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How Locks Form

How locks are formed

A lock is a section of hair that has intertwined or matted together and can not easily be combed or picked apart.  Locks are made up of tangled unshed hair.  You comb your hair to keep tangles out and to remove the hair that sheds.  The average healthy person will lose between 50 - 150 hairs a day.  This is normal.  When you stop comb your hair those hairs get caught up and tangled and intertwined to form a lock.  So it is really time and the shed hair that forms a lock.

There are two basic methods for locking your hair. Each of these methods has two subtypes:

Organic Methods

  • The Totally Organic Method
  • The Free Formed Method

 
Cultivated Methods

  • Hand Cultivated Methods
  • Tools Cultivated Methods


Cultivated Methods PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amy Mc   
Friday, 19 October 2007

The difference between organic methods of locking and cultivated methods of locking really comes down to parting and actively encouraging your hair to lock. Cultivated locks will give you:

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Free Form Locks PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amy Mc   
Friday, 19 October 2007

Free formed locks fall in between the awesome unabashedly wild naturalness of organic locks and the every- lock-in-its- place cultivated locks.

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Organic Locks PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amy Mc   
Friday, 19 October 2007

Locking your hair organically is as simple as washing it several times a week. The frequent washing encourages your hair to coils and mat. After shampooing, gently pat your hair dry. Don’t rub or manipulate it in anyway.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 March 2008 )
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