3 years in! My Locs at 38 months!

Hello All! I'm Busy busy busy busy!!!! But here is a quick update on my sisterlocks! I do not do too much with my babies lately. I am thinking of purchasing the wrap-a-loc set today, so once I get them in I will be sure to be more diligent about posting pics. I have had issues with my curls lasting. Now that my hair is getting a little bit longer, i think I need to set my hair for a little while longer. I have had my braid out one day and already it is beginning to fall. I am also thinking of coloring again but am afraid it will be too light...Plus I love my color...I will be perusing websites for some information on how to style my locs. Slowly but surely I am gaining versatility! See ya soon!

Long Time No See!!!!!!!

Okay, so I know it has been a while. :-) Needless to say going to school for your MSA, studying for the GMAT, and getting acclimated to a new job has been a bit much these past few months. Okay so its beeen more like 9 months...But you get my point. So enough of the cry baby story....How's my hair? FABULOUS lol. I will post better pictures, but in the meantime the pics you see are of me in more recent months. The first one is a braid out sometime around 28 months and the 2nd one is frestyling at about 33. Braidouts tend to be my choice lately as it is easy to accomplish after washing. Would you believe that I actually took the leap and colored my hair! *gasps* After all my worrying about breakage i decided to go ahead and do it anyway. I realy like it too, its not too edgy, just a lighter brown than my natural tone. I sat and I realized the other day that I will be locked for 3 years this August! I cannot believe how time flies. Weave free for three years? Who would have known.... See you soon!

Is It Hypocritical........?

........As a natural sistah to cut your son's hair because you are tired of dealing with it everyday? I have been at odds with this whole process of cutting my youngest child's hair. This doesn't mean I didn't love his extremely, extremely tightly coiled hair :) It just got to be a bit much to comb it at 6 a.m. And he surely didn't want to sit still for a detail session with his hair. Needless to say i was criticized for being loc'd and not "accepting" the "struggle" of combing the baby's hair everyday. I love his hair, but mommy is tired and he didn't want to sit for it.....I was stuck in between a rock and a hard place on this..... I cut it for both our sanity. The new haircut does make him seem a bit older. Looking at him many people think he is a year old when he is only 8 months. Yes. I couldn't hold out...If I had it my way he would have baby locs lol... What do you guys think?????????

2 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yayyyyyy! I have reached the 2 year mark on 8/25/11. Needless to say I am both elated and frustrated all at the same time. This past year has gone by really fast. Between having my second child, finishing my degree, dealing with my husband and changing professions.......I have been overly stressed. I haven't done many styles to my hair this past year, partially because of all the weakening and breakage I have experienced. I will say that I am partially to blame for this as I am not great at conditioning my hair, or tying it up at night. My silk pillowcase has been in the linen closet for the past year. That has been mainly due to the fact that I saw no need for it, I assumed my hair would grow regardless. Couple this with the stress, and lack of conditioning, and postpartum hair loss and BAM! there you have it...LOCK LOSS!

I can't begin to tell you how many locks I have lost. I have lost four in this week alone and i have a few that are hanging on by one strand for dear life. The loss has occur ed along my hairline only on the edges.One of the longest locks I have is about to break off. I wouldn't be so frustrated , if it didn't take so long for my hair to grow. Don't get me wrong, I am happy with my locks, the GOOD and THE BAD so please do not get the wrong impression. When you have put so much energy in to trying to grow it, it hurts when it falls out in the sink. Especially when you have been down this road as a permie before.

So instead of dwelling on the negative and being hurt, I have decided to take action. I will be using the organic root stimulator system to restore my edges. The fertilizing serum helped when I lost my hair in the past. I will change my diet, by eating more veggies and drinking more water, exercising (with the time I have), and taking hair supplements. I recognize my hair is brittle and fragile to begin with, so sleeping in a bonnet and conditioning my hair at least bi-weekly will be a start. I was on a routine of just washing and going and I believe this may have contributed to my loss.

