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I AM Loc Shop
I AM Loc Shop
I AM Loc Shop

I AM Loc Shop Tacoma

Hair salon in Tacoma, WA · 3 locations

Rated 4.6 out of 5 (58 on Google Maps) (opens in a new tab) Open now · until 7 PM

The group now owns several full-service salons, Northwest 1st Natural Hair College, and the Loc Journey line of loc products. The salons care for natural hair from straight type 1 textures to hair beyond 4C, and offer curly haircuts and styles, help with heat challenge, and care for biracial children's hair.

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The group now owns several full-service salons, Northwest 1st Natural Hair College, and the Loc Journey line of loc products. The salons care for natural hair from straight type 1 textures to hair beyond 4C, and offer curly haircuts and styles, help with heat challenge, and care for biracial children's hair.

Consultations are required for all new clients and for all color services. Some services can be booked online, but appointments that take two hours or more must be scheduled by phone at 206-723-1115 during business hours. A $100 booking deposit is applied to the service cost and is not refunded if the client does not attend. Prices vary by stylist level, and Master Stylist services are priced separately. Clients must bring their own hair for any braid service, all sales are final, and Visa and Mastercard are accepted. Free parking is available at every location. Federal Way services are performed by students.

Stylists and students are trained to care for both natural and chemically treated hair. The group also runs a Full Loc Course, a continuing education program covering starter locs, maintenance, crochet, extensions, repair, reattachment, resizing, thinning correction and wicks, and a cosmetology program covering haircutting, color, styling, textured and natural hair, locs, braiding, nails and skin care.

Hours are Monday to Friday 10 am to 7 pm, closed Wednesdays, Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, and Sunday 10 am to 6:30 pm. The salon serves Tacoma, Everett, Fife, Auburn, Olympia, Seattle, Burien and surrounding cities.

Stylists and students are trained to care for both natural and chemically treated hair, with a focus on natural textures of every kind.

The group describes its salons and schools as professional and inviting.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Braid styles from simple two-braid looks to knotless, designer and crochet braids, with feed-in and natural hair options. Clients provide their own hair for braid services.

  • 2 Braids $35
  • Take out braids $60
  • Basic Braids $65
  • 2 Braids w/extensions $70
  • Touch ups $100
  • Designer braids $125
  • Designer braids w/extension $150
  • Feed-in braids $150
  • Natural hair Singles/Plaits $150
  • Crochet $200
  • 2 Strand Extensions $275
  • Singles/box braids $275
  • Boho Knotless braids $300 / $330
  • Boho Knotless braids $300
  • Knotless braids $300

Full head color, foil highlights, color retouch, color correction and balayage. A consultation is required before any color service.

  • Product Fee (nonrefundable) $25
  • Color Retouch $75
  • Full Head Color $100
  • Highlights (Foils) $100
  • Color Correction $125
  • Partial Balayage $200
  • Full Balayage $300

Consultations for new clients, and microloc consultations for those interested in microlocs.

  • Consultations $20
  • Microloc Consultations $40

Barber cuts, line ups, beard trims, trims and stylist haircuts.

  • Beard Trim $15
  • Line Ups $15
  • Barber Cut w/ clippers $40
  • Trim $40
  • Stylist haircut $65

Sew-ins, weaves, wig installation, twists with extensions, and loc extensions.

  • Designer Braids w/Extensions $150
  • Full Sew In w/leave out $250
  • Marley/Passion Twists $275
  • Senegalease twists $275
  • Senegalese twists $275
  • Full Sew in w/closure $300
  • Full Sewn in Weave $300
  • Wig Installation $300
  • Boho Knotless Braids (extensions) $330
  • Loc Extensions $500
  • Loc Extensions (starting price) $500
  • Loc Extensions $500+

Flat iron styling.

  • Flat Iron $85

Starter, interlocking, palm roll, microloc, Sisterlocks and Brotherlocks services, along with maintenance, repairs, styling and crochet poking.

  • Loc Repairs $15
  • Style ONLY no maintenance $50
  • Crochet Poking of locs $100
  • Loc Maintenance $100
  • Loc maint with shampoo $120
  • Interlocking traditional locs $150
  • Interlocking w/Palm Roll half $175
  • Interlocking w/Palm Roll full $200
  • Starter Locs w/shampoo $200
  • Instant Locs/Instalocs $500
  • Loc Extensions (locs section) $500
  • Loc Extensions (starting price, locs) $500
  • Brotherlocks $1,000
  • Brotherlocks TM $1,000+
  • Microlocs $1,000
  • Sisterlocks $1,000
  • Sisterlocks TM $1,000+
  • SISTERLOCKSTM & BROTHERLOCKSTM Installation $1,000+

Natural curl sets and roller sets, including roller sets on locs.

  • Natural Curl Sets $55
  • Roller Sets $150
  • Roller Set W/Locs $200

Installation and retightening for Sisterlocks and Brotherlocks.

  • Retighten $300
  • Sisterlocks and Brotherlocks Installation $1,000

Shampoos, deep conditioning, hot oil, protein and steam treatments, an apple cider vinegar detox, and Brazilian Blowout.

  • Shampoo $25
  • Hot Oil Treatment $30
  • Micro/Sisterloc shampoo $30
  • Apple Cider Vinegar Detox $35
  • Deep Conditioner $35
  • Protein Treatment $35
  • Steam Conditioning service $40
  • Shampoo with style $45
  • Brazilian Blowout $300

Two strand and single strand twists, plus flat twist sets with an optional twist out.

  • Two Strand Twist $100
  • Single Strand Twist $120
  • Two Strand Flat Twist Set $120
  • Two Strand Flat Twist Set w/Twist out $140
  • W/Twist out $140

Photos

  • Collage of students, styling work and products under the lion logo
  • Students holding certificates of training in a classroom
  • Group of students smiling in the training room
  • Students painting at easels during a class
  • Students raising cups during a class activity
  • Stylist working on a client's locs in the salon
  • Student styling a client's locs with clips
  • Woven twist hairstyle being worked on
  • Locs with partings being shaped by a hand
  • Dreadlocs with blonde tips, back view
  • Dark and blonde locs on a client's head
  • Perm rod or roller set on natural hair

Meet the team

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Highlights
  • Loc services from starter and interlocking styles to Sisterlocks, Brotherlocks and Microlocs
  • Full Loc Course for continuing education in loc care and repair
  • Loc Journey product line, including products designed for starting, re-twisting and styling locs
  • Care for all natural hair textures, from straight type 1 hair to hair beyond 4C
  • Consultations required for new clients and all color services
  • Free parking at all three locations
Good for
  • Natural hair of all textures
  • Locs at any stage, from starter to maintenance
  • Protective braids and twists
  • Biracial children's hair
  • Clients with heat-challenged hair
  • Color services after a consultation
  • Free parking
  • Students of loc care
Treats
  • Loc maintenance
  • Loc repair
  • Starter locs
  • Heat challenge
  • Color correction
  • Protective styling
  • Braids and extensions
Techniques
  • Interlocking
  • Palm roll locs
  • Crochet locs
  • Starter locs
  • Sisterlocks
  • Brotherlocks
  • Microlocs
  • Knotless braids
  • Box braids
  • Feed-in braids

Products & treatments

  • Loc Journey leave-in conditioner
  • Loc Journey clarifying shampoo
  • Loc Journey styling spray
  • Loc Journey shine spray
  • Loc Journey product bundle

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