Holiday Post

Happy Holidays Everybody,


How y'all good folks doing out there. Well I just started my Christmas shopping today.. and I'm done. Yeah I know it's the day before Christmas but that is when all the good deals come out. Anyhoo, my sisterlocks are really growing. It seems like every time I go for a retighten my hair is longer. The pic above is a pinned up style I did for my job's holiday party. It turned out pretty good. Now the other pics show a great deal of texture and how the locs still look so individual. What I love about sisterlocks each lock is similar to a strand of hair and it is very versatile.



I wanted to discuss an article I read on What Tami Said at www.whattamisaid.blogspot.com. The article was entitled Colonization all over your face...and hair . The article talks about natural hair and how it rebels against the "perceived" standard of American beauty. What found amazing is the many factors sistahs must consider before going natural, such as...What will my boyfriend think, how will the people on my job react, what will my family say and will I still be considered cute if I get my hair locked. I must admit there is a great deal of weight placed on how African American women wear their hair. Many of us were forced to put chemicals in our hair at an early age to "tame" our bad hair. Lord knows that I regret my mama put a Jherri Curl in my hair at the tender age of 6. My hair was considered to be bad... not to mention I was tender headed. I hated pressing combs, I cried when my aunt would braid my hair, because she was heavy handed and she always braided my hair too tight. So Mama decided to give me and my brother a Jherri Curl. I wore my hair in Jherri Curl for 6 years then I transitioned to a relaxer.



Because I had chemically treated hair most of my life I never knew what my natural hair looked like or felt like. I got a relaxer every 4-6 weeks like clock work. I was only exposed to nappy roots... could only see my natural hair in baby and kindergarten pictures. I think black women are the only women on earth who do not see their natural hair and purposely keep it chemically treated until the day they die. Of course this does not apply to all black women.....just a majority. Do you think we have been brained washed?

When I got my sisterlocks I did not fall in love with them on contact. I felt exposed..I could no longer hide behind the bouncy weaves and long angled bangs. I kept looking at myself in the mirror thinking how horrible I looked. I could not believe that I spent such a large amount of money to look crazy. It took me some time to fall in love with my locks. I was tired of being a slave to the chemicals yet I did not feel as beautiful with the relaxer. I often had to swallow the feeling of being inferior or less cute and hold my head up and march out into the world. Slowly my confidence came and I began to feel that my beauty was internal not external and that if I wanted people to accept me I had to accept myself first.

Natural hair is not for everyone...and chemically treated hair is an option for all races. However, beauty is in the of the beholder. Let's not let the main stream determine what is beauty. Better yet,,, don't be a follower it may be hard but do what is true to you.

My Routine

Locking my hair has truly been a journey. It has taught me that my hair does not rule me, my hair is beautiful in its natural state and patience is truly a virtue. I've always had a love/hate relationship with my hair. I've purchased so many products from beauty supply houses, I could probably give a review on each hair product in the market.

However, locking has freed my from being an intense product junkie and allowed me to take notice of my hair's personality. See some parts of my hair is real coily and other parts are really straight. When I first got my locks I did not use any products for the first 9 months. No really... the only thing I put on my hair was water mixed with a lil bit of tea tree oil. For 9 months I would wake up each morning and spritz my hair with a water and tea tree oil mixture. I was really afraid of slippage so I wanted to use a minimal amount of products. Plus I did not have a problem with dandruff or flaking so in my mind the mixture was great. Because I did not use any products my hair was rarely dirty and which caused me to wash my hair once a month. I usually would use Dove shampoo and condition for dry hair. Dove products worked fine and I had no complaints.

