Freedom in Locs

Today's guest is an amazing multi-talented loctician and registered nurse from Poughkeepsie, New York. Her loc oriented services range from traditional locs, traditional loc extensions, instant locs, and microlocs. She also offers a range of all-natural hair and body hydration products that she developed herself such as loc moisturizers and oils. Inspired by her mother who owned a salon when she was a child, she always had a passion and talent for doing hair and impacting others.The Loc Artistry by AV was founded in March 2021 and is a full-service Loc and Braiding Salon. Connect with Amoy: Instagram: @TheLocArtistrybyAVFacebook: The Loc Artistry by AV

Today's guest is a health coach who embraces the holistic approach to healing and living a healthy lifestyle. After enjoying a successful career in global banking. She continued to travel the world studying the healing arts and practicing what she learned. She has had the opportunity to travel to 7 countries on 3 continents. She is one of the few people who loves public speaking and uses her platform to empower others in the use of plants as medicine, holistic remedies, and “fooducation”. Her passion is to use her God-given skills and wisdom to help you look, live, and feel well! Her favorite Bible text is James 1:5 “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” Her personal quote is, “God made me, and he does not make mistakes. Therefore, I can do, I can learn, I can succeed.”Connect with Penny: Instagram: @PlantBasedPennyLifeWebsite: PlantBasedPennyLife.com

Today's guest has worked as a licensed hairstylist for the past 13 years. She began installing and maintaining traditional locs 10 years ago and started offering microloc services around the same time she started her own microloc journey. She is also a mother, pastor's wife and evangelist with a heart for ministry. She seeks to bless and share with others the insights that she has gained in these various roles.Connect with Toccara:Instagram: @Mrs_TassieBlog: Conversations with ToccaraTikToK: mrs.tassie

Today's guest is the mother of 3 and grandmother of 7. She is a former Restaurant and Retail Manager of 20+ years. As a manager, she became very interested in trading and investments. That led her to various ventures and entrepreneurship.With her busy schedule, she almost never had time to the salon. So in 1999 she started her last set of locs and has been loc'd eversince. Over the past 20+ years of having locs she's come to feel that having locs offer much more than convenience; they offer cultural pleasure and self-respect because they symbolize our African heritage instilling a sense of pride and boldness. As well as courage because you have to be courageous to face possibilities that you may miss out on jobs, networking and business opportunities because of having locs. Connect with Hope:Facebook: hope.hayes.5817

resides in Florida where she works as an Oncology Research Manager. She has advanced degrees in the biological sciences from Hampton and Clemson University. And an MBA in Health Care Management.She was the original author to focus on the science of tightly coiled hair. She launched a movement of authors that began to write on the science of hair care, merging trichology, science, and general practice into organic practice. She began to formally intertwine her love of science and research natural hair care alternatives voraciously, first becoming a Certified Personal Exercise Trainer (CPT), then a Certification as a Natural Hair Consultant (CNHC) specializing in lock care with expert experience consulting national and global clients. She poured her experience into The Knotty Truth™ series for public access. Her first book The Knotty Truth: Managing Tightly Coiled Hair at home DIY Survival Guide was published in 2009. Her second is The Knotty Truth: Creating Beautiful Locs on a dime! A Comprehensive Guide was published a year later in 2010. This book holds the distinction of being one of the most referenced book on hair locking on YouTube and the most reviewed book on hair locking on Amazon with a 4.6-star rating and 296 reviews. For more than a decade these books have enlightened, educated, and inspired a host of men and women seeking to grow healthy natural hair and beautiful locs.Get the book!The Knotty Truth by M. Michele George

Today's guest is a stay-at-home wife and mom of two adorable little boys. She was born and raised in Canada but recently relocated with her family to Mexico! She originally started her microlocs last year in April with twist locs but now has recently installed her third set, braidlocs, and can't wait to see where the journey takes her.Connect with Destiny:Instagram: frombraidstolocs

Today's guest is an innovative self-taught loctician from Atlanta, Georgia. She specializes in microlocs and microloc extensions. When not locking clients hair she uses youtube to spread techniques and information about the micro loc communityConnect with Ashley:Instagram: TheLeyLocsYouTube: LeyLocsWebsite: LeyLocs.comHair product brand mentioned:The Brand Lovely

In this episode I share some things that I learned in the first few days of my natural hair care specialist program, which is the prerequisite to becoming a licensed loctician here in North Carolins. 

