I remember back in the day when I had sister locks about 13 years ago I lost my job and couldn't afford retightenings for a few months. I went back and my loctician would not continue to retighten my hair. Because she said I could have compromised the structure of my hair. Back then they would not let you know what your rotation was you couldn't even see the tool they were using. So I read an article about how sisterlocs sued nappylocs and figured hey if their process it is close enough for sisterlocks to sue them then I'm going to check out nappy locs. I bought the book got the tool and begin retightening on my locks myself
@@whitus004 it's funny how indignant they are about people "copying" their patent...straight Christopher Columbusing a style that has already existed. Also, though...very smart to try it.
Lmbo I ain’t mad Sis 😆 it’s encouraging!!! I love how healthy your locs look being that you do them on your own, you play in color every once and awhile!!! You an entire goal 🙌🏽🤩
I’ve had my sisterlocks for 7.5 years, and I’ve always had someone else do mine so I wouldn’t have to. However, I will be studying abroad this August in Spain for a year and decided that it’s probably a good time to learn/do them myself. I found this video very helpful, ordered the nappy loc tool, and I tried retightening it myself for the first time this week. It took me 3 days to do but that was with interruptions (work, interviews, family visiting). They turned out great and I was very proud of myself! I also got lots of compliments and was excited when someone asked, “Who did your hair?” And I could respond, “Me💁🏾♀️”😂 thank you, Imani!
Reading this made me tear up. I’m so proud of you!!! And I’m so glad that my videos are actually resourceful. You’ll get faster with time. Enjoy your hair independence and you trip abroad! ✈️🥰
Congratulations Jess!!! 🎉 Soooo many positives: you're on your timetable and you're saving so much money 💰 Not to mention the sense of accomplishment! Enjoy Spain! 😁
great information . Another easy way to understand the pattern is like the clock method. you do 3 to 9, 6 to 12 , 9 to 3 , 12 to 6 (clockwise) Your locks are beautiful
MZZR2U Thank you! I remember trying to learn it like that and it confused me so much 😩 It’s interesting to see which method people are able to grasp and why 😊
I just had a clock visual and that makes it easier to remember the direction, I also like the compass , even if you confuse east and west you still cant do it twice in one rotation so it works either way. Thank you both so much
Omg same here. I’ve had mine almost 2 years. And because of COVID I can’t get to my loctician. So I’ve bought the tool and metal clips and I’m going to try to do this myself. *fingersCrossed
Girl I’m at 13 weeks and about to do mine. I’m at a place in my life where I want to do my own maintenance. My hair , nails and lashes. Hope all worked well for you. Fingers crossed for my own journey.
Watched this video and decided to self-retighten for the first time @ 6 months. Used you two pony tail technique and just did it on and off over the course of a week (finals week XD) Thanks for the motivation to try something new. I feel super proud!
Ahhh I’m so proud of you! Thank you for sharing! Isn’t it it so freeing to be able retighten your own hair and not have to depend on someone else? You’ll get even faster with time! But for now, go slowly and make sure you don’t get your locs retightened together. Don’t want to ruin that lovely grid! 🤗
i've been using the nappyloc tool on my (~500) sisterlocks about 4 of the 5 years i've had them. i locked in college so self-retightening was definitely the most efficient thing for me. love how you organize your retightening. i would say this vid is essential for the sisterlock community
j wright Thank you so much my sisterlocks sister!! And I agree 100%. With such a busy schedule, I think it’s essential to have the option to know how to take care of your hair yourself!
Currently thinking about sisterlocks but I already know imma need to learn how to do them on my own eventually. That independence is KEY. Thank you for sharing!!
Moving to Mexico and have had a hard time finding a loctician to do my hair. The closest one is three hours from where I will be living. This video just saved my life and my pockets! Thank you and I love your hair!! ❤
Wow I got my install 7 years ago and it took exactly that long and I initially was supposed to start with 12 inches loose hair but opted to go 9 inches in front, 10 inches in middle and 11 inches in back so I have naturally layered sisyerlocks, and I shaved down the price a nice bit with the trim 😉🤑
Señora Leóna Mine we’re naturally layered too! And up until about 2 years ago, I used to keep cutting my hair because I loved the layered look. I have 3-4 layers total. Now I’m going to grow them out!
19 hours oh my.. and here I was complaining about sitting for 7 hours to get my micro braids. Sister locks are gorgeous🤩 and low maintenance though so those 19 hours are totally worth it🤗🤗.
So glad I found this video. Thank you!!!!! I’m going on week 8 without getting my hair done due to the pandemic and it’s driving me crazy 😩😭. Can’t wait for my tool to come. *update: I've done 2 retights so far. This rotation was easy to grasp. Definitely go slow and take your time *
@@tiachan59 yes, I've done 2 retights so far. The first one took longer because I had 9 weeks of new growth (split into 2 days). Second was much quicker ~7 hours.
Thank you so much! January will be my two year anniversary and I want to start doing my own retightenings my consultant wants to charge me $350 for self retightening class 😩. This truly helps!
So glad that this video was helpful and able to save you some money! PS, congrats on almost 2 years! I'm sure you're rocking your locs, my sisterlocks sister! 😊❤️
😲 Is this person a instructor? How dare she, glad you didn't do it. And I took the class with the instructors in 2008. They have strict rules about copying and earning moneys for their locking technique, and will offer no guarantees if done wrong. They even talk lawsuits for those who do!
