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.

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

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.