Sisterlocks Day 1

Elaniece (the fabulous) just emailed me some pictures of my hair when it was completed...I am STILL looking pretty rough in these!!

updates...

It's me looking EXTRA CRISPY rough...

Hello all! ALOT has been going on lately and I definitely feel the need to catch you all up! I had planned on blogging more frequently however I got slightly distracted by life!

But here is the buzz:

1. I have since retightened my cousin's hair with a latch hook...

2. I had a third retightening...

2. I took down my braidlocs....

3. Now I have SISTERLOCKS!!!

Ok, ok I know that was completely out of left field but let me explain...

When I started this journey to locing my hair I thought I was educated about locing/sisterlocks but apparently not educated enough. I felt slightly misled by my loctitian who assured me that she did sisterlocks but they could be started with braids for $100 or with a tool for $250. Of course you know I picked the cheaper option considering gas prices were still sky high at the time. But what I didn't know at the time was that they weren't real sisterlocks which was the look I was going for. Shortly after my braidloc install I got educated but was totally ready to live with my decision to go with the way my locs were installed considering it would have the same outlook in the end....however this is when the problems began...from my previous post(s) I'm sure you all could tell that trouble was brewing. And since this is the first time I have ever paid anyone to do my hair (besides when braiding) I wanted it to be done correctly. I began to notice big holes near the roots of my locs. Since I suffer from hand in loc disease I began to find more and more of these. I felt totally out of sorts and insecure about the way my hair would turn out. So I sought a second opinion.

A wonderful woman at my church that had sisterlocks before and was getting them reinstalled checked out my hair and invited me over to her home when her sisterlocks were being installed so that I could meet her consultant Elaniece. When I walked in Elaniece had the most GORGEOUS sisterlocks I had ever seen up close! I wanted that hair!! Elaniece looked at my hair and assured me that she could either repair my locs or we could start over again with sisterlocks. In fact she repaired two locs in the front of my hair and they came out great. However at this time I was so through with my braidlocs I just wanted a fresh start. Soon after that day we scheduled my install for November 17th!

Elaniece my awesome consultant- isn't her hair beautiful??

There was only one problem- how was I going to get these locs out?! I had the brilliant idea to have a "take down" party. I would provide movies, pizza and good company and we all could get to work on taking down my hair. The party came and out of the four people to get the message only 2 showed up! We had a good time anyways but we were only done with half of my hair by the time the night was over! The problem with this is the next day I was recording a zumba dvd with my Fabulous MOSHA (Moving and Shaking your way to Health and Wellness) instructor Camela and I couldn't look crazy on camera! By the way check out http://www.mobetterme.com/ !!!

Here are Women on a Mission with the fabulous Camela Douglas (pictured in the pink)

I found a scarf so I was cool for the shoot however I still had less than 24 hours before my install. Luckily my friend Danielle came to save the day and we were up until 4am taking the rest out.

Totally sleep deprived I readied myself for the next day. I arrived at my appointment at about 8:30am and we finished with a couple breaks in between at about 11:30pm. We laughed, watched movies and I even read half of a book by the end of my session. Elaniece was a trooper! By the way she has a website too http://www.kentuckykinks.com/ check her out! My next appointment is scheduled for the first weekend in December- I can't wait!!