665, 666, 665, 664 Oh My

Okay so here's the deal. Two reti's ago I discovered I had a new baby lock. But after my last reti it came off in my hand. Then the other day I lost this precious lock, and had another clump of hair slide off of yet another lock. I know that my locktician said that there was something wrong with her tool and that she had ordered another one. I will be talking to her about it at my next reti.

And the journey continues. Blessings Monica :-D

Update

My apologies for taking so long to update. Too much has been going on to mention. In anycase I will do my best to at least do a monthly update. Still loving my hair and its growth. The following pictures are my reti process. I only wash my hair 2 days before I get it retightened. I know many people wash more often but this works for me so I go with it. So this is it right before all washed and clean.

Here are some shot as she does the retightening. I have to say I love the fact that Zapporah can get my 665 locks done in about 2.5 hours.

When I get home I immediately spritz and moisten, twist and knot and this is the result. I may have to do this two times before I wash it again depending on if I am putting product and loosening the curl. It is getting too long in the top to stay the way I like it so I may try a new style or using pipe cleaners for a tighter look.

And the journey continues. Blessings Monica :-D

Over a Month Sister Locked - Anticipating First Reti

Well I let the month come and go without blogging. I did take pictures though. I even loaded them on the computer which is a good thing because I then took my disc to get a set of pics made for my locktician and lost the disc (after getting the pics). Oh well. So what is new and exciting with my hair? Not much really. Still loving my babies to pieces. I am really noticing my new growth now and realizing that I have to treat them a bit more gingerly as the new growth is fragile.

I was in whole foods checking out and the clerk said you have new sisterlocks don't you? Her mom wore them and is a loctician. She said she wanted them but had no guarantee her silky wavy hair would lock. It was interesting having someone envious of my hair when I was looking at hers thinking if I had your hair I might have never done this.

Also as I have taken my hair natural I have done so with my other aspects of my life. I am trying to make changes to me and my daughter Joy's diet to see if I can help her with her allergies and exzema. I'm starting small. I have gotten some unrefined coconut oil, original himalayan crystal salt, and started drinking green smoothies again. I will keep you posted on the changes I experience. I know the green smoothies have helped me eliminate water and a few lbs in the week I have been drinking them so far. Plus if I have something with too much fat or sugar I get quesy, which definitely keeps me on the right track.

I decided this time not to loosen the curls after I took the twisted knots down. I got so many compliments at work. Several people said "I don't like locks, but I like yours". I just thanked them and giggled.

Here is the conditioning mist I bought from the video locktician. I use it on my locks and Joy's afro as well. I love it. It is really light. Just what my locks needed. She also sent samples of her Ooh oil, Loc Luv and shea butter balms. The oils are nice as well, but I'm not a huge fan of the citrus smell so I just put it on at night before I tie up my locks. And the journey continues.

Blessings Monica :-D

3 Weeks Sisterlocked

Week 3 and still loving my locks. Being the impatient person that I am, I am wanting to see more swelling, but I think because of the permed ends I am not going to. I do notice a difference in the new growth section. I ordered some conditioning mist from the videolocktician and I love love love it. My hair is naturally dry and straw-like. But the feeling of the locks was a bit more than I could take. Phylis' mist is just enough. Very light and makes my locks feel a bit better. She also included samples of her Ooh, loc luv, and 2 of the shea butter balms. I will definitely order from her in the future. I will get a pic up of the products.

This week I twisted my hair. What I discovered is unlike the braid-out, just twisting and banding the ends did not make it stay so I had to twist it up into loose bantu knots. I think it looks similar to the braid-out but fuller so I like it this way the best of the 3 styles so far. Here are the results.

And the journy continues.

Blessings Monica

2 Weeks Sisterlocked

I have been locked 2 weeks now. I am still loving them, although not so much the dry itchy scalp. It is not too bad and getting better by the day. I use my lockticians hair tea and I also have a small mister with water, hair tea, and jojoba oil in it that I mist on my scalp. I am wearing it curled this week. I set it on some perm rods I found. They are about 3/4-1' in diameter. I set my locks damp and in big sections hoping it wouldn't be too tight.
Here is how it turned out.

I received lots of compliments when I went to work. It's always changing so sometimes I like it and other times they seem to be in a wierd shape. And the journey continues.

Blessings Nika

1 Week Sisterlocked

I have had my sisterloks for a week now. They are curling at the roots as they are suppose to so they have gotten shorter. I have also had dry scalp for which I put some jojba oil in water and gave my scalp a spritz. I am still loving them.

I would like to thank my followers and those who have made comments. I don't know how to respond to the comments as I am quite computer illiterate. And the Journey continues.

Blessings Monica :-D

My First Oops & The Grand Total

Okay so here's the deal. Zapporah braided my hair and put it in bantu knots. The next morning when I woke up I started taking them down, or at least trying. The ends were so tight when they dried that I couldn't get them undone. Even with my mom helping we were only able to undo maybe 12 in 2 hours. So I figured I would wear some as a bang and cover the rest with a scarf. They were really curly so I decided to spritz them, however I did too much and several lost all curl and just looked stringy. At that point I covered them all with a scarf and went to work. When I got home we took the rest out and my mom graciously counted them. The grand total is 665 sisterlocks (tm). I will be adding to that number as a few need to be split. I wet my hair again and then did large braids and this was the result.
I love my hair so far and got many compliments today. One of my co-workers hunted me down so she could show one of her family members what new locks looked like. And the journey continues.

Blessings Monica :-D