Finna Henna!!!

So I decided to Henna my hair to see what all of the fuss was about. I purchased Jamilia Henna from amazon. Here is what I put in my henna:

Jamilia Henna extra sift

No protien conditioner
Lemon Juice ~1tbl spoon
1/2-1 cup water (two if you use the entire packet)
Olive oil (I just eyeballed it)

You want a pasty consistency. So I let mine sit over night and I used it the next afternoon.This is what it looked like before I put it on my hair..see how the dye has been released by the red streaks. I then covered it with saran wrap and a plastic cap to reduce dripping (did not work I need the cotton ball strip next time), anyway so I let it sit for about 2 hours.

 I washed my hair to open up my hair and then I smashed it on.

Results Before
.well it was soft, it did color my hair faintly. My curls were pretty but not like everyone proclaimed. I will try Henna twice more to see if it changes over time. But it was fun!!

..After It was very soft and pretty but it made my hair look very dry afterwards. Next time I will use indigo or find a dark brown to balance out the red.

New product!! The best ever!!!

So I was talking to my niece and she was telling me about the time she cut off her dreads and kept a mini fro. Well she stated that her stylist used Paul Mitchell on her hair. I said what?!?! I can't imagine it working on my hair now that its natural. So I asked her what kind. she said she used the Paul Mitchel sculpting foam with conditioners. 
So here is a before and after pic of my hair....Tell me what you think!
 

I know the pictures are not the best but I can seriously tell the difference with my hair!! I love it!! Woop Woop to Paul Mitchell!

Sore Scalp

So my scalp is HURTING!!! My scalp has been giving me a quite a bit of pain in the crown area. So I went on a search and asked my mom what should I use to remedy my sore scalp, she said that perhaps oil would work. So I decided to try olive oil and I also heard milk would work so I will give that a shot.

Now on to my product review. I used the Shea Moisture Repair and Transition kit. It was ok...not great but ok. My hair was dry and I know I have between a 4A and 4C in some places so I will keep using it but I probably not purchase it again. I think I will put the olive oil on my scalp and sleep overnight. I will report back later to tell you all how it turned out. I hope it works because I can't live like this :(

Back in the saddle...

Well I went from combing out my locks to wearing my hair natural to perming my hair to finally chopping it all off to begin the process all over again. I mean seriously the products out there when I started were almost non existent...now they are every where!! So I am going to try them until I find the ones that work for me.

Products...
I started with Talia Waajid Kinky herbal comb out. I love this product on my daughters hair but it does nothing for my hair in its current state.

So I bought the Shea Moisture Repair and Transition Kit. I will report back on this product...I have seen a lot of good reviews for this one. 

All in all I am back in the saddle...sad to say I am not excited about starting over but I know my hair will be longer by the end of the year. I will post pictures soon.

Big Hair

So this is my hair at 10 months! Yeah it is grooooowwwwwinnnng!!! I am at that stage where I can't do anything with my hair but it is beautiful! I love the full look of my hair and the wild but tame look. I could probably do some up dos but it takes too much pulling on my hair and I gave it up. Anyway I am still holding on!

Rolling Rolling Rolling

It has been 9 months since I became locked and have been through some good and bad times with my  hair. I realized that if I don't curl my hair it will look unkempt and the glorious part about sister locs is that it looks even better with curls. So I do my bantu knots and curl my hair over night...I am too scared to go out in public with the knots but I think they look really pretty!  So my hair is slowly touching the back of my neck and coming down past my ear! I am enjoying having these locks and I think I will keep my hair for years to come.

Whew...things are hairy

So my hair is looking extremely dry these days! I have no clue how to keep moisturized with out adding too much oil and with out washing it. Other than that I need to take my 6 month picture so that you all can see how much my hair has grown. My hair has going through the shrinkage stage so it looks shorter than it actually is. I am really in that stage where I am disliking the styling of my hair. I can't do much with my hair at this moment but perhaps I can look around and see what I can do. Anyway....times are interesting!

Doing it on my own

So unfortunately I have been sick with the shingles and I do not want to infect my consultants children with chicken pox. So whats a girl to do? Well the obvious I have to re-tighten my own hair. I have already done the top portion of my hair but I have yet to do the back part. It took me about 4 hours to do the top so that means about 8 to do the back because I cant see back there and ti takes me twice as long to lock my hair. My roommate said that she will do it for me if I teach her which sounds like a great deal...we shall see. Lord please dont let me mess this up!

More Pictures AFTER my 5 month retightening

Its been a hard days work....but I am still moving on!

So I have finally cut off my permed ends. So far I have removed about 8 inches from my hair. Its been hard because now I really have no length to work with. So I am stuck with straight hair or putting bands on my  hair which i hate. Anyway here are some pictures before my re-tightening at 5 months Sisterlocked!! Enjoy!!

Decisions Decisions...

My locks are starting to grow out very long and well it is getting pretty tough to manage them and make them look pretty. But however I am very excited about the fact that they are growing very fast. I will post some pictures very soon. Very soon :)

I am in trouble!!

Ok maybe not bigg trouble but my consultant will not be happy when she sees my hair. I got very wet last week and my hair has had some slippage! Ugh I know she is going to be really upset, or maybe glad because that means she has to work longer on my hair and that means more money...Oh well we shall see!!

