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All About Hair & Locs
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(94 ratings)
271 students
Created byAhava Yah Daufe
Last updated 3/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • What hair is
  • Hair anatomy (the different parts of the hair)
  • How hair grows
  • Hair types & textures
  • Hair Porosity
  • Common causes & possible remedies for damaged hair
  • What locs are
  • Some history on locs
  • Loctician vs Loc Stylist
  • Why locs swell
  • 3 basic things to consider before styling locs
  • How to maintain locs without gel, wax or heat.
  • 1 basic protective style.
  • How to start locs without gel, wax or heat with different methods

Course content

19 sections32 lectures1h 29m total length
  • Instructor Intro1:43

Requirements

  • A live model or practice mannequin is required

Description

This is a course to help you on your loc learning journey. Knowing the fundamentals of hair & locs & the different locking techniques, will help you start, manage & repair locs with ease.  Please note, our hair & locs are like fingerprints so what works for one might not work for another.

This course is based on the health of the hair & locs & not the fashion of hair & locs.

Our goal is to Inspire those without locs to come on the team. Assist those with locs in maintaining them in a natural and healthy way, heal locs that have been damaged & need repair and teach those who want to learn how to start, maintain & repair locs in a natural & healthy way.

In this course you will learn:

  • *What hair is

  • *How it grows

  • *The basic types

  • *The basic textures

  • *The anatomy

  • *The porosity of the hair

  • *What locs are

  • *Some history about locs

  • *The three stages of the locking process

  • *Why locs swell

  • *The difference between a loctician & a loc stylist

  • *How to maintain locs without gel, wax or heat

  • *Three things to consider before styling locs

  • *One basic protective style that works well with any length, texture & size of locs

This course will give you a skill set that can help you earn a sustainable income or just maintain your family's locs in a natural & healthy way.

This course will give you a fundamental understanding of the locking process to assist you in starting, maintaining & repairing locs without gel, wax or heat.

Who this course is for:

  • Whoever wants to learn the fundamentals about hair & locs.
  • Whoever wants to learn a skill that can help them earn a sustainable income.
  • Whoever wants to learn how to start, maintain or repair locs in a natural & healthy way.