Waking up to locs that look worse than when you went to bed is a specific kind of frustration. You did everything right during the day, and eight hours of sleep undid it. Frizz at the roots, flat sections where your hair was pressed against the pillow, ends that feel rougher than they should. Long
Starter locs get the least styling attention of any stage in the loc journey, and that’s a shame because this is actually when creativity matters most. Nobody tells you that upfront. Short length forces you to think differently, work with what you have, and figure out what your hair actually does instead of what you
