Bradelocz FAQ: Are my Bradelocz going to get thick?
August 16, 2009 by Cherie
Filed under Videos, What's New
Some people are afraid to get Bradelocz because they see the present thickness of mine. They don’t necessarily want thick locks and so when they see how mine started out thin and are now thick, they tend to think that Bradelocz, period, get thicker overtime.
Not true! You’ll see in the video what happened and why my locs are now thicker than when I first began 8 years ago…
Dear Cherie, I want to start out saying that You hair is beautiful. I started my locks last year around October. They were too big for my taste and so I took them down and redid them around December of last year. They still seemed too big for me. So in July i took them out again. And I started researching smaller locks, nd came across sisterlocks. Well I fell inlove with the smaller style, but I just can’t afford it, especially with my length. So I was thinking earlier this month that I’ll just braid my hair and see if it’ll lock, lol. So in researching I found your site, and I was very excited. I really want to buy your ebook, but right now with three children, and the economy my husband and I really can’t even afford that right now. So I was wondering if you could at least answer one or two questions for me without giving away your secrets. One, my hair is about 6-8 inches long, so if I braid it will i need to eventually cut off the braided part, or do I just leave that on as it grows. And two can bradelocz be just as small as sisterlocks, because I know some women end up with like 600 locks with sisterlocks, and i was just wondering if you could do the same thing with brdelocz.
P.S. I subscribed to your video series and it helped with a lot of the myths people were telling me, to change my mind about locks. So thank you very much for all your help. Be Blessed
Hi Amaziah,
Thank you for the compliment!
Whether or not you end up having to cut off braided ends depends on a few things:
1. Your personal aesthetic – some people don’t mind having that appearance on the ends but if you do…then you may want to much later down the road if…
2. Your hair texture is very soft/loose – I’ve noticed that in coarser textures of hair, it really doesn’t keep that braid appearance even if starting out with longer hair but softer textures with looser curl patterns sometimes do tend to keep that “braid look” and as the hair grows out, the ends never stop looking like braids. This was the case with my daughter when she had them, but she didn’t mind so we never cut them off.
And yes, Bradelocz can be done as small or as large as you want them to be. But I caution you to really consider a couple of things when considering smaller locs:
- The more locs you have, the more time and effort it takes to maintenance them. I speak this from personal experience with my own, which is ONE of the reasons I combined and made them larger and fewer! LOL!
- Depending on your hair texture and density, smaller locs may be more prone to breakage so if your hair is extremely fine, thin and fragile, you may not want them TOO small. Not saying you have to go thick, but maybe not micro either.
I’m glad that the video series was helpful to you, thank you!
Be blessed,
Cherie
Wow Cherie your ebook has changed my life, and my whole outlook on locks. I’m so so so excited to get started. My sister and i were just eating up every word. I really enjoyed looking at all your pics, and seeing your journey as well as reading about it. This is sooooooooooooooo amazing, and i literally can’t wait to start my Bradelocz. I think I’m going to start the front myself, and my sister will do my back, cause i’m still not the greatest parter, lol. I’m learning. My husband who is caucasion keeps asking me when i’m starting, lol. i keep trying to get him to let me loc his hair, it’s cute. i just want to thank you again for your contribution to the locking world. To anyone else reding this, you need to invest in this ebook, and really just learn all you can about Bradelocz. I can’t wait to show you Cherie the pics once I finish my bradelocz first day. So look for that email. I love you, you’re wonderful
Hi Amaziah,
Thank you so much for the sweet and heartfelt comment and the recommendation! I truly appreciate it and I’m glad that the ebook is a big help to you in your locking journey! Be sure to take plenty of pictures to document your journey as you go along…you’ll regret it if you don’t…trust me!
Cherie
Hi Cherie,
I am so grateful for you and your dedicated research in order to help all of us who, like you, could not afford sisterlocks. I am in my 5th year being bradeloc’d and I love my hair. My question is about unlocking. My 15 yr old wants to do something different with her hair. She too is 5 years in. Do you have any tips on unlocking. I saw several youtubes with different techniques that appeared to work with a lot of patience and very slow work. Have you had any experience with unlocking? I thought your pics of your daughter showed her with locs and then without???
Thanks for any suggestions, comments or advice.
Hi Ardith,
I copied and pasted the following from an email that I sent to you. I’m looking at the email address you posted under here and the one you contacted me initially from when you emailed me and they’re different…the other one had “pdomio” within the email address, so maybe that’s why you didn’t get my email (??)
But anyway, below is what I originally wrote to you…
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Hi Ardith,
LOL…wow, what is it about that age? I think my oldest daughter was 15 when she decided she no longer wanted hers…or was it 14?
But yes, it can be done but it is a VERY tedious process! It’s not like taking unlocked braids down…which is tedious enough in and of itself.
With my daughter, we didn’t take down the full length as we knew it would take entirely too long. But what we did was grew hers out for about a year meaning, we didn’t tighten her roots anymore, kept the roots conditioned really well and then once her hair was to a workable length for HER…we cut her hair to about 2-3 inches beyond the point of her new growth and then picked THAT apart.
Now for your daughter, she will want to cut off at least the first few inches of her locs, apply a nice amount of creamy, detangling conditioner to the loc and then pick apart. You may also wish to look into a product called Take Down (www.takedownproducts.com).
Don’t get too excited when you see their product, it’s not a “magical” product that makes the hair instantly get loose and come down easily, but it does help and allegedly protects the hair from a lot of damage.
I hope this helps, let me know if you have further questions!
Cherie
Hello again, Cherie. This Is Amaziah. Today is January the 10th and my Bradelocz are done, I’m so so so happy, they look incredible. I want to send you some so I wasn’t sure which email you’d prefer. So if you could let me know which to send it to then i’ll send you my first Bradelocz pics. thank you so much for your locking contributions. I also wanted to know if there was anything else i could do to show my appreciation for all you’ve done for me. Thanks again, Love you dearly, Amaziah a.k.a Candace Gosselin
Cherie, You’re right! I never got that email. I don’t know how that other email got in mine but the goochyd one is mine. Thanks so much for the information about unlocking. I do think it’s the age. She wants to do more with her hair but I showed her the youtube for unlocking and she had a change of mind. It’s a lot of work and she said maybe she would wait until she was grown so that she could find a good hairdresser to manage her hair after the takedown. Hmmm, something about doing a lot of work gave her locs a new lease on life! I’m happy cause they are beautiful and almost waist length.
blessings
ardith