Right Now Pic: Thinking about coloring my hair... not all of it, just making the old color a new color. Hmm...

A Very Merry UnBirthday Pt. 3!!

Hey y'all!!

I've been trying to keep up with my picture taking so that when I have an opportunity to blog, I've got something to show you.


I'm at 16.5 months and I still love my hair.

I pretty much just wash when I need to, retwist when I feel like it, and go on about life.

Besides shampoo I have been using Sulfur 8 Light every 3 days or so to keep my scalp from going nuts.

I also use Earthbalism Herbal Hair Rinse, except instead of using it as it a rinse, I use it as my daily spray.

I brew it like a tea, strain it, and put it in my spray bottle.  I keep the bottle in the fridge to keep it from spoiling and I go through a bottle a week. 

It keeps my locs supersoft... and since I don't use conditioner anymore, it's pretty much become my favorite thing ever.  I've been using the Flower Power one, but I need to re-order this weekend so I'll be trying all three varieties this time.  It smells amazing and whenever I brew it, my house smells like a garden for DAYS!

I've still been rocking bantu knot outs when my roots are out of control, but I'm too lazy to retwist.

It takes about 20 minutes to do and the curls last for about 2 weeks.

Here's another lil collage of just random shots, but you can see my beads.  I haven't been wearing a lot of loc jewelry lately, but I'm never without my beads.  I got 4 of them on clearance for like $1 a year ago and now I wear them regularly.  I take them out when I wash my hair and they're rarely on the same locs for more than 2 weeks.

Pretty sure this was after my last retwist about 2 weeks ago.

Here's a random loc shot so you can see the length and thickness of my locs.

That's all for now folks!!  I'll be back whenever I get a chance, but I'm still taking pics so you can see how my hair is thriving.

YAAAASSSSS!!!  lol

*flips locs* Deuces!!

A Very Merry UnBirthday!! Pt. 1

Hey y'all!!

I have decided that it's stupid to think I will be able to post an update on whatever anniversary I am currently at; I need to start updating whenever I get a moment and tell you what it's like at that moment.  Damn... that was the longest sentence ever. You'll have to forgive me. I'm excited about my hair! lol

To my Alice in Wonderland fans... Welcome to my tea party!!     

1. Frizz - I thought my hair was frizzy back at in month 2.  To that I say Ha!! It was a little fuzzy back then, it is frizzy now.  There is thick luscious frizz that makes my hair looks full and smooths down beautifully in a twistout.  I never thought the frizz would be something I like, but I love how it looks now.  I look exotic and wild.
2. I'm still not exactly sure how they are going to turn out - I don't know what they'll look like months from now.  I can't predict it because this wasn't what I thought they would look like 6 months ago. They are completely mine, flaws and all. They have my DNA stamped all over them, from the thick bottoms (lol), to the the random spirals cutting through, to the lumps, and even to the color.  I love the way the red grows out and gives me an ombre look.  I got that color thinking I was getting perfectly sized sisterlocks and I would keep the roots done.  I have ended up with randomly sized braidlocks that haven't been colored since installation and probably won't be any time soon.
3.  I love a 2-for hairstyle - I love styles that can be worn 2 ways like twists into a twist out.  I don't like the way just braids or twists look on my hair yet, so when setting my hair, I put it into an updo for several days, then wear it loose for the rest of the week. 
4. I've definitely calmed down - I'm not going to say that I don't still spend time talking about and looking at my hair.  I still take a lots of pics, but not as many as I did at the start.  I've really gotten into food and home blogs and have been considering putting together a blog about my other interests.  It's a thought, y'all see how long it took me to actually post a youtube video though. LOL
5. The front has finally started locking - Well, at least one side has.  It's still got about 3 that haven't but the right side is mostly locking now.  The left side...is still stubbornly protesting any type of change. :) If you look at the tri-fold pic you can see the progress.  But hey 2/3rd means I'm almost there right?
6. Bright accessories - I have always loved bright hair clips in the summer.  Now I've got lock jewelry, and clips, and headbands.  I usually have an accessory in daily.  There's so much pretty stuff that looks fab in locs. I've been eyeballing  these bobby pins from Target next. 

That's all for now...talk to you soon.

Keep it nappy!!

*flips locks* Deuces!!

I made it to 6 months!!

4/29/2012 marked my 6 month anniversary... and instead of telling you how I'm feeling... I'm going to show you!  :)  I finally made my first YT video!!  I'll do a post soon with an update but for now, enjoy.

Dress It Up!!

I LOVE ACCESSORIES!!!

I mean we have always had a nice little friendship going on.  When I was loose, I was really into them when it was shorter and then when it got longer I sort of stopped sparkling it up.  I really don't have a reason why, I just got lazy I guess or too irritated with detangling to really want to do much else by the time it was finished.  I'm saying detangling wasn't horrible, but as I previously mentioned... I was lazy lol

So now I have all of this extra time and energy to devote to styling my hair instead of doing my hair.  I'm saying with my loose hair, before work I would have to at least spritz my hair, fluff it, and touch it up in several places.  That would take usually 15 - 18 minutes. If I did a full fledged wash and go, it would probably be about 22-26 minutes.  (Which contained so much wash and so little go!) .

Now I either spray it with a water bottle or rinse it in the shower, then immediately spend time styling. 2-6 minutes tops.  I feel sparkly again. :)

So let me show you how I've been decorating.

First I broke out some lock jewelry.  I bought them before I ever locked my hair and when I wore one on my installation day, I had to pull 3 braids through it to get it to stay on.  Now I only use one lock.  I've worn this as pictured and also dangling from the end of a ponytail I bought this on Etsy from MsLadyLocks.

I also have this cute feather headband! It's from Forever21. They have a bunch of really cute hair accessories ranging for $1 to about $10.  I bought 7 different things, and my bill was less that $25 with shipping and handling.

Now I've got this coil from Cherry! I actually got several different ones in gorgeous bright colors that I love, so be on the lookout for other colors/styles.  I got a bunch of compliments on it today when I ran to the store. (LOL I got it today and had to use it immediately!) BTW: I always like purchasing things from nice people, and Cherry was such a delight to purchase from.  Check out her website, I'll definitely be going back to it.










My 5 month anniversary is in 5 days (Whoop whoop!!) so I'll be back next weekend with an update.  I've also been working on a style post.  On top of that, I got a new moisturizer today that I'll be trying out, so I'll have a post about that coming up soon as well.

Keep it nappy y'all!!

*flips locks* Deuces!!