This day had to come...

My loctician is no longer offering mobile services. I knew it could only last so long. She would come to MY house to do my hair. I loved it. Sooooo ultra convenient. But while awesome for me, it was killing her. Clients were doing all kinds of crazy stuff like cooking meals inbetween retights and fighting with their spouse. And then there are the Bebes kids who drive her nuts while she's working. For this and more, she decided it was time to go brick and morter. I love her dearly so I'll be making the trek to her place now. It sure was nice while it lasted.

Celebrating 3 Years of Sisterlocks!

What happens when you have patience...

My sisterlocks anniversary is in two weeks. It will be three years! The other natural sistah's have always said the key to long locks is patience. Wish I could bottle the stuff and sell it. It's not always easy to wait.

Tool to get rid of bunching...

Have you made a decision about bunching? I just saw the video below from one of my favorite bloggers. Now I know why my hair looks a little different on the ends from other people with Sisterlocks. She recommended a tool called Lock Sculpta: http://www.dreadheadhq.com/store/lock-sculpta. Have any of you used it?



On the one hand, I am tempted because I really want the sleek look she (nriccaboni) now has. But on the other hand, I really am digging my length. Do you have bunching? If so, how did you get rid of it? Or did you?

Thumbs Up from Loctician...

Well, dodged a bullet I guess. I just got my hair re-tightened and the loctician said I had a bit of slippage but the locs looked just fine. YAY!

Shrinkage is over now that I'm all tightened up. I still want to dabble in color again one day. But I think I'll stick to my natural hue or close to it. My main goal is just to cover up the grey. I'm not and never will be Beyonce!

2 years, 5 months.

Survived another loc disaster...

 So, you all have read about my lice issue a year and a half ago. Never, did I think I was in danger of losing my locs. Until two days ago when I made the fatal mistake of coloring my hair and then getting highlights. Yeah, the bad kind with bleach. Oh, the drama. Long story short, the beautician was recommended and said she had worked with sisterlocs before (I didn't think she had, but I did find out that she had prepared a lady with sisterlocks for her wedding). She definitely seemed to know locs. But she underestimated MY locs. She saw my thick hair and believed it would take a long time for the color to "take". Oh, how wrong she was. I was getting my hair brown with the highlights being about two shades lighter than my natural hair.


I began to worry when she was rinsing in the bowl and this boy walked by and said, "Why is her hair yellow." Whoa, nelly. YELLOW??? We didn't talk about yellow. We talked about brown. So yeah, here's what I saw...

I CRIED AND I CRIED AND I CRIED. I just sat in the parking lot crying, cursing myself out for being so reckless. The ends were fried. And it was just ....YUCK! She was juggling me and two other heads. She just left it on too long.

But she had said I could come back and she would repair it. That was today. I walked around with a scarf for TWO DAYS. True to her word, she fixed it. The picture below is this afternoon. The picture above his how I looked this morning. I have some slippage so it's not as long as it was before.

So, I survived. Albeit, my ends are a little tattered. I will probably have to trim them a little. But the locs themselves managed to survive the madness. Thank goodness I didn't bleach the entire head.Lesson learned. Just color the grey and move on. I think I was lucky. It could have been much worse.

Just had to share with my loc friends. If you're thinking about getting highlights. DON'T DO IT.

Shari

The Day Before I Color...

So I'm FINALLY going to do it. I have an appointment at a salon to get my hair colored. I've never colored my locs before. To say I'm nervous is an understatement. It's scary. But I decided to go with a professional because I just have too much darn hair to take it on myself. This beautician hasn't worked with sisterlocks, but she has worked with locs. Let's just hope I still have locs after it's all over!

So here is the before photo...

Tired of Dr. Bonners...

I need a break from Dr. Bonners. The one thing I miss is that tingly feeling after you wash your hair. I never have that anymore. Anyone out there know any shampoos for sisterlocks that give you that tingly clean and fresh feeling? Please pass them my way.

I could pull it back!

Wow! So for the first time, I was able to totally pull my hair back without pins or anything. It's the small things! With summer coming, I will be sporting this "do" quite a bit!

2 years, 2 months

 

Hair. Lots of it. Everywhere. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm starting to question whether I want to grow these dreads down my back. This is A LOT of hair and I'm just not used to it. That whole, be careful what you wish for, really applies here. I think I'm still going to go for it, but this is a feeling I never thought I'd experience.