However, my hair was really crunchy. It was always dry and did not feel healthy. So I spoke with my consultant and she recommended newbein hair milk. This stuff works wonders. I have 4b type hair and my hair drank this hair milk like a cool drink of water on a hot summers day. Over time the feel of my hair began to change, my hair was softer. This is a product that I highly recommend. It is made with all natural products and does not cause build up. I use this moisturizer about every 2-3 days. You can order this product from www.nubeing.com. I still spritz my hair with water everyday...I no longer use tea tree oil






I had a credit at Sephoras so I used it to try Carol's Daughters Tui Leave In Conditioner and Shampoo. I love the smell of this product, it leaves your hair smelling do nice there will be no need for perfume. The leave in conditioner leaves my hair feeling soft and flexible. The areas of my hair that is super straight tend to stick straight out if I don't roll it... but the conditioner gives it a lil more bend. However, I'm not that crazy about the shampoo. I like my shampoo to lather up and this product has little to no lather. The upside is that the shampoo is really thick and a little goes a long way. I'm not sure I will continue to use the shampoo after it's gone. I still shampoo about once a month. There's just no need for me to shampoo once a week because I use products sparingly and I do not have any scalp issues.







So there you have it...... my hair routine. It's really simple and cheap not to mention it works for me. I rarely tie my hair up at night and this causes me to have bed head, so it is necessary for me to spritz my hair daily. I wake up put about a small amount of newbein hair milk in my locks, I spritz water in the locks and then I style. As simple as 1-2-3.

IT'S MY LOC-A-VERSRY

I can’t believe that it has been a full year already. I remember the day I discovered sisterlocks online. I saw them on natural website and knew that I wanted them right away. I had quite a bit of relaxed hair and was elated that I did not have to cut my hair off to achieve locs. However, I did decide to cut as much of the relaxed hair as I could stand. Plus I knew once I did the BC (big chop) I would be committed to the locs.

What I was not prepared for was the price. My consultant quoted me a price of 400.00That was like a blow to the chest, kinda knocked the wind out of a sistah. But she lowered the price to 350.00 after I did the BC. Don’t get me wrong 350.00 aint nothing to sneeze at either. Regardless of the price I wanted those sisterlocks. However, if I knew about other locking methods such as braidlocs and nappylocs I would have chosen that route. I love my sisterlocks , but my goal was to be loc’ed I was not that caught up with the method.

Locking my hair has been tough at times. During the beginning there was times when I thought I looked crazy. I hated when co-workers would questioned me about my hair or just give me the look. I started to wear a lil more makeup because my hair was in transistion and was straight on the ends and looked kinda wild at times. When I first started a head band was too big so there was nothing for me to do but roll them on perm rods. But even on perm rods my straight ends still stuck through. Man there were times I just wanted my old hair back. I won’t lie and say I loved every minute of being locked.

I started with 2”-3” of half relaxed hair and about 1.5” of natural hair. The first thing I noticed about my short locks was my face. I could not hide behind the hair.. it was all me. There were times I wanted longer locks but towards the third month I began to accept that locking is a journey and there will be good days and not so good days. Although there were days I felt a bit insecure locking has taught me that I should let my inner being shine through. Taught me to really look at me and slowly I began to love what I saw…regardless of how it looked.

OBAMA..... OBAMA....OBAMA.... OBAMA..

Hey loc famila,

I usually don't discuss topics outside of my locs. But I would like to take a moment and say get out and vote on NOV 4th, preferably for OBAMA. President Obama (yeah I said it) came to STL last Saturday and it was a sight to behold. There was 100,000 people of all shades, backgrounds and religions at the rally. I felt the energy of change in the air... there was a sense of common purpose and oneness.

I saw that many people choose to bring their kids to the rally and I though man why didn't I grab the nephews and bring them down here. Gotta get the kids involved because if they see you all hyped about voting they will more than likely be voters too! If you are undecided... make up you minds or don't vote. But this thing has being going on for two years how the hell you still gone be undecided when there is only 11 days left. Where the hell where you at during the other 654 days. Well I'mma get off that tangent and just say that I had a good time at the rally,


ps. Hair is doing real well, growing like crazy. I dyed in black and it turned out fine. Next month is my official one year loc-a-versry.

Texture Changes

Hello Fellow Loc'ers,

I thought I was looking cute the other day so I starting clicking away with my camera. But what I'm noticing is a change taking place on the end of my locs. It seems like the ends are swelling. Is this normal? The end of the loc seems to be bigger than the rest of the loc. This may be another stage of loc-dom, cuz at first the ends were open (which some still are) but now they appear to be closing but swollen. Also my hair is changing colors.

