How did you do that

I was asked the other day if I had step by step instructions on how I did my hair. It was very flattering to be asked this, because I would have never thought that my work would inspire questions as to how it was done. So I will do my best to explain how I did it.

As I have mentioned before as far as parting my hair I didn’t do much with that. I took the existing parts I had from my SL, combed the SL pattern out and replaced it with a small braid. Now to tighten the new growth I just followed the Nappyloc method (which is also the SL method, just can’t call it that unless you have spent $1,500.00 to take the class and you have the “special secret tool”).

*1* The first and most important thing I do is make sure that my hair is sectioned off, so I don’t have to worry about stray hairs getting caught in with a lock it doesn’t belong to, some people call this marring two locks, I call it a pain in my butt.

*2* Take a lock fold it close to the tip and thread it through my NL tool, like trying to thread a needle. I do it this way so what ever loose ends I may have wont fray by it being pushed though the hole. Now the NL tool has a cinched tip so you can secure the hair between the cinch and not have the tool fall off your hair. In some cases my locks are too small to be fully secured so I just hold it as I work.

This is a picture of the Nappyloc tool the smaller part of the tool can be adjusted with needle nose pliers. When I bought the tool it was suggested to me that if I wanted to make the cinch smaller put a rag or paper towel over the NL tool before I use to pliers so the pliers won’t damage the metal.

*3* With the tip of the NL tool and the hair cinched on the opposite end I insert the tip East to West (3 o’clock to 9 o’clock) into the new growth closes to where the lock is forming.



*4*Pull the tool and the hair through and remember, or say out loud turn 1, I think that it’s important to count the turns as your doing them so in case you have to stop or the tool slips out of your hand or what ever might happen that will hinder your flow you know where to pick up again.

*5* Again with the tip of the NL tool with the hair cinched on the opposite end insert the tip into the new growth closes to turn 1 south to north (6 o’clock to 12 o’clock) and pull the tool and hair through Turn 2.


*6* Insert the tip of the tool with the hair cinched on the opposite end into the new growth closes to turn 2 West to East (9 o’clock to 3 o’clock) and pull the tool and the hair though Turn 3.


*7* Insert the tip of the tool with the hair cinched on the opposite end into the new growth closes to turn 3 North to South (12 o’clock to 6 o’clock) pull the tool and the hair though Turn 4. This completes a full rotation. Just repeat over and over again until there isn’t any more new growth to tighten.

***Important information***
I think is important to remember to make sure that a full rotation can be done before you start working on one. Meaning make sure you can complete turns 1-4 on the lock that is being retighten. I say this because when you come back to do your hair again you don’t have to try and remember where you left off. You will know that you always start East to West and always end on North to South.