Sh** People Say to Dreadheads

I thought that this was funny. I firgured I would share.

GR8 NEWS

So I know I was talking to you guys a couple of posts ago about my consultant's sisterlocks package. It includes two free washes/with a style, along with a full retighten.  Well since my sisterlocks have been such a big hit, and I have been posting the hairstyles that she did on several natural hair blogs and passing out her cards around town, and telling people what a wonderful person/stylist she is. She informed me tonight that she extending my 2 free washes/style to 10!!!! wow!! What a blessing. I am so excited. I guess its like her gift to me. I am very gr8ful. Also in Feb. I am going to be in a sisterlocks photo shoot with some of her other clients that have sisterlocks. 2012 is starting off amazing. I have lost 21 pounds AND I have sisterlocks.I love how she styled my hair and the outcome of my sisterlocks. She specializes in natural hair, traditional locs, sisterlocks, and hair in general. She make embracing your natural beauty look effortless. I am very thankful, blessed, and so happy that I can rave and brag about what a wonderful consultant I have.

SN:  I went to a natural hair event this past Sunday, where I met the creators of Miss Jessie, and I received free gifts worth over $150. So that was cool. I even met some beautiful natural as well. The event discussed how to maintain your hair in the winter months, color and natural hair, a hair show, raffle prizes, locs, and sisterlocks, along with a spoken word portion and entertainment in the beginning. Some even recognized me from my photos from the Internet so that was pretty cool. I wish I had taken more pictures (my phone died) but just know guys that it was fun, they had great vendors and it was over 1000 people at this event. My curls are still holding up. 6 days later... ;) And thank you to all my new followers. It really means a lot that you guys want to follow me on my new journey on becoming Sisterlocked! I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday and thank you so much for reading!
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DAY 4

I love my sisterlocks! My hair still looks great and it is day 4. A lot of people are really shocked that my consultant is a trainee..I hope everyone has a blessed Friday!


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the side is still holding up



the back up close

Day 3 hair

My roller set curls that I have in my hair still look amazing at day 3... So far no unraveling has taken place that I have seen. I did not put any products in my hair. I just washed my hair with the sisterlocks shampoo and roller set my hair using water. Each night I put my satin bonnet on, the next day I take it off after  I finished getting ready for work. shake my head from left the right then go.
Sn.. Someone asked me today do I think my hair will unravel because I put the roller set in... We shall see. I pray they don't. lol.When I had my tester locs in none of my testers unraveled and I had them in my hair for 18 days...What are yall's thought? Do u think its a good idea or bad idea?

my curls up close

still happy with my decsion to get SL

Day 2 hair

This is a picture that I uploaded of my hair the next day. This is day 2 with the roller set that I had done. We only set my hair with water. Also my hair got a little flat today mainly because I  had my bonnet on all night and slept in it.I got a lot of questions and lots of compliments so far. So that made me feel gr8. My coworkers loved my hair. At first I was nervous because I did not tell anyone at my job that I got them install and when I walked in everyone stated how much they loved my hair and they began to ask me how long did it take and where they braids or twists.lol. One coworkers even asked to touch my hair. I had to politely tell her no. lol. I am the only brownie at my job, so every time I have a new hairstyle, that question gets asked a lot. I am very happy with my decision to get sisterlocks...

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Results of my bantu knot out/ hairstyle 2

Ok today is the 24th. I came back to my consultant and she took out my bantu knots and that was another hair style. Then we finally washed my hair and rolled it up. we set my hair with just water. I sat under the driver and then we took the rollers out. Below I am posting pictures of the both hairstyles along with a video post of my thoughts. Thanks for stopping by.

