Great to see you here luv! Thank you for checking my channel out! Please like and subscribe to help support ya girl. My goal is to be monetized by this time next year. I'm loving this journey so far and the engagement with so many new and awesome individuals, while getting to do what I love to do the most ... help others while spreading happiness! God bless 😘🌻🙏🏿
There is no one fix for everyone. It's about learning what works best for your hair. 💯 Texture and age will have an impact on how the hair responds to certain products.
You're so very right my friend! If one wants the best outcome and most successful loc journey, they must be willing to ivest at least a little time into getting to know their hair and what THEIR hair likes, needs, thrives off of, and even what it DOESN'T like. After figuring those things out, it's just maintaining, tweaking from time to time, and enjoying! 🌞 I just want to share what I've figured out works best for me, in case it sparks something for whomever is watching that helps lead them on their way to THEIR perfect hair regimen. I also love hearing other's stories, and continually being in awe of the vast diversities of this beautiful journey we are all on while growing are own individual and beautiful crown. 👑🌻💙
I love that even though you’re semi freeform your parts have no rhyme or reason. I love messy parts with no uniformity that still holds strong thick luscious locs 😍 I’m a fan
My hair went crazy when I started misting it daily (I use this brand from Walmart) with Aleo Vera juice. I added a leave-in conditioner and oils but overall, it works. Now, I am six weeks on my loc journey and continue to do what I did to my hair as before. I keep mine under the sink and it has never gone bad. I add, Almond oil, peppermint oil, Rosemary oil, Cinnamon oil, and Rose water to my spray bottle, and now I mist my locs...daily!
Ooo, good to know about you storing yours and it never spoiling. I've left mine in the mister out for a week (after another viewer commented saying they left theirs out some days w/o it spoiling) and it did well also. I've become a little less uptight about it, especially with the wonderful comments like this one that have been left on my lage, that encourage me to not stress it so much (it's not like the actual plant and me making the aloe vera myself, because leaving THAT out would be a whole 'nother story! Lol) Wow, sounds like a wonderful concoction you've made there! And yes, mosting often will help your locs mature faster, while leaving them moisturized and smelling fresh! Win, win, and WIN!👌🏿😄
Yes on the aloe vera! This is the base to my leave in spray (glycerin is in there as well😉). I've been using it for years , probably almost a decade as a loose natural and still use it on my locs. i buy the big jug 😂. i have 4 kids heads to moisturize as well and we use it daily😂the big jug i keep in the fridge but my spray bottle i don't. it gets used up within a week to a week and a half so i've never had any issues. tfs💙
You're so welcome for the share! 😄 Thank YOU for sharing. I've been wondering about the aloe vera fridge things for the longest, and I use mine up w/in a week too. Your comment gives me the confidence to leave it out now (even thooough, I've actually been enjoying the cool feeling on my scalp lately 🤫🤭 lol). Also cool to hear that these sprays work well on different types of hair and styles as well.
Thank you! And oh wow, thank you for sharing your experience as well. Great to meet someone whose had the same realizations, yet has been on the journey a bit longer. Crazy the things we're taught, that you may later find might not be exactly what YOU need in the long run. That's why it's good to stay woke, not be afraid to challenge things, and to have an open mind. If you're not, you could be missing out on a better life or lifestyle.
The best rosewater that I have found is at the Indian store. They drink it and they also have rosemary water and you can buy your own glycerin and it’s so much cheaper.
Thank you soo much for this!!! My locs will be 6 years old this Aug 14th 😄! And I've been looking for something to use that's natural and good for them, thank you again!!! And much love always✌🌍💚
I’m starting my loc journey this week and I plan on using rose water and an oil for my hair. I’m unsure how I may twist my hair (gel or not), but I’m so excited. Your videos are extremely helpful and your hair is absolutely stunning 🤩
Thank you lovely! And you are so welcome, so grateful my videos are able to be of some sort of help to you! Now whether you want to use gel or not is entirely up to you, but if you have a 4c texture or even 3c (tighter coils and coarser hair) this is the perfect hair type to start out with the most minimal things because it will hold the twists well. So like rose water plus your oil. This will avoid build up from the start. But it's all subjective, depends how short your hair is, all that stuff. Maybe if you used gel first and then used the rose water/aloe vera and oil to maintain it, this would still lead to very minimal to no build up. Blessings on your journey luv, excited for you! 🌻
@@locs_bjuicy6397 chile listen ... I'm tryna be like YOU when I grow up! When I become better at balancing everything God has blessed me with, I definitely want to make my own as well
Hi thanks for sharing this amazing body-positive tutorial. Your voice is beautiful by the way - I wasn't ready! About the tutorial for hair coil, I haven't been able to find it. Have you uploaded it?