Today's guest is a woman of many talents. She is a prevention worker with a social service agency and she also installs and maintains all types of locs from traditional locs to microlocs including Sisterlocs.Her pride in her work shows in the beautiful heads of locs that can be seen on her instagram page. She is a little shy but we did not let that stop us from learning from this amazing loctician!Products Mentioned:Taliah Waajid Black Earth Products Protective Mist BodifierDr. Locs WebsiteConnect with Kim:Instagram: House of MicrolocsEmail: kwilkins@houseofmicrolocs.com 

Today's guest is an entrepreneur, content creator, and podcast host. In all that she does, she loves helping people build the courage to be themselves, so they can create the authentic confidence in how they perceive themselves so they can create authentic confidence in how they perceive themselves. She has Sisterlocks and has had them for 2 years and 4 months. You can follow her journey and enjoy her content on Instagram and Facebook. Connect with Chinitha!Instagram: chinithajohnsonFacebook: OfficiallyChinithaJohnson Youtube: Chinitha Johnson

In this solo episode, I talk about the process that I'm going through to become a licensed loctician. It starts with going through natural hair care specialist training. That is to get the required 300 hours needed to sit for the licensing exam. In school,  I am going to learn about natural hair care but not as much about locs. I'll be sharing in this episode and in episodes to come the different types of supplemental education that I'm looking into taking or will take in order to help me to become as proficient a loctician as possible.

Today's guest is a content creator and natural hair enthusiast for whom natural hair has played a large part in her finding herself and becoming comfortable in who she is. She shares tips and tricks on her youtube channels and hopes what she shares will also inspire others as well.Connect with Kasandra!Instagram: missionmama.co Youtube: Mission Mama

Today I am so pleased to be talking to a teacher and CEO at the senior society. She began her lock journey as she was tracing her heritage and starting to learn more about her natural hair. And that was around 2002.She had loved seeing locks on other people but had to overcome the stigma that comes along, along with being locked. And she finally committed to going on her long journey in October of 2019. She was loving her journey, but she had restarted in August of 2021 due to some maintenance issues and is currently in the fourth month of her second microloc journey and she is loving it and is inspired, and has inspired others to join her.Connect with Crestina!Instagram: journeetolifeYoutube: TeesJournee

Today's guest is a former cosmetologist who, after about five years, she decided to go on her own quest for the ultimate healthy head of hair.Shortly after that she stopped chemically relaxing her hair and she became a natural hair care provider. She decided that she wanted to lock her hair and she was introduced to starting her locks with braids by a young woman on a hair forum. And after going back and forth, she knew that this was the solution for her.Over the past years, she has not only worn locks herself. She was able to start a bit of a movement in starting locks with braids. I am so excited and so happy to be talking to the author of Bradelocz: the Permanent Braids, A Guide to Growing a Beautiful, Healthy Head of Locks from Simple Braids.Connect with Cherie!Website: Bradelocz.comInstagram: cheriemkingYoutube: Bradelocz

Today's guest hails from the beautiful state of Georgia and is married with a 19-year-old daughter. She is an English Language Arts Teacher and is amazing at her job and it shows as she was recently awarded the Sara Spano Ledger-Enquirer Top Teacher of the year award. When she is not enlightening the minds of the next generation you can find her on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok where she shares her passions for makeup, hair, fashion, and crafts.She started her loc journey with Sisterlocks but combined some because they were too tiny, so now she considers herself to have sisterlocks/microlocs.Connect with Aliphia!Instagram: @ali_s_journeyYoutube: Ali'sJourneyTikTok: alisjourney46

In this episode, I want to take a moment to set the stage as to what you can expect with the freedom in locs podcast. I'll be sharing the value I hope to bring when you can expect episodes to come out and the format the podcast will be taking. And finally, I'll close out this podcast by sharing a little bit about me so you'll understand who it is behind the mic and my motivation!If there is someone that you would like to hear on the show or a topic you would like to suggest that I cover please feel free to reach out to me. You can dm me on Instagram @freedominlocs or email me at Hello@freedominlocs.com