Just A Picture

I have said my hair doesn't look any different, but I do have this one picture for you all. Took this one about a month ago. Hope you all like.



Love, peace, and no hair grease.

My Birthday Gift

This post is not Sisterlock related. I just wanted to share what my friend (yes a guy), got me for my birthday. I will be a year older on the 21st of this month, but got the gift a bit early. It's my very first, ever Dooney and Bourke handbag. I picked it out and now that it's hear, I love it! It will look good as an accessory with my Sisterlocks (LOL). I plan to get a matching wallet by this summer. I did find a matching cover for my Amazon Kindle (ereader) on eBay. I plan to order that for myself this coming week. So that's about it yal. Oh, on the issue of probably starting to do my own retightenings, I may try after my next visit on May 2nd with a new consultant. We'll see. Of course I'll keep you all posted.


Love, peace, and no hair grease.

8 Months

Hi everyone!

I am now 8 months into my journey and my Sisterlocks are coming along. I had my retightening appt. last weekend. Since my consultant moved back to Memphis (miss her so much) I had to see someone else. Let me say that I won't be going back to that person. It was the most painful retightening ever and it took way too long. I'm used to my appts. taking only about 2 hours, to the very longest 2 1/2 hours and pain free and pleasant. Well this wasn't the case. So....... I made my next retightening appt. with the only other person here in Austin. His hourly charge is steep but I have no other solutions. I just can't see driving all the way to the Dallas or Houston areas where they have more consultants and trainees. I have also considered learning how to retighten myself, but I have arthritis my in left shoulder, so that doesn't appeal to me. If I ever get desperate, I may have to just suffer through the DIY. I watched a video on a fellow lockers site (sorry I don't know the name) and she made her own tool with a paperclip. I tried it and it works. She shows how to do the 4 point rotation with ease. Anyway yal....pray for me (LOL). I did call my previous consultant in Memphis and told her I miss her. I'm happy that she's doing well. If anyone here is from Memphis reading my blog, yal are blessed to have Therza back.


Peace, love, and no hair grease.

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.