2 Months Sisterlocks Update

Well it has been 2 months and 8 days since I had my locks installed. I am truly enjoying these little babies. I have had a few challenges so far and had to switch consultants but I am back on track.I love my carefree easy going hair. I honestly just get up spritz with water shake and go every morning. No fuss no muss. With my hair being so short it is a bit of a challenge to feel cute at all times, but I love the shape of my last cut and I think my hair is going to look really good as it grows out.

My biggest challenge is combating slippage. Right now I am wearing lots of hats and head wraps so I have my shortest locks on the sides and in the back pinned up to try to keep the hair from moving. I will let you guys know if this little "trick" is working in a few weeks.

Washing I have washed my hair twice in the last 6 weeks. The first time I washed out so many locks I could have cried and 3 weeks ago I washed them the did before my consultant fixed me back up. So needless to say I am in no rush to wash again. I spritz with water regularly. When I wash I braid and band, and spritz the SL shampoo in mu bair and work it in good before I get in the shower. I wear a stocking cap when I rinse and I do one final rinse for about 30 seconds without the cap before I get out. I'm hoping that will help to reduce slippage also. My sides are very short so short they were too short to lock at the first install see the pic below.

So you can see why I am trying so hard to protect my itty bitty babies. I have also been taking Hairfinity so I think thats aiding in hair growth. My looks already needed to be re-tightened after only 3 weeks. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and follow my journey and I look forward to more updates for you guys. Take care.

In A Pinch With My Tiny Baby Sisterlocks

On Sunday I set my hair On those tiny blue perm rods so Monday & Tuesday I had a nice little bump in my curls this morning however, I woke up to flat hair, and since my hair is sooo short it looked a little crazy. So I clipped a flower to a hat and popped it on. I think it will work for the day. 

I Am Sisterlocked!

On Friday evening at 7:30 my first baby lock was born and in Sunday July 20, 2014 the last one emerged! I am so excited to be on this journey. I will post some pix below. 

The very front SLs are micro because my hair is so short and fine. 

As you can see from the side I have a tapered cut so my locks stop about an inch above my ear.

It's really hard to tell here because my hair is so curly but there is about 2 inches of unlocked hair at the bottom. 

The locks in the back are small-medium.

I'm happy with the results and I love that my hair is not too fine it has a some what full look considering the fact that they are only 1 day old! 

I don't know how many locks I have yet because I have not counted. In 4 weeks I'll go back for my retightening and my shorter hairs will be locked at that time. My short hairs are about 1 1/3 inch long so over the next 4 weeks my hair should grow about 1/2 an inch and it should be long enough to get locked at that time. 

If you were wondering why did I have my Sisterlocks installed if all my hair was not long enough. Well that's simple! I'm a teacher and school is about to start back very soon and I did not schedule my full installation around the beginning of the school year. The amount of time it takes to do a install was too much of a commitment during the time a back to school, classroom setup, professional development, open house and parent teacher conferences. I feel like I can safely block off 6-8 hours for a retightening and partial installation but not 20-30 hours for a full install. I'll be checking in again in about 2 weeks or so when I do my first wash. Thanks for checking out my blog!

I'm finally getting Sisterlocks!

So I have been wanting sisterlocks for years but I never felt like I could afford the installation! So I installed interlocks and traditional locks myself and while I enjoyed them I picked them out and changed my hair up a lot even to the point of relaxing it.

I grew my relaxer out for 10 months and recently cut the relaxed ends (a good 12 inches) and I'm now rocking a cute tapered twa. Well it's very cute and I love the ease in styling but I don't love the product build up I get after only 2 days. It's easy to wash but I just hate the sticky finger feeling and the flacks. 

My husband was supportive of the hair cut. He likes my curls but prefers long hair. I was not really trying to hear him about growing my hair out again until I saw a Sisterlocks YouTube video. Seeing the vid made me think about the cons of loose hair, be it relaxed, a twa, or long and natural. I have had it all and I always had a complaint about each style. Relaxed is too flat, limp and lifeless. Long and natural= a wash day routine upwards of 5 hours every single week. And although my twa is cute it is a twa and I have to use weave if I want a long style. 

My sister does not think I should get them because I change my hair so much but I think that's exactly why I need them. And I'm of the mind set that you will always want something until you have it/ try it. So be looking out for my next update within the next week or so. I have already had my test locks installed and I will be getting the full installation on this coming Friday if The Lord says the same!

Thanks for reading my blog! 

Moms Braidlocks!

After years of relaxing my mother decided to get loced! She still had permed ends and will cut them as her hair grows! I installed these locks with the help of my aunt. I wish I could maintain them but I live to far away. I showed my aunt how to do them and I will make sure she sees plenty of YouTube vids b4 it's time to reti them!

I Just Love Locs

So after about 9 months of dealing with my loose natural hair the Locs are back! They will be 1 month old on the 16. This time I decided to do micro interlocks. I started with two strand twist and latched the root! It took me almost 3 days because I wanted nice parting...the parting is not quit as good at Sistetlocks but I did a good job considering I had no help! I even installed a few extensions on my super short edges!

Waiting to get the weight off

Ok so I have not blogged in at least a month! Well for about 2 weeks I was slacking but then the last 2 weeks I was displaced. Running from Isaac! I'm back home now and ready to get back on track so be looking for a weigh in update this weekend! My weigh may be up but it's ok! I will do this!