Sunday, December 23, 2018

Sporting Black Pride Fashionably With Sisterlocks

By Joseph Olson


Many African sisters are now embracing their natural hair. This is a reflection of the growth and influence of the natural hair movement.Natural hair is styled in many different ways. One popular option is the installation of sisterlocks. The style has taken root around the world as more people with curly textured hair are embracing their cultural and ethnic heritage.

Stylists create traditional locks in their clients' hair by rolling strands of hair together between the palm of their hands. Traditional locks more closely resemble the locks worn by members of the Rastafarian faith for centuries.For these tiny locks though, the process is different and results in tinier locks. The stylist uses a smaller portion of hair for each lock and weaves an intricate pattern using a locking tool.

Such an intricate weaving pattern will naturally take some time to be installed fully. This is why clients who are getting the service should be prepared to spend from one to a few days in the stylist's chair depending on the length and density of the hair being styled. After assessing a client's hair, the stylist usually determines whether the service needs to be broken into parts, in which case the client will make multiple trips to the salon, or it can be done in one setting.

Both men and women sport this hairstyle. It can be seen in locations around the world. When men sport the style it is called brotherlocks. It is particularly convenient because of the ease with which it can be styled and the fact that it reduces the need to visit salons frequently for services such as perms.

It has been styled to suit varying types of contexts and events. When needed, the hair can be styled into a professional look that is appropriate for the work environment. It can also be styled into up-dos, buns and side sweeps among other styles. Lock wearers therefore, fit in in every possible category of event ranging from formal to casual.

Color is another tool used to add versatility to this hairstyle, allowing the wearers to express their own individual tastes and fashion visions. Locks can be colored at the ends, throughout the full length of the strands or just in sections creating a pattern that makes the wearer stand out among others. Some wearers opt for a combination of colors.

As the demand for the style grew rapidly, stylists rushed to get trained. This has resulted in a situation where stylists around the world have caught on to the trend and are offering sisterlocking among their cadre of services. If you want to install these locks by yourself, there are tutorials that can help.

A lock installation has grown into more than just a fashion trend. It is a unique expression of confidence in the African ethnicity and a flexible way to wear Afro-textured hair combined. It is this winning combination that makes it a hairstyle that is likely to remain in high demand for the future.




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