New Hairstyles

I've been experimenting with a new hair style or two. I like them pretty well.

Hair Progress

I'm approaching the one year mark soon and I'm so excited! I had my retightening a couple weeks ago and my loctician says my locs are doing well.  The other day I measured to see how long my Sisterlocks are. They range from 4-7 inches. My shortest locs are because I had damage from my relaxer. Parts of my hair were badly broken.

These pictures were taken after I shampooed it.

 

  

 

10 Months SisterLocked

Wow! I can't believe it's been 10 months already! I've enjoyed every minute of this journey, even the frustrating parts. My hair is growing like crazy and my babies are maturing. I've taken some close up shots that shows more detail.

Most of my relaxed ends are gone. I had them clipped and the rest seems to be shedding. I love this process and the fact my hair is growing so much.

My daughter has braidlocks and they are growing like crazy as well. Here is a picture of her locks now. (She will kill me for putting this picture online. So don't pay attention to her expression, just the hair, LOL.)

At this point my locks are feeling ragged in some places but I know that is the locking process. To clean my hair I pretreat my scalp by spraying a mixture of ACV and water on it. Then I shampoo with a mixture of baking soda and cleansing shampoo followed by the sisterlock shampoo (yes I still use it at my loctician's recommendation).

I typically braid my locs in small sections after I shampoo for a cute, wavy look. The waves stay in until I shampoo again in 2-3 weeks. I use my hot rods to curl when my hair goes flat, especially in the back.

My routine is pretty simple, which is what I love.

8 Months Sisterlocked!

I've been Sisterlocked for 8 months now. This is a cool milestone for me. I hear that at this point the hair growth really takes off. I'm looking forward to that. I think it's already starting to happen because I just got retightened a couple weeks ago and I already feel new growth.

Here are a few pics I took this morning. I did a front twist of sorts. Not really caring about neatness, just something different to pull the hair out of my face. I couldn't get a good clear picture but I think you get the idea.

I looked in the mirror this morning and had to smile because I am a beautiful, natural woman. I never thought I would be at this point but I'm here and it's awesome! The time has flown but with each new day I feel blessed to have Sisterlocks. I really love my hair! I love my life and wouldn't trade it for the world.

Yesterday I had a pretty mindless Sunday. I rarely do that, but it made this Monday morning quite bearable. I'm not a Monday morning person because it seems to take everything in me to get started. But I have a new attitude and am loving my life.

I am toying around with learning how to maintain my own hair. I've always done it and have been pretty successful, but Sisterlocks may be an entirely different story. My main concern it aching arms, shoulders, and back. I suppose I could do a little at a time or just bribe my 13 year old daughter to do it for me. She has no interest whatsoever in doing hair so that might be a major feat.

Well I thought I would share my progress and pictures of my current state of hair affairs. Until next time be blessed and continue to enjoy your Sisterlock sister journey.

Retightened

I got retightened this weekend and can see some growth. I am loving the wavy look because I don't have to do anything to it but shake out and go. I like the length too...very "corporate" or professional. I got this look by plaiting my hair in small sections and sleeping in them. I blend the hair with my fingers after I take it down. I don't re-plait but just sleep on a satin pillowcase.

Here are a few more shots from different angles. The side profile is not the greatest because I can see how flat it can be when I don't do anything extra. I have to fluff it out more in the future or throughout the day.

I've noticed that I love playing in my hair. It feels good and I can see it's changing. Everytime I see a picture of mature locks I get excited because I know that's how mine will look pretty soon.

My sisterloctician said when people reach the 8-10 month range their hair begins to grow like crazy. I'm almost there. In two weeks I'll be 8 months sisterlocked. So my journey continues and I'm loving every minute of it!

Sisterlocked for 7 months now

My Sisterlock journey through the last 7 months. I finally cut most of my relaxed ends off and I'm loving it. I feel more authentic, if that makes sense.

The picture of me in green is one I took today. I shampooed and plaited it for the wavy look last Sunday. It's lasted all week. This morning I curled the ends and this was the result. I really like it.

I want my locs to mature faster. I suppose everyone feels that way when the locs are still babies. I've been reading that salt water will help them lock faster so I will start spraying them with salt water. I'll post pictures of the changes.

It's Been Toooooo Long!

I am now 5 months Sisterlocked and I am still loving the journey and my hair. It's grown a lot and the locking process it coming along nicely. I don't do much to my hair because I want it to go ahead and lock. My Sisterloctician says that it is doing well and I'm doing a good job taking care of it.

My routine is to shampoo every three weeks (for now), plait it up, and rod it with my hot curlers. I like the curly look so I don't deviate much. I sleep on a satin pillow so I don't have breakage or lint from a pillow case. I've ventured to do a couple of cute styles but the curly look is my standard. I have been going without a headband for about a month now that it's grown out more.

I still have my relaxed ends but I've been itching to cut them off. Shawn, my loctician, keeps telling me to wait another month. I reluctantly say okay but I know it's probably for the best. The natural locking part of my hair is about an index finger long, which is pretty good. The rest is relaxed but it blends well because I curl it.

My daughter says I shouldn't cut it, but I'm sure when I do get it cut it will grow like crazy. I've been working on my daughters braidlocs and they are doing well. I know how to retighten in the 4-point pattern so it's looking good. Her hair is curly so it's going to take a while for it to begin locking. We just keep it shampooed and plaited for a nice wavy pattern.

I remember when she was younger I'd do a two-strand twist all over her head. I'd leave it like that for a while and it would try to lock up after a couple of weeks. It was a beast to untwist. The braidlocs are a different story. Maybe she should shampoo more. I don't know. I'm not worrying about it but will just let it do it's thing.

Well that's all for now. I'll try not to wait so long to write and post pictures next time.