Close Up

My family and I had a great weekend on South Beach taking in the ocean breeze and warm sun. I swam all weekend several times in the pool and once at the beach. I have also shampooed everyday and my hair feels great.

Seeing these pictures makes me want to dye my hair really bad. I love the way the sun hightlights my hair pattern. Today I have a "hair crush" with myself. Some of my locks still haven't sealed, but that's ok. At this point I don't expect they will ever seal because of my head texture. I'm cool with the curly ends.

 

I'm Back! 4 years and Counting

Long time no see! My babies are 4 years old. At its longest length it's just passed my bra. I haven't measured since pre installation day. 

I haven't done much to my locks. A little color about 2 yearsago. So all the dark roots is growth.   I've trimmed a few. Some have thinned but most matured nicely. I have recued several by re attaching the with needle and brown thread. Also I've used human bulk hair to reinforce weak areas. There were also a few that grew like weeds that I cut because they were way longer than the others. A section near the top of my head I felt were too big. I thought making them smaller would increase volume. So I made one into two, three and some instances four separate locks (I'll share photos of these later) . I had discussed this with my consultant. She recommend leaving them alone. Once I felt comfortable retightening my own hair, only then did I attempt to split the locks myself. 

As you can see my locks thickened up quit a bit, however my hair at the scalp is still thin. Most days it doesn't bother me that my hair doesn't look "hers". You know her! The one you saw on Facebook, or in the mall or Instagram...your "hair crush or hair envy". This journey has taught me so much about me.   I'm looking forward to what is to come.      

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.