Aw thank you so much lovely! And I don't have one up yet! 🥲 Buy I'm currently working on making some new ones and selling them, and will put up a tutorial video soon!
When I'm looking for a moisturizer at Walmart, I always run across that one but I had no idea what glycerin was so I always avoided it. I'm buying it next time I go
You'll love it my friend! I'm so glad I've come into the "less is more" era with my crown. It's so much easier and I just feel like it thanks me in return! Lol Hope it is a great addition to your maintenance as well!
love it love it more power to you and i will be going to get aloe vera very soon!! can you please make a video about ear stretching i’m at a 16g rn and would love to hear advice from you🙏🏾
Thank you! 🌻 And That's great luv! Hope you get some good results (sometimes your hair needs some time to get used to things, but I'm actually loving aloe more now as a moisturizer ... AND its the cheaper option so what a win win! Lol and I've been putting additional rosemary or lavender essential oil drops in. I love it!) Also ... I would love to do videos about my plugs (actually when I first started back on RUclips a few months ago, I was posting about my loc AND ear stretching journey. I quickly learned, however, that that wasn't the best thing to do for the algorithm to learn what my channel was about, and for me to be able to reach more locd brother and sistahs! So long story short, I'm going to try and start off slow and precise (as a loc channel). Further down the road, once I'm well established and I'm reaching the right group of people to engage with and welcome into my tribe ... I might start dibble dabbling in some other things. Sorry if this disappoints you my friend, but I hope the loc content I post continues to encourage and bless you! Blessings! 💙🙏🏿
What is your goal size? I'm at 16mm / 5/8" ... which WAS my gial size. But I miiight want to go bigger 🥴. I love it hear though! Can't wait to get different plugs to switch out! 😄
@@IkambaDeVictoire not a disappointment at all thank you so much your channel is amazing and always full of great insight🙏🏾 my goal size for my ears are about the size of a quarter so 25mm, i have some ways to go in both journeys my locs are 5months today and not quite past my ears but i’m loving my baby spikes and my ears are comfortably in a 6g it’s a blessing to watch this transformation unfold🫶
@@niyyin1404 💙💙💙 Thank you lovely! And I love your positive outlook! Congrats on 5 months, and your ear stretching journey as well. 🌻💙 I've really been enjoying my clear glass plugs from Arctic Buffalo (what I used to dead stretch, which was the safest and best option in my opinion 😊). They go with EVERYTHING and I've gotten several compliments on them.
Of course I can! Thank you for letting me know you'd like that video. I have two other video requests, and I will do yours right after. 🌞 So this video request should drop in three weeks (because I post every Sunday), and I'll also come back here and let you know in this thread that it's posted. I appreciate you! 💙🌻
@@AngieInReaLife oh they're so cute! You're in that cute starter loc phase. 🥰 Enjoooy it boo! Do you plan on letting them grow as long as possible? Or do you have a certain length you'd like to achieve, but no longer than that?
