No one ever told me....

Yes, it's all common sense, but when you don't know (as with most newbie wearers who do little research and/or were not told by consultants/trainees), you don't know. Here's to being empowered....


1. Sisterlocks provides videos for clients to watch before they have Sisterlocks installed. I've never seen them and only found out they existed through reading other blogs. I don't know if the information in the video is helpful or just a friendly, general introduction to wearing Sisterlocks, but I would have liked to have seen them before my installation. (For that matter, is all the information I list below mentioned in the videos?)

2. Separate locks. Whether you choose to do it everyday, every time you wash/condition your Sisterlocks, or as needed, you should do so to keep stray hair of each Sisterlock from growing with stray hairs of other Sisterlocks and thus combining them.


3. Locks attract and hold lint, so dry Sisterlocks with lint-free clothing/cloths. I have used both hair towels (you can purchase them online or in stores like Sephora) and old t-shirts.


4. Dilute (just about) everything. Locks also hold heavy, creamy substances and hair products (which is why new Sisterlock wearers are advised against using cream-based shampoos and conditioners). The substances can be very hard to rinse out. Diluting whatever you put on your hair will make it that much easier to rinse out.  


5. Don't skip retightenings (at least in the beginning). A funny thing happens when you skip retightenings: your Sisterlocks thin out, and in my case, because I have so many, thin out to only a few strands of hair. A funnier thing happens when you do finally get that needed retightening: you can tell in the Sisterlock itself when those missed retightenings happened. From the root, the Sisterlock starts out thick, and at some point it thins out, and then toward the end of the lock it is thick again...keep up with retightenings. If you are not financially able, save up/invest to take the Sisterlock retightening training class and then do the retightenings yourself.