bandtu knots out/ side braid

Back of bandtu knot out

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Day 2 of SISTERLOCK INSTALL

Day two and also my last day of my sisterlock install. We started on Monday Jan. 23, 2012 at 9:30am and ended at 12:17am. A total of 15 hours today. if you add up yesterday and today it was a total of 29 hours over 2 days!!! She said I had the thickest hair she had ever done. lol. They are absoultely beautiful. She used a 3 point pattern for my hair and my sisterlocks are small in the front and medium in the back.. I started out with 7-8 inches of all natural hair. We also counted.my baby locs section by section and I have 698 sisterlocks. lol. yeah i know its alot.lol. The process itself did not really hurt. I have one part in the center of my head thats really tenderhead and that hurt the most and its still kindof tender. We did not wash my hair that night but we did wet my hair and put it in bandto knots. I am going in the next day for her to wash my hair. She will also show me how to wash my hair and also style it. My next post will be pictures of that.. Below I am posting pictures of my sisterlocks on day 2 along with a video post of my hair...

FRONT IS ALL DONE

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Pictures of DAY 1 of my SL Install

the before

DAY 1 TOOK 14 HOURS. WE STARTED AT 10:30AM ON SUNDAY Jan. 22nd. I started off with 7-8 inches of all natural hair. My consultant used a 3 point pattern in my hair. We are going to be counting my hair section by section. So far we have 287 locks and we are 75% done with the front. I pray that we finish my hair tomorrow. My consultant name is Tanisha. She is a license cosmetologist, she has sisterlocks as well, and she is so nice. She installed small locks in the front and the back will be medium. So far I am  happy and I cannot w8 to see what my whole head looks like.

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I GOT MY SISTERLOCKS

HEY EVERYONE!!! I GOT MY SISTERLOCKS.. I WILL BE UPLOADING VIDEOS AND PICTURES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. I AM SO EXCITED. IT TOOK TWO DAYS! SUNDAY, JAN.22ND-MONDAY JAN. 23, 2012... IT TOOK 29 HOURS TOTAL TO COMPLETE. 14 HOURS DAY 1 NO BREAKS AND 15 HOURS DAY 2 NO BREAKS.. SHE IS A BEAST. BUT I LOVE THEM!!! I HAVE A  TOTAL OF 698 SISTERLOCKS. I EVEN HAVE A LITTLE BABY ONE. HOW CUTE.LOL.... THEY ARE SO PRETTY. SPECIAL SHOUTOUT AND MANY THANK YOUS GO TO MY TRAINEE CONSULTANT TANISHA!!! YOU ROCK AND YOU ARE AWESOME!!! MY PARTS ARE PERFECT!!! BUT I WILL TALK TO YOU GUYS IN A FEW HOURS. THANKS FOR VIEWING!

MY VLOG THE NIGHT B4 I GET MY SL INSTALLED

This is my last post the night before I get my sisterlocks installed. I am going in at 10am tomorrow.If she doesnt finish tomorrow. I will be going in Monday morning at 6am. YIKES.. I look a little rough in this VLOG. Sorry. I did not have any makeup on and I am just getting over being sick. lol. But thank you for watching!

Natural hair meetup

Hey everyone... so I went to a natural hair meetup for the first time. And guess what the topic was...you guessed it Locs! The shop was so nice. I loved the chairs. The owner and other stylists do hair,manicures, pedicures, and waxes. Inside the shop were books about African Americans hair and her clients could read those while getting their hair styled. I should have taken pictures but I did not want to look like a tourist. She had a massage chair that massage your back while you were getting your hair washed. Talk about an experience.Lol. ( The shop it is called Twist... Also their website is twistnatural.com)The owner of the shop was really nice and schooled me on a lot of things related to locs. It was a small group of about 3 women and their locs were so pretty. The owner showed us How to do some styles and gave us some tips. The conversation we had was very free-flowing, enlightening, and encouraging! We discussed natural hair in society, how our cultural embraces natural hair, natural hair in the work force. Along with some other topics. No matter where you were in your journey, it was great to get feedback from everyone and hear everyone's thoughts and concerns on how to educate and embrace your hair and natural self.  The meet-up cover more than just hair, but also embarked on how to be a better person as a whole. The owner had pictures of locs and something that I thought was cool was that one of the women had a 'LOC JOURNAL" I love that idea. I am def. going to start doing that. I am kind of doing that now with this blog but I like the idea of walking around with one. I got a start on my journal with some of the pictures that the showed us.  My goal is that by the end of 2012, I will learn how to do at least 2 hair styles on my own with my Sisterlocks. I learned one tonight. I really enjoyed myself and I am so glad I came. Having natural hair is such a blessing. I mean how many relaxed women do you see meet up and talk about about hair or topics like we discussed tonight. You meet so many people having natural hair. The owner touched on alot of good points throughout our meet up. Too much to type but I really enjoyed talking to everyone.
SN. The owner makes products at her shop.. I picked up a brown sugar scrub and a sea salt soak... Below I took a picture... But if anyone is in the St.Louis area I would Def. Tell you to check out her shop. It's called Twist... until next time...

