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- Locs require a specific maintenance routine to stay healthy and strong at all their different stages.
- Wash the locations once to two weeks with products to prevent damage and maintain moisture.
- Avoid using heat and dry air, especially in the early stages.
- Use license and serums to keep places hydrated, control and reduce breakage.
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Maintaining strong and healthy places requires a specialized care routine. Learn about the different stages of the places and how to take care of them properly to keep them looking for their best throughout their lives.
What are the places?
Places are a type of hairstyle that is traditionally worn by people with limestone. They are created by twisting different sections over and over again in the MAT over time to give them a rope -type look.
Locs is a multi -stage process that can take one year or longer, depending on your hair type. The longer the hair is, the less time it takes to achieve the look, since the hair with a tighter curl pattern is more easily connected. On the contrary, hair or wavy hair needs more time to place.
If properly cared for, Locs can last for many years and even decades.
The stages of places
You will go through multiple stages during your journey:
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Initial stage (3 to 6 months). During this stage, you will get your baby. Here the hair is not fully locked and is sensitive, so you will want to receive extra attention to avoid eliminating. Low hairstyles, scrunchies and box braids are your go-tos during this phase. Wait to wash at least one or two weeks after taking your starters. Choose a gentle shampoo like Olaplex® no.4 Bond® maintenance shampoo and a moisturizing emollient like No.5 Maintenance Bond® Conditier.
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Oven (6 to 12 weeks). This is the moment when your places begin to form and you can wait for more Flyaways and Frizz. Keep the places in place until they are fully interconnected and moisturized. Incorporate a light style cream like Olaplex no.6 Bond Smoother® To check Frizz, soften and moisturize.
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Teen Stage (12 to 18 months). At this stage, Frizz and Puffiness Peak, but this is only natural and temporary. Continue to use products to reduce Frizz and moisturize your hair. Consider Olaplex no.7 Bonding Oil ™ in your routine for 72 -hour Frizz check.
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Adult Stadium (15 to 18 months). Flyaways and Frizz begin to decline in the adult or mature stage and your places will maintain their shape more easily without the need for frequent review and manipulation.
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Rooted stage. Your places must be fully cultivated, loud and thick. It should not happen at this stage and your places will feel their heavier. This is the ultimate goal.
Place maintenance tips
Here are some basic tips on taking care of your places.
Wash less frequently
Wash your places every one to two weeks. Start with saturation of your places completely with water. Use a shampoo that gently cleanses, nourishes and moisturizes, such as No.4followed by an air conditioner No.5.
If necessary, contact No.4C bond maintenance® clamping shampoo To remove a wide range of destructive impurities, accumulation of products and oil from the surface of the hair.
Pro Tip: Apply Olaplex No.8 Bond Intense moisture mask after washing your hair in place of emollient once a week to replenish dry and dehydrated strands and repair of broken ties.
Dry your hair
It is best to avoid the use of heat as it can damage the places. Leave them dry airBut remove them with a microfiber towel after leaving the shower. The way you dry your hair is particularly important in the early stages of places, as they can unfold and even hold in water. Trapped humidity in the areas can cause a smell of smell, so you want to get as much water as possible.
Pro Tip: Wash with a towel that is a similar color to your hair to avoid the appearance of lint on your locations.
Add humidity with permission
You cannot overlook moisture in your routine when it comes to places, as they are more sensitive to dryness and breaking. Treat your thirsty spaces with the right hair products Olaplex no.5 Leave-in ™ Moisturize & Mend Leave-in Conditioner To quickly restore moisture.
To use, apply 1-2 license pumps to your clean, wet place (preferably after washing with no.3, no.4, and no.5 rows).
Minimize the bracket with serum
Stamp on humidity and control and flyaways with Olaplex no.9 Bond Protector Nouring Hair Serum. This silicone -free, serum without gravity is rapidly absorption, reduces confused and static and is particularly useful in the previous stages when your places are still formed.
Getting your desired places takes time, but with the right products and routine, you can maintain healthy, well -defined spaces. Take the hair quiz today for an even more personalized routine.
