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..

A New Year

It's been over a month since I have blogged. Shame on me! lol.. I've had one re-tighten since the last time I was here, a couple days before Christmas. 8 months have passed already...and I'm seeing more change in my hair. The roots are a lot thicker and so are my sisterlocks. It really looks like I have taken a comb and teased my hair. I'm guessing that is what it is suppose to do??! I have about 4inches of thickness from the root doing down and the rest is kind of straight with curly ends. Some are locking, mostly in the back. It's also very frizzy looking at times...I have a lot of loose hairs. Still on a 4 week re-ti, using my Sisterlock shampoo & IC shampoo, and also, still braiding and banding...Overall I'm still loving my hair and I get a lot of compliments on them especially when I do lil simple styles. I have a couple pictures from the Holidays. Wore my hair mostly up..braided up the side and in the back. Click to make pictures bigger.

braided side and back

--------Christmas---------------------New Years----

BUNCHING!!

7months

Hiya! Thanksgiving Day will mark my 7th month of having my lovely Sisterlocks! All I can do is smile! Time is definitely flying right on by! before I know it, it'll be a year! I can see some growth in my hair now, not much b/c it still shrinks a lot but it is noticeable. I took pictures of my hair the other night before I went to sleep so I look really tired lol....In love with my hair more now, than before, I have some of the thickness I hoped I would get. My loctician said that my hair would more than likely stay curly at the ends verses closing which I have no problem with. I love my lil curly q's lol.... Going to cut this short b/c I should be working right now lol....Until next time folks!

These pictures are from my re-ti 11.19.2010

This last picture is from last Tuesday(11.15.2010) when I washed my hair...was 6 weeks since I had a re-ti....you can tell by my roots!

HELLO!!

Didn't even notice I haven't been on here in a month, WOW! lol... just been so busy with working and doing things for my Social Club, being the President is a lot of work but I love the positivity we are getting from it! I barely get time to think these days... Just passed 28 weeks!! but I decided not to claim my month until the 25th... the texture of my hair is changing! starting to look more and more like locks everyday =) People are even calling them locks/sisterlocks...instead of "what is that in your hair?" or "lil braids"!! AND I love it!

Tried the bantu knots out last night, not to wear them out but, to get some kind of curl in my hair, it was pretty! Not too tight but noticeable curls, you know what I mean... I didnt get a chance to take a picture b/c i sweated it out lol, but I will do it again 2nite! TTYL lockers!!

Another Re-ti had come to pass!

I got my 5th(i think) re-ti yesterday....and boy was I happy, feels good to look fresh...even though I could really tell how bad my roots looked because I've been rocking straw curls for the last 2 weeks, done with pipe cleaners. They turned out really good and lasted a long time. Think I will start doing those more often with me starting the gym and all this week :) I attended a social club event with my social club(Ladies of C.H.O.I.C.E) a couple weeks ago where I wore my straw curls and a picture of my fresh re-ti, excuse the face I was tired lol....pictures are below...ttyl ! Click on pictures to make them bigger.