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Hello loc enthusiasts. What's new? Well I'll tell you...

MY SON!!! He arrived three weeks ago, healthy and happy.  As for me, I'm recovering well and settling into to motherhood.  No glamorous Beyonce-inspired public appearances for me though.  I'm just glad I manage to shower daily.  But I look forward to getting back to my old self soon.

It's a good thing I doubled up on loc maintenance during December and early January because I haven't done a thing to my hair since I went in labor.  By the end of this week, I hope to retwist my hair BEFORE washing it? Why? If I washed it first, separating it would take forever.  Instead, I will mist my hair with water mixed with a teaspoon of conditioner and retwist it.  A few days later I will wash it and retwist with my usual shea butter/oil/gel mixture.  

I must admit, my locs don't look too bad.  They're firming up nicely and I've accepted their fuzzy appearance. With a little makeup, jewelry and a nice outfit (and I haven't worn any of these lately), my locs look rather stylish.  

Lock Resolutions

I resolve to seperate my locks regularly.
I resolve to cover my locks at night.
I resolve to inspect my locks for lint regularly.


These three resolutions some up the challenges in my lock journey. My last row of locs is filled with lint. I've read queries about removing build up and such. But honestly, I don't believe it will remove embedded lint. Lint is a fiber, like our hair. So anything that could "dissolve" lint would have to dissolve hair, also.  With embedded lint the options are cut the locs, comb them out, or color them. For now, I use a Sharpie to color the lint.


Ok, just had to get that out!

7 month locks, 6 months pregnant

Freshly retwisted! Sorry about the excessive flash.  It makes my head look more "scalpy" than it really is.

4 Weeks

 It's interesting how shorter locs fall wherever they please. I wrap my hair in a scarf nightly, away from my face. When I remove the scarf in the morning, the locks eventually frame my face, I even have bangs. Now that's what I call a natural style.

 Well, you learn something new everyday! I found out that once you wash traditional locks for the first time they become teenage locs. Makes sense to me. My locs do not look the same after the first wash and retwist. Many of them look like cheese curls. This weekend I will wash and retwist again! My hair is progressing well!

A bit of foreshadowing... Years ago I read some hair advice that said, " styles that work with your hair's texture and tendencies are best and the easiest to maintain." I thought, "Well my hair tends to tangle, should I get locks?" YES