Loc Phases & Stages Phases 1: Coil The first phase is simply the initial step needed to establish the foundation of the loc. Phase 2: Frizzing Frizzing is the natural next phase. It in this phase that your coils will swell and that is a great sign! Phase 3: Budding If you have heard the term "Budding", for locs it simply means that evidence that the coil is becoming a loc. It typically looks like time entangled lumps in the coil. You're almost there.