Just a few more

I set my hair with water and flexirods and like the fact that my curls have lasted about 3 days now. Here are some top/back shots I took with my webcam.

Anyway you like it....

Pics for Month 4

Back Shots...there is progress

Coming Out

Even though I had my sisterlocs installed on December 5th, they were not actually "established, claimed, debuted" whatever you want to call it until recently. I was just uncomfortable with the shrivelled and wiry look of my locs initially that I could not bring myself to walk around with them until I was comfortable. My sides were thin and there was a great deal of spacing (due to the thinness of my hair) . Basically, there was no way, that I was ending the relationship with my short and sassy wig....not yet. I wore my locs aout when I would get home but continued to wear my wig whenever I was going out in public and I did this until recently. Last weekend I decided that I would wear my hair out for a day and ended up wearing it out for the entire weekend. I felt so free and empowered to wear out my own hair . It felt sooo great. Monday morning was a different thing....I convinced myself that I needed to wear the wig until I got my re-tightening within the next 2 weeks. By Tuesday, I realized that I seemed to have developed an allergic reaction to my wig . All of a sudden, I started breaking out around my hairline and the wig was just so itchy. It was driving me up the wall...lol. By Thursday, I was done and I walked into my office on Friday morning with my crowning "glory". Here is the kicker....I got so many compliments about how cute my hair was. Even from people who never say anything about my hair. It was quite an eye opener ( for me). Anyway, I am free now and feel great about coming out and making peace with my hair and with MYSELF. I love my locks and expect them to flourish even more now that I have fully embraced them all 418 of them ( I counted them last night).

The Lock is on!

So folks...I am approaching week 3 after my 2nd re-ti and have noticed that some of my locs are beginning to lock. Yeahhhh...they have a bud and you can tell that these locks feel differently than the locks that still have the coils on the end. My loctician had told me that because of my hair type, she expects me to lock within 3 to 6 months. I have also noticed that my hair is filling in nicely especially around my hairline and edges. I am particularly excited about this because my hairline was in shambles prior to sisterlocks. As you can imagine, at 3 months in, if that is the progress I am experiencing, I can only imagine how great I will look at my 12 month and beyond phases. Yeahhhh baby!!!!! I can't see what is going on at my nape and other areas so I can only hope that the growth is going on there too. My next re-ti is in about 2 weeks and I will be at my 4 month anniversary. I have my eyes on a great new nikon camera so look out for some pictures ( from all angles and up close).