I made it!!!!!

Yes! Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of my installation! Seemed like forever!!!! Probably because I was looking foward to it. It has been an eventful year full of ups and downs and a lesson in patience for sure. So it's time for reflection guys! Here are some of the things I experienced my first year and I hope this helps a lot of women starting out. Here are my confessions...
1. Never expect your hair to look like the pics you see-even if its close. Your hair texture and rate of growth is totally different. ( I am still fighting with this one.)
2. Find something to keep you motivated and remember the reason you got locks in the first place. This page helped me through my first year
http://sisterlocksjourney.blogspot.com and oh yea this girl too http://kayexquisite.blogspot.com/
3. Everyones' hair different! My hair seems to be taking forever to grow in comparison to others!
4. To touch back on three know that you hair will grow with time and patience it will look like this... http://blaqkofi.blogspot.com/
I look foward to this.
5. Never make the mistake of putting heat on your hair. I tried it , it looks stupid and is totally pointless. Stock up on different rollers like perm rods, and lock loops. luckily for me, my hair went back to the way my loctician had it after washing.
6. Most of all do what works for you. I love my sisterlocks no doubt, but I am starting to have the lock envy of those with traditional locs.
7. Lastly and this is most important of all.. listen to your loctician if you have one. I suggest starting out with one at least to give you a good foundation. They are there for a reason and they do their jobs well.

Those are my year one confessions. Some things I look foward to this year are being a diyer and finally gaining some length, and being able to do more with my hair. Looking foward to the next 365...

WHAT NO MORE BRAIDING & BANDING!!!!!

Yes, my loctician has confirmed it...I no longer have to braid and band. I admit this seemed to come faster than I thought. I am approaching nine months in to my locking journey this months and progress is slow but sure! I was real excited for her to tell me this. i know I still have some time to go before my locs mature, but this is great because trying to braid this itty bitty hair was getting hard-j/k. I haven't been doing anything different with my hair lately because I been so exhausted with work and this pregnancy. But that will change soon. I am inching closer and closer to a year. I thought I would further along as far as length is concerned, but I realize my hair shrinks like crazy so I am not much worried about it. it will come in time...See you guys in Month 9! I will start to do more cool things with my babies as soon as I get some energy.

Update!

I have just passed month 8 into my locking journey. Needless to say it has been a transition. I have stopped worrying so much over the legnth of my hair and have begun to start thinking more of their overall health. I go for a reti on May 25th. And I will spark up the conversation of DIYing with my consultant again. It's not that I want to stop going to her she is magnificent...But I will need the convinience in the next few months seeing that i am due to become the mother of child #2! I am so excited. I am praying for a girl this time around. Anywho, I feel great! The months are flying by, and although I am not where I expected to be at *8months, it beats the hell out of buying weave every other week. We will see what the future holds. See you all next month!

Permed Ends Had to Go!!!!

For those of you who didn't know I did the most silly thing this time last year. I had a sew in weave at the time and decided that I was only going to leave a small portion of my hair out. Well, because it was raining at the time my hair kept frizzing up, i decided that i would just go on ahead and perm it. Yes, just the top part. My consultant thinks this is pretty hilarious. I decided I couldn't take it anymore, the rest of my hair was curly-qs', but when you looked at the top of my head I looked like alphalpha! Pretty much, It was time for them to go. Toomuch contrast...

Freestyling

Hello Everyone,
I have just surpassed my seventh month into my locking journey (as of March 25th). I am due for a reti so bad it's not even funny. I am itching to be a DIY'er so bad, but my consultant told me I should wait until my locs have settled in. Which is cool, anything to keep me on the right track. I dug into my fotki and pulled a picture from the first day I had my locs (its the one @ the bottom *tear*). TALK ABOUT A TRANSFORMATION!!! These first few months have been a true journey,I cannot wait to see what they will look like when I go for a reti on April 6th. A lot of my locs are fuzzy, and some of the balls have come off of the ends, but they are growing. I am doing a lot less curling and playing in my hair, which may seem like a small milestone to some, but I have been wanting to do this for some time now. Lately, I have been using Carols' Daughter and Organic root stimulator temple balm for my edges. I am drinking more water too, and I definitely see the difference drinking water makes for your hair and nails. I am getting closer and closer every day to the one year mark! lol. Happy easter everyone!

SAD DAY.....

Today is a sad day for me. I am a little fustrated with my babies. I am finally six months in and I am very proud of myself for finally being able to let go of what I like to call "The REMY Weave Addiction." But my babies seem to be stagnant. I am trying my hardest not to compare myself to other women that have gone through this stage already, and I am working on my patience, but my hair seems to grow so slow! I haven't had any significant new growth since Month 3. Don't get me wrong, I love my babies, but I don't know what could be causing this standstill. Has anyone else experienced this? I am starting to think maybe it's because of stress, but I haven't lost any locks so...I don't know you guys...Just needed to vent a little....

I just keep growing and growing....

Lol. Hello everyone. To say that I have been stressed is an understatement. Tax season sure does take its' toll on you. Between juggling this and school I am scared I may just fall out! lol. But I am still trucking along. I have finally reached my fifth month and my babies will reach 6 months on the 25th. I am so excited! Although I don't see much change happening to my babies as far as length is concerned , I have a few that are locking in the back and near the middle, but my edges and the top are taking a while. The top is to be expected seeing that I did perm that one small section around this time last year ( my consultant finds this hilarious and I don't blame her lol.) I am not rushing it though. My hair has stopped slipping (although I still braid and band), but it just seems my hair is growing soooo slowly. But oh well, rest assured my patience is growing stronger and I am really enjoying the stage that I am at. While I don't really change up my hairstyle much, I do accessorize a lot more now. I will wait and see what happens. See you all in Month 6!