Locs of Love in Chattanooga: Specialty Loc Care and Extensions
Locs of Love is a hair salon in Chattanooga that specializes in creating, maintaining, and extending dreadlocks for clients across different hair textures and styling preferences. The salon focuses on the loc journey from start to finish, offering services that range from starter locs to advanced extension and color work.
What Locs of Love actually is
Locs of Love operates as a full-service loc specialist salon rather than a general hair facility. The distinction matters: while many salons offer loc services alongside conventional cutting and styling, Locs of Love's entire menu centers on loc creation and maintenance. This focus means the stylists spend significant time understanding each client's hair type, desired thickness, length timeline, and maintenance comfort level before beginning work. The salon serves Chattanooga residents who are beginning their loc journey as well as those with established locs seeking refresh work, color, or extensions.
Services and pricing
The salon offers five core services. New loc creation through interlocking or twisting starts at $150 and can reach $300 depending on hair density, desired thickness, and whether partial or full-head coverage is chosen. Maintenance appointments, which include root touch-ups and re-tightening, typically cost $80 to $150 every four to eight weeks depending on hair growth rate and the client's preferred timeline. Loc extensions using human hair range from $200 to $400 for partial additions and $400 to $700 for full-head extensions. Color services, applied during maintenance or as standalone appointments, run $60 to $150 for single-process color or $100 to $180 for highlights and dimensional work. Consultation appointments are available at $25, credited toward any first service booked.
Confirmation of current pricing is recommended, as specialty salon rates adjust seasonally.
How Locs of Love compares to other Chattanooga salons
Most full-service salons in Chattanooga, including salons in the North Shore and downtown areas, offer loc services as one option among many. This split focus means stylists may rotate between loc clients and clients seeking conventional cuts or relaxers. At Locs of Love, every stylist works exclusively with locs, creating deeper expertise in texture-specific techniques, loc health, and troubleshooting common issues like breakage or uneven tightness.
For clients starting locs, this specialization reduces the learning curve on maintenance and realistic timeline expectations. For clients with already-established locs seeking color work or extensions, the stylists' repetition with locked hair typically results in less damage during chemical processing. Clients who want conventional cuts, relaxer services, or general color work should use a full-service salon; Locs of Love is not equipped for those needs. Clients whose locs are already healthy and require only occasional maintenance may find the salon's rates comparable to general salons but justified by the specialized skill.
Who it suits and who it does not suit
Locs of Love suits anyone at any stage of the loc process: people planning to start locs, those maintaining them, and those wanting to expand with extensions or color. It also suits clients who have experienced damage or unevenness with previous stylists and need repair work or a fresh perspective. The salon is less suited for clients seeking quick, low-commitment styling or those whose hair goals include non-loc styling within the next year or two; locs represent a significant time investment and are difficult to remove without cutting.
What the first visit involves
New clients should arrive for an in-person consultation, which runs 30 to 45 minutes. The stylist will examine the client's hair, discuss texture and density, review reference images or style ideas, and explain realistic timelines for locs to fully lock (typically two to six months depending on hair type and the creation method). During this meeting, the stylist will also explain maintenance frequency and cost so clients understand the long-term commitment before proceeding. Clients typically book their first service appointment during or immediately after the consultation. First-time loc creation sessions are scheduled for four to six hours.
Hours, parking, and logistics
Locs of Love is located in Chattanooga and operates by appointment only; walk-ins are not accepted. Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Sunday and Monday closed. Parking is available on-site. Because loc work is time-intensive, appointments must be confirmed at least one week in advance; same-day or next-day scheduling is rarely available, particularly for new loc creation.
Locs of Love fills a specific need in Chattanooga's hair care landscape by removing the guesswork from starting or maintaining locs. Clients who commit to the process gain access to stylists who think in loc-specific terms rather than general salon terms, a difference that compounds over years of maintenance.
