Review of this hair

Seven weeks, but heavy in an updo

Lia Lavon · YouTube

Lia wore 18-inch Freetress Wrap N Lock Hipsta Loc in 1B for seven weeks. Her individual installation took about eight hours, using five packs plus a few pieces from a sixth.

The locs kept their appearance as her roots grew out. They felt light when worn down, but heavy in an updo, and the length sometimes got in her way.

She used no styling product and gathered the hair under a bonnet at night. Her concerns about added weight when wet were not based on a water test.

Removal was covered separately. This is her 2020 installation.

Lia says Shake-N-Go sponsored the installation video, but not this follow-up review.

Seven weeks.

Review of a similar version

A three-hour takedown after seven weeks, with accidental hair cutting

Lia Lavon · YouTube

Lia Lavon's takedown follows the same 2020 Freetress Wrap N Lock Hipsta Loc installation covered in her earlier review. She had worn the 18-inch, color 1B locs for seven weeks and two days.

Kinky wrapping hair around the top of each braid had tightened with wear and made the loops difficult to reach and undo. She tried separating her own braid before cutting away excess loc hair, but accidentally cut some of her natural hair during the process.

She stopped filming part of the removal so she could concentrate at a mirror. Takedown took about three hours, including a food break, compared with roughly seven and a half to eight hours to install.

She felt she had made use of the style over seven weeks, but found removal difficult. This is a follow-up from the same wearer and set, not another customer's experience or a completed reuse.

Sponsored by Shake-N-Go, as disclosed in the video description. This follows the earlier brand-connected installation.

Seven weeks and two days, followed by a roughly three-hour takedown

Review of a similar version

A faster mixed-loc install, with wrapping ends that needed practice

Qtepiee88 · YouTube

Qtepiee88 mixed six packs of 18-inch Freetress Starla Loc with one pack of Hipsta Loc in color 1B. Cornrows with crochet at the back and individual wraps at the front took her about an hour and a half.

She preferred Hipsta's smaller, neater loops; Starla's larger loops looked fuzzier. Wrapping in the correct direction improved the finish, but she still struggled with loose, fuzzy ends and could not use one piece whose wrap section sat too low.

This was an installation review, not a completed theme-park wear test.

Hair supplied for a Freetress/Shake-N-Go collaboration; affiliate links may apply.

First installation