Thank you so much for this, Imani!!!! You are a Godsend! I am now glad that I was forced to do my own retie now. I was on two months without a retie because of the pandemic, and your video was the best explanation on the 4 point method. Like you, I am a visual learner and you really broke it down and after two full days I have finished retie-ing my sisterlocks for the very first time and it's an empowering thing. I am forever grateful for the effort you put into your videos and will be a loyal subscriber!! Thank you again!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾💕
I'm not even going to lie to you, your comment made me tear up a little. Thank you for taking the time out to write to me. I'm SO glad my video has been able to help you and give you the gift of hair maintenance freedom! Never hurts to know how to do it, especially when you cant see a consultant. Much love :)
@Sammy Jo your comment was on point! After reviewing @ImaniGoodridge video it confirmed that I should also feel empowered to retighten my own. My locs are over 12 years old and my former loctician refused to wear a mask so I can nolonger be a patron. My daughter and I started retightening my locs at first with my fingers, then a latch hook which worked but I just purchased the happy n happy tool. I love when sisters share. It makes us all stronger. THANK YOU @IMANIGOODRIDGE 💕💕💕🙏🏿🙏🏿
@@lovehubbard Absolutely with you, especially @ sisters that share part. We are so much better together. It's truly a beautiful thing to see. Glad you're feeling the benefits of owning your haircare and that we have people in our community like Imani who help us to be our best selves.
Ain't that the truth, I'm in the process of ordering one of the tools so I can attempt to do mine also. I really helped that you said you did your own and it took you two days. That's ok tho, you did it on your own, and it will only get easier.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks a lot! That was very well explained. I have so much hair, I was flirting w/ the idea of going to the salon but knowing that you do your own with so many locs motivated me to stick to my original idea #selfsufficency lol
Thank you Imani. I am 1 1/2 years in and recently migrated. I was so apprehensive about not being able to find a loctitian. I found one but he had to travel and my hair would need retying before his return. So I ordered a kit with several sizes of retying tools and I began watching TH-cam videos. Yours has been very helpful. The good thing about my original loctitian is that she made sure I knew my rotation in the event that I needed to engage someone else. And I’m grateful for that. I can’t wait to try the retying process. I’m glad I don’t have 700 locks though 🙈.
Thanks for your tutorial! I can do my retightenings now! I was really worried because my new growth was like a forest and I didn’t know when I would get to my loctician due to Coronavirus ban. I truly appreciate your detail. Thanks again!
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!! I’ve had mine for 7 years and my consultant keeps ghosting me and I think I’m going to take the plunge and do it myself. This video is super helpful
I have larger locs but if i had sisterlocs this video would be even more so golden !!!👑 people hold so tight to this information. Thank you for this knowledge🙏🏾
Showing how you looped your loc before putting it in was priceless. I use two hands to bend my locs before, so that small change will make the process go faster. I have 6 week old starter locs and have only Retightened once before, so I’m new to this.
thank you so much Imani, I used your method of retightening my own hair, put it into sections and started from the outside where I could see ....and I did it! I didn't understand the directions at first but once i practiced and did it several times I understood better. However, the hard part for me is looping my hair through the needle because I have the type of needle with the small hole for the loop if that makes sense.
This is about to help us all during quarantine! I had to cancel my appointment and I'm not sure when I will be able to get my locs retightened. 🤯😣🤦🏽♀️
Ditto...I’ve pretty much decided to take the class and/or just retighten my own hair. My last Retie was 1/17/20 so it’s about time I learn how to maintain my hair as a backup plan anyways💯
@@didicotton3900 I agree! My last retie was February. I planned to take the course in March and the virus came and canceled out everything! My class and retie!🤦🏽♀️
This is one of the best, if not the best, instructional videos I found. I’ve had sisterlocks for 10 years and have never tried retightening. Our country is now on lockdown and now I a, faced with having to retighten on my own. Wish me luck! I’m scared I ruin them.
I'm so glad you found this helpful! My biggest tip is to go SLOW! It's not a race. If you get tired, take a break. That's usually when people make mistakes. You've got this! :)
@@ImaniGoodridge Thank you Imani Goodridge. I'm reading all your comments to get courage. You really are a good instructor. I have MS, I'm afraid I might start having spasms in my hands, thats why I never attempted to install someone elses, especially attempt to do my own. I took the class in 2008, with my daughter. She did my last retightening, after my loctician. She told me the Loctician locked several of my locs from other sections of my hair together. 😳 And some that were thin, she combined making them look bigger than others. Now I just want to do my own hair. I'm gonna have your video playing in the background for encouragement! Again I 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🙏🏾
I don’t have the patience to do it myself ! 😩 but I sure appreciate knowing what it would entail if I ever tried to! I’m growing my hair out to begin locks and I’ve been deciding on size. I love the smaller sisterlocks but I could never do this for 400-600 locks 😭
My loctician and I mixed up our times soo I'm about to go tot wh store to get this tool. Your video is so helpful and it seems like a lot of other ones reference yours. If I can do this on myself I'll have to do my mom's next. Wish me luck my friend!!
Follow up...I've now been doing it for a few weeks and I'm like addicted to doing my own hair so now whenever I have enough growth for at least one full rotation in all directions I'm like Oop, let me get my needle!! My husband is soo thankful we're saving the money too!! Thank you!!
I’ve seen your photos on Pinterest and I am so excited to see you have a channel! I’ve had locs for almost 10 years now and love them- but given the state of the world rn, I am hardcore considering shaving my head as I’m already in desperate need of a retightening. Thank you for such an informative video.
Sage I say give self retightening a try before you consider shaving! Haha it’s tedious at first but once you learn, you’ll be able to maintain your hair yourself in emergencies at the bare minimum ♥️
Imani Goodridge I actually have thanks to you! I’m about a quarter of the way done however- Like you I have a pretty full head of hair, but I’m really grateful I was able to learn from this video, thank you!
@@camilleespy7395 Patience! I'll also be experiments with different essential oils and products until I create the ultimate hair growth regimen. If that interests you, keep up with my channel so that we can grow our hair long and healthy together :)
Sage I was literally thinking that I might slowly have to let my locs slip out on their own during this time 😂 until I found this video. I’ve only had mine for 1 year and 2 months.
