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Topnotch Naturals

Topnotch Naturals

Hair salon in Belleville, IL

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Topnotch Naturals began as Locsbycookie, a side business developed in 2018 in the owner's basement in Belleville as a hobby. The business later opened a salon in Belleville and took its current name.

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About

Topnotch Naturals began as Locsbycookie, a side business developed in 2018 in the owner's basement in Belleville as a hobby. The business later opened a salon in Belleville and took its current name.

Sisterlocks are small, shapeable locs built from root to end with a patented interlocking technique. The method was created nearly 30 years ago by Dr. JoAnne Cornwell, and the salon notes that it should only be installed by certified, professionally trained consultants. According to the site, the method uses no chemicals and avoids excessive tightening.

A visit starts with a mandatory consultation, which costs $60, is non-refundable and goes toward services. The consultation lets the stylist look at the hair and scalp and set pricing. Clients who book the three-visit installation package pay a $200 non-refundable deposit once the date is agreed, and the package is listed at $800. It includes the consultation, a locking session that often runs 10 to 20 hours or longer, and the first retightening. A follow-up visit is scheduled 3 to 4 weeks after installation, and retightens are generally completed every 4 to 6 weeks. Retightening is priced at $60 per hour, or $180 for the first three hours and $40 per hour after that.

Interlocks are offered as a maintenance service for existing locs. They tighten new growth to the scalp and can be done by hand, with a tool or with a latch hook, and usually last from 6 weeks to 3 months depending on how quickly the hair grows. The salon has a friendly, welcoming feel with relaxing chairs.

The salon follows the Sisterlocks method, with installation limited to certified consultants. The site says interlocking does not thin locs and helps keep them a consistent size.

A friendly, welcoming salon with relaxing chairs.

Services

Final prices may vary.

Installation through a three-visit package, consultations, hourly or per-unit retightening, and follow-up visits to keep new locs secure.

  • Past Due Or Over Due Retighten $30/unit
  • Sisterlocks retightening (each hour after 3) $40
  • Sisterlocks Retightenings $40/unit
  • Sisterlocks consultation $60
  • Sisterlocks retightening (per hour) $60
  • The Consultation $60
  • Sisterlocks retightening (first 3 hours) $180
  • Sisterlocks installation package (3 visits) $800
  • Sisterlock Establishment / Installs Price at booking
  • Sisterlocks Price at booking
  • The Follow-Up Visit Price at booking
  • The Sisterlocks Installment Package (Includes 3 Visits) Price at booking

Maintenance interlocking for existing locs, done by hand, with a tool or with a latch hook.

  • Interlocks Price at booking

Photos

  • Salon shampoo area with black chairs and red walls
  • Client's auburn locs being worked on at the salon

Meet the team

Team members listed on their website. Individual roles, credentials, and current employment have not been independently verified.topnotchnaturals.com (opens in a new tab)

Highlights
  • Three-visit Sisterlocks installation package listed at $800 with a $200 non-refundable deposit
  • Mandatory $60 consultation that is credited toward services
  • Starter kit with trial-size Sisterlocks Starter shampoo and rubber bands for new locs
  • Follow-up visit 2 to 4 weeks after installation covering touch-ups at the nape and edges and teaching braiding and banding
  • Interlocks available as a maintenance service for existing locs
  • Home-care guidance: no conditioner on locs, shampoo about every two weeks, sleep in a satin or silk-lined bonnet or scarf
Good for
  • Starting Sisterlocks
  • Tightly textured hair
  • Existing locs needing maintenance
  • Permed hair with 2 to 3 inches of new growth
  • Clients who want a planned multi-visit process
Treats
  • Loc maintenance
  • Retightening
  • Slippage at the nape and edges
  • Starting locs
Techniques
  • Sisterlocks
  • Interlocking
  • Locking session
  • Retightening
  • Interlocks by hand, tool or latch hook

Products & treatments

  • Sisterlocks Starter shampoo
  • Sisterlocks starter kit
  • Natural mists

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