The last retightening I had to cut off some of my hair because it was too long and it looked funny. The last consultant jacked me up LOL and my new one Musu had to correct her mistakes. Thank God for Musu!!

A new way to Shampoo!!

So this may not be a brand new way to shampoo but I find that it is the best way for me! I get a plastic spray bottle one that has a foam setting, and I place 1/3 water to 2/3rds shampoo in the bottle. I set the sprayer on foam and I spray it into my hair and scalp. This creates a nice foam that gets into the crevicies of my hair and scalp. I love the way my hair came out feeling light and fluffy and extra clean. I used the spray then rinsed it out of my hair using one of those sink attachement hoses from Sally's. I make sure I use a white towel so that each time I wash my hair I can dab the towel to see if my hair is clean. If I dont see any dirt on the towel then I know my hair is really clean.....I love it!! I then just place my blow dryer on the warm setting and after I have separated my locks I dry my hair and bam! I am done! Not to bad...All of that can be done in under 1 1/2 hours.

Hair Spray bottle I used

Shampoo rinser I used

Wonderful Woes

So I am going for my second tightening on Friday. I have to admitt I was a little upset when I realized that I have to go each month to keep my hair looking right. I mean 100.00 per month is very expensive. I am going to have to start going every two months to feel like I am saving money. I love my loctician she is great  and fast she finished my hair in less than three hours and to top if off she was sick. Poor think kept on going and fininshed my hair. I cant wait until my hair is long enough to put in a pony tail I am quite tired of curling my hair every day!

I dont like sleeping in rollers and I dont like using heat on my hair. I have got to think of something that is quick and pretty or this will get old very soon. Check out my latest pictures...

3 Weeks are up!

So it is time for my three week tightening. I have a couple that have come loose but other than that some of them have locked and a few others are still in the locking process. I will be so glad when my hair has fully locked because I will be able to actually wash my hair with out binding it up. I think I will be able to really get to the nitty gritty and clean out my scalp. The best part about my hair is that it really holds curls well. The worst part is that...well so far there are not any bad parts. I will post a three week picture so that you can see how my hair has completely filled in. You can no longer see the grid so that makes my hair appear even.

Well until tomorrow night...see you later!

Week Two

So today I attempted to wash my hair and put it in some sort of style. I decided to try bamboo twists and well they just did not come out right. It think they will look good once I cut off the rest of my permed hair. Also I washed my hair twice but I still have dandruff! Ugh, my hair is growing so fast I can't keep up with it. Perhaps that is a perk! I will post a picture of my bamboo twists later..

Deciding to become locked

Here I am with micro braids...

I have always loved new hairstyles, but I hated going to the hair dresser. My family will be the first to tell you how I would do my hair at home trying to figure out what worked best on my hair texture. My hair was thick so when I went to the hair dresser it would not hold any curls the next day unless they use that freeze stuff that I hated. So my sisters talked me into trying wigs. That worked pretty well but my hair would suffer underneath. I then started to get braids. I would receive so many compliments on my hair and it was so easy to manage.
Well one time I decided to get Senegal twists, because I was going on a trip to Honduras. I was sweating and getting my hair wet quite often. So when it came time take them out, you can guess what happened. Yep my hair locked up, and not in a good way. So I went to my hairdresser and she had to chop my hair off. There was no salvaging my hair.

This is when I decided to go natural. I went to this upscale salon and paid about 200.00 for them to teach me how to do my hair. It worked and my hair grew like wildfire but then it started to hurt so much when I combed it and it was a pain I did not want to live with! So I broke down and permed my hair!!! Yep and I got it shaved in the back. My hair was so long it came past my ear with the perm. I was shocked because with it natural it was no where near that long.

Well that night after I got my perm I was really upset with myself. I cried the next morning because I new I had made a huge mistake. I hated curling my hair and I hated all those chemicals. I vowed right then and there I would not put any more perms in my hair.

I decided to get braids one more time and get sisterlocked in September of 09. So I had to stick with it. Well I got braids two more times an a sew-in just to hold me over. It was tough, I had to get pep talks from family and friends to keep my hair natural. Oh and not to mention wearing that hot wig!! Yep I knew something had to change.

So on September 12, 2009 I officially became SISTERLOCKED!

See the grid pattern that lets you part your hair and wear it in many styles

The one above is my favorite!

I am so pleased with the way my hair came out, although I wished I had cut off my permed hair and got an even cut all over my head but I have received several compliments and some were very surprising. There were a few times I walked out of the house feeling naked because I did not have my "hair". But as soon as the air got to my head, I got over that feeling very fast.

One day I went to Sally's to get some rollers for my hair and the cashier says to me "are those braids in your hair" ? I told her they were sisterlocks and explained to her what they were and she was so excited that she called her friend right then and there. FYI I was waiting to be rung up....and she asked me who did then which at that time I gave her my locktician's card and told her to give her a call and she will help her make a decision.

She was so excited and she kept telling her friend how pretty she thought my hair was. When I herd her say to her friend "that lady wont let me take a picture of her hair, she does not know me" I told her to give me her friends number and I will text her a picture of my hair.

I hope her friend gets sisterlocks because I love them and she will too.