Will I Be A DIYer in the Future? Yes & No...
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Now the reason I'm lending toward being a Certified Sisterlocks Consultant is because of my daughter. My daughter has been requesting to do her hair like mines, she is seven now, and the amount and density of her hair will have me paying out of the pocket of more than a $1,000 (even if I go with small and medium size for her). Now I know I can bring the cost down by cutting her hair down to 2-3 inches, but that is not an option for me, since her hair is natural, long and healthy now.
Now the consultant course on the other hand is $1,495.00. Don't know if I want to go that route either, since all I will be doing is maintaining my daughter hair, until I retire from my current career. If all else fail, and I'm in the situation where I can't have my consultant do my hair (or can't find Retightening Class), I will maintain temporarily by interlocking, since I have been practicing the different rotation for months. Right now I playing the waiting and "see how it goes" games lol. Shout out to Bajan Lily (Almocado) for the above requested post.
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Hi Kreyola: Since I am a registered Sisterlocks trainee and Sisterlocks patron, I had to add a comment on this topic. There are two tools for Sisterlocks, one is a clip tool and the other is a hook tool. I believe that in the retightening class, you are given a clip tool only. The clip tool is much safer to use on your own head because the hook tool can more easily grab hair from a near by Sisterlock. I learned this from experience. I have one "two eyed dragon" that I have to figure out how to undo.
ReplyDeleteNow, for the downside to the clip tool, I do not think that you can tighten the Sisterlocks as firmly as the hook tool. The clip tool is good enough to maintain your Sisterlocks while in a pinch or just to maintain the hairline area, but outside of that, nothing beats having a professional, certified Sisterlocks consultant to service them and keep it moving.
Also, you should definitely consider the Sisterlocks consultant training. The first phase is just the trainee status like I am. You will not get many phone calls because the majority of the people want a certified Sisterlocks consultant which is one level up.
I am so happy that your daughter wants hair like yours. I really wished that more mothers will embrace beautiful locks and show how our God given texture can be enhanced versus hidden.
I meant "two headed dragon" instead of "two eyed dragon." LOL!
DeleteBeing a consultant wouldn't have crossed my mind before, because the training class did provide both tools to retighten your locks at some point. I don't know when they stop, but now when you take the retightening class, you are only given the “clip tool” ONLY. So with your comment, I’m leaning more toward doing the consultant training class. Thanks for the excellent feedback. It made my decision so much easier.
DeleteThanks for the post (and for the shout out *grin*)
ReplyDeleteI think your sentiments echo many of my friends - they want the option of knowing how to do their own hair (ie the skillset) but they don't necessarily want to ALWAYS have to spend the time doing their own hair - as you say, if a retightening session takes 4-5 hours with someone else doing your hair, do you really want to spread that over a few days doing it yourself? Something to consider.
When I had my locs, I did learn how to DIY but I much preferred having someone else do them... and as a consultant, having someone else do my hair was a pretty easy way of carving out some 'ME TIME' :)
I did install my daughter's locs and am glad I did - I'd hate for you to have to cut your daughter's hair down... so many decision, so many options... GOOD LUCK!!
Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it! Most likely I will go the route of being a consultant.
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