The day before I got my locs I dyed my hair black.It did not take long for the dye to wear off. Now my hair is brown with red/orange tips. I think the sun turned the tips but I still wondering why the dye did not last. I think I ill dye it again next month after my loc-a-versery. That's right next month will be a full year of loc-dom. I still love my locs, but if I had to do it all over again I probably would have started with braidlocs. I love sisterlocks, but I got sisterlocks before I knew about braidlocks. I could have got the same look for a few hundred dollars less. As you can guess, I'm not all hung up on the brand of locs, just the end results.

I've Been Tagged

The Rules:
1) Link to the person that tagged you. http://luvlockd.blogspot.com/
2) Post the rules on your blog.
3) Share 6 non-important/habits/quirks about yourself.
4) Tag 6 random people by posting links to their blogs. *** I was only able to tag four due to my lack of time
5) Let each of them know they've been tagged

Six non-important/habits/quirks about myself:

1. I love the rain. Some people are fond of sunny days... but I pray for rainy days. When it rains I like to be by myself and listen to the rain hit the roof. I've been known to open my door and run around in the rain. The rain can also be a very reflective time for me, I get in deep thoughts when it rains. I especially love the way it smells after the earth has been drenched. The clouds look like fluffy fat pillows.. Long story short I love the rain.


2. I am a nature freak. I love every aspect of the earth, each season has a specialness to it. I adore the way the sky turns red, orange, pink, purple and dark blue as the sun sets. As fall comes in I look forward to the gradual turn of color the leafs take. Ohhhhhhh don't get me started on the ocean, I can stare at it for hours. My goal is to visit Maine during the fall to take in all the changing foliage.


3. I'm a secret make-up junkie. I did not take a liking to make-up until I turned 32 now its one of my favorite things. I teach myself different make-up techniques. I love looking glammed up and knowing I did it by myself.


4.Smells are really important to me. If I'm at a person home, I don't mind if it's junkie as long as it smells good. Bad smells make me physically sick. It sticks in my nose and I smell it long after its over. One time I filled my house with so many plug-ins I got a major headache. It took me awhile to discover that the purfumey smell was causing my brain to spasm.


5. My granddaddy is my role model for an ideal good man. He was kind, generous and loving. You always knew where he stood on issues important to him. He always made me feel like he would never let harm come into my life. And I always knew as long as he was around I would be okay. He just had a presence about him that made the world seem like a better place as long as he was in it.


6. Walking clears my mind. I walk as exercise but it also is
an outlet for my thoughts. When I walk it's early in the morning, it may be a bit nippy outside and there are few people around. During that time it's me and God, I can talk to him about what's going on in my life. It's also a time to sort out my problems in the cool fresh air of the day.


The people I tagged: Nubeing Becomings: http://happilynappilynish.blogspot.com/
Cassidy: cassidyssisterlocks.blogspot.com/
Naturally Free: http://freenaturally.blogspot.com/
Brown Suga: http://mylocsjourney.blogspot.com

Styling and Profiling

I love my hair to look textured. This look above is a braid out. I need to fluff it a bit but it last long and look great. What I love about my sister locks is that it doesn't take a lot of products to create a good style. For example with my relaxed hair I needed all kinds of products to make my hair look good. I needed a product to make it straight, a product to make it soft, another product to make it shine and a product to hold the style. Usually I had so much product build up in my hair, I was forced to watch my hair every week.


With my sisterlocks all I use is dove moisturizing mist 1-2 times a week, water 4-5 times a week and every other week a small dab of pure extra virgin olive oil. I never have product build up! I use to be a product junkie, now less is more.

Now that I am loc'ed my definition of style has changed. What others my view as different... I view as beautiful. Every hair is not required to be tamed, it's a confidence thing. If I think I look good... guess what I look good. When I think I look good I get more compliments


Many sistahs that use the sisterloc method of locking chose to use all natural products. I must admit I am not that caught up on the all natural kick. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I feel most of the natural products are too costly. As a matter of fact, I can make many of the natural products in my own kitchen. So if I choose to use natural products I will most likely be making them myself.