Thanks for this video. You inspired me to try retightening my own hair. I need to figure out how to repair bunching. But I’m taking baby steps first. Thanks again
I've been locked for years, but with Covid, i've decided to skip the salon for a while and try to tighten myself. I may have left too much time pass, but I'm goign to give it my best. Blessings to you all this holiday season.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Are you a instructor, you explain things so well. And I took their class back in 2008. You explain it better than them. I'm about to attempt to do my own for the first time, but first I'm ordering this tool. The one they gave us in the class is white and plastic, and would make it hard for me to do on my own with MS. I'm gonna have your video playing in the background while I'm going it. Thanks again. And I'm a subscriber now!🤞🏽
You are so welcome! I'm not an instructor haha. I just tried my best to explain the process in a way that people could understand. Go slow, take your time, and trust the process! :)
Thank you so much for this! I've had my sisterlocks for 21 months (655 count) and will soon be going away for grad school, so I need to learn to do my own retis. This was invaluable and so well explained. Thanks again! I bought yarn needles as a dupe for the nappy locs tool.
My loctition (luckily) back in the day (2005) taught me how to tighten my locs! I still have the original tool she gave me! Fast forward my locs are past my waist
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I will let you know how it goes when I do the tightening. Your instructions were pretty clear and seems workable. I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video.
Thank you so much for this amazing video! You make me feel like that I have made the right choice to start doing my own retightening on my sisterlocks. I will be loc'd going 6 months February 12th. You make it look so easy. I have one question: it looks like you retightening your locs on dry hair, is that correct? I will be starting my own retightening tomorrow morning, wish me luck! And again THANK YOU FOR A GREAT VIDEO!!
La'Tice Carpenter Hi! Thank you so much for commenting! And yes, I am retightening on dry hair. Good luck with your retightening; keep me updated on how it goes! You’ve got this 😊
Thanks for sharing! Your hair is gorgeous! 😍 I've been retightening mine about 3 years now and been locked for 3.5 years. I paid a loctician to teach me and I'm soooo happy that i can do it myself and have saved literally 💰 💸 Do you have a video about your hair care routine and how you moisturize, etc?
Love it!!! This is by far one of the best retightening tutorials! I’d like to see how you combat frizz. Today is my 2 month sisterlockiversary, and idk what to do with the frizz.
Lana Walton Hinds Thanks! And frizz is part of the locking process! There is no way to avoid “frizz”. That is just the process of your hair locking. My sisterlocks are mature. Which is why they don’t look frizzy! Your locks will condense overtime and lose the frizzy look. 😊
I really want to try to Retightenin mine now!! Only question i have is how do i know what direction was done last in order to know what my first rotation should be? Im scared to create a hole?
You don't need to know what direction was your last from your last retightening. You just need to always start at the starting point of the rotation :)
I’m late to this Video but it’s right on time when I’m in the process of doing my own retighting. Great job with your technic. I will use all of it. Thanks again
I normally don't comment on TH-cam but this is a great video, I appreciate your help. I just decided to do sister locks so my registered sisterlock titian is going to install for me however I will abroad for few years and where I am going there is not certified sister lock so I had asked her to help me or show me how to retigthen but she said she can not until six months in but by then I will be gone she just told me my style will be 3 which I don't know what that means, but the fact that you sacrificed your time to help means a lot God bless you for sharing very few people shade this information and I understand they are trying to protect the brand. Two questions for you my hair is 3 inches I heard that some people start twist first on sister lock 2) what is style 3 since you showed 4 point, is the means 3 rotation? Thanks again ❤️
Thank you for your video. I just moved back to Atlanta and it seems that the going Retie price is doubled. I can’t in all good conscience pay $150 to $200 every 4 to 5 weeks. That defeats one of the purpose of getting the locs. Thank you again for the video.
Thank you so much for this video. At some point, I will not be in a position to pay $200 every six weeks to retighten my Sisterlocks so this is very helpful.
I can get an appointment but I've reminded myself I got this style because its beautiful and can be self-maintained. A colleague died from Covid so I've decided it's time to stop with the luxury, expense, long drive and risk to life when I am physical able to do this...and I had a shoulder dislocation last year so couldn't attempt this or even get dressed by myself...sooooo also wish me luck...I will miss 2 hours pampering of course, I'll let you know how long it takes me ladies 😬
My condolences regarding your colleague. And I completely resonate with wanting the ability to maintain my own hair especially in times like this. Similar to you, I separated my shoulder awhile back so I understand the struggle! To answer your question about how long it takes me to retighten my 738 sisterlocks - about 6 hours if I don’t let it grow out too densely. That’s about every 6 weeks. Do let us know how it goes. Wishing you luck! Just go slow and be patient the first couple of times 🤗
I'm back! Thanks for the encouragement. So I tried retightening and I was sooooo slow, re that dislocation I mentioned and my lack of correct self maintenance, some of my locks had to be combined due to weak locks...Anyway, 4 Consultants on, each one getting closer to home, my current Consultant is leaving the Country 😢 I'm just not able to do search or drive so reconsidering retightening myself again. Last time it was 20hours to get through about 2/3 of my hair, so hopefully I can speed up dramatically. I'll be starting about 4 weeks before its due just in case.( mine are on an 7-8 week schedule as my hair doesn't grown particularly quickly? All of my Consultants were taking 2 to 2.5 hours to complete for context at £70, all were lovely and fast). Again, I'll hopefully be back with an update
I bought a London Locs tool. It's basically a small crochet hook with a spring lock and tapered point end. It hooks onto the loc so it cant/wont fall off. Havent used it yet but I know I will soon.
I got SL bc they are pretty much low maintenance and I hate doing my hair. Since I'm in the military and have to move around or get deployed I need to learn how to do them myself and real soon. I'm dreading it bc I'm just not a hair person but I hope I get better at it and get used to it.
