Monthly Archives: June 2016

5 STAGES OF LOCKS

1. Coils — Coils resemble tightly coiled springs that look like baby spirals and can be as small as a watch spring or fluid and loose. Hair can be as short or as long as one likes. The key factor here is that your hair is able to form and hold a coil, but the hair within the coil has not yet begun to intertwine or mesh.
2. Sprouts and Buds — Known as Sprouting or Budding is that miraculous moment when the magic has begun. First, you shampoo your hair and notice that all of a sudden, the coils don’t all wash out like they used to. You may notice that some of your coils have little knots of hair in them, about the size of a small pea. This knot is more or less the nucleus of each lock; the hairs in your coils have begun to intertwine and interlace. Individual coils may seem puffy and lose their tightly coiled shape; this is part of the process and shouldn’t be disturbed. What is important here is to keep the original scalp partings, to allow the spinning process to become established for each individual lock. Don’t re-divide your budding locks, twist them to death, or get to patting them down, trying to make your hair look “nice,” because you’ll just end up with a badly packed, busted-out do.
3. Teen or Locking Stage — This is when the buds and sprouts truly begin to look like locks and few, if any, locks shampoo out or come out during sleep. The peas you saw and felt in the budding stage have expanded, and the hair has spun into a network of intertwining strands that extend throughout the length of individual locks. The locks may be soft and pliable or feel loosely meshed, according to your hair’s texture. This is the growing stage of lock development, and it extends into the lock’s mature stage. Shampooing doesn’t loosen these locks. They have dropped, which means they have developed enough to hang down versus defying gravity. This is when you start to relax and feel more confident about locking.
4. Mature Stage — Each individual lock is firmly meshed or tightly interwoven. Some loosely coiled hair textures may retain a small curl or coil at the end of the locks, but most will probably be closed at the ends. You will begin to see consistent growth because each lock has intertwined and contracted into a cylindrical shape. Think of each individual lock as a hair strand in itself. The new growth is contained in the loose hair at the base or root of each individual lock, and regular grooming encourages it to spin into an intertwined coil that will be integrated with the lock.
5. Beyond Maturity — Think of this stage as akin to the shedding stage of hair growth. After many years, depending on the care you have lavished on your locks, some locks may begin to thin and break off at the ends. For the most part, this deterioration can be minimized and controlled by monitoring the ends of your locks for signs of age and getting regular trims.

CROCHET BRAIDS @ HOME MAINTENANCE

• DO NOT WASH HAIR
• Keep your hair covered every night with a Satin Bonnet
• Shake out every morning…gently separate curls if necessary
• Cleanse scalp by using Tea Tree Oil with cotton or a paper towel and blot.
• If hair starts to matte or if curls begin to drop, follow these steps to revive your Crochet Braids
  • Use a Denman brush
  • Comb out section and re-curl the section using pink (long) perm rods.  (Can be purchased at a local beauty supply store).
  • Dunk each curl in a mug of freshly boiled water for ten seconds
  • Towel dry and let stay overnight or sit under the dryer until section is fully dry.
  • Remove perm Rod
  • Curls will be good as new.

WASH & GO @ Home

• Before you wash, finger-detangle your hair.
• Wash your hair with a moisturizing and conditioning shampoo.
• Rinse your hair.
• Towel Dry
• DO NOT USE A COMB During the Wash and Go. This will disturb your curl pattern.
• Finger comb in a leave-in conditioner and add any additional products to every strand of your hair. This will help secure the curls. (Eco-Styling Gel, etc.)
• Shape your curls into the desired look.
• Let your hair air dry or Use the diffuser on cool or medium setting and diffuse in sections until you reach the desired level of dry hair.
• Now you’re going to take a silicone shine spray like Ossat’s –Natural Oils Mositure Mistand lightly spray your hair all over to add amazing shine. This will help in the appearance of your healthy hair.