8 MONTHS STRONG BABY

Well I've been loc'ed for eight months and still in love. Yesterday it started raining and I did not worry. As a matter of fact I didn't have my umbrella and I was perfectly okay. I walked right into work out the rain and still look fierce!


That is the wonderful thing about sisterlocks you rarely have a bad hair day. Don't get me wrong there will be some but not many. One month I'm complaining about my hair growing slow..... next it's growing like a weed. I'm luving it baby.

I wanted to show yall my transition. First I started with a perm, then I cut all the permed ends off and got my sisterlocks. The final pic is my locs at 8 months. My
consultant says hair has growth spurts. And last month my hair grew like crazy. By the 5th week I looked like I had an afro at the bottom and locs on the top.But it's
a journey and I am finding what works for me. For example I really dont tie my hair up at night because when I wake up it's smashed and I am forced to spritz it everyday. If I sleep freely I can just fluff and go. But do what works for you, cuz there is a ton of advise.

Dead Loc

It finally happened. I've heard about it, I've read about and it has finally happened to me. I woke up this morning a discovered I had a loc hanging on by a thin piece of hair. I kept telling myself "Oh my God, don't panic. Wait until your company leaves and go look in the mirror." As my friend sat on my coach chatting I was wondering what does this loc look like. I could feel that it was the one right above my ear at my hair line. As a matter of fact it was one of my favorite locs, because it was one of the longer ones. It seemed to be thick at the end and last time I checked it was doing well. My curiosity got the best of me and I excused myself from my company and RAN to the bathroom to check my loc. Shoot there is no saving this lock. I simply cut it off and laid it on the sink. It looked so lonely there at the sink. I looked at the hair left behind and it felt soft to the touch. Surprisingly I am not upset, I guess it is apart of the process. However, I wonder if I contributed to the demise of my dear loc. Did I roll my hair too much? Did I wear my head band too tight? I don't really know what caused this loc to break off but you can bet your lucky penny I will be discussing this with my consultant. Honestly there are some locs that are too small around the nape of my hair line. This is the second thinning lock I've had. Both were near the hair line. I may have her combine a few around that area to avoid breakage. Well this is all apart of the journey. Trust me it's not all roses and love all the time when it comes to this hair thing.

It's been awhile

Hey everybody,


It's been awhile hasn't it. But my hair is growing really well and the texture is changing. One minute I'm complaining about my hair growing slow, next thing
I know it's growing like a weed. Normally I wear lots of head bands but this week I free styled and noticed..........dang my hair is really growing. The great thing about this is I rarely use any product in my hair. My hair loves water and that's
what it gets most of the time. I think about all the useless products I used to grow my hair, to change the texture of my hair and when I go natural all I need is a few spritz of water and I am good. One thing I did do was bump my retightings up from every 8 weeks to every 4 weeks. To be honest by the time the 8th week came around I had a lil afro under my locs. Plus working in a professional enviroment makes me more conscience about my natural hair looking as good as possible. I still have quite a bit of new growth around the 4th week but I can not imagine going ever 2 weeks, I am not trying to be a salon slave again! Overall I am happy with my sisterlocks, I really can't complain.

On another note I love when my hair is freshly done. I love the parts. I've read on other blogs were people hate the parts, but they make the style look fresh and new. I had to get use to not having the parts. I had to realize that due to my course hair texture my parts would not last long. I had to accept that my nappy hair grew fast and locs were not all about parts. People are starting to accept my locs as they get longer, I actually loved them when they were real short. But during that time I caught a lot of flack. But any how just wanted to let y'all see the progress.

I've Hit The Wall

I always wondered if I would always love my sisterlocks. In the begining I thought I would always see them and smile. However, I've hit that proverberal wall. I am frustrated with my sisterlocks. I still love them but I wish I could do more with them. I've been loc'ed for 5 months and most of my ends are still loose. When will these bad boys seal? I hate my loose ends because they stick straight out instead of curling naturally. Yes I know I can rod my hair and have curls but sometimes I just do not feel like it. Actually, I've stopped rodding for the most part, because I felt like I was curling my hair too much and not proudly rocking the free style. But let's face it when you have short locks styling options is something that you can't have. If you have any suggestions , please let me know. I guess I got the sisterlock blues .... eh put it's all apart of the process. Every love affair has its issues, and we (sisterlocks and I) are have some issues. I'm getting baptized tomorrow, should I band my locks (LOL). Naw I wont be that vain, but my head will be submersed in water for a few seconds. I have no plans of getting rid of my sisterlocks anytime soon...... so I just need to get over it. I just wanted to vent.

