Free formed locks fall in between the awesome unabashedly wild naturalness of organic locks and the every- lock-in-its- place cultivated locks.

The process used to create free formed locks is quite similar to the process that is used to create organic locks. You begin by washing your hair, only this time instead of letting it go its way, you separate or pop the clusters of hair that form.

If you wash your hair and shake the water out of it you will see that it groups together in clusters. It may take a week or two before your hair starts to form these clusters. You will need to be patient and wait.

To help it along you can gently rub your hair in circles with a towel after washing. Be sure to use a towel that is dark or a color similar to your hair, otherwise you will have fuzz balls in your hair.

The size of your finished locks depend on how many clusters you pull apart. Want large locks? Leave them be. Want small, slender locks? Divide the clusters into the desired size.

Depending on your hair’s texture it can take six months to a year for the hair to lock. Coily curly hair tends to lock faster than wavier types.

For the first several weeks and even months your hair will look like a nappy afro. Be patient. This is just the first stage in the locking process. When you wake up in the morning finger comb the flat parts of your hair. When you wash your hair you can encourage the clusters by shaking the water out of your hair before you towel dry.

After a couple of months you will notice that your hair is locking. As it begins to lock start “popping” – that is pulling the locks apart from the base so that they will grow out individually. If you don’t you will have several very large locks like organic wearers.

Once your locks start to mat your major concern will be to separate the roots to keep them from growing together more than you want.

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