Well I just got my hair retightened yesterday. Got to her house at 8:20 am and was done at 6pm. Yes you read that right. A 10 hour reti. She didn't even take a break to eat. We both only took 1 potty break. I told her I need to have these combined. It just makes no sense to have these tiny locks with the amount of hair I have. Now my loctician will admit that she is slow at retightening. She does reti every lock, never skips any and she does do maintenance on them if they need it. But this is ridiculous. So she asked me how many locs do I want to go down to?
Now just so you know I started off with 691 I told her I would like to have 350ish. She said it's not possible. She said she can do to low 400s and I can still keep my grid. I guess that's a start. But I was telling her how I would be fine with pencil sized locks. She is not trying to hear it. I wish I knew how to upload pics so you all can see what I'm talking about. I just need a place to vent. I can't vent on those facebook groups because she is on there.
I'm just over these small locks. I just can't deal with sitting in her chair for more than 4 hours. Sorry to be on here complaining.
On another note I have signed up to take the sisterlocks training when it comes to my city in August. I told her and she was like, well do you have a client lined up? I said no but I might want to do my daughter's hair. Plus my mom has sisterlocks and I can retighten hers. I love locks of all kinds and just want to learn about them and know the process. I'm even starting traditional locs on my son.
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I’m so sorry that you are having this experience. Sisterlocks gave me freedom.
Not to bash anyone but your consultant seems to be inexperienced. The amount of locks you get does depend on your head size and the density and length of your hair.
My whole install took 12 hours and I have dense hair and a large head ( I was told) I cut my hair shorter though to save cost of install. I’m in NY.
My retights take no more than 3 hours and my hair has tripled in length since install last year. As much as I love my Sisterlocks there’s no way I could sit 10 hours for a retight every 6 weeks. That would be a deal breaker for me. I have about 450 locks. My locks are thinner around the perimeter but the crown and back are a bit larger. I have taken the retight class and it is a job but I just retight as the days go on. I may do a bunch for a couple of days and as I’m looking at tv I feel through and retight as needed so it’s not a big overwhelming job to me. I’m assuming as I go along I will get better and faster.
Is your consultant new at this or a trainee? That might be why she’s so slow.
As women we don’t want to hurt feelings and all that but I’m sorry 10 hours for a retight every 6 weeks is not acceptable. You are free to search out another consultant too. You paid her. You are not signed to her for life.
How much are you paying for this? Being that slow she’s losing money too. She can’t book anybody else after working on 1 person for 10 hours. My consultant would do my retight and have 3-4 more clients after me. You have to do what’s best for you. Taking out my locks is not an option for me. I made a lifetime commitment barring sickness or unforeseen occurrence.