Growing Slow..... Sort Of

My hair is growing but it is growing so slow. I still have some straight ends. I am slowly trimming the ends off. At first I was scared to trim the permed edges but I am going on 6 months of loc-dom so I decided to chance it. The sides of my hair is beginning to lock, the front and the middle are still kinda twisted looking.

My styling options are limited at this point. Either I wear head bands or I just free style. I've read in other blogs that when the hair is short and locked that it begins to coil . Well my hair is straight in the front and coils in the back. Mostly it's straight so I have to use rods if I want it to have that coily look. I know hair is unique and will do what it wants, but man I wish I had just a little more length. Yes, I am experiencing loc envy. I still love my sisterlocs, just would like some more styling options. I know that is not good to manipulate the hair too much when the ends are still straight. So with that in mind, I'mma let my hair do what it wants to do. I've been tagged but I do not know what to do just yet, but I will have that information up by the end of the week. Well I'm out, stay blessed.

Has This Ever Happened To You

Hey Ya'll,

Long time no hear eh. Well I finally purchased my lap top and got the internet, sorry for the delay. Anyway, I have a very thin loc and I am afraid they may have to combine it with another loc or it may break. The top is thin but the bottom has a big ball on the end. I really don't understand why it thinned out, because I have been very careful not to play with my hair or use too many products. Actually outside of water mixed with 3 drops of tea tree oil I don't use products. Lately I've been letting my hair do it's thing It's grown soooo much. Is there anything I can do to stop the thinning? In the pic my hair is in a bad need of a retight. I cancelled my appointment with my new consultant and she did not have another opening for 4 weeks. So I had to go 8 weeks between retights. Man I had to look crazy for two weeks before she finally hooked me up. Currently my hair has a loc'ed look to it. Most of the straight ends are gone and the texture is slowly changing. I still love my sisterlocs, they make me feel so free. My boyfriend loves my hair, which makes it easier to be my natural self.

New Consultant

Next week I am scheduled to get my hair retighten by my new consultant. My new consultant (Jeannie) asked me to come in so she could get a better idea of what my needs were and to inspect my sisterlocks. Jeannie says my sisterlocks were doing great but wanted to know what pattern my previous consultant used to start my locks. I was unsure so I called my Los Angeles consultant and she advised me that she used the #4 pattern. Once I conveyed this information to Jeannie she said that she disagreed, and in her opinion my current pattern looks more like a #3 pattern. I asked her how she came to that conclusion, she says that my pattern has holes in some of the locks and that is usually how the #3 pattern looks. In her opinion the #3 pattern is used for people with fine hair and the holes will eventually fill in , but it makes fine hair look fuller. I was worried and thought my previous consultant did something wrong, Jeannie assured me that I was okay, but she thinks that a #4 pattern would fit my hair texture best ( I have kinky, nappy, fully textured hair). I asked her if the #3 pattern would ruin my sisterlocks and she said it would not be a problem. Can you believe there is only ONE sisterlock consultant in St. Louis!!!!! Jeannie is the only one....as you can imagine she stays busy.


The first day of my new job, a sistah came up to me and asked me if I had sisterlocks. I was so excited that someone knew what type of locks I was representing. She says she wants sisterlocks but see seems kinda hesitent. I am sure after she sees my sisterlocks growing and looking better everyday she will be ready to get all loc'ed up.


My hair is growing quite nicely and is filling in at a fast rate. I love my sisterlocks and they love me back.

