Second Loc Tightening

Hello to all!!!

Thanks for all the comments of support! I truly appreciate it! I'm feeling the love! I'm still getting used to this whole blogging format so bear with me everyone! I had my second tightening today. I gathered information about DIY but after this weeks stress I needed a little pampering! So I didn't order the nappyloc tool. The downfall- it cost me $80 bucks. Boo. Plus after reading so many of your wonderful blogs I am beginning to question my loctitian's skills...I asked her questions about what retightening pattern she uses (I think I might have offended her) and I asked her about splitting a questionably large loc (in the front of my head) to which she replied that it was already locked and she couldn't split it. Red flags immediately went up She told me that when she retightens she does it like a "t" I tried to get her to explain further but she didn't. Now I am seriously considering DIY. From what I've researched isn't it the tightening pattern that determines the loc? Let me know if I'm wrong...When she was done my head felt and looked better so I guess I have another month to contemplate this DIY thing. I plan on moving back to Cleveland next year (a long story) so I definitely plan on taking over my own maintenance then but....here are some pics...

This is on the way out last night to the comedy club- Roz G (from the last comic standing) was there! She was hilarious!

These pics are after my retightening

The first few pictures are of me going out last night and my fabulous locs! The last few are of my cousin, I started her locs a couple weeks ago after she paid someone to get them started by tooling them and they looked a hot mess! Luckily I came to the rescue! I'll be posting pictures of her hair as I maintain it...

Month 2

The excitement is growing throughout month two with my locs! I am loving the versatility and the time that I save and not to mention I am still looking fabulous at any time of the day with them! Just last night I went out to a friend's club opening and all I did was step out the shower, fluff, and kept it moving (check out the profile pic). It was great!

Month One

On with the story about my hair...

I'm way behind on posting and getting this thing going full speed...

My routine thus far is braiding and banding/washing once a week with suave clarifying shampoo (extra diluted) and thats it. I have to wash frequently because I have been working out a lot lately. I had my first maintenance (with a latch hook) about 5 weeks in and it felt like I couldn't move my forehead because it was done so tight. I even got those braid bumps in the back! This made me wonder if I should consider doing my own hair from now on...no one can take better care of me than me right? Here are some one month pics- I have less scalp showing... One good thing did come out if this though (despite the tightness) I have some new baby locs on the sides where even though I had been natural for 8 years I had a lot of breakage due to braiding, pregnancy changes etc.

In the Beginning...

I'm a lurker. I have a problem I admit it.

This blog will serve to document my hair journey with bits and pieces about my life overhaul along the way...so bear with me people...

I've been natural since October of 2000...that's eight years of nappiness and quite an accomplishment for me. But I became bored and was desperate to do something with my hair rather than keep looking so frump-a-licious. (I've been known to rock a crazy fro) So I ran across sisterlocks and I fell in love.

They seemed like the perfect solution except there was only one problem- I couldn't afford them! Not with two little girls (one on formula, the other at private school), a car note, house note, student loans, etc. So after some phone calls I found a loctitian and after 16 hours of braiding I was finally loced!

When I started I had about 5-6 inches of hair (I think... I was so sick of the fro I just kept chopping it off every opportunity I could)

My loc anniversary is August 1, 2008. Wish me luck!