I made my own tool out of a Bobby pin and I just do my hair whenever I can...in class, at work, watching tv. But your hair is so pretty I can’t wait till mine get this long
LOL oh noooo! Try again if/when you're ready. It takes a lot of time and courage in the beginning. But the trick is to do it slowly but surely weening yourself off of professional retightenings as you gain more confidence :)
I'm 3 years in and sometimes I self retighten my hair. I'm still having the problem of accidentally joining locks. How do I fix the ones that are accidentally joined?
Dayanah Ma'ahzhnah Yahsharalah Either pull them apart gently (it’ll make a little ripping noise; don’t be alarmed) or cut the hair that joins them together with tiny scissors (the kind you’d use to cut sewing thread)!
Girl!!!!! Do you realize you are the reason why I'm about to get sister locs?? I'm looking like omg! I can't believe it's the woman online!!! It's rare that the pics online are ppl who do them themselves and have a TH-cam channel! Soooo my story is ain't nobody trying to mess with me because my hair is bra strap long and thick (here in San Diego) and the ppl who will don't actually get down like your hair like they think. The pics they use to market themselves ain't actually like yours. I'm scared to do them myself! I don't have the patience to install but will retie myself. Thank you!
I have sisterlocks and it’s been a yr n some months now n I have 550 n my head.. I really need to learn to do them myself it takes ppl so long to do mines 10-13 hrs n I be so tired I don’t even get a style lol n I have tired to do them but I had 3 in one I had to get untangled but I’m gone try it again thanks to your video
How do you know which direction you ended with during your last retightening? I want to avoid going in the same direction twice but it seems impossible to always know.
A full rotations end at the 4th entry point. lf you can't do a full rotation, end by entering at either 1st ,3,rd or 4th entry point. Essentially just don't end by pulling the hair through the 2nd entry way where the base of your loc will have it sticking up. For example, if you just entered at 2 and only have enough hair to enter one more time, enter at 4 or 3. If you need a visual, look at 9:07 where I explain these entry points. Your retightenings should leave your locs tightened in the same direction (down). People may vary that if the want a part at the top of their head and end by going through entry points 1 and 3 to give a parted look. Everywhere else end at 4. Never re-enter the same entry. If you just did 4, enter at 1 and just pull through as close to a vertical downward motion as possible. It's simple! Try not to overthink it :)
You can feel the opening with your two fingers. Rub your index finger and thumb together between the new growth and your loc and you'll feel it. Practice will make it easier to tell as time goes on
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I remember back in the day when I had sister locks about 13 years ago I lost my job and couldn't afford retightenings for a few months. I went back and my loctician would not continue to retighten my hair. Because she said I could have compromised the structure of my hair. Back then they would not let you know what your rotation was you couldn't even see the tool they were using. So I read an article about how sisterlocs sued nappylocs and figured hey if their process it is close enough for sisterlocks to sue them then I'm going to check out nappy locs. I bought the book got the tool and begin retightening on my locks myself
Very interesting thanks for sharing your video this was very helpful..now I can practice to retie my microloc
I'm glad you got what you needed. 💜💜💜
Sisterlocks is such a scam. The tool is what’s patented. The method of interlocking is not new and it’s ridiculous they tried to monopolize it
@@whitus004 it's funny how indignant they are about people "copying" their patent...straight Christopher Columbusing a style that has already existed. Also, though...very smart to try it.
😂amazing 👏 story
I just got all my life when you said you’ve been doing your retightening for 7yrs and been locked for 11yrs with over 700 locks 🙌🏽😆🙌🏽 True Veteran
LOL I didn't even mean to flex that hard. It's just the truth! It's so nice being self sufficient, especially from a young age 😊
Lmbo I ain’t mad Sis 😆 it’s encouraging!!! I love how healthy your locs look being that you do them on your own, you play in color every once and awhile!!! You an entire goal 🙌🏽🤩
I was just about to ask how many locks does she have? I'm in love 😍
I’ve had my sisterlocks for 7.5 years, and I’ve always had someone else do mine so I wouldn’t have to. However, I will be studying abroad this August in Spain for a year and decided that it’s probably a good time to learn/do them myself. I found this video very helpful, ordered the nappy loc tool, and I tried retightening it myself for the first time this week. It took me 3 days to do but that was with interruptions (work, interviews, family visiting). They turned out great and I was very proud of myself! I also got lots of compliments and was excited when someone asked, “Who did your hair?” And I could respond, “Me💁🏾♀️”😂 thank you, Imani!
Reading this made me tear up. I’m so proud of you!!! And I’m so glad that my videos are actually resourceful. You’ll get faster with time. Enjoy your hair independence and you trip abroad! ✈️🥰
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Congratulations Jess!!! 🎉
Soooo many positives: you're on your timetable and you're saving so much money 💰
Not to mention the sense of accomplishment!
Enjoy Spain! 😁
great information . Another easy way to understand the pattern is like the clock method. you do 3 to 9, 6 to 12 , 9 to 3 , 12 to 6 (clockwise) Your locks are beautiful
MZZR2U Thank you! I remember trying to learn it like that and it confused me so much 😩 It’s interesting to see which method people are able to grasp and why 😊
Thank you this was perfect
Thank you for the insight.
I just had a clock visual and that makes it easier to remember the direction, I also like the compass , even if you confuse east and west you still cant do it twice in one rotation so it works either way.
Thank you both so much
Awesome
Had mine for 13 years now, since the Corona I haven’t been able to get an appointment so here I am. Wish me luck, I need it lol
Omg same here. I’ve had mine almost 2 years. And because of COVID I can’t get to my loctician. So I’ve bought the tool and metal clips and I’m going to try to do this myself. *fingersCrossed
Same sis! Hope yours turned out well. About to try to self tighten. Never did it before.
Omg I did it!!!🎉 You saved me sooo much money!! I have over 3 months new growth. Pray for me that this goes well 🙏🏾 Thank u❤️
Girl I’m at 13 weeks and about to do mine. I’m at a place in my life where I want to do my own maintenance. My hair , nails and lashes. Hope all worked well for you. Fingers crossed for my own journey.