OK I LIED

I know I stated on my last post that the next time that you guys would hear from me I would be Sisterlocked..Well I lied. Do not shoot me. I am almost at the finish line but I am not quite there yet.  So I got my tester locks removed. Before she took the testers out she looked at all 6 testers and she was very surprised that all of them held. Apparently testers come out or unravel. I remember looking onYouTube channels and seeing some people talk about theirs coming out. And the one that held the longest was a good one. I told her how I twisted them and braided them and took them out and she liked that all of them still look great. I guess that is good thing because I can pretty much do any kind of pattern.  maybe that is a good thing on slippage, maybe I will not have any or very few. I just want the pattern that is the quickest to do and also the pattern that will look the best on me. But considering the fact that none of them unraveled I guess they all will look good on me. But anyway,  she asked me did I want to come in on a Sunday and start getting my hair done..Heck yeah. I do. And then I will return on Monday morning at 6am. I am excited about that because I am a early bird so the earlier the better. I pray that if we start on Sunday we get a nice size section complete and then by Monday night I will be done. Corny as it sounds, then I can say I was sisterlocked on 123. lol. Oh I will be taking before and after pictures throughout the whole process... So you guys will see pictures of my fro before the install, pictures of each section by section, side views, back views, and front view.

Still got my testers in

Okay, so I still have my tester locks in... It has been about 2 weeks... I am going in tomorrow to get these removed. I am still schedule to get all of my sisterlocks installed on the 23rd of January... I prayer that it only takes one day(like 12-14 hours ) but we shall see. Side note, the reason why my hair looks kind of crinkly in these two pictures is because I braided the tester locks and after 2 days, I took the braids out. I got bored one day at work. Lol. I am still excited about getting them installed. I am still wondering what my hair will look like with all of them in my head.  A lot of people talk about parts showing when thy first get their sisterlocks installed. I wonder if I will have that problem? A lot of people say that my hair is really thick. I think my hair is thick, but I do not think it is super thick. My consultant said I will probably not have that problem but we shall see. I wonder how long it will take my whole head to lock? I have been wondering all kinds of things these past 2 weeks.But one thing is for certain unless something comes up, around this time next week I will be Sisterlocked! ;) Thanks for reading, and until next time people!!! Hopefully my next post will be pictures of my install!

New Years Resolutions: My Silver List

Happy New Years!!!! I know this is my sisterlock journey but I still wanted to post this for you all to read!

Last year I had a New Year’s Resolution List, and I achieved ALMOST everything on my list..This year will be my Silver year and I will be turning 25!!! I am so thankful and grateful for everything that God has done in my life thus far. I have managed to surpass a lot of my goals and the Lord has opened/ presented so many opportunities that I would have never thought about .I do not have any goals for 2012 because I have achieved so much already. Instead I will create this list of things that I will continue to do in the New Year and beyond. If you guys see me slipping please feel free to call me out!

1.  Continue to workout at least 3-6 days a week, Eat Healthy, Tone all over my body, & continue to lose weight

2.  Join a book club &/or read 1 new book a month.

3. Continue to go to Bible study and Church on a weekly basic.

4. Start Graduate school Fall 2012

5. Get my Sisterlocks and document the whole journey

5. Be a better friend, sister, daughter, and overall person