lokk head

Alison had lokks for fifteen years. In April this year, she brushed them all out.

A couple of months into loose hair and she'd had enough. She missed her lokks, and she was ready to start again.

A couple of weeks ago she came into the cottage for a full new set. We split it across two days since she only had a few hours to give at a time, working section by section until her whole head was done.

Fresh lokks always look a little wild before they settle. Sticking out, uneven, not quite sitting flat yet. That's not a mistake, that's just where the journey starts. Give them time and they'll drop, soften and settle right in.

Has anyone else brushed out and immediately regretted it? Tell me in the comments, I know Alison isn't the only one 🖤

If you're starting your own lokk journey, or finding your way back to one, my cottage door is always open.

Your dreadlock witch Rebekah
🌙 www.lokkhead.com
🖤 [email protected]
📞 0457 822 712
📍 Garden Suburb, Newcastle NSW

Another Rebekah in the chair 🖤

This one's been deep into her lokk journey for a while now, but the sides are still catching up, newer growth finding its rhythm while the rest of her head is well and truly established. There's something so satisfying about tending to those baby lokks without letting the older ones slip.

We spent the session on root maintenance, closing up the new growth so everything stays tight and even, then tidied along the sides so the whole head reads as one journey instead of two different stages.

This is the bit nobody talks about enough. Lokks don't all grow and lock at the same pace, especially when you're filling in a section after the fact. Patience is the whole game.
Rebekah's sides are getting there. Slowly, surely, ritual by ritual.

Ever had a part of your hair (or your life) that just needed a little more time to catch up? Tell me below 🕯️

Your dreadlock witch Rebekah
🌙 www.lokkhead.com
🖤 [email protected]
📞 0457 822 712
📍 Garden Suburb, Newcastle NSW

Rick's lokks had started holding hands 🖤 A few of them had properly bonded together at the root into one thick lokk by the time he sat in my chair.

He's one of my regulars, it had just been a bit longer than usual between visits. Life happens. And when there's extra time between root maintenance, neighbouring lokks can grow into each other without you even noticing until it's a lot of lokk in one spot.

This is called congoing, and it's one of the most common things I see. It does not mean starting over. It just means someone needs to sit with your roots, patiently separate what's grown together, and bring everything back to where it should be.

That's exactly what this session was, repair work through the congoed sections plus his full root maintenance.

No judgement in this chair, ever. That's what these appointments are for 🌙

How long has it been since your last ritual? 👀

Your dreadlock witch Rebekah
📍 Garden Suburb, Newcastle NSW
🌐 www.lokkhead.com
📧 [email protected]
📞 0457 822 712

Ash walked back through my studio door after almost a year away.

He'd gone to try someone else for a while, which I get completely. Sometimes you need to wander before you find your way home. But when he sat down in my chair again it felt like picking up a spell mid incantation.

Alot of his lokks had matted right up to the root. Not unusual in the first couple of years when the structure is still settling and maintenance isn't consistent, but it meant his scalp had been under tension for a long time and couldn't breathe properly.

We spent the session freeing each root slowly, undoing the damage without undoing the lokks themselves, until his scalp could finally exhale.

Confession: I was so deep in the work I nearly forgot to film the after video. You'll notice the background's different in the second half of the clip, that's me sprinting for my phone at the last second haha.

The relief on his face when he ran his fingers through his lokks again said everything.

When was your last root maintenance? Tell me below.
Your dreadlock witch Rebekah
🌙 www.lokkhead.com
🖤 [email protected]
📞 0457 822 712
📍 Garden Suburb, Newcastle NSW

This isn't your average hair appointment.

Step inside my cottage studio and you'll find deep green walls, crystals, candlelight, and a space built entirely around every ritual. Every lokk session here is treated like ceremony, not just a service.

I spent years working in hair salons before dreadlocks took over completely, and now I'm a certified loctician working out of my own space, built exactly the way I dreamed it.

Because it's just me, one loctician, one chair, I only take several appointments each week. If you've been thinking about starting your lokk journey, now's the time to grab a spot before they're gone.

📞 0457 822 712
🌙 www.lokkhead.com
✉️ [email protected]
📍 Garden Suburb, Newcastle
Your dreadlock witch, Rebekah

Emma sat down for a simple maintenance and I caught myself just staring at her partial lokks for a solid minute before I even picked up my hook.

I remember when we started this journey together, working through that awkward "not new, not settled" middle stretch that nobody warns you about. Seven months in now, and they've completely found themselves. There's a shape and a movement to them that just wasn't there before.

Honestly, the part of this job I love most isn't always the big transformations, it's sessions like Emma's. The quiet trust that builds when someone keeps coming back to the same chair. She knows how I like her to sit. I know exactly how her hair wants to move. There's a rhythm to it now.

If you're in that uncertain early stage right now, wondering if it's ever going to look "right"... this is what's waiting for you on the other side. 🖤

How long have you been growing yours? Drop it below, I love seeing where everyone's at in the journey.

Your dreadlock witch Rebekah
🌙 www.lokkhead.com
🖤 [email protected]
📞 0457 822 712
📍 Garden Suburb, Newcastle NSW