Installation Day 2 - 11 Hours

Hello all. Day two is a wrap. I have an additional 169 locks today. I have to give much thanks to my locktician Zapporah who has worked tirelessly and so meticulously to get this accomplished. In fact after getting the left front completed she thinks she may have to do some take down on the right. She will be doing the back across from left to right and decide when she reaches that side. The pics show part of the back done by my ear, but don't let them fool ya. Below those locks is a patch of hair still needing to be locked. I will go back for an all day session on Friday and booked Monday after work to hopefully do final touches. And the journey continues.

Blessings Monica :-D

Installation Day 1 - 7 hours

I arrived and we got started about 9:45. She first took a look at my test locks and said they looked great and that a couple were already starting to lock. Then she took them out. After that she parted and sectioned off my hair and combed it out. Wow I can't even begin to express the pain considering my tenderheadedness, new growth and no product. She finally started installing locks at about 11:00. We worked until 3:00 and then took about 20 min to have some lunch. She continued until 5:45. She had an appointment today so we had to stop early. Tomorrow we will work until 8 or 9. I have to say I am happy so far with how they look, especially since she is able to lock my permed ends. My locks vary in length from lil 2 inchers right at the hair line to 7.5 inches for the longest ones. So here are the day 1 pics. There is a total of 89 locks and she said she could see me having 800 by the time we are done. Enjoy.

Blessings Monica :-D

Test Locks at 5 Weeks

My test locks are in 3 different patterns. The 1st three starting from the left are in a 4 pattern. the next 3 are in a reverse 4 pattern and the last 3 (closest to the ear) are in a combination of 3 on the new growth and reverse 4 on the permed ends. What I have noticed is that the tighter the pattern the more they have drawn up to my head.

Test Locks Installed

Here are my test locks at install, 1 week, and 3 weeks.

Going Natural

Hair the night before my test locks were installed.