Retightening My Own Hair!!

Okay, last week Sunday, I realized that I had to yet again reschedule a retightening appt that I had and I began to get frustrated and missed being able to do my hair myself. My having to depend on someone else to do my hair is a bit troubling, so I decided to give it a shot.

The first thing I did was go to Walmart and purchased yarn sewing needles (4 in a pack..about $1.50). I contemplated purchasing the "nappyloc tool" for $19.99 but didn't want to spend that money if the retightening seemed too difficult for me to do on my own. Not to mention, several people were complaining about dropping their nappyloc tool down the drain only to have to order another one!! I decided to research online what other ladies were saying about retightening their own hair, and come to find out, a lot of people do their own re-ties!! I viewed several youtube videos (sshhhh, a no no....I know...). Learning through some youtube videos is usually frowned upon and the proper way to learn how to retighten SL is by registering for the SL retightening class for a fee of $250. Maybe I'll do that in the future..but not right now.

Here are some pics of what my hair looked like right after attempting my first lock...

I was able to complete about 4 locks in 15 minutes!! Now that was a little scary, considering I have about 400 in total at the least! So on Sunday night, I completed the perimeter of the front and sides...had to look presentable for Monday:) I was pleasantly surprised at how nice my hair looked. I finally completed my whole head by Friday evening, 12/3/10. Yes, that is almost a full week, but keep in mind I didn't work on my hair until late in the evening, which was about 10 pm. I have learned my lesson though, my next attempt at retightening myself, will be on a WEEKEND!