Watched this video and decided to self-retighten for the first time @ 6 months. Used you two pony tail technique and just did it on and off over the course of a week (finals week XD) Thanks for the motivation to try something new. I feel super proud!
Ahhh I’m so proud of you! Thank you for sharing! Isn’t it it so freeing to be able retighten your own hair and not have to depend on someone else? You’ll get even faster with time! But for now, go slowly and make sure you don’t get your locs retightened together. Don’t want to ruin that lovely grid! 🤗
i've been using the nappyloc tool on my (~500) sisterlocks about 4 of the 5 years i've had them. i locked in college so self-retightening was definitely the most efficient thing for me. love how you organize your retightening. i would say this vid is essential for the sisterlock community
j wright Thank you so much my sisterlocks sister!! And I agree 100%. With such a busy schedule, I think it’s essential to have the option to know how to take care of your hair yourself!
@@ImaniGoodridge and saves you $$$ in the process
Currently thinking about sisterlocks but I already know imma need to learn how to do them on my own eventually. That independence is KEY. Thank you for sharing!!
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Best sister locks I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen a lot!
charro028 Aw thank you!
Moving to Mexico and have had a hard time finding a loctician to do my hair. The closest one is three hours from where I will be living. This video just saved my life and my pockets! Thank you and I love your hair!! ❤
Thank You so much! I’ve had my sisterlocs for 15 years. I’ve never felt comfortable enough to retighten my locs until watching your video 💕
I love how detailed you weee with your instruction. You make me feel confident to do it!
I JUST GOT MY SISTERLOCKS YESTERDAY!!!! It took 18-19 hours with a little over 12 inches of hair!!!
I JUST SCREAMED! Welcome to the sisterlocks family!!! So happy to have you 😊❤️
Wow I got my install 7 years ago and it took exactly that long and I initially was supposed to start with 12 inches loose hair but opted to go 9 inches in front, 10 inches in middle and 11 inches in back so I have naturally layered sisyerlocks, and I shaved down the price a nice bit with the trim 😉🤑
Señora Leóna Mine we’re naturally layered too! And up until about 2 years ago, I used to keep cutting my hair because I loved the layered look. I have 3-4 layers total. Now I’m going to grow them out!
19 hours oh my.. and here I was complaining about sitting for 7 hours to get my micro braids. Sister locks are gorgeous🤩 and low maintenance though so those 19 hours are totally worth it🤗🤗.
How many locs do you have? I ask because I want sisterlocks and I have about 14 inches of hair on my head and it's really thick
Your skin looks amazing
Nylah Elise Thank you! I just uploaded a video on my skincare routine if that interests you at all 😊
So glad I found this video. Thank you!!!!! I’m going on week 8 without getting my hair done due to the pandemic and it’s driving me crazy 😩😭. Can’t wait for my tool to come.
*update: I've done 2 retights so far. This rotation was easy to grasp. Definitely go slow and take your time *
Good luck!! Take it slow. You've got this. Excited for you! :)
Did you try it?
@@tiachan59 yes, I've done 2 retights so far. The first one took longer because I had 9 weeks of new growth (split into 2 days). Second was much quicker ~7 hours.
Thank you so much! January will be my two year anniversary and I want to start doing my own retightenings my consultant wants to charge me $350 for self retightening class 😩. This truly helps!
So glad that this video was helpful and able to save you some money! PS, congrats on almost 2 years! I'm sure you're rocking your locs, my sisterlocks sister! 😊❤️
Sisterlocks classes for retightining is only $250. Look on sister lock.com and check out the classes schedules
😲 Is this person a instructor? How dare she, glad you didn't do it. And I took the class with the instructors in 2008. They have strict rules about copying and earning moneys for their locking technique, and will offer no guarantees if done wrong. They even talk lawsuits for those who do!
Thank you so much for this, Imani!!!! You are a Godsend! I am now glad that I was forced to do my own retie now. I was on two months without a retie because of the pandemic, and your video was the best explanation on the 4 point method. Like you, I am a visual learner and you really broke it down and after two full days I have finished retie-ing my sisterlocks for the very first time and it's an empowering thing. I am forever grateful for the effort you put into your videos and will be a loyal subscriber!! Thank you again!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾💕
I'm not even going to lie to you, your comment made me tear up a little. Thank you for taking the time out to write to me. I'm SO glad my video has been able to help you and give you the gift of hair maintenance freedom! Never hurts to know how to do it, especially when you cant see a consultant. Much love :)
@Sammy Jo your comment was on point! After reviewing @ImaniGoodridge video it confirmed that I should also feel empowered to retighten my own. My locs are over 12 years old and my former loctician refused to wear a mask so I can nolonger be a patron. My daughter and I started retightening my locs at first with my fingers, then a latch hook which worked but I just purchased the happy n happy tool. I love when sisters share. It makes us all stronger. THANK YOU @IMANIGOODRIDGE 💕💕💕🙏🏿🙏🏿
@@ImaniGoodridge You're a gift 🙏🏾 Please never stop spreading the love. 🖖🏾😊
@@lovehubbard Absolutely with you, especially @ sisters that share part. We are so much better together. It's truly a beautiful thing to see. Glad you're feeling the benefits of owning your haircare and that we have people in our community like Imani who help us to be our best selves.
Ain't that the truth, I'm in the process of ordering one of the tools so I can attempt to do mine also. I really helped that you said you did your own and it took you two days. That's ok tho, you did it on your own, and it will only get easier.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Girl..best explanation video ever..and I did watch a LOT 😂.
Clean, Simple, Straight to the point thanks for that 😢❤🎉
This tool makes the locks look gorgeous. Tools matter.
That compass visual was everything, thank you so much for that 😊❤
Thanks a lot! That was very well explained. I have so much hair, I was flirting w/ the idea of going to the salon but knowing that you do your own with so many locs motivated me to stick to my original idea #selfsufficency lol
Meli Yes! I’m so glad this was helpful and reassuring for you to give self-retightening a try 😊
You a champ! cause struggle out here is real when you can't see you consultant.
