It's in the picture

I pulled my hair up for a quick style on the way to work yesterday.  When I arrived, I decided  to take a picture to see how the back looked.  I noticed something odd in the picture.  After looking more closely, I realized it was a Lock Loop that I failed to remove.  If I had not taken that picture, I would have been walking around half the day with that thing in the back of my head.

I coming up on my 2 year locversary.  Hope to have lots of pics and lots of styles.  My overpressed ends are probably gonna have to go soon.  Some of them departed on their own.  The rest will need to be cut.  It doesn't look too bad but they tend to tangle and they are really thin.

Stay tuned. 
P.S. If you haven't blogged in the last 6 months and your locs are 3 years or younger, we miss you.  Please update.  Thanks.

Locs in New Jersey

Not sure why my locs looked different (thicker) on the East Coast

Some Styles

These are a few of the styles I've tried lately.  It still does not fail; if I wear an updo I get compliments.  When my hair is down, usually nothing. 



 

Instead of flat twisting, I just sort of rolled the sections inward.  Flat twisting would have left short pieces sticking out.



I got the bright idea to take down some locs in the front due to their size. Twenty minutes in and only 2 inches up the loc, I got that idea out of my head. 'Work what you got' is likely to be my motto because I'm just willing right now. The locks in the front are pretty much sealed and the straight ends are gone so definitely not a good plan for me to try to re-do them.





Hey Lockers

What's new with my hair?  Well, my truly natural hair is really starting to take over my semi-natural hair.  To be more specific, I have two textures competing and the natural hair is winning.  In some areas of my head the ends are disappearing.  In other areas, the semi-natural is still strong and surviving.  I will post upclose pics soon. 

Last month, I wore a simple updo and got more compliments on that day than ever before.  I don't have pics.  I just piled my hair up, no big deal.

I learn more and more about my hair as this journey progresses.  The spritz and go does not work too well for me because my ends are not natural; they simply droop and frizz.  Its good that I prefer my hair with some curl.

Tip:  My former SL consultation advises her clients to not pull, curl, style etc. for at least a few days after a re-ti.  She feels that the extra pulling can lead to hair loss.  I have been trying to follow this advice.  To make it work for me, I shampoo and roll my hair, then re-ti the next day. 

I know I promised to do more styling and take pics.  I'm working on it.

Until next time, be blessed. 

18 Months!!!





April 2011

Day After Installation Oct 2009

April 14 2011

Recent comments

I've heard a few comments about my locs in the last month that I'd like to share.

1. I mentioned to my sister that my son was using my clarifying shampoo.  She responsed, Why do you need shampoo, I thought you didn't wash your hair.  Really? 

2.  A 60 year-old white woman who works in my building asked, "Are those braids?"  I told her that they are similiar to braids but they are locs.  She replied, "I've never seen anything like it".  I'm not sure how she meant that but I took it as a compliment.

3.  A co-worker/friend who works at a different site saw me at a monthly meeting.  She is latina and stated years ago that she doesn't like braids.  In the past, she has only commented on my hair when it was straightened.  So last month, she commented that she liked my hair, that my pulled back on one side style was sexy, and that my hair was getting long.  That was a lot coming from her.

Here what I'm working with now:





                

Compare to

Two strand twists with over-straightened ends 2-2009



A "New" Style



My swooped bang half pony

















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