Day 1 with Sisterlocks. I wet my hair so that the my ends would look more controlled. My head was a little sore, however not as sore as my butt from sitting for hours and hours. When I went out I felt as if all eyes were on me and looking right at my scalp.

5/24/09 Finally all done!! I have to lay down...my butt.

5/24/09 One section to go.

5/23/09 One section completed last night. This took about 5 1/2 hours. I was thinking at this point why I didn't just cut it shorter. Cutting my hair could have cut the time in half.

Giving Birth

5/22/09 I got up, washed and brushed my hair as I knew it for the last time. I was very nervous that morning. My ponytail was about 15 inches long. I also had concerns about the spacing between the locks due to the thinness. I know it would take a long time to complete the process. I thought maybe 24 hours due to the length of my hair. I packed a few snacks, charged up my MP3 and make sure I had a few changes of clothes. My SL consultant was located too far away to come home and go right back. So I moved in the the weekend.

New Beginnings

Today marks my first attempt at this blog thing. So here I go. I'd let to take you with me on my Sisterlock journey. I have always had a interesting love hate relationship with my hair. I can remember my mom curling my hair with water, pencil and V05 creating ringlets. As I grew older I wanted hair like the other girls in middle school. So you know what I did? I got a Jerry Curl! It never turned out like I thought it would. I had it for about a year. You know what happened next. My hair broke off to about an inch. I had never had short hair. So I began to getting extensions. I decided to relaxed my hair in high school my sophomore year. In 2001, I started to notice a difference in the volume of my hair. My hair has always been fine, curly and spongy but to unknown factors like medications, stress, heredity etc. the fronts thickness was decreasing. So I went back to my roots "a la natural". I've finally found what I've been looking for... "Sisterlocks". I'm looking forward to my new found freedom. It's been 4 days since the birth of my Sisterlocks. I'll be sharing photos along the way.