I’m thinking of interlocking myself. I have to wash my hair frequently, and hate that my retwists never last. Any tips ladies?
Disclaimer: I'm no pro! LOL. Speaking only from my experience loccing my son's, my ex-husband's and now my own hair.
I've learned that using an interlocking tool like this:
Works so much better and faster than using a crochet needle like this. This one used to pull so many stray hairs making it painful for my baby.
The interlocking tool is smooth and doesn't pull lots of stray hairs.
-Be sure to clip stray hairs you don't intend to add to the lock away from the loc so that you don't accidentally interlock it into the wrong loc
-Pull the loc through a different direction each time (lots of ppl do a 4-pt rotation N-E-S-W to make a round loc, I like to do a 2 pt rotation for a flatter loc)
-Don't pull through the same direction consecutively, it will make a hole in the loc
-Don't over tighten to the scalp
Here's a good video I watched, showing the process using the tool. HTH!