I'm so excited! I am attending the World Natural Hair Show this weekend with a Florida natural hair group.  I've got the sisterlocks re-tightened and will be hitting the road with car full of natural hair lovelies including my BFF Brittany from locrocker.com . I am anticipating all the natural hair and beauty.

• Friday, April 29, 2011
• natural hair

Heading to the World Natural Hair Show 2011

I'm so excited! I am attending the World Natural Hair Show this weekend with a Florida natural hair group.  I've got the sisterlocks re-tightened and will be hitting the road with car full of natural hair lovelies including my BFF Brittany from locrocker.com . I am anticipating all the natural hair and beauty.

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Thank goodness, I finally re-tightened my 10-month old sisterlocks this week! Simply stating that I was way past due for a re-tightening is an understatement.

My consultant was disturbed by the status of my locs when she did her initial inspection. My last visit was in the beginning of February and at that point only the front end was re-tightened due to time constraints! 

I received a hardcore warning that if I continued on this path that I would loose my locks! Sisterlocks need to maintained on a regular basis (4-6 weeks) and when they are not, breakage occurs. I tried on many occasions to get a follow-up appointment but my 9-6 Monday-Friday schedule is not consultant friendly. It was literally not until I quit my job (for unrelated reasons) that I was able to have my sisterlocks re-tightened. I need to learn how to re-tighten my sisterlocks myself ASAP!

I loved the way my locks look two weeks after a re-tightening when there is not as much scalp showing. I lost quite a few locks in the front because they were hanging on my just a few strands but I was able to start a few newbies.

I am excited about my progression from this point. I have learned from the mistakes of the past couple of weeks and I plan on trying more things with my natural hair and being more outgoing with styling and possibly coloring.

• Thursday, April 28, 2011
• natural hair

10 Month Sisterlock Re-tightening, FINALLY!

Thank goodness, I finally re-tightened my 10-month old sisterlocks this week! Simply stating that I was way past due for a re-tightening is an understatement.

My consultant was disturbed by the status of my locs when she did her initial inspection. My last visit was in the beginning of February and at that point only the front end was re-tightened due to time constraints! 

I received a hardcore warning that if I continued on this path that I would loose my locks! Sisterlocks need to maintained on a regular basis (4-6 weeks) and when they are not, breakage occurs. I tried on many occasions to get a follow-up appointment but my 9-6 Monday-Friday schedule is not consultant friendly. It was literally not until I quit my job (for unrelated reasons) that I was able to have my sisterlocks re-tightened. I need to learn how to re-tighten my sisterlocks myself ASAP!

I loved the way my locks look two weeks after a re-tightening when there is not as much scalp showing. I lost quite a few locks in the front because they were hanging on my just a few strands but I was able to start a few newbies.

I am excited about my progression from this point. I have learned from the mistakes of the past couple of weeks and I plan on trying more things with my natural hair and being more outgoing with styling and possibly coloring.

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My daughter has the cutest curls! It seems that she may have hair like her father, medium course hair with amazing natural curl definition. But like many newborns she lost a large amount of hair after birth. Babycenter.com states is caused by infant hormone level drop right after birth, which can cause her to lose the hair he was born with. (New moms often lose large amounts of hair for the same reason.) Her hair has shown some sprouting but it still has quite a few patches. I will start massaging with Rosemary oil again to see if that stimulates growth.

• Wednesday, April 27, 2011
• family

Baby Hair

My daughter has the cutest curls! It seems that she may have hair like her father, medium course hair with amazing natural curl definition. But like many newborns she lost a large amount of hair after birth. Babycenter.com states is caused by infant hormone level drop right after birth, which can cause her to lose the hair he was born with. (New moms often lose large amounts of hair for the same reason.) Her hair has shown some sprouting but it still has quite a few patches. I will start massaging with Rosemary oil again to see if that stimulates growth.

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Because of hormones, women's hair tend to become very thick and even healthier during pregnancy. Right now, due to a mixture of being pregnant and being over due for a re-tightening, my locks are very thick! But I have to be careful because post-pregnancy hair usually thins out a great deal.

• Tuesday, April 26, 2011
• retightening

Thicker Pregnancy Sisterlocks

Because of hormones, women's hair tend to become very thick and even healthier during pregnancy. Right now, due to a mixture of being pregnant and being over due for a re-tightening, my locks are very thick! But I have to be careful because post-pregnancy hair usually thins out a great deal.

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My last Sisterlock re-tightening was in the beginning of February! I am more than a month overdue for an appointment with my consultant and to top it off, during my last my consultant only had time to do the front so the back of my head has missed two re-tightenings. This is a huge sisterlock no no. It could cause lock atrophy and thinning as my locks grow. I also was informed of the only 2011 official re-tightening class in South Florida a week too late.

• Monday, April 25, 2011
• natural hair

Long Overdue

My last Sisterlock re-tightening was in the beginning of February! I am more than a month overdue for an appointment with my consultant and to top it off, during my last my consultant only had time to do the front so the back of my head has missed two re-tightenings. This is a huge sisterlock no no. It could cause lock atrophy and thinning as my locks grow. I also was informed of the only 2011 official re-tightening class in South Florida a week too late.

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