Haha that's honest! I'm a wild child so I say GROW BABIES GROW! And I'll figure the rest out as I go. So cool to see the different views and perspectives of locs in the loc community. I love the diversity, and how we all are allowed to wear our crowns just how WE want! 🥰
Happy New Year to you too. I just discovered your channel. You have such an interesting and inspiring life story. Are you tutsi? You have such a radiant African beauty. Have you been back to Rwanda since your family escaped? As part of my masters at university I studied the Rwandan genocide and the history that led up to that terrifying event in 1994, including the role of the French and also Belgian colonialism. But I think Rwanda is a very different place now and I would really like to visit one day. It is actually now one of the most upcoming countries in Africa. I'm in the UK and the government has decided to deport all asylum seekers trying to get into Britain to Rwanda as soon as they get here. There is massive controversy about this at the moment. The media and political narrative is so racist in different ways. First the fact that the UK government is violating international law by refusing to help fleeing refugees, and then on the other hand so-called left wing progressives perpetuate negative stereotypes about Africa as if it's the worst place on earth while trying to defend the rights of the refugees. It's just strange and depressing on both sides. Anyway totally off topic from your video, but would be fascinated to get your perspective. I have subscribed to your channel too. 🙏🏽🌻
First off, black sunlight ... what a unique name. A beautiful oxy moron ... my type of name, I love it! And thank you for your compliments and kind words! 💙🌻 I am Tutsi! I'm so very thankful to have made it this far, knowing so mamy of my people did not. It's crazy how people can come into a place, that is thriving all on its own, needing no help ... and just mess everything up (like the Belgians orChristopher Columbus did). And yes, Reanda is actually one of the most peaceful places to live in Africa now. My parents moved back and built a beautiful house on the land my dad still owned about 3 years ago. It's sad to hear that things like what you mentioned in the UK are still going on (I was not aware of that ... I don't watch tv much if at all, even though I should at least try to watch the news sometimes. It's always depressing, dramatic, and just nothing good!) People have it totally mixed up (as they do with so many things). Africa is the most BEAUTIFUL place in the world, with so many natural resources, and beautiful vegetation!
@@IkambaDeVictoireThanks for such a thoughtful reply 🙌🤩 Amazing that your family returned to Rwanda recently and have built a house there. I cannot begin to imagine how painful it was to have to flee from home, disconnect from one's place of birth and resettle from scratch in a completely different country. For sure I will visit Rwanda one day because as you say Africa is beautiful. I have west African heritage and I have visited 5 countries in north, south, east and west! I would like to try to visit as many African countries as I can in my lifetime. It was precisely your very cool name that made me stop by and check out your channel, as well as your beauty 🙂. I love the way you do your head wrap and make up, which is pure art. You look like an ancient African princess. I could tell you were tutsi from your bone structure too. I am loose natural but mostly wear my hair in braids without extensions, some people mistake it for locs. I wear my braids 4-6 weeks at a time and am very wary of build up and lint too which causes breakage when I take down my hair. So I am doing my utmost to minimise as much as possible what I put in my hair and mostly prefer lightweight water based products, so the rosewater option looks good to me. My hair seems to be protein sensitive so I don't put any type of protein in my hair in between wash days. Aloe vera is excellent and has so many amazing properties, but I think even the mild naturally occuring amino acids in it are still too much for my hair, so I stopped using it. I'm glad you like my name, but I have to come clean, it's actually the title of a book by one of my favourite African authors of all time! His name is Dambudzo Marechera. He was an anarchist African literary genius from Zimbabwe who died from HIV in 1987 at the age of 35. He was expelled from Oxford university in England for trying to burn it down! He believed he was being mentally raped and indoctrinated by the system! I read Black Sunlight for my undergrad studies and was totally blown away by it. After that I tried to read everything he wrote, but the books are old and very difficult to find now. Well, I'm looking forward to seeing more content from you. In the meantime peace and love to you and your little one 🙏🏽💙🌻
