Colourful Locs – Inspiration and How To’s

‘If you want to spice up the look of your locs, adding some colour will give you that extra oomph. Here are some looks to inspire your colourful transformation:

Putting a Pop of Colour In Your Locs

You can add a little pop of colour to your locs, whether it’s using an ombre effect or some highlights.

All Over Colour On Locs

For a much bolder look, you can go for an all over colour.

How to Colour Locs

It might seem difficult to add colour to your locs, but the process is much easier than you would expect.

Bleaching and Colouring Locs

If you want a long-term change for your locs, bleaching and colouring your hair is the best option. Nurse Poizon Ivy has a great tutorial on how to do this yourself:

Colouring Locs With Hair Wax

For a less permanent solution, hair wax is a great solution. The most important thing to remember when using hair wax is that you should ensure that it is thoroughly dried before you’ve moved on.

It can be quite tough to remove from your locs, and you don’t want any residue left in your hair, so you should make sure that you thoroughly wash the wax out. It may take a couple of washes, and an apple cider vinegar rinse should get rid of any residual wax.

Hair chalk is another useful non-permanent solution. While you don’t see many people using it as much as hair wax to colour their locs, hair chalk may result in a bit less residue being left in after you’ve washed it out.

Zuri FX does a good job of showing how easy the process is:

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Crochet Braids Extensions w/o Cornrows

So, this week, I changed up my hair from a horrible cut and colour to some sleek black extensions. I used a crochet braiding technique but I didn’t have any cornrows in my hair, so this is how I did it:

I waffled on A LOT in this video (very new to this!), so here are the main takeaways from the tutorial:

  1. Clearly section your hair when making the little ponytails that you’re crocheting into. If there are any strays, this will make it really difficult to remove the rubber bands and the crocheted hair will get all tangled up.
  2. The hair you put into small ponytails shouldn’t be bigger than half of the diametre of a standard pencil.
  3. Towards the bottom of your hair, closet to your neck, do a full layer of crochet hair. Here, it’s best not to leave any leave-out, as there will be a really obvious divide between your own hair and the extensions.
  4. I did six along the bottom and six through the middle. Another two were towards the top to get any extra bits that looked choppy.
  5. The top row of crochets is just before the top of your temples. This will stop them from showing through.
  6. If you’re struggling to blend, you can use heat. I just go over each side one with my hair straightener set to 150 degrees celCelciuscius (because heat up to 200 degrees can be used on this hair).
  7. I don’t think I’m going to wash my hair with the crochet braids in. It’s a pretty quick process after silk pressing my hair, so I’ll just take them out before washing and putting them back in. The hair I used is £6.50 from the local shop, so I’m happy to do this once a month or every 6 weeks.