Thank you Imani. I am 1 1/2 years in and recently migrated. I was so apprehensive about not being able to find a loctitian. I found one but he had to travel and my hair would need retying before his return. So I ordered a kit with several sizes of retying tools and I began watching TH-cam videos. Yours has been very helpful. The good thing about my original loctitian is that she made sure I knew my rotation in the event that I needed to engage someone else. And I’m grateful for that. I can’t wait to try the retying process. I’m glad I don’t have 700 locks though 🙈.
Thanks for your tutorial! I can do my retightenings now! I was really worried because my new growth was like a forest and I didn’t know when I would get to my loctician due to Coronavirus ban. I truly appreciate your detail. Thanks again!
Gwwwoorrlll!! Thank you! I’ll be locking my awntii’s hair tomorrow for the first time! ❤
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!! I’ve had mine for 7 years and my consultant keeps ghosting me and I think I’m going to take the plunge and do it myself. This video is super helpful
Man they charging too much and how long I’m doing my own too !
I have larger locs but if i had sisterlocs this video would be even more so golden !!!👑 people hold so tight to this information. Thank you for this knowledge🙏🏾
Thank you so much for watching even if you can't use this information on yourself! Also, from what i can see, your locs are gorgeous!
@@ImaniGoodridge Thank You😍
You are a true teacher. So patient and easy to understand. Thank you.
Absolutely amazing! Don't know that my arthritic hands could do this, but thank you for sharing!
This is sooooo helpful. I’ve had to start doing my own locs and I’ve been struggling
This is so helpful. I just had a loctian quote me $1200 to retire my locs! I have 500-600! I’m about to grab all my tools and start!
Showing how you looped your loc before putting it in was priceless. I use two hands to bend my locs before, so that small change will make the process go faster.
I have 6 week old starter locs and have only Retightened once before, so I’m new to this.
tres89 Ahhh yay! I’m so glad that this video was helpful. This is why I do what I do. P.S. Welcome to the loc family! ♥️
thank you so much Imani, I used your method of retightening my own hair, put it into sections and started from the outside where I could see ....and I did it! I didn't understand the directions at first but once i practiced and did it several times I understood better. However, the hard part for me is looping my hair through the needle because I have the type of needle with the small hole for the loop if that makes sense.
This is about to help us all during quarantine! I had to cancel my appointment and I'm not sure when I will be able to get my locs retightened. 🤯😣🤦🏽♀️
me too!! I was about to transition to microlocs out of desperation
Ditto.
@@delsa1705 I bought my tools and yet I still haven't tried to retighten. Just scary...lol
Ditto...I’ve pretty much decided to take the class and/or just retighten my own hair. My last Retie was 1/17/20 so it’s about time I learn how to maintain my hair as a backup plan anyways💯
@@didicotton3900 I agree! My last retie was February. I planned to take the course in March and the virus came and canceled out everything! My class and retie!🤦🏽♀️
This is one of the best, if not the best, instructional videos I found. I’ve had sisterlocks for 10 years and have never tried retightening. Our country is now on lockdown and now I a, faced with having to retighten on my own. Wish me luck! I’m scared I ruin them.
I'm so glad you found this helpful! My biggest tip is to go SLOW! It's not a race. If you get tired, take a break. That's usually when people make mistakes. You've got this! :)
@@ImaniGoodridge Thank you Imani Goodridge. I'm reading all your comments to get courage. You really are a good instructor. I have MS, I'm afraid I might start having spasms in my hands, thats why I never attempted to install someone elses, especially attempt to do my own. I took the class in 2008, with my daughter. She did my last retightening, after my loctician. She told me the Loctician locked several of my locs from other sections of my hair together. 😳 And some that were thin, she combined making them look bigger than others. Now I just want to do my own hair. I'm gonna have your video playing in the background for encouragement! Again I 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🙏🏾
Definitely should just say right to left front to back. But your hair is gorgeous and skin too!!
I don’t have the patience to do it myself ! 😩 but I sure appreciate knowing what it would entail if I ever tried to! I’m growing my hair out to begin locks and I’ve been deciding on size. I love the smaller sisterlocks but I could never do this for 400-600 locks 😭
My loctician and I mixed up our times soo I'm about to go tot wh store to get this tool. Your video is so helpful and it seems like a lot of other ones reference yours. If I can do this on myself I'll have to do my mom's next. Wish me luck my friend!!
Follow up...I've now been doing it for a few weeks and I'm like addicted to doing my own hair so now whenever I have enough growth for at least one full rotation in all directions I'm like Oop, let me get my needle!! My husband is soo thankful we're saving the money too!! Thank you!!
Best tutorial I’ve seen. I’m also a visional learner. So thank u ☺️
I’ve seen your photos on Pinterest and I am so excited to see you have a channel! I’ve had locs for almost 10 years now and love them- but given the state of the world rn, I am hardcore considering shaving my head as I’m already in desperate need of a retightening. Thank you for such an informative video.
Sage I say give self retightening a try before you consider shaving! Haha it’s tedious at first but once you learn, you’ll be able to maintain your hair yourself in emergencies at the bare minimum ♥️
Imani Goodridge I actually have thanks to you! I’m about a quarter of the way done however- Like you I have a pretty full head of hair, but I’m really grateful I was able to learn from this video, thank you!
Girl I’ve thought about shsvi g my head too and I’m only 3 yrs in I just want my hair to grow!!!! It’s not growing like I want it too
@@camilleespy7395 Patience! I'll also be experiments with different essential oils and products until I create the ultimate hair growth regimen. If that interests you, keep up with my channel so that we can grow our hair long and healthy together :)
Sage I was literally thinking that I might slowly have to let my locs slip out on their own during this time 😂 until I found this video. I’ve only had mine for 1 year and 2 months.
