About Boho Barbie Locs
Our Passion
We may be the new face on your feed but trust us — we’ve been in the dread game long enough to know a good seal from a bad blend (and how to rescue both 👀)!! At Boho Barbie Locs, we’re not just slinging strands — we’re handcrafting crown-worthy creations designed to turn heads, spark confidence and let your personality shine!!
We specialize in twist-and-seal dreads — they’re our bread, butter and glitter — but don’t get it twisted (pun 100% intended 😜): we’re just as obsessed with crochet for those natural-textured, “I woke up like this” vibes!! From smooth, sculpted twist-and-seals to bouncy, textured crochet, curly and straight sets — we’ve got the skills (and burned fingertips) to bring your dream set to life!! 🙌🏼
✨ What really sets us apart? Our obsession with color and quality!! Every Barbie Locs creation is built from hypoallergenic, plant and protein-based, non-toxic fibers that are itch-free, hot-tool safe and even dyeable fibers. Pair that with luxe classics like Toyokalon, Futura, Monofiber, Anna/Ariel Curl and Rebecca Braid while slapping in human hair and hybrid sets and you’ve got options that not only look incredible but FEEL phenomenal too!!
🎨 Color and accents are our playground!!! Whether you’re dreaming of natural blends, seamless ombrés, pastel fantasies, bold galaxy vibes or combos you didn’t even know your soul needed — we treat every set like a canvas!! Each dread is painted strand by strand until YOUR masterpiece is born!
But babes, it’s SO much more than just good hair (though yes, your hair will be next-level)! Our mission is bigger: it’s to help you feel like the most vibrant, fearless, radiant version of yourself! Hair is powerful — it can express who you are, shift your energy and help you step into your light. Whether you’re rocking dreads for a festival, a season or your next era, we want you bold, beautiful and unapologetically YOU!! ✨
This isn’t a warehouse pumping out cookie-cutter hair either. This is a one-woman powerhouse in a tiny little brick-and-mortar shop, creating with passion, care and a little bit of sass every single day! Small business means small-batch, high-touch and the kind of love that makes you feel like family — not just another order number!! 💕
So if you’re ready to transform your crown, express your vibe and step into the Barbie-worthy magic you deserve — welcome, babes! You found your people!!
Now let’s make some magic!! 🧵✨
About Boho Barbie Locs Owner/Creator
I’m Mandi — and my whole life has been one long lesson in surviving the darkness and choosing to become the light anyway!!
I grew up in foster care, always floating, never belonging. I learned resilience before I ever learned stability. And then, as an adult, I spent 16 years trapped in a marriage that broke me in ways I still struggle to explain. I was controlled, isolated, gaslit, degraded, and convinced I was unlovable. I stopped recognizing myself. I stopped believing I mattered. I lived every day terrified, apologizing for existing…
But even in that hell, I had one reason to keep breathing: my daughter. She is the best thing I have ever done. She is the reason I stood back up when life tried to bury me. Her strength, her kindness, her fire… she saved me long before I ever saved myself!!
When the marriage finally ended — not because I found the courage to leave, but because he walked away — it shattered me… and freed me at the same time. That silence after the chaos left the house? That was the first moment I realized I could build a life that didn’t hurt. A life that was mine.
I’m still healing. I still have triggers. I still have scars no one can see. But today, I also have a love I never dreamed I’d get to experience. Chris is gentle, steady, patient, safe. He listens. He lifts me. He treats me like a human being whose heart matters. He is the proof that love isn’t supposed to break you — it’s supposed to hold you.
And through everything — the trauma, the rebuilding, the finding-myself-again — creating has been my lifeline. Boho Barbie Locs wasn’t born from business plans. It was born from survival. From needing something beautiful to pour myself into when everything else felt heavy. Every set I make is done by hand, just me and my heart, because creating quieted the noise in my head when nothing else could.
I know what it feels like to look in the mirror and not recognize the person staring back. I know what it feels like to forget your own worth. So if something I create helps even one person feel beautiful, or strong, or like they matter… that fills my soul in a way I can’t put into words.
This space — my business, my brand, my little corner of the world — is built on love, not pain. I choose compassion over cruelty. Healing over hatred. Light over everything that tried to dim me.
Boho Barbie Locs isn’t just hair.
It’s my story.
It’s my heart.
It’s my way of giving hope, beauty, and safety back to others who have ever felt unseen.
And that… that is why I’m here. 💖✨
