Sectioning is the decision that lasts
Loc size and part placement are set at installation and are difficult to change later without combining or splitting locs — both of which are their own long projects. This is why we measure the grid rather than freehand it.
Smaller locs give more styling flexibility and a fuller look, but there are more of them to maintain and they take longer to retwist every time. Larger locs mature faster and are far less maintenance, at the cost of styling range.
Your density and texture set the realistic range. Fine hair does not hold a very large loc well; very dense hair with small sections means a genuinely long retwist appointment every month for years. We will be straight with you about which is which.
Starter methods
Two-strand twists are the gentlest start and blend most naturally as they lock, though they look like twists for the first several months.
Comb coils give the neatest, most defined start and the clearest sense of the finished grid, but they are the most fragile in the early weeks and unravel easily if washed too soon.
Interlocking locks the hair mechanically from day one and holds through washing and swimming immediately — the practical choice for an active schedule, though it is firmer on the root.
Which one is right depends on your texture and how much early-stage fragility you can live with. That is a consultation conversation, not a booking-form checkbox.
Maintenance: retwists and styling
Retwists run every four to eight weeks once your locs are established. Too frequent is the most common mistake we see — over-retwisting thins the root and eventually snaps locs at the base. If your stylist is retwisting you every three weeks, that is too often.
Loc styling — updos, barrels, braided sets, bridal work — is booked separately and works on established locs.
We take on maintenance for locs started elsewhere. Book a retwist and mention where you are in your journey so we allocate the right amount of time.
The first six months
The budding stage is when most people give up. Locs frizz, swell, and look nothing like the reference photo for roughly the first three to six months. That is the hair locking, and it passes.
Wash on the schedule we give you — not more, not less. Dirty locs do not lock faster; they just smell. Over-washing in the first weeks unravels comb coils.
Sleep in satin. Skip the heavy waxes entirely: they do not wash out, they build up inside the loc, and removing that build-up years later is a genuinely miserable process.
