The two microlocs courses were designed to work together, but each serves a different purpose depending on where you are in your journey.
Below is a summary of the differences.
NOTE: If you want full details on what is included in each course click on the purple or blue cards above where it says "Only need one course?"
Self-Retighten Your Microlocs with Confidence (SRC)
You’ll learn:
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Hair anatomy and characteristics and how they affect your retightening
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Every essential tools you need (and which ones you can skip)
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All 4 interlocking rotations, when to use them, and how to keep your locs cylindrical and uniform
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How to calculate your retightening schedule, speed up the process
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Exact prep steps so your grid stays neat and clean, and prevent slippage
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Step-by-step row-by-row demonstrations from the nape to the crown
- How to handle difficult areas like edges, the back of the head, and areas with heavy slippage
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How to avoid thinning, prevent holes, and stop picking up stray hairs
- PLUS bonus training on mirror setups, screen casting, fixing knots, closing holes, and chain-linking delicate or damaged locs.
It’s your complete guide to mastering the art of self-retightening.
It focuses on the mechanics, timing, technique, and troubleshooting of self-retightening.
If you want to confidently, safely, and accurately interlock your own microlocs from root to tip, and take full control of your reties without depending on a loctician, the self-reti course is your roadmap.
AND currently cheaper than the cost of 1 professional reti.
Self-Maintain Your Microlocs With Confidence (SMC)
You’ll learn:
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how microlocs form, progress through each stage of maturation, what affects locking speed, how to spot abnormalities early
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how to moisturize and establish effective nighttime, working out, sweating, swimming, and traveling routines
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to master the science behind the 4 braiding and banding stages, prevent unraveling, wash thoroughly, dry microlocs properly
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how to prevent, identify, and fully resolve buildup, lint, fuzz and stray hairs, and combine microlocs.
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a complete breakdown of tools and setup, understand the mechanics of locsmithing, manage stray hairs, combine adjacent hairs, repair thinning locs, and reattach lost locs or extensions.
- PLUS get clear answers on extensions, maintaining curly ends, encouraging faster maturation, brushing dos and don’ts, coloring microlocs, styling risks, and more.
Its everything else you need to keep your microlocs healthy for life.
Its your entire maintenance lifestyle in one place:
how to wash, how to moisturize, how to prevent damage, how to troubleshoot, how to fix issues, how to travel, how to braid and band, how to locsmith
Everything you need to keep your hair thriving between reties — no matter the stage of your microlocs journey.
AND ALSO currently about the cost of 1 professional reti.