It’s been awhile since I have posted. I have slacked off and I can be very lazy at times so please forgive me. Currently my hair looks like an afro with locs. It has been 6 weeks since my last retighten and my hair grows extremely fast. There was a time I could wait 8 weeks before I visited my consultant, but that is no longer an option. I now go every 4-5 weeks.
My consultant and her daughter was the only certified sisterlock reps in the St. Louis area for years and they had more clients than you can imagine. If I missed/ rescheduled an appointment it could take weeks for me to get back into the shop. Of course this resulted in longer etightening time and more money out of my pocket. Last night I checked the sisterlock web sight and found that my consultant name has been removed, I am not sure why because she most certainly still does sisterlocks. But then again she does not use the coveted sisterlock tool, she uses a latch hook. I’m sure home office probably is not too fond about that, but it does not bother me. I am not a stanch sisterlock representative and was fine with her using the latch hook. However, a new certified consultant has been added to the sisterlock website for my area. I decided to go see her to get a second opinion on my locs? She was warm, pleasant and full of knowledge.
She did not rush me when I rambled on and offered great advice. She did tell me that the latch hook was not good for my locks. I have small hairs with white bulbs on the in that are sticking out of my locs. I was told that the latch hook can break the hair off from the follicle and end up intertwined within the loc. The new consultant told me it would take 4-5 hours for her to retighten my hair. I must admit that my jaw almost hit the floor. She saw the shock on my face and asked me how long it takes my current consultant, I responded, 45mins to 1.5 hours. I asked her how much she charged and she charged the standard rate of 20.00 per hour. I knew that I did not want to pay 80-100 dollars to get my hair retighten. In her opinion it should take a few hours to do retighten the way the sisterlock home office teaches. I just chalked it up to my consultant has been doing sisterlocks for over 11 years, and this youngster just got certified a few months ago. Please let me know if I am wrong. She also told me that I should not be going every 4 weeks to get retighten because she does not believe that my growth is enough for a full rotation. She said the home office says that if you can’t get a full rotation then it is not time to retighten. I did not know this, but I do believe her. I then asked her about the thinning of some of my locs, she said this could also be the latch hook. I don’t believe this , I’ve heard of others with thinning locs and we all are not using the latch hook
Either way I decided it was time for me to learn how to maintain my own hair. The whole point of going natural was to free me from the salon and to do my hair on my terms. So I will be purchasing the nappy lock tool and practicing on my head. I will let me consultant retighten me this last time and I will take it over from that point. I’ll let you know how it turns out
