Changing of the guards.

Hi folks. My SL consultant called me a few weeks ago and informed me she's moving back to Memphis. I had mentioned last year at one point she was moving back, but ended up staying. This time it's official. I will miss Therza very much. She has been a wonderful consultant and friend. We have shared many thoughts together during my retightenings. Wouldn't you know it, I didn't take a picture of her after my last session with her today. She is though on the Sisterlock website gallery wearing a purple/pinkish outfit with headpiece. It's an older picture of her, since her locks are much longer now than in that picture. Memphis is getting back a wonderful, professional consultant. I will be going back to the original consultant that did my install. I believe she's still a trainee. Therza did visit with her recently. Therza has been letting the local consultants know that her clients may come to them. As far as I know their are only two here in the Austin, TX. area. One is no longer listed on the SL site, but I believe he was previously a master trainer. The other is the one I mentioned. Maybe I'll post some new pictures again soon. Nothing new happening. I am heading towards my 7th month. Gosh time is flying. Till later....., oh and I want to express my gratitude to you lady's that have either posted on my blog or sent personal emails to encourage me during my time of grieving. Your words of love have meant so much to me. Thank you. I'll share one picture of my friend James at my grandmother's house before he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Folks, love much and cherish life.



Love, peace, and no hair grease.

Late Post

Well folks, I'm sorry. I was suppose to post some new pics after my retightening on January 3rd. Unfortunetly after my retightening session, on my way to my mom's I got a terrible call informing me my very good friend had died. James was more than my friend, he was family. He had been battling colon cancer and issues related to it since 2007. His passing came as a complete surprise, especially since I had just spoken to him the previous Sunday briefly due to him telling me he would call me back since he was talking to his mother. Anyway... I just haven't felt like blogging. My heart has been so heavy with the loss of my friend. I can't even bare to remove his number off my speed dial on my iPhone. I loved him very much. I try to lift myself up by saying that one day I'll see him again in glory.

Ok, on to something more positive. Next week I will have been on lockdown for 6 months. How exciting is that! My SL consultant did acknowledge that my hair is starting to lock, but......of course I still have a whole lot of perm on the length of my hair. This is and will continue to be a journey, a long one. I've been debating about if I'll want my consultant to start cutting my permed ends when I reach my 1 yr. lockerversary this summer. Then I think, well I'll just leave my hair alone and let it do it's thang without touching it. For those of you who have started with permed ends, share if you will or have cut off your permed ends, or if you are debating the issue like I am. Otherwise enjoy the pictures above. I did a little styling for my friends funeral. Turned out pretty cute for my first updo.


Love, peace, and no hair grease.

P.S. Rest in peace James, I love you.

Happy New Year!

Well first I want to give out Happy New Year shout out to everyone. I am praying that everyone experiences some wonderful blessings this year and beautiful growing locks. I am officially 5 months locked. I don't have a picture because I don't notice visually any difference. On the other hand when I run my fingers along the first couple of inches from the roots, I'm feeling some locking folks! That's right. What I mean is that I'm starting to feel on some of them less of a pattern feel and it's thicker than the rest of the length. Remember I started out with a lot of length going down my back that was still permed. I only had about an inch or two that was natural. On that note as well, as of this month it has been two years since my last perm. Gosh that makes me feel so good knowing that I haven't put that junk in our hair and bloodstream.

About two weeks ago I got my Sisterlock Welcome certificate. It took a long time for that to show up. Although it's just a piece of paper, I felt like I had truly accomplished something by having that in my hand. A sense of pride of first doing something wonderful for myself, being an example to my daughters of how beautiful being natural is, and belonging to a wonderful group of locked individuals (braidlocks, SL's, traditional, palm, etc).

This Saturday I have a retightening appt., after I come home I will try to take remember to take some pictures. Otherwise God bless you all.

Love, peace, and no hair grease.

Yes they are.....

Ok, I went to Sally's Beauty Supply to purchase a replacement Caruso Steam Curler set. My current one fizzled out on me. While waiting in line I heard a voice behind me ask, "How long have you had your Sisterlocks?" Oh my gosh! I couldn't believe that someone knew I had Sisterlocks. It was the greatest feeling. Anyway we chatted for a bit. She's a young lady deciding about getting locks. I told her about who does Sisterlocks here in the Austin area and about the Sisterlocks website. The other lady with her said, "Your hair is beautiful." I was beaming yal. I told her thank you and went my merry way. Gosh I wish I had one of my consultants cards at that moment, but didn't. So folks, feel free to share how you felt when someone noticed you had Sisterlocks.

Love, peace, and no hair grease.

4th Retightening

So fellow lockers......my appt. is in the morning. I enjoy my appts. I can't believe it's been four months since my installation. I truly love my hair. It's so freeing to be able to get up in the morning and not have much to do. I'm amazed that I don't use any products on my locks other than the Sisterlocks Starter Shampoo.

I hope to make a post after my visit tomorrow to give any updates. Till then......

Love, peace, and no hair grease.

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Few Update Pictures

So by next weekend I will have been Sisterlock'd for four months. I'm still in love with them even with my permed ends. I purchased another Tomoka Twist. It's so cute! I still would like to get some Brunsli hairties. I hope she get's them up for sale soon. Anyway here's a few pictures for you. I tried to do a texture pic, but my camera on my Macbook only does a so-so close up job.

Three Months

Hi everyone!

I have officially been locked three months now and still loving my Sisterlocks. I of course have lock envy when I'm checking out some of my favorite blogs and discovering new ones. What a great community we have in the lock world. Yesterday I did my early voting and saw a young lady with locks. They were small and beautiful. I wanted to ask her if they were Sisterlocks, or locks created by braids or some other form, but too chicken to approach her. Oh well. I don't have any new pictures for yal this time because I don't look any different. I still mainly wear my locks curled either by doing Bantu Knots, or my Caruso Steam Curlers. I have been using a clarifying shampoo since I was told I could, but don't quite like it. So I went ahead tonight and ordered two bottles of the Sisterlock Starter shampoo. I say...stick to what works whatever that may be. I know that some ladies had itching issues with the SL shampoo, but it works great for me. I actually had itching issues with the clarifying shampoo. I think it was too drying.

So last weekend I had my retightening appointment and all is going well. My consultant says that my hair is beautiful, and I agree (LOL). My hands are always in my hair, yep I got the desease (LOL). I went ahead and pre-scheduled my next two retightenings, so I'm set for the rest of the year. Well folks if I do some new look I'll take pictures for you.

Love, peace, and no hair grease.