Monday, December 24, 2007

Looking Good for Christmas


Last week I got my retight, and boy was it needed. I was suprised that it only took my consultant two hours to do the retight. I love my consultant she has such a great vibe about her and she is very in turn with my hair. I rolled my hair on some small perm rods and .... wha la... back in business.. looking like my diva self again. I am flying back home to St. Louis then going to Orlando to see a close friend so y'all know the hair had to be right!!! (lol). This is the first time my family and friends will be seeing me with my sisterlocks, and many of them were against me getting locked in the first place, so it is very important to make sure that my hair look its best. I will be gone for 14 days so the post will be light. In the mean time, have a Happy Christmas, and a wonderful New Year

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Time for a retight











My hair has been sl'ed for 6 weeks and it needs a retight bad.... My consultant says because my hair is so thick I can go 6-8 weeks between retights. However they way my hair looks at this point I think I will go 4-6weeks between retights. Honestly it looks a but crazy at this point I still expect to have some (not many) bad hair days. As you can see from the pics some of my ends are super straight and others are coily. It was very hard to cut all the relaxer out because some parts had an extremely large amount of staight hair and other parts had grew out quite nicely with only a small amount of relaxer. So there are some ends that stick straight out and others that curl up. It seems I am still dealing with two textures of hair... but that is okay because at some point the relax ends will be removed anyway. After getting sl'ed I was surprised that the white folks at my job loved the look. As a matter of fact I get more compliments from other cultures than from black folks. I never understand that... but hey I ain't got time for others to recoginze what I already know...sisterlocks is the sh!t.. don't come telling how beautiful my hair is after it grows out cuz as far as I am concerned it is gorgous now. Anyways.... about 8 locks at the nape of my neck slipped out. I was not surprised cuz for whatever reason the hair at the nape of my neck is very fine (hazard of the creamy crack), so I know this will be an area of slippage for awhile.



I am still enjoying my hair and the freedom that comes along with it. Until next time, see ya later.




Tuesday, December 18, 2007

All Locked Up

Although I had not relaxed my hair in 6 months I still had a great deal of relaxed hair , my consultant reassured me that it was okay as long as I had 2" of new growth installing my sl's would be no problem. After tons of research I discovered that it takes longer to lock when there is a great deal of relaxed hair and eventually the relaxed ends would be clipped. I looked in the mirror a million times and finally decided to cut my hair down to the new growth. I was so nervous, here I was with a head full of hair, and it was the longest it had ever been in my life, now I am cutting it! To me this was a chance to show my commitment and to start with a healthy head of new growth.















On Nov 9th 2007 I got my SL's. I was so happy with the results not to mention my consultant only took 8 hours and the pain was minimal. I felt free and confidant, but don't think for one minute that I was not scared. I prayed that I did not look like a porcupine that had been scalped. But to my surprise I did not have a very scalpy look (thank God) and I was pleased with the outcome. My hair is extra course and my consultant says it is perfect for locking. To be honest I wish I would have done this years ago. This is going to be a journey and I look foward to all the ups and downs because I know my hair is doing what is suppose to do naturally. If you are considering getting sisterlocks do your research, find a great consultant that you trust, save some money, and go for it.
ps. please excuse the quality of the pics.... they were taken with my cell phone (lol)

Friday, December 14, 2007

Sisterlocks State of Mind


I have always fought my hair. It was never straight enough, long enough, thin enough, soft enough, shined enough or beautiful enough. I thought about locking my hair many times but gave up when people would say negative things about locks, such as... they are nasty, unprofessional, ugly and makes people look unkept. Although, I really wanted them I always decided to follow the voice of mainstream and stick to the wigs, weaves, ponytails and braids.After spending thousand upon thousands of dollars I decided that I would no longer relax my hair. I was up to my 6th month of non-relaxing when I became frustrated with dealing half nappy hair and half straight hair. The dread two textures of hair, often resulted in broken ends, tangles, and a huge mess. One day I was on the internet searching for new ways to take care of my natural hair and I came across http://www.naturallyyoumagazine.com/. I saw this sister in there with small locks that look similar to braids, but they were gorgous, under the caption of her picture said she had sisterlocks. So me being me, I googled sisterlocks and......wha la... I had to have'em. I read every blog I could find and tried to imagine myself sisterlocked.. it was very hard to do. But so you can get a better idea of what I looked like prior to getting the sisterlocks I have included pics. Please come along with me on this journey, and I hope you will be inspired to change your life through the freedom of sisterlocks.