@@blacksunlight2618 Wow, how amazing that you've gotten to visit 5 different countries so far. I too would love to return to my homeland as well as visit other Africa countries again too (I was so little when it all happened). That's wonderful that you've embarked on a minimalistic/natural journey for your hair. I really think that's the best wat to go about it, and your crown will thank you for it. Even though you are borrowing the name, I still stand by what I said haha And it is how I will know you now. The man who wrote the book sounds pretty profound, and it's sad that he died at such a young age. I'd love to find the time to read more epic books and learn about different cultures and experiences of some the world's greats as you have. Thank you once again for your sweet compliments, and I'm so happy to have met you. I look forward to being an assistance to you in your hair journey (whatever that may look like) and please don't hesitate to comment or inquire of anything on any one of my videos! Peace, love, and blessings my friend! 🌻💙🙏🏿
Haha you're so welcome luv! Droppin new videos this month and updates on things like how thick my roots have gotten, why I feel like my hair is so healthy now, my young Prince's loc journey ... so be on the look out! Love you sissy! 💙
Yes, this would be PERFECT for freeform locs! A great and easy moisturizer that would keep your babies hydrated throughout your journey. And if you think they can be undone easily (aka you're still fairly in the beginning stages) I'd say just don't overdo it my friend. Maybe just start off with a light mist, and as they tighten, you can be a little more liberal with it. I find misting helped my hair loc up quicker in the beginning ... I just didn't go crazy with it until I knew they were LOCD LOCD you know what I mean?! 😅 Hope this helps, BLESSINGS 🙏🏿🌻💙
You're so welcome! And there are different factors that go into this question. The tighter the curl patter, the easier your hair will loc and stay locd after a wash. The looser the curl patter, the easier it will to unravel. I don't know your curl patter, BUT, if you are freeforming ... washing will honestly just help the process along and refresh your scalp and hair at the same time. If your really worried about it, just start off with water rinses and massage your scalp as you let the water go through your locs, squeezing the water through/out of them as well w/o too much vigorous motion. Once you feel a bit more comfortable, maybe you can introduce some shampoos (no conditioner, the will potentially lead to build up, and also encourage detangling which you dont want in starter locs of any type). When you shampoo, I would go in careful circular motions around the head with your palms (theis will encourage the hair to continue to loc naturally). These are some of my two FAVE shampoos at the moment that both smell DEVINE and yeild so much moisture! These are some links from Amazon - amzn.to/3ZwaAkW amzn.to/41PuclH (As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This is at no extra cost to you to use my links/codes. 🙂💙)
@@AyeJordan7 you're so welcome luv! Anything I can do to help my loc Kings and Queens! ✊🏿🌻💙 It brings me great joy. And yes, they are great for all locs, and all textures! (Sometimes one's hair must get used to something though, and sometimes there's something you might like better out there. But I feel like these would be great all around for all hair types. They leave the scalp and hair feeling squeeky clean!) Check out this video for some more helpful hair wash tips: ruclips.net/video/IOrqEMwSBkU/видео.html 😊🙏🏿 Blessings my friend
You know what ... I've never counted them my friend! But I have been curious about that. I think that would be a cute short video to make ... "Count my locs with me" type vibes haha Thanks for the video idea! 😘
@@edwige4ke302 hi luv, sorry for the late reply ... (I don't always get notified for some reason). But I don't retwist my hair actually. I just do root maintenances from time to time due to some new growth that may grow away from my roots/base ... to ensure my locs stay growing thick and strong. (My last two videos show my maintenance for this 😊).
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Great to see you here luv! Thank you for checking my channel out! Please like and subscribe to help support ya girl. My goal is to be monetized by this time next year. I'm loving this journey so far and the engagement with so many new and awesome individuals, while getting to do what I love to do the most ... help others while spreading happiness! God bless 😘🌻🙏🏿
I love your voice! It’s so clear and expressive. Like someone ringing a gong in an empty room.
How sweet of a comment, and so poetic! 😍 I LOVE IT! Thank you so much my love! 😘🌻
There is no one fix for everyone. It's about learning what works best for your hair. 💯 Texture and age will have an impact on how the hair responds to certain products.
You're so very right my friend! If one wants the best outcome and most successful loc journey, they must be willing to ivest at least a little time into getting to know their hair and what THEIR hair likes, needs, thrives off of, and even what it DOESN'T like.
After figuring those things out, it's just maintaining, tweaking from time to time, and enjoying! 🌞
I just want to share what I've figured out works best for me, in case it sparks something for whomever is watching that helps lead them on their way to THEIR perfect hair regimen.
