aHead of MY Hair: STYLE ALERT: Loc Knot Bun

June 8, 2016

STYLE ALERT: Loc Knot Bun

I love rocking my loc knots. Whenever I wear them, I always get complimented on how nice my hair looks. And in general, the style is just such an easy, "get-up-and-go" look. Yes, it does take like an hour and a half to two hours to achieve the style, BUT I don't have to do anything else to my hair for as long as I keep the style. It is the most literal "get-up-and-go" look I know that still manages to look intricate and well planned.

The downside for me, is that I often get bored with having just one look. The convenience does not always trump my desire to try new things with my hair. But out of that "hair boredom" often comes little gems. Today was no different.

I'd had my loc knots up already for about a week and a half and the front un-locked portion was due for a wash and re-do. I decided to try something new and the result made me happy :)

So it was a pretty simple idea that I should've discovered long ago...BUT it's always better late than never. So basically I did a top bun with hanging hair in back. I probably never tried the look before because I didn't really think it was possible. But with some inventive thinking and bobby pins, I was able to make it work!

After washing the front, I wasn't really in the mood to spend an hour putting it into two strand twists, so I just sort of haphazardly threw it up into a bun on the top of my head. The textures of the locs and the un-locked hair are so different though that I wanted to try to blend it a little better. So I proceeded to wrap the loc knots around the bun. Of course, since they are pretty short, it was difficult to make it stay without the aid of bobby pins...so I put my dislike for the little metal accessories aside and successfully wrap, tucked, and pinned a loc knot bun around my loose hair bun. I then tied a cute Kente scarf piece around the top and brushed my "baby hairs" into a tamed position.

Here are side and back views: