SISTERLOCKS - SELF RETIGHTENING DONE!👸🏾🎄

[@diamondreese1150]

Hey. What tool did you use? Where can I find it?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Diamond Reese Here’s the link: www.oraje.com/o-locker I bought both the micro and medium but only used the micro because the medium was too big for the base of my sisterlocks.

[@moniquewilliams3575]

Nice job! You will get better and faster over time... I do my own retightening... I usually get a bottle of wine and put on Netflix... it normally takes me about 5-6 hours (455 sl)... I'm used to doing my own hair... I did my own individual braids with extensions so I'm very comfortable with feeling around the back of my head... practice will get you there... Your hair is beautiful!

[@mstoddra]

I started retighting mine yesterday it took me 7 hrs 45 min but did an amazing job it feels great doesn't it to do your own retight my arms r a little sore but not a bad hurt

[@mstoddra]

i combined 2 but wht I did was held the lock that I wasn't wrkn on and used the tool to pull the 1 I was wrkn on out of the other one

[@lavenialivinglife]

You finished your whole head in that time?? I look forward to shaving 10 hours off mine lol!

[@mstoddra]

yes I've been micro braiding and braiding my own hair since I was 12 and doing that usually took me anywhere from 10 to 12 hrs so I knew this would be close to it. but it will get faster with time

[@p31diva]

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! Nice and neat! Great demo! You will get faster and I know the feeling of accomplishment you have is well worth all your effort.

[@lavenialivinglife]

p31diva Thank you!!🤗✨

[@MASH2031]

I need to start doing my own retightenings. I would save so much money but it would take forever. Your sisterlocks are beautiful.

[@lavenialivinglife]

MASH2031 You’ve just got to pace yourself & you’d get faster over time! Thank you😊

[@AndreesaChaney]

You go girlie. I’m so proud of you. You did that. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. It looks amazing. I 💕 your locks.

[@lavenialivinglife]

Loc’d Dree Thank you!!🤗

[@shannonspeights5545]

Great job. I live outside of Philly as well. My install is next week. Can't wait. I am so fortunate to have found a consultant near me who will come to my house for reti. I don't think I want to fool with the reti myself. Not that patient. Nice job again!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Shannon Speights Thank you!! Lucky! I think I came across your consultant while trying to find one but I was outside of her radius. 😞lol

[@chaundamitchell7124]

Brava!!! My hat's off to you...it looks really good!!!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!!

[@bj77755]

Looks great, the direction of the four point doesn't matter..

[@ceetee9738]

🙌🏾 Yaas!! Like a pro! Best retightening demo ever. Thanks for sharing!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! Yay! I'm glad the video was helpful😊

[@LetsJourney]

GET IT GIRL! they look really nice and it is good that you at least tried and you completed your entire head!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Let's Journey Knowing I can do it myself if I need to is a reassuring feeling! Thank you!!🤗

[@maameyaa1384]

Great job, 👏🏽I am 1 year into my Sisterlocks and can’t wait to start retightening my own loc. 💕💕

[@shawnloctrice]

Great job! Super proud of you for sticking to and completing your retightening. Your locks look good and that grid...😍😍😍! Thanks for sharing your updates! ☺️🤗

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! It felt good finishing it😊

[@LIVEWELLwithCharity]

You made it!👏🏽 Much respect, I said a little prayer for you when you started!😅. It looks really nice and neat sis, you did a great job!😍

[@lavenialivinglife]

LOL I appreciate the prayer!! I'm so happy it turned out well😊

[@1perle]

Wow... they look gorgeous! I'm more and more tempted now.

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! *chanting* do it do it do it lol

[@saundranaughton6069]

You did an amazing job and your grid looks great! I am still nervous though. How long does it take your loctician to retightenen?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! It takes her less than two hours to do my hair. Don't be nervous! Take your time and go for it👍🏾

[@Kodak718]

Amazing!!!!! And your grid is so neat

[@militantsistah3228]

Fantastic job! Your hair looks gorgeous, you go girl!! Self re-tightening is so empowering. You will get quicker in time, the more you do it 👏👌😍

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!!

[@synthiamarie6242]

Yayyy!!! You got a whole system down to a tee. Your hair is beautiful and it's maturing nicely. You are going to have arms like Michelle continuing like that lol! Work those arm muscles! Great job!

[@lavenialivinglife]

😂 Thank you!!

