Small Locks: Doing It Yourself

If you can find a braider who can or is willing to start your locks the way that you want the second best thing would be to find one that can do tiny straight back cornrows the width that you want. If you already know how to cornrow your hair you can do this yourself.

This is a good option for you if you don’t mind braiding your hair but don’t want to have to worry about the part size staying consistent

If you want straight vertical rows do two rows of straight back cornrows. You want the cornrows in the section in the back to be a little bit wider than the ones in the front.

Once that is done all you will need to do is take down a row and part it into individual braids. You won’t be able to do the perfect grid but you will be able to ensure that the braids are uniformly the size that you want. It will cost less and you will have neat vertical rows.

For neat horizontal rows do the same thing only cornrow (or get it cornrowed) going across your head instead of straight back.  Just be sure to do the cornrows from your ears back a little larger than the ones from your ears forward.