1 Year Old Locs

My locs turned 1 last Wednesday! I'm enjoying their appearance and growth.  Now that my locs are getting firm, I look forward to doing more styles.  By the way, you REALLY need to try the flexi clips mentioned in the previous post. You will be pleased with their beauty and craftsmanship.  I'm working on some style videos to share with you. Until then visit my site and treat yourself to something nice!

Splendid Tresses Everyone
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Soooooo Cute

Hello y'all

You just don't know how long I've been wanting some loc jewelry! While looking around on the internet I can across these gorgeous hair clips.  I want to get them all!  I ordered a few of them and even became a consultant with the company. I can't wait until my order comes in.  Check out my site and tell me what you think about these.
http://www.lillarose.biz/splendidtresses


Regarding my locs progress, let's just say I'm glad I have locs. I've washed and retwisted them once since having my son. I'm unintentionally semi free-forming them, LOL! All the more reason to wear those pretty Flexi-Clips and keep on steppin'.

What's New?

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.  

Comparison

Wow, I guess my locs have grown. Even though my hair is pinned up in the recent photo, you can still see the growth!

Late May '11

Late December '11

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.

What am I thinking?

Long time no see...

While allowing life to keep me from blogging, I've had a disturbing thought: Maybe I should take down my locs.  There are some hairstyles that I miss and more styles that I'd like to try.  Then I remembered why I wanted locs in the first place, freedom.  With a baby on the way, the LAST thing I want to worry about is my hair.  How do these other mothers do it?!?!?!  Yeah, I may not keep my maintenance schedule but now I've learned to skip the wash if I'm not willing or able to retwist.  I can pin my locks on one side, put on some earrings and lipstick and still turn heads.  Big loose hair is not that easy.

Honestly, I'm accustomed to big, long hair.  I miss it. I've always had one or the other, most often both. But in due time, my locs will satisfy my craving for long hair.


This picture with DH was taken in July.  New pics are coming, I promise.