[@laticecarpenter5887]

Hi Lavenia, I'm going into my 6th month (February 12th) and my retie is scheduled for the 10th of February. Well I have to much going on and now is the time for me to start to retightening my locs and I'm soooo nervous, but excited at the same time! Your video is the only one that has actually explain about the hairs being in the way and locs tied together and this one, to make sure to wet your hair to untangle them! I'm still so scared, lol, but I knew I was eventually gonna retightening them myself that I purchased the orjae about 2 months before I got my sisterlocks. I have looked at sooo many videos and you also scalps is soooo clear, mine is not ready yet for retightening and my scalps is covered with hair all in my scalp!!! How do you make sure to clear your scalp (if I'm saying that right) making sure you are not adding more hair to one loc? Or will the spraying the loc help clean it up and make it easier, please help, I have 11 days to get it together, lol😳 I'm so sorry that this is so long!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Hey! It's ok! So I'm not a pro fyi, haha. If you want to try self retightening, I say go for it! Just make sure you know your rotation info so you can stick with it (4 point, clockwise for example). Using water/rose water has definitely made separating much easier. To control the frizziness, I wear a hair cap almost all the time at home and hands off! To revive my parts & to make sure I'm not grabbing extra hair, I use metal hair clips, especially in the front. For the back, I go off feel so I'm sure my parts aren't as straight but that's ok 😊. Most importantly, just take your time! I give myself 2 days so I don't stress myself out. Do a couple, see how you feel & if you're comfortable, proceed!

[@laticecarpenter5887]

@@lavenialivinglife Thank you so much for the encouragement!! I will give it a try!!

[@tiffanygaither1481]

You did a great job. You most definitely have some growth. Kudos to you!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Tiffany Gaither Thank you!! I’m all for the growth🤗

[@patb2582]

To everyone with sisterlocks...how do you know to do a 3 point or 4 point rotation? Do the number of rotations matter?

[@kasperg08]

You did an awesome job. Trust me you will get faster. Don't worry to much about the ones you had to clip. It's hair, it will grow back😉. Looks great.

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! Yeah, I was nervous with the first clip but after that, no hesitation.

[@sisterlockjourney7269]

Beautiful !! You don’t use a mirror to see the back ?

[@carrietoo]

Really happy for you! Your hair looks great!! Hopefully i'm never too busy to make it to Caddie.

[@lavenialivinglife]

CarrieToo 🤗🤗😂

[@DarkBeautyLovinIt]

You did an amazing job, I relighted mine my self as well, and installed them myself 🙈😬. Your hair looks so nice and neat. Great job 👋🏽

[@lavenialivinglife]

Jessica Thank you!!

[@elainerobinson7097]

Awesome job!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 your locs look beautiful!!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!!

[@Christineuniverse]

Success! It looks great, I can't wait to hear what your loctician says.

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! The next time I go, I'll be sure to ask her what she thinks of my handiwork👍🏾

[@QueenBreNaturally81780]

Was that the 4 point rotation.

[@kristamonk772]

How many locs do you have? I’ve been debating on doing it but so nervous since my hair is naturally curly I love wash and go at times

[@LuvNknappiness]

Way to go sis!!! Looks great!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!!

[@MimaHope]

Excellent! Enjoy the freedom.

[@jazzyj22w58]

Do you put anything on your locks now, water, oil, spritz etc.? Especially in the morning. Your locks look awesome.

[@lavenialivinglife]

June Williams I spray rose water on them in the morning when it looks like they could use it. I also use a little peppermint oil to help with itchy/dry scalp. Thank you!😊

[@ashleythegreat_]

Yesss! That's how excited I was when I finished mines. They look good! I'm on my four one and I'm down to 4 days took 5 days at first. I got knots too. Just slowly work on them & it will loosen up took me 3 days it get one out. Lol

[@lavenialivinglife]

Ashley The Great Thank you! Oh wow! I’m looking to reti either this weekend or next. As that one loc grew, I was finally able to pull it through all the way. No more knot, for now😅

[@TheKeyashalovesyou]

Hey, so did you take the retighteninf class?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Keyasha terry No I did not take the class. I just watched a lot of ladies on KZbin and bought the tool a majority of them were using.

[@TheKeyashalovesyou]

lavenialivinglife Ohh, I thought you weren't allowed to shown the method? Is it the same method consultants use to retighten?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Keyasha terry You can’t share whatever is taught in the class if you take the class. I can’t say for sure if the technique is the exact same. I watched how other ladies with sisterlocks retightened their hair and did the same.

[@j21589m]

You did an amazing job! I don’t have the patience right now lol

[@lavenialivinglife]

j21589m Thank you! I have to do them this month but I haven’t talked myself into it just yet 😅

[@p31diva]

Did you use the smallest or one size up of the o locker?

[@lavenialivinglife]

p31diva So yeah, I was probably a little confusing. It wasn’t the smallest size. They have a super micro and a micro size. I ordered the micro size along with the medium but I didn’t really use the medium because it was too big.

[@Essenceofme]

You’ll get faster. I finish in about 2.5 movies. I can finish in one evening.

[@lavenialivinglife]

Essence of Me I love your time measurement😂 I’m looking forward to that

[@Essenceofme]

lavenialivinglife It makes the process enjoyable. I find a series and start at the beginning. 😊

[@TheDjdot20]

beautiful luv it!!!

