Are you afraid to start locs? Well you’ve come to the right place. This isn’t an article to see if locs are right for you – though plenty exist. However, here you will find a few practical and psychological reasons to break out of that fear of starting something new.
Locs are low maintenance
Of course anything can become high maintenance; however, locs aren’t inherently difficult to keep up with. In fact, locs are a great style to have if you are active and like swimming. Or if you just don’t like to style your hair, locs are the ultimate wash and go.
There are so many styles you can do
One of the reasons people are afraid to start locs is because they are afraid to lose versatility. However, there are many styles you can do. Of course you can’t do every style that you could as a loose natural – but you’ll find that new styles open up to you. Moreover, if you do end up wanting a loose hair look – you’ll see there are many options as well.
It’s a community
You can be as involved in it as you want. But by having locs you find yourself in a new and amazing community. It is similar to joining the natural hair community. There is a lot of positivity and compliments. It is not all sunshine and rainbows of course. Those in the locs community can face a different or more targeted form of stigma and discrimination. However, at the end of the day it
Be open to new things
By human nature it is really easy to be afraid of change. You are afraid of what you may be giving up and it is hard to visualize what you may gain. This is true for even objectively great things like a higher paying new job that’s closer to home. Similarly, having locs could be a great change for you. What’s great about it is if it isn’t, you can always go back to having loose natural hair again. And if you love it, well then welcome to the locs life!
