Cut my ends!

Welp, I knew one day I would look at my ends and I would hear a voice in my head saying "cut them, cut them" lol! Yesterday was that day! I guess from straightening and pulling my hair in different styles during my transitioning phase, my ends are straight and have no signs of thickening or locking, so I decided to cut it!! All of 2.5-3 inches, from the ends to the middle of my lock where my hair is budding . If you look at the 1st picture I posted belowyou can see what I'm talking about. I DON'T MISS IT!! I actually like it better :) Im overall happy with the look! Pictures are below.




right where its starting to get thin is where my hair is budding


all of my ends after i cut them off...u can see how straight some of them were



AFTER

11th re-tightening

Friday the 11th was my 11th re-ti. I haven't been seeing any changes since the last time I posted. I do have 3 sets of combined locs now, one in the back and 2 on my edges, which I knew was bound to happen because they were thin and not hanging on by too much hair. My SL count is now down to 400. I figured it would be better to combine than to lose a loc, which I have not done so far thank goodness! My re-ti schedule has been moved to 6weeks which I'm happy about! 4wks go by too fast. Still doing the same things...growing and styling. After my re-ti my locktician braided sections of my hair 1/2 way down and bantu'd the braids. I wore my hair like that until it dried and took it out later on that night. It actually came out more curly than wavy which I liked. The curls were tight tho, which I don't like too much so I just decided to put it in a mohawk! I loved the style!!! Pictures are below!

10 months :D

WOW! 10 months on the 25th of February!! I'm loving every part of my journey! My re-tightenings have went from 4 to 5 weeks, that's a little change but I'm happy about it. Scheduled for my next re-tightening on Saturday but I'm going to push it back a week...been thinking more and more about taking the re-tightening class, which will be close enough to me (B-More) in April. The same month of my anniversary!! I think it will be worth it and cut down on my monthly spending a bit. If I decide to do so, I will still make appointments with my locktician every 4 to 5 months for maintenance. I have been online looking up different hair products for the last few month, a couple have caught my eye on videolocktician.com. Will get them and try them out and let you guys know how they go. As of right now, I am still braiding and banding, bunching, encasing, frizzy, growing, and waiting for them to mature. Still using my daily water spritz and a little bit of Tea Tree Oil for my scalp.



Here's a picture from yesterday from my wash and day old braid out..