I totally 'slept' on Sponge Rollers

... I had been debating for some time to get the Caruso Steam Rollers, and I am glad I dusted off my sponge rollers and tried those first. Love it! Easy, no money to be spent...for now, and I got loads of compliments off of the style. The pics don't do the style justice in my opinion, and some may say "Well, what's so great about it?" Well, I can't tell you anything other than the fact I feel better as far as styling is concerned. I have the Lock Loops, but I am not a fan of that crazy bend that I get and I wanted something more uniformed. Maybe it's the way I had been rolling my hair, but even after my loctitan rolls my hair, it's still the same result. I admit, I was inlove with them at first, but something was just missing for me. I love this look and I think it's because right now I am in that 'in-between' stage with my locs and I have major shrinkage. That's fine because these sponge rollers are doing what they need to do for me. Why did I not think of this before?? I never had use for the tiny rollers, but they came in sooooo handy when it came to rolling my edges and short locs in the back. I love it....

Caruso Steam Curlers

I am officially going to invest in the Caruso Curlers. I need something else, another style, something... I could free-style it, but I miss having some kind of curl or shape, and the Lock Loops produce such a tight curl. I am ready to wear my hair down more but my hair is sooo uneven in the back. I am opting out of puting a curling iron to my locs. How do you ladies like the Caruso's if you have them? I have seen so many diff takes on them. Well, the flat hair doesn't look so bad here...just hanging... I guess.

2 hours till my 29th..

*Sigh* so it begins.... My last year in my 20s... I am not really trippin' it, but I have been feeling a bit maternal. I want kids and I do not have any as of yet. When is there a 'right' time? Is there ever one? What do you mothers out there think? Of course I'd like to get married first, and we both want to do that before hand, but even after that, what is a good time? Can you ever plan for something like that? Nothing ever turns out the way you thought it would does it?

2nd Retightening update

Just a quick note. I suck at blogging as of late. I do more reading and commenting on others and I fail to maintain my own...lol. Anyway, not much has changed EXCEPT for the fact that my loctitian, who I LOVE SOO MUCH, was able to grab and loc my middle section that use to be tooo small to grab. I am soo happy that I don't have any loose hair up there! Now I can really tell if it's growing or not when I go for my 3rd retightening... Love you V!

Now I feel much better...

Since starting my journey to Sisterlocks, I have constantly searched and searched for different ways people have started their locs be it ALL natural, permed, permanently pressed ends, and so on. I use to kick myself in the butt when I would see people who started with the same kinky hair I use to have. I, like many people, fell into the pressing trap and I paid for it, sort of. Some of my strands are all straight, some are not, some are just right. This of course caused me to have a bit of what they call 'loc-envy' because my hair is not as THICK as it use to be. Not the ends anyway. Well, what's done is done, and lately I am finding more and more people who started the same way I did. My middle section is doing what I want it to do. Now time for the front to follow...

Just a quick 1 month and 1 week update

I finally took pictures after my first retightening. I did not think my locs had changed, but clearly they have. I hope that breakage spot in my crown fills in. It seems like it wants to. I should note that my hair is parted just so you can see the 'spot' I am talking about. It's not easily seen once I pull my hair back, and my hair has been rolled in rods and misted with water. I want it to grow like in a hurry! Patience, patience, patience.

First retightening coming up!

This is definitely a test of patience on my end because I have not washed my hair in almost a month, and I am also a victim of hair breakage in the crown that you can’t even really see, and this area happens to be my stress spot, so of course it ITCHES like crazy. For all you folks who suffer from hair breakage, I feel your pain, but without a doubt this has been the best thing that I could have done to promote hair growth because even after the BC 5 years ago, all of my hair grew back EXCEPT this area. Crazy-weird, I know, and not one of the 3 dermatologists could tell me anything other than “The scalp looks healthy, nothing is wrong, now get out!” Well they didn’t say the last part, but they may as well have said it since I was only in there less than 15 minutes and that is not including my wait time.

Anyway, I am so ready to get my hair retightened. I am looking forward to my loctitian washing my hair. Since the weather has been funky here in Atlanta; raining one day, cold the next, I have been taking advantage,walking in the rain ,and letting the cool water touch my scalp. That is just a treat to me! I never appreciated rain until now. The only product that I have been using is Taliah Waajid Moisture Clenz and that is because I have been crazy strict; no essential oils, washing, nothing! I want to avoid slippage if at all possible and so far so good!