Lock It Up! Support Thread (Sisterlocs, Dreads, Freeform, Etc)

msdeevee said:
New York. I’m by no means cheap and I love my consultant. She’s personable and very knowledgeable. I just can’t see coming outta pocket every 5 weeks with 180.00. That’s some people’s car payment.

I got my Sisterlocks installed in July 2016 and her price goes up $15.00 every year. I guess next year it’ll go up to 195.00 .
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I lurk in this thread because getting sisterlocks stays in the back of my mind and then I see the time and upkeep costs it's like


I'll continue to live vicariously through ya'll.
 
For some reason I always feel blah about my hair prior to a retighten, and for some reason my scalp was itchy this month. Even after I used my dry and itchy scalp shampoo. I wonder how much longer I will have to braid and band. It’s so amazing to see how much my hair has transformed before my eyes! My hair use to look like mini twists/strings. Now they are starting to look like locs! This is so exciting!
 
So I was going to wait to get my hair colored, but at my next retighten I’m going to ask my consultant if it is ok to do so. I have been wanting to dye my hair a red color. Hopefully this can be accomplished without bleach.
 
Crackers Phinn said:
I lurk in this thread because getting sisterlocks stays in the back of my mind and then I see the time and upkeep costs it's like


I'll continue to live vicariously through ya'll.
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Don’t feel that way. This is the best hair decision I’ve ever made. I’m in NY so my cost may be higher than yours.

You can also be installed by a trainee that will not cost as much.

Sisters in other states cost less than half of my costs sometimes. I don’t regret what I paid at all. Yes, it’s a lot compared to others but that’s the cost of living in this city.
 
So I’ve been looking up all these videos about the aCv rinse and I’ve been trying figure out what’s the science behind it.

ACv and baking soda aren’t solvents for waxes/ oils (what I figure is in the build up). So how is it producing this brown liquid ?
I have sooo many questions
 
Ok I think I’m going to go back to my original plan on the coloring idea. I think I am going to wait for when I’m closer to my second year. I want to give my hair a chance to do it’s thing, and I’m scared the color will mess up my hair. I have colored my hair before as a loose natural with no problems, but I want to be extra careful.
 
I came home today with the intention of shampooing and retwisting my hair. After shampooing, I noticed build up. :angry2: A waxy, filmy build-up. :wallbash: I did an ACV rinse and it helped pull a lot of the build up out but I still have some in my locs because they look a little "hazy" now.
 
Got my retight yesterday.

My hair has grown so much and having it professionally done makes all the difference. I’m gonna go to my consultant throughout the Spring and Summer and maybe start back to retightening my own Sisterlocks again when it starts to get cold again. She said I was doing a good job though. She did have to separate a couple that I combined accidentally and reinstall one lock that I snipped off by mistake. She said that’s to be expected when you first start doing your own retights.

I love my locks but I am starting to think about how I’m going to keep them up as I get older and my hair gets longer.

My locks are not mature yet but she said they are stable so I no longer braid and band and I have colored my locks with no problem.
 
Had my retighten on last Thursday, my consultant said to use the Sisterlock shampoo to use up any I might have left. And then after that I can start using Suave Clarifying Shampoo. I think I am going to try some Selsum Blue shampoo to see if that will help more with my scalp over the KeraCare I am using. The front bangs and side of my hair are still soft so I need to still braid and band that portion. But the back I can loosely braid and band to wash. I am excited! It’s weird the closer I get to one year I don’t really think about my hair as much and I am just letting it be.
 
mz.rae said:
Had my retighten on last Thursday, my consultant said to use the Sisterlock shampoo to use up any I might have left. And then after that I can start using Suave Clarifying Shampoo. I think I am going to try some Selsum Blue shampoo to see if that will help more with my scalp over the KeraCare I am using. The front bangs and side of my hair are still soft so I need to still braid and band that portion. But the back I can loosely braid and band to wash. I am excited! It’s weird the closer I get to one year I don’t really think about my hair as much and I am just letting it be.
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That’s a good thing mz.rae .

I might have posted before that my locks were established back in July 2016. I was impatiently waiting to make a year of being locked. Then it amazes me that after I made a year I don’t think about it anymore. If I do think about it now I have to count on my fingers how many months I’m down.
 
retwisting my hair tonight. first time in more than 4 months! it normally takes me about 25 minutes to do my whole head but i have a feeling it will take a lot longer tonight.
 
It will be 1 month next week that I’ve been sisterlocked. I wish I had something to report but I really don’t. I have a teeny bit of slippage with a few of the locks at my edges but she told me that might happen. I got through the itching by adding essential oils & rose water to my spray bottle and spraying my scalp once a week or so. I mist my hair with distilled water when it feels a little crispy and that’s about it.

What I’m trying to get used to is not having to do much more than take off my bonnet, shake and go in the morning. I always feel like I’m forgetting to do something in the morning.
 
simplycee said:
Ladies, how long did it take for your hair to lock? I know everyone is different but I’m curious.
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I’ve been Sisterlocked for about 19 months now I think . July will make 2 years. I asked my consultant at my last retight if I was locked. She said my locks are stable but not yet fully locked.
 
simplycee said:
Ladies, how long did it take for your hair to lock? I know everyone is different but I’m curious.
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idk how long it actually took but i started with twists and after 1 month they looked like mature locs and there was zero unraveling. i have very kinky type 4 hair.

my ends, however, are still not locked after nearly 4 years.
 
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