Mel said...
Having seen your hair in all it's glory, I am in awe of the fact that you maintain it yourself! Amazing!I want to ask you a question about the nappylocs tool - what size do you suggest buying? I know you haven't really 'seen' my hair, but a guestimate would be greatly received:-)
Well Mel, I actually got a ruler out, found one of my thickest locs and measured it. One of the thickest ones measured about an eighth of an inch. I looped it through the Nappylocs tool and took a picture so you can see. As I said, I purchased the small sized tool and even my fattest loc fits through it comfortably. I don't think they make one smaller than that. So if your locs are about the same size as mine or smaller, the small tool should work for you. If you think you might be more comfortable with a larger size, you could get the medium.
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Thanks for this Brenda. The visual is really useful; I think the small is the right one for me. Now, if only I could get you over here to ep me do my hair...
That should say help!
No Problem Mel! I'd love a vacation in the UK!
prior to having sl's i had traditional locs and re-tightend with a crochet needle. back then i purchased the nappylocs tool both small and medium but never used it.
today while doing my re-tightening i used the small nappyloc tool but my hair kept slipping out of the hole. so i deducted that the nappylocs tool is best for long locks like yours vs my short head of locs. what is your thoughts on this?
i will try the nappylocs tool once again when i get some length. in the mean time the sl hook tool is going to do it for me. peace
Locizm - I was just reading Onyxcherry's blog were she was talking about having learned how to retighten. She said her consultant used needlenosed pliers to narrow one end of the Nappylocks tool to help her keep her locks from slipping out. Take a look there, that may help.
oh, thanks Brenda! what a great modification for the nappylocs tool. i will have to experiment. stay tuned.. peace
I love the length and the thickness of your locs.... How long have you been loc'd????????
I think I am going to wait until I have been loc'd close to a year before I learn... I don't think I will ready to retighten my own head...
Hi Brenda, Your locks are beautiful and I still cannot believe your learned to re-gignten without taking a class!! Any tips please? I live in the UK and desparate to retignten my locks but the class is so expensive and i kept putting it off because of not being able to afford the cost. Now my consultant has said it gone up quite a lot. How did you learn to do it yourself without taking a class? Any tips would be very much appreciated.
Jodie
Hi Anonymous - Sorry I couldn't respond to you directly. Thanks so much for the compliment! I can't take all the credit for learning how to retighten my own hair. I purchased the Latchin' e-book and when I read through the directions, I believed that it was similar to what I felt my consultant was doing, so I gave it a try. There's a link to it on the right side of my blog. It costs about $10-15 here, but I don't know whether it's available for puchase where you are. I later learned of other methods, like the Nappylocks tool and that there are several different rotations. I actually got that information from reading the court decision from when Dr. Cornwell sued the Nappylocks creator.
For my simple purposes, I use a 4 point rotation on myself and my daughter and it works well. Some tips for doing it yourself are to be patient. It may take you 8-12 hours over several days to do your whole head in the beginning. It still takes me about 5 hours (mostly due to the length). You must section your hair to keep you from combining locks. Use clips to keep neighboring locks out of the way. That's all I can really think of now, but if you think of any other questions you might have, send me an e-mail directly and I try my best to help.
Hi Brenda,
Your blog has been very helpful, and thank you for taking the time and trouble to respond to my query and for being so detailed in your reply. I will email you shortly.
Peace and Love to you and yor family.
Your locks are amazing and well maintained. I wonder if you are prepared to share any information you have e.g.any step by step instructions for retightening as I am unable to take the class at present. My pattern is a 3.
Thank you
Hi Locked - Thanks so much for the compliment! I'm sorry, I don't have any different information other than what I've already shared. As I said, I never took the retightening class or the consultants class, so I don't know all the rotations, although I have a vague idea what they might be. All I know is what I picked up from my original consultant doing my hair, reading the latching e-book that I purchased, and from reading different blogs and the LockItUp discussion forum. You'd be surprised how much information you can get for free or very low cost in order to maintain your locks, regardless of whether they were started with a Sisterlocks pattern or by Nappylocs or Braidlocz.
I use a simple 4 point rotation - east, north, west, south - and repeat the full rotation until tightened to the scalp, but not pulling. I imagine a 3 is a variation that skips one of the above points, but I don't know which one. I hope this helps you out.
If you want more detail, including pictures, you could purchase the latching e-book (it's about $15) and there's a link on the right side of my blog under latchhook information, or you could purchase the Nappylocs tool. My understanding is that you can purchase the tool for about $15, but it doesn't come with instructions - however, you can call and they'll walk you through it. For about $65, you can purchase the Nappylocs tool and the instructions (including a videotape, I think) which also includes some products. There's a link to that also under Nappylocs.
I hope everthing turn out well for you.
Brenda,
You are a star, Thanks for sharing the information, I am sure you have helped many a locked sister with your detailed knowledge.
Love and Peace.
GREETINGS LOCKED----YOU HAVE A 12-9-6-9, SO YOU WOULD BE SKIPPING THE 3. IMAGINE A CLOCK, IF YOU WOULD PREFER YOU COULD USE NORTH AS 12, EAST AS 3, WEST AS 6, AND 9 AS SOUTH. SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THE NORTH POINT GUIDE, YOU WOULD GO NORTH,SOUTH,WEST, SOUTH. THIS WILL GIVE YOU YOUR 3-PATTERN LOCKING TECHNIQUE, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE 12-9-6-9. GOOD LUCK, I AM A STYLIST AND A LOCKTICIAN, AND I RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE. ALL THE BEST TO YOU. I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU AND MANY OTHERS TO COME.
Brenda, I am new to this blog and wanted to thank you for the bun style, it is quite beautiful, I am still working on perfecting the tech, are you wrapping all five sections in the same direction?
Hi Anonymous,
But isn't 12-9-6-9, North-West-South-West? (9 is on the west side of the clock, and 6 is on the south end?) Thanks for the generous info. I just want to make sure I have this right?
Hi Brenda. I've been reading your blog and there is alot of good info on here. Wonder how come I didnt bounce up on this site before? hmmmm....I have locs for about a year now. I started them using the palmroll method but I want to switch to using the nappy loc tool. What's your advice on this?
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