I also love hearing other's stories, and continually being in awe of the vast diversities of this beautiful journey we are all on while growing are own individual and beautiful crown. 👑🌻💙
I love that even though you’re semi freeform your parts have no rhyme or reason. I love messy parts with no uniformity that still holds strong thick luscious locs 😍 I’m a fan
Yeees, I LOVE THAT VIBE TOO!!! And you're the sweetest! Thanks so much for your kind words! 🙏🏿🌻💙
My hair went crazy when I started misting it daily (I use this brand from Walmart) with Aleo Vera juice. I added a leave-in conditioner and oils but overall, it works. Now, I am six weeks on my loc journey and continue to do what I did to my hair as before. I keep mine under the sink and it has never gone bad. I add, Almond oil, peppermint oil, Rosemary oil, Cinnamon oil, and Rose water to my spray bottle, and now I mist my locs...daily!
Ooo, good to know about you storing yours and it never spoiling. I've left mine in the mister out for a week (after another viewer commented saying they left theirs out some days w/o it spoiling) and it did well also.
I've become a little less uptight about it, especially with the wonderful comments like this one that have been left on my lage, that encourage me to not stress it so much (it's not like the actual plant and me making the aloe vera myself, because leaving THAT out would be a whole 'nother story! Lol)
Wow, sounds like a wonderful concoction you've made there! And yes, mosting often will help your locs mature faster, while leaving them moisturized and smelling fresh! Win, win, and WIN!👌🏿😄
Yes on the aloe vera! This is the base to my leave in spray (glycerin is in there as well😉). I've been using it for years , probably almost a decade as a loose natural and still use it on my locs. i buy the big jug 😂. i have 4 kids heads to moisturize as well and we use it daily😂the big jug i keep in the fridge but my spray bottle i don't. it gets used up within a week to a week and a half so i've never had any issues. tfs💙
You're so welcome for the share! 😄 Thank YOU for sharing. I've been wondering about the aloe vera fridge things for the longest, and I use mine up w/in a week too. Your comment gives me the confidence to leave it out now (even thooough, I've actually been enjoying the cool feeling on my scalp lately 🤫🤭 lol).
Also cool to hear that these sprays work well on different types of hair and styles as well.
You've got such gorgeous thick locs! I've been oil free for just over a year now and I will never go back - water based products are the way forward
Thank you! And oh wow, thank you for sharing your experience as well. Great to meet someone whose had the same realizations, yet has been on the journey a bit longer.
Crazy the things we're taught, that you may later find might not be exactly what YOU need in the long run. That's why it's good to stay woke, not be afraid to challenge things, and to have an open mind. If you're not, you could be missing out on a better life or lifestyle.
The best rosewater that I have found is at the Indian store. They drink it and they also have rosemary water and you can buy your own glycerin and it’s so much cheaper.
Oh wow, thank you so much for this helpful tip. I need to see if I have any around me. Blessings luv! 🙏🏿💙🌻
Thank you soo much for this!!! My locs will be 6 years old this Aug 14th 😄! And I've been looking for something to use that's natural and good for them, thank you again!!! And much love always✌🌍💚
Eeey! 6 years is an accomplishment! Congrats on your loc journey, and you're so very welcome luv! 🌻
I’m starting my loc journey this week and I plan on using rose water and an oil for my hair. I’m unsure how I may twist my hair (gel or not), but I’m so excited. Your videos are extremely helpful and your hair is absolutely stunning 🤩
Thank you lovely! And you are so welcome, so grateful my videos are able to be of some sort of help to you!
Now whether you want to use gel or not is entirely up to you, but if you have a 4c texture or even 3c (tighter coils and coarser hair) this is the perfect hair type to start out with the most minimal things because it will hold the twists well. So like rose water plus your oil.
This will avoid build up from the start. But it's all subjective, depends how short your hair is, all that stuff. Maybe if you used gel first and then used the rose water/aloe vera and oil to maintain it, this would still lead to very minimal to no build up.
Blessings on your journey luv, excited for you! 🌻
@coffee Bean I do recommend using natural rose water, however the store bought may work for you. But I make my own rose water
@@locs_bjuicy6397 chile listen ... I'm tryna be like YOU when I grow up! When I become better at balancing everything God has blessed me with, I definitely want to make my own as well
Hi thanks for sharing this amazing body-positive tutorial. Your voice is beautiful by the way - I wasn't ready! About the tutorial for hair coil, I haven't been able to find it. Have you uploaded it?