Thanks for this video. You inspired me to try retightening my own hair. I need to figure out how to repair bunching. But I’m taking baby steps first. Thanks again
I'm so happy that this video was helpful! Just start out slow and I'm sure you'll be a pro in no time!
How much did yours cost to get start.
I've been locked for years, but with Covid, i've decided to skip the salon for a while and try to tighten myself. I may have left too much time pass, but I'm goign to give it my best. Blessings to you all this holiday season.
This was a great video, you did an amazing job explaining this process! Thank you!
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Are you a instructor, you explain things so well. And I took their class back in 2008. You explain it better than them. I'm about to attempt to do my own for the first time, but first I'm ordering this tool. The one they gave us in the class is white and plastic, and would make it hard for me to do on my own with MS. I'm gonna have your video playing in the background while I'm going it. Thanks again. And I'm a subscriber now!🤞🏽
You are so welcome! I'm not an instructor haha. I just tried my best to explain the process in a way that people could understand. Go slow, take your time, and trust the process! :)
❤ wow very Thorough. Love details feel like understand ✨️ more. Great teacher 🎉😊
That was amazingly helpful. Thank you for your time. You and your hair, are beautiful!!!
Thank you so much. You explained and demonstrated the retightening very well. Love your locs. 😊
Omg 😱 Your hair is hair goals 🤲🏽🤲🏽
Best video to start doing it yourself! Thank you 💜
absolutely beautiful !!!
Thank you! Love your hair and channel by the way ❤️
Thank you so much for this! I've had my sisterlocks for 21 months (655 count) and will soon be going away for grad school, so I need to learn to do my own retis. This was invaluable and so well explained. Thanks again! I bought yarn needles as a dupe for the nappy locs tool.
Good job. That was very easy to understand and satisfying to watch! Thank you.
GREAT VIDEO!!! Your hair is beautiful!! Thank you so much for doing this.
Hello Imani, your Sisterlocks are beautiful and clean in appearance. Thank you for your tutorial which is excellent!!
My loctition (luckily) back in the day (2005) taught me how to tighten my locs! I still have the original tool she gave me! Fast forward my locs are past my waist
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I will let you know how it goes when I do the tightening. Your instructions were pretty clear and seems workable. I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video.
Glad it was helpful! Take it slow and you'll be a pro in no time! :)
You did such an amazing job explaining step by step with very clear an precise directions
Glad you think so!
Your hair is beautiful! I just started my micro Locs I am two weeks in and I want to learn all I can. Thanks for your video.
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy your loc journey! :)
Thank you so much for this amazing video! You make me feel like that I have made the right choice to start doing my own retightening on my sisterlocks. I will be loc'd going 6 months February 12th. You make it look so easy. I have one question: it looks like you retightening your locs on dry hair, is that correct? I will be starting my own retightening tomorrow morning, wish me luck! And again THANK YOU FOR A GREAT VIDEO!!
La'Tice Carpenter Hi! Thank you so much for commenting! And yes, I am retightening on dry hair. Good luck with your retightening; keep me updated on how it goes! You’ve got this 😊
Thanks for sharing! Your hair is gorgeous! 😍 I've been retightening mine about 3 years now and been locked for 3.5 years.
I paid a loctician to teach me and I'm soooo happy that i can do it myself and have saved literally 💰 💸
Do you have a video about your hair care routine and how you moisturize, etc?
this was my favorite video so far. theyre so beautiful
Love it!!! This is by far one of the best retightening tutorials! I’d like to see how you combat frizz. Today is my 2 month sisterlockiversary, and idk what to do with the frizz.
Lana Walton Hinds Thanks! And frizz is part of the locking process! There is no way to avoid “frizz”. That is just the process of your hair locking. My sisterlocks are mature. Which is why they don’t look frizzy! Your locks will condense overtime and lose the frizzy look. 😊
I really want to try to Retightenin mine now!! Only question i have is how do i know what direction was done last in order to know what my first rotation should be? Im scared to create a hole?
You don't need to know what direction was your last from your last retightening. You just need to always start at the starting point of the rotation :)
I’m late to this Video but it’s right on time when I’m in the process of doing my own retighting. Great job with your technic. I will use all of it. Thanks again
Your have healthy locks.... And very talented. Thank you for the lesson
Your hair is so gorgeous
Thank you!
Your tutorial is so precise I’m trying to teach my friend. Thank you
I normally don't comment on TH-cam but this is a great video, I appreciate your help. I just decided to do sister locks so my registered sisterlock titian is going to install for me however I will abroad for few years and where I am going there is not certified sister lock so I had asked her to help me or show me how to retigthen but she said she can not until six months in but by then I will be gone she just told me my style will be 3 which I don't know what that means, but the fact that you sacrificed your time to help means a lot God bless you for sharing very few people shade this information and I understand they are trying to protect the brand. Two questions for you my hair is 3 inches I heard that some people start twist first on sister lock
2) what is style 3 since you showed 4 point, is the means 3 rotation?
Thanks again ❤️
Because of the corona I’m about to learn how to do my own reties so thank you for this!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck and take it slow. You've got this! :)
Thanks so much, very helpful!
Thank you. Very helpful. I completely understood and the diagram was extremely helpful for me.
Awesome Tutorial !!!!!!
I have made the decision to get my Hair Freedom … came across your page while researching !
Thank you
I loved your video. Very inclusive. Thank you for sharing. You have helped me tremendously. Peace and blessings to you.
I remember when you first started them like wow .... they’re beautiful
Brittany Thurman Thank you! They’ve come a long way 😊
Thank you for the great video! Question though: how do you incorporate new hair into the locs, as if you have a lot of new growth?
Thank you for your video. I just moved back to Atlanta and it seems that the going Retie price is doubled. I can’t in all good conscience pay $150 to $200 every 4 to 5 weeks. That defeats one of the purpose of getting the locs. Thank you again for the video.