Freshly Tightening

I finally got my hair re tighten and it feels great. I love the look of a fresh re tight! I kinda like the parts, it looks new and well maintained. Guess what, my consultant snipped off most of my relaxed ends........ yeah. I was so happy she suggested that because the times I did not roll my hair the straight ends would stick up all over the place. Honestly, having straight ends were a pain in the butt for me, cuz I had to constantly maintain them by rolling them up at night. Some people swear they only have to roll their hair once maybe twice a week, well my hair was a different story. My hair required me to roll it three to four times a week ( which I never did). If you look at some of my past pics you can tell the times I chose to be lazy and not roll my hair (lol)...but I understand each person will have a different experience with sisterlocks. I am happy to report that since the straight ends were clipped I have only curled my hair once this week, and it looks like the curls will last for awhile. So far I have not exhibited any signs of lock envy. I actually like the short locks, it's kinda chic to me. However, I do have a lock on the right side of my hair line that is thinning in the middle. I am sure at some point this lock will break, and I am okay with that too. Pretty much at this point I am just enjoying the journey and letting my hair do it's own thang. I use to be a product junkie now I only spritz water on my hair... I am totally product free. So Sally's beauty supply, Nu-Fashion Beauty Supply, and Kings Beauty and all say goodbye to any gross profits from Black Doll.... no sir you will not be getting any of my money. Again I wanted everyone to know that I will be moving back to St. Louis this Sunday ( a new consultant has been found) so post will be a bit slower than usual. By choice, my friend and I are driving back so you'll understand if you don't hear from a sistah for a few weeks. Plus I gotta find a place asap... and the new job starts a week after I touch down, so I will be extremely busy.

What I do when I really need a retight

This is what I do when I need a retight. I simply put a head band on. Cuz to be honest with y'all it looks really unkempt when I am in great need of a retight. I know my consultant says I can wait 6 weeks in between tightings but to be honest my hair grows quick and it is very kinky so my roots starts looking like a baby fro about the 5th week. So I think I will start getting retights at 4 weeks instead of 6 weeks. I always wanted my locks to look professional and neat so I think this will be for the best. I forgot to mention that I will be relocating back to St. Louis next week so the blog may be a bit slow while I move but I will still be doing updates in between the move so don't sleep on the blog (lol)! I am kinda of happy to be going home, plus there are not many sistah's in the Lou sporting sisterlocks so I can be a treadsetter, sort of. The natural hair movement is in full effect in St. Louis, while I was at home for Christmas I kept spotting brothas and sistahs rocking their own natural God given hair... It was truely a beautiful thang.

Washing My Sisterlocks

I dreaded washing my hair every week, so when my consultant told me that I would not be able to wash my hair for approx. 6 weeks I wanted to jump for joy. I do not suffer from from dry scalp, dandruff or buildup. Honestly the only thing I use on my sisterlocks is water with a few drop of tea tree oil ( 1 liter of water with, 6 drops of tea tree oil). This is a great concoction for me because it moisturize my hair with out creating buildup. Life tends to go in spurts for me, sometimes I am extra busy and other times I am bored to tears. Instead of washing my hair @ 6 weeks I actually waited 8 weeks. I banded my hair (see pics) and washed it with the sisterlock starter shampoo. After the hair was washed I rolled it on some small perm rollers and the results was kinky curling looking twist (see pics) I was okay with it. I know that I do not have many styling options at this point so I am just letting my hair do what it do. There are still a few straight ends but that is to be expected. Next week I go in for a retight and boy don't I need it as y0u can see the hair is slowly starting to fill and as that happens retights are mandatory. I can not say that I have regretted my decision to sisterlock, I still love them and I love spending 15 minutes on my hair, I love letting the soft rain drops drench my locks, and most of all my man loves it too!

My First Compliment

I was waiting for my ride at LAX airport and this brotha asked me if my hair was locked. I said, "why yes, as a matter of fact I have sisterlocks." He loved it!!! I was feeling so empowered and it made me feel good that I decided to stop placing the creamy crack in my hair, and start luving what God gave me naturally. Currently my hair still have quite a few straight ends, but there are some that feel "nappier" and have a more rounded end. I love waking up in the morning and not worrying about my hair. Don't get me wrong there has been a few bad hair days but not many. I am loving my journey and will try to convince other sistah to go natural cuz I am truly luving it.