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Are you a client, potential client, consultant, trainee or wannabee and want to talk to an experienced, R-Certified consultant about anything related to Sisterlocks® or any other locking process?

For the next 20-30 days or so, Locks4life will be testing a new feature that is first being added to the blog and then to the website.

Schedule a video informational appointment either private or small group (5 or less).  There is nothing to download.  Just click the link you will receive in email.

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When did you say I could wash my hair?

So often we hear a huge sigh of surprise when we tell people that they can wash their hair the very night that they get their Sisterlocks® installed and then again in 2 weeks.  

If washed properly, they can be washed as often as you like to wash your hair.  I am not saying wash it everyday but once a week, once every 2 week or 3 weeks is fine.  We aren't putting a bunch of products on our hair so it is not getting dirty as it once did. You just have to follow the proper washing instructions.

Now this is where lines are drawn in the sand.  

Hearing people being told to wait 6 or 7 months to wash their hair or even 3 months is just incredible. How long would you wait to brush your teeth or wash your body?  I hope not that long.  You are not messing up your Sisterlocks® by washing them.   

You just have to what? Follow the proper washing instructions. Trust me, everyone around you will thank you in their hearts, minds, and noses. 

Email us  paulette@locks4life.com  or give us a call for details on the instructions that we give our clients. 
 

Certified vs Trainee : What is a client to do?

This is my humble opinion.  As of late, the question keeps coming up about finding a certified consultant.  I have also been hearing of certified consultants not doing the best job.  What is a potential client to do?

Let me reiterate, this is my opinion which may be different from yours.


Currently, I am R-Certified through Sisterlocks® which means I can teach a person with Sisterlocks® how to re-tighten their own hair.  This is a higher level of certification which means it cost more for me to have.  This my full time business and it helps clients to be able to take care of their own hair which is traditionally how we do our hair.  Let me also say that I have no plans to discontinue my certifications.


I was a trainee from 2002 to 2006.  I quit my full time dream job to do Sisterlocks® and didn't have certification at all.  It wasn't till I got serious about doing Sisterlocks® that I even decided to think about becoming certified.  I have been the same person providing the same service before and after certification.   I thought of myself as a great trainee.  It didn't make sense to become certified when my clientele was 3 strong.   My price structure was initially based on building clientele for the my first serious year.  I charged the same prices before and after certification.   Certification didn't make me better.  It just cost me more.

When clients came to me, I was able to answer their questions, put in test locks using the Sisterlocks® tool and provide the service within a time frame that they could handle for a price that they could afford.  I always give my honest true opinion. Sometimes that opinion hurt. I still remember the first person I ever told that they had to start over if they wanted the Sisterlocks® they envisioned. More importantly, I care enough to tell you no if your hair is not ready or if I sense that you are not ready. 
 
Required

1. The person picked to do your Sisterlocks® has to be able to prove that they have taken the class from Sisterlocks.com.  They will have paperwork validating that they have taken the class if their name is not on Sisterlocks® website.  Currently,  your name only stays on the website as a trainee for 2 years if you don't become certified or take a refresher class.
2. They should listen to your concerns and answer your questions.  
3. They should only use Sisterlocks® tools on Sisterlocks®.

Don't pick a person to do your hair solely based on them being certified.  It is more to it than that. If you don't feel comfortable and you feel rushed to make a decision, that may not be the place for you. Trainees do great work to but for whatever reason they may or may not be certified.  When trainees call me they are excited to do a great job and take very good care to make sure that they are doing it right. Not to mention that there can be a price and a time commitment difference from someone certified.   

How to get a Sisterlocks tool?

The answer is very simple. There are 2 ways to get the "Official Sisterlocks® tools"

First way.  You can take a Retightening Class from any authorized R-Certified Consultant.  You will get a kit that contains everything you need in order to re-tighten your own hair right down to an ink pen.  You are taught to re-tighten your own hair ONLY.  You don't learn how to start locks or fix locks and your are not eligible to take the class unless your Sisterlocks® have been installed by someone that has been TRAINED by Sisterlocks®.  This class is always the cost as described on the Sisterlocks website.  Currently, it is $250.00 and there are no exceptions. I happen to be authorized to teach this class.

The second way. You take the official Sisterlocks®  class from Sisterlocks.com.  This class is four days and you learn everything.  There is a schedule posted and currently the cost is $1495.00 unless they offer a stimulus class (a discount).  If you even think that you want to do Sisterlocks® take this class. No individual or school other than those represented on Sisterlocks.com is authorized to teach you or sell you a tool.  So, don't waste your money on imitations.

If anyone tells you that they can teach you, trust me, they can't. Tools are not sold by consultants or trainees.  It is against the trademarked agreement for a consultant or trainee to sell tools.  I would never sell a tool outside of the Retightening Kit as an R-Certified Consultant.  If you ask, I will tell you no.


 

If you stepped out on faith, are you still there?

I believe that once you step out on faith you can't go running back to what you used to call solid ground. If you really have stepped out on faith, you land on hallowed ground. I have been on hallowed ground so long that it is my normal.  I wish that for everyone.

So much has happened over the years looking back at my blogs, I just don't believe it.  First I can't believe how long its been since I blogged. Oh well maybe I can.  Building a business is time consuming but it has been incredibility exciting.  The business is stronger than I ever knew it could be.  I read my blogs and think WOW.  Then I go to other peoples blogs and see I am not the only one that had a blog hiatus.

Locks4Life is expanding.  We are in Atlanta, Michigan and now Arizona.  I am currently spending half of my time in Michigan and half in Arizona.  I am in Atlanta when necessary.  Call or email me for appointments and look for the new website to be up soon.  We will be taking appointments online for consultations, locking sessions, retightenings' and re-tightening classes for clients with Sisterlocks®