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

5 Days - 41 Hours - Done!!!

All I can say is that it was worth every painful hour. (tenderheaded) I cannot thank Zapporah enough for all of her patients and diligence in getting this done including working on her off days. In the end I let her braid it and put it in Bantu Knots and I will take it out in the morning and hope for the best. And the journey continues

Blessings Monica :-D

Installation Day 4 - 7.5 Hours

We were at it again. We had a late start again. One, I returned to work and two, Zapporah had court. We started at 5:30 and it was 1:15am when we called it a day. I got 3 hours of sleep. We are hopeful that today will be our last. Gotta keep hope alive right? All that's left is the back behind my right ear down to my neck. The column is about 2.5 in wide and she took the time to part it off yesterday. There are 11 rows to be completed. There is also a small section (maybe 9 locks) that need to be redone for parting and sizing, but that may have to wait. And the journey continues.

Blessings Monica :-D

Installation Day 3 - 9.5 Hours

We didn't get started until 11 yesterday because we both had appointments. At this point all of the back on the left side is finished and a little of the right side. We will finish on Monday after work. The back actually went pretty fast because Zapporah had done much of the parting ahead of time. And the journey continues.

Blessings Monica :-D