Aw thank you so much lovely! And I don't have one up yet! 🥲 Buy I'm currently working on making some new ones and selling them, and will put up a tutorial video soon!
I tell all my clients ALOE VERAAAAA
Yes girl, it's doin me and my crown SOOO RIGHT! People be surprised at how soft it is! 🤭
When I'm looking for a moisturizer at Walmart, I always run across that one but I had no idea what glycerin was so I always avoided it. I'm buying it next time I go
You'll love it my friend! I'm so glad I've come into the "less is more" era with my crown. It's so much easier and I just feel like it thanks me in return! Lol Hope it is a great addition to your maintenance as well!
I use the Georges Aloe Vera Juice because it doesn’t need refrigeration.
Oh wow, thabk you for this tip! Definitely looking into it! Blessings 💙🌻
Great video very relaxing, I enjoyed it 😊👍🏾
Thank you luv! 💙💙💙
Happy New Year!
Great video 🤎
Thank you so much! 😘💙
lol this was so cute
Thank you sis! 😘💙🌻
New sub, I dig your vibe
Thank you luv! 😊 New posts coming soon! 😘
that lovely song and jig made me subscribe right away 🥰🥹
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Thanks for the love my friend! 💙
Want DIY for the loc spiral.
Gotchu! Coming up soon! Thank you for your input! Blessings 🙏🏿💙
I'm waiting for the DIY loc spiral also ❤
love it love it more power to you and i will be going to get aloe vera very soon!! can you please make a video about ear stretching i’m at a 16g rn and would love to hear advice from you🙏🏾
Thank you! 🌻 And That's great luv! Hope you get some good results (sometimes your hair needs some time to get used to things, but I'm actually loving aloe more now as a moisturizer ... AND its the cheaper option so what a win win! Lol and I've been putting additional rosemary or lavender essential oil drops in. I love it!)
Also ... I would love to do videos about my plugs (actually when I first started back on RUclips a few months ago, I was posting about my loc AND ear stretching journey. I quickly learned, however, that that wasn't the best thing to do for the algorithm to learn what my channel was about, and for me to be able to reach more locd brother and sistahs!
So long story short, I'm going to try and start off slow and precise (as a loc channel). Further down the road, once I'm well established and I'm reaching the right group of people to engage with and welcome into my tribe ... I might start dibble dabbling in some other things.
Sorry if this disappoints you my friend, but I hope the loc content I post continues to encourage and bless you! Blessings! 💙🙏🏿
What is your goal size? I'm at 16mm / 5/8" ... which WAS my gial size. But I miiight want to go bigger 🥴. I love it hear though! Can't wait to get different plugs to switch out! 😄
@@IkambaDeVictoire not a disappointment at all thank you so much your channel is amazing and always full of great insight🙏🏾 my goal size for my ears are about the size of a quarter so 25mm, i have some ways to go in both journeys my locs are 5months today and not quite past my ears but i’m loving my baby spikes and my ears are comfortably in a 6g it’s a blessing to watch this transformation unfold🫶
@@IkambaDeVictoire oh yes i am so excited for new jewelry🤭🤭
@@niyyin1404 💙💙💙 Thank you lovely!
And I love your positive outlook! Congrats on 5 months, and your ear stretching journey as well. 🌻💙
I've really been enjoying my clear glass plugs from Arctic Buffalo (what I used to dead stretch, which was the safest and best option in my opinion 😊). They go with EVERYTHING and I've gotten several compliments on them.
Hi please show us houw you made your DiY lock spiral attach. Thanks in advance
Of course I can! Thank you for letting me know you'd like that video. I have two other video requests, and I will do yours right after. 🌞
So this video request should drop in three weeks (because I post every Sunday), and I'll also come back here and let you know in this thread that it's posted. I appreciate you! 💙🌻
Thanks for sharing...
You're welcome luv! Thank you for stopping by! 😘💙🌻
@@IkambaDeVictoire yes I'm going on two years in my loc journey. I started July 3, 2021.
@@AngieInReaLife oh they're so cute! You're in that cute starter loc phase. 🥰 Enjoooy it boo!
