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MY 2.5 YEAR LOC JOURNEY🌱

@leomathu

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The video taps into the popular 'journey' trend on TikTok, offering a visually engaging and relatable transformation over time. The use of clear month/year markers and relatable commentary on styling challenges makes it easy for viewers to follow and connect with the creator's experience.

Summary

The video chronicles a person's 2.5-year journey with their locs, showcasing various stages of growth and styling. It begins with the initial comb coil and two-strand twists, progresses through different months and years with evolving styles like buns and dyeing, and concludes with the current state of healthy, long locs.

Structure

1Starting locs with comb coils
2Early stages and confusion
3Growth and styling experimentation
4Reaching milestones like 1 year and dyeing hair
5Developing different styles and embracing natural growth
6Current state of healthy, long locs

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MY 2.5 YEAR LOC JOURNEY Month: 1 started with comb coil two-strand style Month: 3 woke up and had no idea what was going on Month: 5 twists were super skinny at first Month: 7 Month: 9 Almost gave up on my loc journey here Month: 10 Rocked the two buns for the summer Month: 10 Realized I needed to stop doing styles Month: 10 1 Year Year 1.2 Unlocked the pineapple Year: 1.3 Died my hair for the first time Year 1.4 I got dreads in Year 1.4 I can't not do Year: 1.6 retwist no style Year: 1.6 Unlocked a struggle bun & beard Year: 1.7 dyed too much blonde & thought the red would turn out brown Year: 1.9 twistout came out clean Year: 2 years Year 2.2 Year: 2.3 dyed my hair more Year 2.6 Year 2.6 Year: 2.8/Today hair is still healthy and long Year: 2.8/Today unlocked a full easy bun too

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My 2.5 year Loc Journey🌱 #locs #locjourney #afro #locstyles #blackhair