Thank you so much for this video. At some point, I will not be in a position to pay $200 every six weeks to retighten my Sisterlocks so this is very helpful.
I can get an appointment but I've reminded myself I got this style because its beautiful and can be self-maintained. A colleague died from Covid so I've decided it's time to stop with the luxury, expense, long drive and risk to life when I am physical able to do this...and I had a shoulder dislocation last year so couldn't attempt this or even get dressed by myself...sooooo also wish me luck...I will miss 2 hours pampering of course, I'll let you know how long it takes me ladies 😬
My condolences regarding your colleague. And I completely resonate with wanting the ability to maintain my own hair especially in times like this. Similar to you, I separated my shoulder awhile back so I understand the struggle! To answer your question about how long it takes me to retighten my 738 sisterlocks - about 6 hours if I don’t let it grow out too densely. That’s about every 6 weeks. Do let us know how it goes. Wishing you luck! Just go slow and be patient the first couple of times 🤗
I'm back! Thanks for the encouragement. So I tried retightening and I was sooooo slow, re that dislocation I mentioned and my lack of correct self maintenance, some of my locks had to be combined due to weak locks...Anyway, 4 Consultants on, each one getting closer to home, my current Consultant is leaving the Country 😢 I'm just not able to do search or drive so reconsidering retightening myself again.
Last time it was 20hours to get through about 2/3 of my hair, so hopefully I can speed up dramatically. I'll be starting about 4 weeks before its due just in case.( mine are on an 7-8 week schedule as my hair doesn't grown particularly quickly? All of my Consultants were taking 2 to 2.5 hours to complete for context at £70, all were lovely and fast).
Again, I'll hopefully be back with an update
I bought a London Locs tool. It's basically a small crochet hook with a spring lock and tapered point end. It hooks onto the loc so it cant/wont fall off. Havent used it yet but I know I will soon.
I learned it like a clock: 3-9, 6-12, 9-3 and 12-6. Start the rotation again if needed.
Love your loc's! Seriously thinking about doing the MicroLocs....How long did it take you to re-tie your locs?
I got SL bc they are pretty much low maintenance and I hate doing my hair. Since I'm in the military and have to move around or get deployed I need to learn how to do them myself and real soon. I'm dreading it bc I'm just not a hair person but I hope I get better at it and get used to it.
I made my own tool out of a Bobby pin and I just do my hair whenever I can...in class, at work, watching tv. But your hair is so pretty I can’t wait till mine get this long
arikaanika gaming I feel you on doing a little bit all the time. It’s way less stressful to just retighten as it grows before it gets out of control!
You have definitely encouraged me to try this for myself!! I am determined in 2023!! Thank You!!
Thank you. I really appreciated this.
Sincerest thanks, beautiful. You just saved me $200 every 6 weeks til forever.
Edit: I take that back. I tried though
LOL oh noooo! Try again if/when you're ready. It takes a lot of time and courage in the beginning. But the trick is to do it slowly but surely weening yourself off of professional retightenings as you gain more confidence :)
Thx 🙏🏽 that’s help a lots not saying that I would ever do my own locks
I'm 3 years in and sometimes I self retighten my hair. I'm still having the problem of accidentally joining locks. How do I fix the ones that are accidentally joined?
Dayanah Ma'ahzhnah Yahsharalah Either pull them apart gently (it’ll make a little ripping noise; don’t be alarmed) or cut the hair that joins them together with tiny scissors (the kind you’d use to cut sewing thread)!
@@ImaniGoodridge ok tried cutting before ended up cutting the whole lock 😔but the scissors were too big so I'll get some tiny ones. Thanks so much!!
Thank u for this 💓 I really want to do my own hair💪😊
Great loc tutorial, thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the advice. You make learning how to re-tight sister locks look easy. 🙂
So glad my video was helpful! :)
This was definitely appreciated!!! Thank you!
your are amazing!!!!! thank you so much for this video wow❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! So happy my video was helpful!
Girl!!!!! Do you realize you are the reason why I'm about to get sister locs?? I'm looking like omg! I can't believe it's the woman online!!! It's rare that the pics online are ppl who do them themselves and have a TH-cam channel! Soooo my story is ain't nobody trying to mess with me because my hair is bra strap long and thick (here in San Diego) and the ppl who will don't actually get down like your hair like they think. The pics they use to market themselves ain't actually like yours. I'm scared to do them myself! I don't have the patience to install but will retie myself. Thank you!
Your hair is BEAUTIFUL!
So is yours!
Thank you!
I have sisterlocks and it’s been a yr n some months now n I have 550 n my head.. I really need to learn to do them myself it takes ppl so long to do mines 10-13 hrs n I be so tired I don’t even get a style lol n I have tired to do them but I had 3 in one I had to get untangled but I’m gone try it again thanks to your video
Thanks for the lesson...how long does yours take please? My consultant said to take my time over the course of a whole week🙈
This is a great video! What’s the key to maintaining the grid pattern, especially in the back?
How do you know which direction you ended with during your last retightening? I want to avoid going in the same direction twice but it seems impossible to always know.
A full rotations end at the 4th entry point. lf you can't do a full rotation, end by entering at either 1st ,3,rd or 4th entry point. Essentially just don't end by pulling the hair through the 2nd entry way where the base of your loc will have it sticking up. For example, if you just entered at 2 and only have enough hair to enter one more time, enter at 4 or 3. If you need a visual, look at 9:07 where I explain these entry points. Your retightenings should leave your locs tightened in the same direction (down). People may vary that if the want a part at the top of their head and end by going through entry points 1 and 3 to give a parted look. Everywhere else end at 4. Never re-enter the same entry. If you just did 4, enter at 1 and just pull through as close to a vertical downward motion as possible. It's simple! Try not to overthink it :)
You can feel the opening with your two fingers. Rub your index finger and thumb together between the new growth and your loc and you'll feel it. Practice will make it easier to tell as time goes on