Do you plan on letting them grow as long as possible? Or do you have a certain length you'd like to achieve, but no longer than that?
@@IkambaDeVictoire I'd like at least mid back...I.dont think I'd be a fan of sitting on my hair.
Haha that's honest! I'm a wild child so I say GROW BABIES GROW! And I'll figure the rest out as I go. So cool to see the different views and perspectives of locs in the loc community. I love the diversity, and how we all are allowed to wear our crowns just how WE want! 🥰
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Happy New Year to you too. I just discovered your channel. You have such an interesting and inspiring life story. Are you tutsi? You have such a radiant African beauty. Have you been back to Rwanda since your family escaped? As part of my masters at university I studied the Rwandan genocide and the history that led up to that terrifying event in 1994, including the role of the French and also Belgian colonialism. But I think Rwanda is a very different place now and I would really like to visit one day. It is actually now one of the most upcoming countries in Africa. I'm in the UK and the government has decided to deport all asylum seekers trying to get into Britain to Rwanda as soon as they get here. There is massive controversy about this at the moment. The media and political narrative is so racist in different ways. First the fact that the UK government is violating international law by refusing to help fleeing refugees, and then on the other hand so-called left wing progressives perpetuate negative stereotypes about Africa as if it's the worst place on earth while trying to defend the rights of the refugees. It's just strange and depressing on both sides. Anyway totally off topic from your video, but would be fascinated to get your perspective. I have subscribed to your channel too. 🙏🏽🌻
First off, black sunlight ... what a unique name. A beautiful oxy moron ... my type of name, I love it! And thank you for your compliments and kind words! 💙🌻
I am Tutsi! I'm so very thankful to have made it this far, knowing so mamy of my people did not.
It's crazy how people can come into a place, that is thriving all on its own, needing no help ... and just mess everything up (like the Belgians orChristopher Columbus did).
And yes, Reanda is actually one of the most peaceful places to live in Africa now. My parents moved back and built a beautiful house on the land my dad still owned about 3 years ago.
It's sad to hear that things like what you mentioned in the UK are still going on (I was not aware of that ... I don't watch tv much if at all, even though I should at least try to watch the news sometimes. It's always depressing, dramatic, and just nothing good!)
People have it totally mixed up (as they do with so many things). Africa is the most BEAUTIFUL place in the world, with so many natural resources, and beautiful vegetation!
@@IkambaDeVictoireThanks for such a thoughtful reply 🙌🤩 Amazing that your family returned to Rwanda recently and have built a house there. I cannot begin to imagine how painful it was to have to flee from home, disconnect from one's place of birth and resettle from scratch in a completely different country. For sure I will visit Rwanda one day because as you say Africa is beautiful. I have west African heritage and I have visited 5 countries in north, south, east and west! I would like to try to visit as many African countries as I can in my lifetime.
It was precisely your very cool name that made me stop by and check out your channel, as well as your beauty 🙂. I love the way you do your head wrap and make up, which is pure art. You look like an ancient African princess. I could tell you were tutsi from your bone structure too.
I am loose natural but mostly wear my hair in braids without extensions, some people mistake it for locs. I wear my braids 4-6 weeks at a time and am very wary of build up and lint too which causes breakage when I take down my hair. So I am doing my utmost to minimise as much as possible what I put in my hair and mostly prefer lightweight water based products, so the rosewater option looks good to me. My hair seems to be protein sensitive so I don't put any type of protein in my hair in between wash days. Aloe vera is excellent and has so many amazing properties, but I think even the mild naturally occuring amino acids in it are still too much for my hair, so I stopped using it.
I'm glad you like my name, but I have to come clean, it's actually the title of a book by one of my favourite African authors of all time! His name is Dambudzo Marechera. He was an anarchist African literary genius from Zimbabwe who died from HIV in 1987 at the age of 35. He was expelled from Oxford university in England for trying to burn it down! He believed he was being mentally raped and indoctrinated by the system! I read Black Sunlight for my undergrad studies and was totally blown away by it. After that I tried to read everything he wrote, but the books are old and very difficult to find now.