[@mrsteacake]

I've been thinking about doing my own reti since I hit the 1yr mark, it'll be 2yrs 6/24/18. My sched gets crazy too. I see nothing wrong with also being in control of your hair. I don't feel like those in the SL community should be dependent on a consultant or trainee alone b/c they have a life too. I luv my consultant (well my 2nd one, she's awesome) the 1st one I had to ✂️ ties & her trainee) but sometimes things happen (within her control or beyond) . So kudos to you for being so brave to do your own. For your o locker tool what size did you get again? When I ordered mines I saw the mega micro, micro, medium & then large? I ordered mega micro (extra small) & micro (small). You kept saying small then medium, so I was getting confused

[@lavenialivinglife]

mrsteacake I got the micro and the medium size, mainly using the micro size. Yeah I’m sure I confused quite a few people! Sorry about that😊 It’s empowering being able to do it yourself if you have to. Let me know how it goes for you!

[@natwong20]

Wow. You make pt look so easy and organised ♥️ How many locs do you have approx?

[@lavenialivinglife]

TandK Forever It wasn’t too hard at all! It just took me a lot of time. I have about 480ish sisterlocks😊

[@inez321uk6]

Hi you did very well I have also been trying to do my hair as well can I ask were did you get your tools from?

[@cassandrarussell5558]

Go ahead girl.. Great job..

[@lavenialivinglife]

Cassandra Russell Thank you🤗

[@JakitaRPrice]

Have you counted your locs? If so, how many do you have?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Jakita R. Price I have around 480ish. It was a tedious task counting a while back ha!

[@solangeWilliams]

Great job on your hair, I'm super happy you got it done. Looking at your hair I started to think 🤔 did you ever have slippage? Ive watched all your videos and I don't remember if you ever did lol. Either way, great job on your hair 😁

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! I've had baby locs that came undone in the beginning but not anywhere else! I've been very lucky

[@anitasamuels4594]

Nice job! Your locs are getting so long so fast!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Jackie Brown Thank you!!

[@fslovelyangel]

Did you take the class?

[@kaleshabyrd6326]

Does your hair have to be wet? Is it better to retight with wet hair? Btw, Awesome Job!!!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Kalesha Byrd Thanks!! My hair was dry. I used rose water to make the separating easier and to reduce the risk of breakage, etc. I’ve never had my hair wet during a reti but I’ll ask my consultant for you😊

[@kaleshabyrd6326]

Thanks!

[@kaleshabyrd6326]

One other question, did you take the retightening class?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Kalesha Byrd No I did not take the class. I just watched a bunch of KZbin videos and went on from there

[@FaithfullyTee]

Do you do all your retightens?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Tee W No, only when I can’t make it to Philly or if Kady is unavailable. Or if I’m feeling cheap that particular month haha

[@FaithfullyTee]

lavenialivinglife got cha. I’ve been doing all of mine. I use to work in a salon but I’m cheap lol thanks for replying

[@aprilariesram1289]

Why don't you find someone more local to do your hair? Do you ever accidentally catch the hairs from other locks? Do you wait very long in between retightenings? I can't really trust myself to do my own retightenings or to cut my hair!!! Lol How long after you got your sisterlocks installed did you start doing your own retightenings? Did you have to take the reti class, or did you just learn from other people? Sorry about all the questions lol I have been thinking about maybe doing my own hair, to save on money, cause this ish be expensive hunny!!! Lol Looks gorgeous though!!!❤❤❤😍😍😍new subbie alert!!! Lol

[@lavenialivinglife]

*cracks knuckles lol* Unfortunately there's no one locally that's certified or even a trainee. I did accidentally combined a few while I was retightening and panicked initially but managed to get it mostly separated and cut the few strands that remained. This is my first time self-retightening. I've only had sisterlocks for 10 months. I did not take the class. KZbin can teach you almost anything, ha! I did talk to my consultant about doing my own hair though because of my schedule. She told me what my rotation was (4-point). After the fact, I asked her in what direction and thankfully I did the same (cw). No worries about the questions! I understand wanting to save money. It adds up! Thank you!! & welcome!⭐️👸🏾

[@aprilariesram1289]

Yeah cuz dem coinz is runnin low from all this holiday spendin lol got bills to pay, so I can't be worried about some hair and how it's gonna get done...lol and where do you live where there's not ONE consultant that can do your hair? Lol in Whoville?

[@greatlady11]

Loving your Volgs!! I’m new to this how do you get subscribers?

[@lavenialivinglife]

greatlady11 Thank you!! Just be yourself and people will subscribe organically 😊👍🏾

[@E_Elle]

Great job! I’d be so nervous to retighten my own hair!

[@lavenialivinglife]

Thank you!! Don't be nervous! Just take your time & you'll be fine😊

[@carlawhite7251]

You did an awesome job

[@lavenialivinglife]

Carla White Thank you!!

[@MimaHope]

Excellent! Enjoy the freedom.

[@lavenialivinglife]

MimaHope Yes! Thank you!!

[@inez321uk6]

Hi you did very well I have also been trying to do my hair as well can I ask were did you get your tools from?

[@lavenialivinglife]

Inez 321 UK Thanks! Here’s the link to the tool I used: www.oraje.com/product-page/micro-o-locker

[@inez321uk6]

Thank you so much.