Your hair looks great, but Sisterlocks truly vary by head, hair density and the size locks you get. Some women have standard locks and end up with 400 and some have standard and end up with 500. Some have 350 and it looks the same. I have a big head and started with 462 but after the pandemic and menopause I am likely down to 380. I am okay and had to join some locks to prevent losing hair. It's okay!!
I love your locs!!!! They are beautiful! Makes me wish I hadn’t combined mine!! I went from 430 something to 180. I self maintain so that was my deciding factor. lol
having a high loc number is so overrated lol. my heart actually sank a little bit when i learned i have 534 locs. i was like, “oh god, retightenings are gonna take forever…” for sure thinking of combining a few lol.
I have been established for 6 (lol) days. And I always said, prior, I did not want a LOT of locks in my hair. I was afraid that I'd look like a mop-head... I have 327 locs and then started to worry about "are these actually sisterlocks"? Which lead me to your original vid... I am glad to see that you have the volume you wanted and you trusted the process. They look amazing. I will do the same> In all, I did get what I asked for.
Yes!!! Same she literally ignored my wants and what we discussed at consultation and gave me fewer locs, I have 313 but wanted closer to 400, AND she left much more hair out than I requested... like half a loc in some instances
I have 35o something as well I was told by my sisterlocks consultant that my hair is super thick and if I get over 400 locks what when they mature I will look like a lion...I have super dense 4c hair
I never joined the sisterhood community and I'm enjoying my locs. I git my locs installed because I wanted my God to be a neat as possible. My location was certified and gave me the introduction welcome kit to sister locs. I had already made up in my mind that I was going to do my own sister locs, so I watched the good bad and ugly about sister locs. I decided I was ready after 3 yrs of looking into what I felt was a commitment to grow my hair in the 4 yrs. It's going 👍 great. Thanks for sharing.
I loove this! I have a big over 300 w loose edges (room tol add more) and i thought i wanted around 500but after doing my first two reties on my own 😅😅😅im SO happy i dont have as many but i LOVE the higher density girlies locs too
Braiding/banding can actually prevent locs from locking. Continuously stretching your hair really delays the locing process bc locs need to compact. I only braided and banded for 3 months. I have small locs not sisterlocs so it might be a little different. Now I just make sure my locs aren’t bunched up just by gently pulling the ends (after securing the roots so i don’t pull on my scalp) ALSO braiding and banding definitely prevents thorough washing of our locs and scalp. It’s very very rare that hair that’s already loc’d will unravel on its own. Even if your ends stay loose, the body of your loc is loc’d. You don’t have to worry.
I honestly dont get why you guys are disappointed. I'm about to start my journey and I am praying that I have less than 400. This will be my 3rd set of locs, but 1st set that will be sisterlocs. From what I have gathered so far, that count will depend on your hair. Now I know my hair is super thin, and I'd rather have 350, than 450, only for them to break because, as she said in the video, the locs were too tiny and can't handle the weight of the maturing locs. I think once the sisterloc technique was used, and the size is right for your hair type and of course, head size, YOU HAVE SISTERLOCS.
My daughter has 365 but by choice. She asked me to install larger bc she didnt want small ones. Her hair is really thick with high density it looks like she has way more than 400 locks. Otherwise in my experience as a trainee every time I stick to the grid and the guidelines I hit between 400- 450 on the grid each time and I conduct a lock count on every client, including transfer clients. Btw your hair is indeed beautiful and yes they are sisterlocks bc you went thru the process
My problem is more with the grid. There was no middle part and no ear to ear. It's all very weird and now, 9 months down the line, I'm thinking of taking them down and restarting. Maybe it won't be so bad and I can attach my old locs till the new ones grow out. Pls advise!
Beautiful locs and skin.❤ I was just trying to figure out why I like certain peoples locs, apparently small frizzy sisterlocs look perfect to me.😊 😊 Yeah, you can't tell from a distance they are locs.
I am so sorry that you feel that way but I know I don't have 400 locks I've never counted them and I've never been made to feel bad in the communities I am in a lot of social media they are so helpful they're so beautiful they're so welcoming I love love the sister lock community I love them they are just so warm I'm so sorry that you feel that way and I'm sorry for whatever community that you were in but they welcomed me and I'm so glad for it and my hair is short it is thin and I know I don't have 400 locks good luck Babe
One thing I noticed about having a higher loc count is that they’re indistinguishable from a distance at least watching on video. They look like loose hair. That’s fine if you like that look but personally I like the look of locs. And since they look like loose hair I wonder if they function like it vs more thicker locs. So I feel like at that point why get them if the maintenance is going to be the same?
Hey, You look beautiful… spit out the negative and grasp the positive… I did my locks myself and I am so proud of the outcome… so I would probably be told that I don’t have sisterlocks as well… but I am happy with the outcome… and I do not have anything like 400 locks… but I like what I have… Be happy, you are awesome!!!
How are you feeling now?? I started out with almost 500 locs 3 years ago and was sad I didn't have even more at that time! Once I started doing my own reties though?? I started combining left and right to get me closer to a lower number and now I'm at about 400. If you ever plan to do your own reties, 349 is a GREAT number!
@@bbkix since my hair has been growing, we’ve added a few around the edges and now I’m up to 355 or so, and for some reason I am fine with that lol. I’m just watching it flourish and enjoying the journey. Almost 8 months in🤎
