Welcome. The main reason they aren't locking up is because of the wax. Wax completely prevents locking, at best. It makes your hair stick to itself and prevents loops, knots, and tangling of all sorts. All of which is needed for hair to lock up.
At worst, and very likely, wax prevents water from escaping when you wash. When water sits around in your hair for a few days, it starts to decompose you hair. Mold starts to grow and you end up with a swamp of decaying matter on your head. It's not pretty. That what happened to my first set. I ended up losing about 1/2 my hair to rot.
Crocheting, on the other hand is the most damaging thing you can do to locks. It rips hairs into smaller and smaller pieces which seriously weakens your locks. It will also over tighten them making your hair stiff and hard. The most mature locks should be soft and spongy.
Crocheting also delays locking by about 6 months for each session you had.
Welcome and Happy Dreading.
Always, Hippie Love
Welcome. The main reason they aren't locking up is because of the wax. Wax completely prevents locking, at best. It makes your hair stick to itself and prevents loops, knots, and tangling of all sorts. All of which is needed for hair to lock up.
At worst, and very likely, wax prevents water from escaping when you wash. When water sits around in your hair for a few days, it starts to decompose you hair. Mold starts to grow and you end up with a swamp of decaying matter on your head. It's not pretty. That what happened to my first set. I ended up losing about 1/2 my hair to rot.
Crocheting, on the other hand is the most damaging thing you can do to locks. It rips hairs into smaller and smaller pieces which seriously weakens your locks. It will also over tighten them making your hair stiff and hard. The most mature locks should be soft and spongy.
Crocheting also delays locking by about 6 months for each session you had.
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welcome no wonder your doing it all wrong wax is evil crochets evil u shouldnt be working on them at all
u gotta remove wax r=throw away the hook and let them recover
take them out
just seperte by pulling them apart
retwisting is what salons do that makes uu go bald
take out the rubber bands right away then seperate after every wash
thats all u need
dont use it it does build up and anything t5hat holds prevents dreading
they need to move freely not be leld in place with gunk
you dont retwist i hope right/
Welcome and Happy Dreading.
Always, Hippie Love
welcome whicvh mango lyme stuff some i would stay awaty from others .im not so sure are worth using but might not do too much harm
take them out
just seperte by pulling them apart
retwisting is what salons do that makes uu go bald
take out the rubber bands right away then seperate after every wash
thats all u need
dont use it it does build up and anything t5hat holds prevents dreading
they need to move freely not be leld in place with gunk
you dont retwist i hope right/