Well, I'm looking forward to seeing more content from you. In the meantime peace and love to you and your little one 🙏🏽💙🌻
@@blacksunlight2618 Wow, how amazing that you've gotten to visit 5 different countries so far. I too would love to return to my homeland as well as visit other Africa countries again too (I was so little when it all happened).
That's wonderful that you've embarked on a minimalistic/natural journey for your hair. I really think that's the best wat to go about it, and your crown will thank you for it.
Even though you are borrowing the name, I still stand by what I said haha And it is how I will know you now. The man who wrote the book sounds pretty profound, and it's sad that he died at such a young age. I'd love to find the time to read more epic books and learn about different cultures and experiences of some the world's greats as you have.
Thank you once again for your sweet compliments, and I'm so happy to have met you. I look forward to being an assistance to you in your hair journey (whatever that may look like) and please don't hesitate to comment or inquire of anything on any one of my videos! Peace, love, and blessings my friend! 🌻💙🙏🏿
Thanks sis! Cus ya girl is struggling 😅
Haha you're so welcome luv! Droppin new videos this month and updates on things like how thick my roots have gotten, why I feel like my hair is so healthy now, my young Prince's loc journey ... so be on the look out!
Love you sissy! 💙
Do you plan on giving your son locks too?
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Can you do this with freeforms to?and can you do this when your freeforms can be undone easy?
Yes, this would be PERFECT for freeform locs! A great and easy moisturizer that would keep your babies hydrated throughout your journey.
And if you think they can be undone easily (aka you're still fairly in the beginning stages) I'd say just don't overdo it my friend.
Maybe just start off with a light mist, and as they tighten, you can be a little more liberal with it. I find misting helped my hair loc up quicker in the beginning ... I just didn't go crazy with it until I knew they were LOCD LOCD you know what I mean?! 😅 Hope this helps, BLESSINGS 🙏🏿🌻💙
@@IkambaDeVictoire yea I’m in that beginning beginning stage but can I wash them??and thank u this really helps alot 🙏💕
You're so welcome! And there are different factors that go into this question. The tighter the curl patter, the easier your hair will loc and stay locd after a wash. The looser the curl patter, the easier it will to unravel.
I don't know your curl patter, BUT, if you are freeforming ... washing will honestly just help the process along and refresh your scalp and hair at the same time.
If your really worried about it, just start off with water rinses and massage your scalp as you let the water go through your locs, squeezing the water through/out of them as well w/o too much vigorous motion.
Once you feel a bit more comfortable, maybe you can introduce some shampoos (no conditioner, the will potentially lead to build up, and also encourage detangling which you dont want in starter locs of any type).
When you shampoo, I would go in careful circular motions around the head with your palms (theis will encourage the hair to continue to loc naturally).
These are some of my two FAVE shampoos at the moment that both smell DEVINE and yeild so much moisture!
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@@IkambaDeVictoire OHHH THANK UUU and these shampoos are good for freeform locs?
@@AyeJordan7 you're so welcome luv! Anything I can do to help my loc Kings and Queens! ✊🏿🌻💙 It brings me great joy.
And yes, they are great for all locs, and all textures! (Sometimes one's hair must get used to something though, and sometimes there's something you might like better out there. But I feel like these would be great all around for all hair types. They leave the scalp and hair feeling squeeky clean!)
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😊🙏🏿 Blessings my friend
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Hello! 👋🏿
How many locs do you have?
You know what ... I've never counted them my friend! But I have been curious about that. I think that would be a cute short video to make ... "Count my locs with me" type vibes haha Thanks for the video idea! 😘
@@IkambaDeVictoire i have my second set of locs and im hoping they get thick. I was curious about yours because I like how thick they are
@@naturalbeauty5028 oh I see yours! I love how healthy they look! I think with minimal retwists, you should have some thick locs! 🙂
@@IkambaDeVictoire hi Victory how often do you retwist your locs?
@@edwige4ke302 hi luv, sorry for the late reply ... (I don't always get notified for some reason). But I don't retwist my hair actually. I just do root maintenances from time to time due to some new growth that may grow away from my roots/base ... to ensure my locs stay growing thick and strong. (My last two videos show my maintenance for this 😊).