ha...

Hello Everyone, Pleased to inform you of the launch of TheLocitude.com  today the 19th of August, 2014. *Now dancing a combination of Shoki and Azonto*... :) In addition to the blog I thought it wise to get a website to enable easier navigation of content and communication between us Loc Heads. Before I begin to tell the story of how the website came to be, I must say a big thank you to everyone who is reading, has read, commented, encouraged, discouraged, liked and communicated with the Locitude on any platform. You all are my inspiration. :) At TheLocitude.com you would be able to go straight into the look book for style ideas which we'll try to update at least once a month. You'll also have access to our products, right now there's the coconut oil (cooked by Aunt Angela) which is selling out like water and the pipe cleaners for those of us that like to keep it curly every now and then. In the month of September we would be stocking up with a variety of lo...

Na wa o! Where is August running to? I remember telling myself sometime in July that I wasn't going to actively start working on my October projects till August and all of a sudden it's already the middle of August. Dai iz God o!!! On a more serious note, I'm thrilled to announce that Locitude would be hosting Nigeria's first ever Loc Workshop and Stylist Competition come 17th of October, 2014. Yaaaaaaaaaayi. I must have mentioned in a previous post that the idea for this event was born whilst distributing copies of the maiden edition of the Locitude Magazine in Lagos; then I came across a group of stylists that were amused about the pipe cleaner curls I was wearing at the time. Fortunately I still had the pipe cleaners in, so I had to give them a crash course on how to. Thanks to them, the Locitude will be sharing the little knowledge acquired from having locs for almost 5 years + endless hours of after work scouring the internet for information. So this...

Hey peeps, So excited... I'm back with another Loc how to. So it was my friend's wedding yesterday and I'm was honoured to be her maid of honour. It had been a while since I've been on a bridal train and I honestly forgot how much work it is; however I had fun doing all of it and was so so so so so so happy for the new Mrs. I know you are here for a loc how to; let me not bore you with 7 things you need to know before being a "Chief Bridesmaid". After accepting Gloria's request, I started thinking of what to do with my locs I settled for the Chescalocs bridal hairdo , but my boyfriend suggested I try out the her two strand twist bun instead. See Chesca's how to video below) My locs aren't half as long as Chesca's, so I had to improvise. After getting my locs into two strand twist all round as per video above, I realised there was no way I could form that gorgeous bun with my length so I resorted to doing a basket weave behind with my t...

Happy Sunday beautiful people, Excited to show you another loc-do how to. As usual, I posted the picture below on the Locitude Instagram page and I got a few comments suggesting I replicate it. I thought to myself challenge accepted! The loc-do looks like two donut buns, which is supposedly simple but note that the top bun is inverted. So let's take care of the easy part first. I've always known how to do a donut, but just incase you don't know how, I found a video (below) that shows you how to get the perfect donut bun. Now that we are done with the basics of how to get a donut bun let's do a step by step on how to get the full loc hairstyle: 1. Part your locs in two sections to form the two buns, sections should be similar to the picture above; 2. Do a donut bun on the rear section. 3. Set aside some locs on the perimeter of locs for the top bun. 4. Leaving the locs that have been set aside do another donut bun on the top of your head. 5. ...

Hey peeps, Let me start by saying forgive me. This post may touch on some personal sentiments as it relates to loc'd hair however, my intention is not to aggravate anyone, just airing my views. What to call African textured hair is always a topic of discussion, kinky, nappy, curly and what not. I honestly I'm not sure which is acceptable or politically correct and I really don't care to know. On the other hand when you take this kinky, nappy, curly hair and "loc" it, what do we now call it? My hair is in the loc'd state, I called it Dreadlocks for the first four years plus of it's being and found nothing wrong with it. Till I watched the 10 Loc Commandants by Bronze Goddess on YouTube then I realised the the word "Dreadlocks" was coined because the hairstyle was supposedly thought to be dreadful way back in the day. I immediately stopped calling my hair dreadlocks and started calling them locs, 'cos like Bronze Goddess s...