What do I look forward to next? My hair gaining it's strength back. On Septemeber 24th I will be visiting my loctician so that we can fix my hair. I tend to overexaagerate these things, but this is serious to me. When your locks start snapping off something is WRONG!I would like for my locks around the edges to be combined, or the same size as the ones in the center and near the back because it is so fragile. To not compromise my locs any further, I hope we can agree on this. Of course....still after two years I am STILL HOPING FOR SOME LENGTH. And yes I am still contemplating extensions. I am simply tired of my hair not being healthy for one, and not feeling as confident about it.

I do want to continue with my natural hair, that was the whole purpose of my not getting extensions to begin with.My hair has grown, there is no denying that. pretty soon I will have the pony I want so badly. I will be taking a break from DIYing to go see my loctician. I hope to be able to color it sometime in the fall, but this is not a definite thing. After going to my loctician for a few months and getting back on track I am sure things will be fine... I look forward to my second year and I wonder what I have to look forward to next.....

22 months :)

On a more lighter note here is a cute updo I did last month right after a Reti with my loctician. It didn't take a lot of manuevering, just five hairpins, and wet hair, and a flat iron and pow here was the outcome.



Let me know what you guys think!

HELPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!

Okay I know a lot of peoples locks go through a lot of changes. But my hair around the edges is breaking off or thinng. I have lost locks on my edges ( about three within a weeks time) and there is one that is thinning at the base. WTD! I have only done one reti since I became a diyer, so I don't think that has much to do with it. I am at odds at what to do as I look down in my head and see more weak locks everyday.

Help Please,

Update @ 21 months

I know it has been a couple of months. usually I don't go this long without posting something, but it has been one thing after another.

I finally finished school!!!!!!!!1 After three long, hard, arduous years I finally have my Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management! Never have I been more happy to be done with this chapter in my life.

However, I must tell you guys of some of the interviews I have been on the past few weeks.I won't name any names of companies, but I will elaborate on some of the things I have gone through in relation to my hair. I notice for over the past year that when I walk in to an interviewing session the first thing that people look at is my hair. This doesn't really bother me as I assume they are just looking me from head to toe anyway. I have been on numerous interviews the past year, even third and fourth interviews and not offered a position. After clearing up a minor issue on my background (I say minor because it never stopped me from getting a job) I got back in to the groove of applying to jobs again after the tax season. After looking back, I decided to test my theory. As an HR major, I understand that "looks" is not a protected class for discrmination. But, I wanted to see if it indeed goes on.

I applied with a payroll company, for two different positions. The first position I interviewed with my sisterlocks. The interview went fantastic! However, I was denied the position and not given a reason why. I did notice that the interviewer kept looking at my head throughout the interview. I just wrote it off as maybe she was trying to figure out what they were. Two weeks later I get a call from the same company asking to interview for another position. I decided at that time I would wear my little sisters wig cap to the interview, Just to see how far it would go. I went to the interview, with the wig on, a brand new suit, and high heels, minimal makeup and a fresh manicure (not to say I didn't have these things in the first interview only thing missing was the hair) the response I got from team members working there, and from the interviewer changed. There were compliments on both my hair and my appearance. Needless to say I was offered the position. What is funny to me is the second interview didn't go half as good as the first one and BOOM! There I was with an offer. Could it be because of my doll like appearance?

I would hope not. Because my qualifications speak for itself. But I can't help but wonder.... I have been on so many interviews it is not even funny. And here in Michigan you must do what it takes to secure your future. I know this may tick a few of you off, but I had to know that's why I wore the cap that day. I know many lock wearers out there have issue with covering your sisterlocks for whatever reason.

As for my sisterlocks. They are doing so so. I say so so because due to stress my hair has been coming out on the edges. I have yet to take the sisterlock re tightening class because of time constraints, but I am getting to it this weekend. I didn't know my consultant would turn out to be one of my best friends :) I am looking forward to it, because I need a reti like never before.

I am still a bit frustrated about length. But all I can do is be patient. Here is my hair last Sunday on Mother's Day. I want to try and color my locks soon, but not before getting approval from my consultant. I just need something different.