Hello out there.

I'm a newbie to this forum and I'm so thankful to find everyone. I don't feel so alone anymore. I have been reading post into the wee hours of the night to catch up.

My Background:  Prof. Hairstylist 10 yrs. Extensions 2 yrs. (w/HairLocs)

Heres my delima. Up till now I have been somewhat satisfied with Hairlocs. I haven't done anything else to know better. Over the past 4-5 months I have really had a problem with the Loc's paint coming off. Some of my clients came back as soon as 3 weeks with shinny copper locs with no paint. I have been switching them out free of charge (its not their fault) and it is really starting to get old. There has also been alot of slipping out lately on many clients and I havent changed a thing. I contacted Hairlocs and their explantions varied from client's ph balence, acidity of their skin, using inproper products, even water. Personally I think its a load of you know what. I was told that the recent "batch" was manufacted by someone diffrent. ( I think they got cheap & trying to cut cost) Anyways I sent all the bad locs I removed back to them and asked for and exchange. Guess what? They do not stand behind thier products.

I'm despertly looking for diffrent locs even looking into shrinkies. I'm hoping that shrinkies will be best for my clients w/ slick hair. I would also like to find hair that is comprable to thiers. I have been happy with the hair so far. (when they get the orders right) Like I said before I don't know anything else. There might even be better hair out there.

I hope someone has some good advice to give to a fellow sister in need.

I found that quality of the Eurolocs tubes where always inconsistant too.  Flaking off or forming hard edges when crimped.

Try the protubes from http://www.shrinkies.net - www.shrinkies.net .  You'll be happy with them.

hi there an welcome to our community-

glad to have u here

lets see if i can help ya out

i can totally understand and agree with everything u stated about the quality and customer srvc. I have been doing hairlocs for about 4yrs plus now. Full time.

first off- my findings are ALL locs espicially the dark DO chip the color off. with that said- i would suggust u try the shrinkies protubes- they work really good and are a nice tight fit. She is a awesome person to deal with too. the tubes dont chip as fast.

her name is Amm, she is also carrying lush hair which i really like and another line which is the same line like Metal suggusted, Extensions Plus- they are pretipped however the tips are awesome, i can do at least one maintance without heat and spinning the tips.

Extensions Plus is no longer carrying that line they are actually discontinuing their pretipped line,(they said they had a falling out with their distrbutor, they sent me some  new samples to try out and i did not like the quality nor the tips.

at this point, your best bet is to use either hair from shrinkies.net

or also can try hair from short2long- i think thats the name, Metal has used them and likes them too.

i have my locs made to my specs now and order tons of them to have them on hand. I do about 3-5 full head installs a week plus maintance about 3 a day.

i HAVE to have suppplies- shells and hair avail. to me at all times.

feel free to call me and we can chat if u need some help right away.

where are u located? i am in so cal

I have been ordering most of my shoe lace tipped hair lately from http://www.short2long.com - www.short2long.com  

I'm happy with the quality and the customer service.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!

I feel so much better knowing I'm not alone.

I'm getting to the point of ordering in large quantities. Just this week alone I've had 4 new installs and a lot of maintenance. Each day there are more and more. I was starting to get stressed b/c I really want to provide the best for my clients and it is embarrassing when things go wrong. I ordered the pro-shells and lush hair. I'm anxiously waiting for them.

Tangles, I'm in San Diego. I would love to find out more about your supplies. Another question, do you do all the maintenance or do you have help? I have one assistant that keeps me organizes when I'm applying. (saves so much time) The problem I'm having is there isn't enough time in the day sometimes to get everyone in. A new install usually takes me 2-3 hours and it's the same for maintenance. Do you charge hourly or by the job? Do you client's mind if someone else does the maintenance?

I have so many other questions but I need to prep for a long Saturday. Thank you so much again. I can't express my gratefulness enough to you all.

http://www.phathair.com/ -  

Phat

glad we can all help.

I have two different  assistants that i pay hourly-$50 per hr minim. they do maintance with me, set up, heat and spin etc. They are both certified with Hairlocs and have also taken  my coaching classes. Some of my clients do not want anyone  else to touch their hair at all. i do All new installs myself. If i do maintance alone, it takes me about 1 1/2 hrs for full head-200 strands with help it cuts time down some.

feel free to either call or pm me i can share further with you. i have a few clients that come up from San Diego and would love to be able to refer for maintance to you.

looking foward to connecting with you.

S

Hi There,

I recently trimmed too short the shoe lace tip of several HairLOC bundles.  I need to re-tip them.  Does anyone know where I can acquire the tipping material that is used to create the shoe lace tips on the hairlocs ? I look forward to your reply.