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A simple wash routine for starter locs, from the first wash two to four weeks after install to the six-month mark: a clean stocking cap, a diluted residue-free shampoo, downward rinsing and full drying. The whole plan, in order, from the day the coils are still fragile to the day they start to lock.
The episode covers what stays out of young locs early on - rinse-out conditioner, thick butters, beeswax - and why constant handling makes locking harder. It walks the wash itself step by step through the cap, sets a washing rhythm from every two weeks to every month, adds the clarifying wash every four to six weeks, and spaces retwists at least four weeks apart, new growth only, at the root. It closes with the stages from starter to rooted locs and the five mistakes that undo a young routine, from scrubbing the lengths to going to bed with damp locs.
