Newest "Lockette"

s of August 7, 2009, a new locked head was added to the family. Meet Deja. This child had 10-11 inches of hair. It is normally very dense/thick, but she had scalp ringworm a few months ago, and some of her hair fell out. Although she had that issue, there still aren't visible parts in the back. She has mainly small and medium locks, with some large or extra large due to the areas with thinned hair. Once her hair really starts to grow back, in the far future, I know that I will have to split some locks. It was very hard to make her parts because she has what I call a geographical head. It's very lumpy and uneven. Reminds me of a moon. These pictures are from about two weeks afterwards.

My first "lockette"

She was locked a week before me. She has already hit seven months.

Im dozing off at the computer, so that's my cue to go to sleep. I will post more tomorrow.

I've had my locks for 6 months!

And it has gone through some changes. It's like I just woke up one day with a different head of hair. I started this post a few weeks ago and my locks will actually be 7 months old on the 29th

From Day 1 to 2 months to 6 months. I am amazed at how much my hair has filled in.

I am not completely happy with things because I feel my consultant hasn't repaired many of the gaps in my locks that should have been repaired long ago. I have a bunch that I can stick one or two fingers through and they are very settled at the roots and ends. I am taking the retightening class soon and her reservation that the retightening class doesn't teach repairs. She started pointing at areas that needed repairs (after my retightening), and I was wondering why she hadn't already repaired them. There are also locks that had unravelled and were never fixed, some 3 inches worth. I braid some-the ones that were about 1 1/2 inches and interlocked the ones that had unravelled 2-4 inches until I had no more space. The rest of the lock was so settled, I didn't want to start the whole lock over. I had been trusting her with my hair and not examining every strand as I started off doing. Since she isn't repairing much, I feel I can take some of the knowledge I have gained from repairing my daughters interlocks and apply it to my own hair, take the class and become a DIYer

Besides the gaps and ignored unravelling, I am pretty content with how they are coming along. I do like my consultant even though I have a few complaints.

Sisterlocks, finally

As you all can see, I decided not to color my hair. My installation took a total of 33 hours: 14 hours on Jan 29, 14 hours on Jan 30, and 5 hours on Jan 31. They are pretty thin and not quite as "spacy" as the picture seems to show. I do not know what took so long, but I am pleased with the results although there are about three in the back that seem to have uneven parting. I will get them redone on my next visit.

I am not really looking forward to any future visits. As she got 10 minutes into installing my hair, I was reminded how tenderheaded I was, which is one of the reasons I stopped getting my hair done. Some spots on my head are incredibly tender. I warned the consultant ahead of time. I just had to endure it.

Last of all, I finished one of my daughters' hair that same weekend. She has the same issues with being tenderheaded. She did really well though and did not complain at all. I interlocked her hair using a yarn needle. Her hair took over 30 hours as well. If I had to guess, I would say at least 36 hours. I didn't really keep an accurate track of time because I did it over the course of two weekends. I know my bad shoulder was aching during the whole process. I will post pictures of hers very soon. She is very pleased with the results. I wish I could have done my own, but it just wasn't happening. Now I have to figure out when I want to tackle my other daughter's 11-inches-plus head. To make matters worse, she has a big head and very thick hair!

I have anxiety......

but it's for a good reason. I can't wait for my installation dates (Jan. 29&30). My girls (ages 10 and 12) are excited about it too. They want theirs done also.

I'm thinking of interlocking their hair on my own using either the nappylocs tool, some bobby pins, or some other homemade tool. I'd do my own, but I feel like sitting back and letting someone else do it.

Currently, I have about 8 inches of hair, although I have been natural since 2001. I always got aggravated with my hair and ended up cutting it. I didn't like for it to get past that stage where I could wear my cute, high afro puff.

My consultant said that she would most likely use a 4pattern on me with medium in the back and small everywhere else. My hair is thin. I am a little worried about parts because of that, but I know eventually, they will disappear.

Some people think I'm crazy for spending $800+ on a hairdo, but I have not gotten my hair professionally done in over 10 years, so I am just spending a couple of years worth at one time.

Pictured above is me with the last double strand twists that I will do in my hair, unless for some reason I decide to try it with my sisterlocks. I may post pictures of myself from over the years, when I get a chance to dig them up.