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.