The locs are 6 months old!

The locs turn 6 months old!!!

That's half a year!

I don't even know if they are babies anymore. I would say they are pre-teens. For the 6th month celebration, I set an appointment with my loctician and maaaaan, I forgot how fabulous her shop is.

She gives me hugs, cleanses the scalp like crazy and then I plop in the chair. She passes me an Essence magazine (the one with Queen on the cover...that's a good issue!) and we turn on "Along Came A Spider". We talk. I read. We watch the movies. My phone rings.

My loctician: "Want me to get that for you?"

Me: No ma'am. I'm in therapy right now.

She laughs.

And it's true....if I could afford it I would go to her every month. I have such peace being surrounded by ladies with positive spirits. My loctician was in love with how my hair looked. She couldn't stop complimenting me. She said that at 6 months.....the locs were looking good!

Looky!


I was soooo engaged in the movie "The Last Dragon".








I'm a silly rabbit...



Length baby length!


Thickness!



Wow.
I love them. Not as much as I will in a day or so. Locs look better a few days AFTER the hair appointment. The fuzzies start to come back a bit and they look amaziiiiing.

Products she used:
I still don't know! I always forget to ask. I am in such a zone in her shop.

My worries:
-Some of my locs are still very thin. Verrrry thin.
-My dandruff. I really think it's a scalp problem. I am going to the dermatologist to handle this.

I'll be sure to snap some shots of the locs in a few days and you'll see the difference.

I am in love!

Peace and loc've.

3rd Appointment-Day 62

I am lovin' you all's comments on "Black hair"...I think I will do more discussion posts because it is soooo interesting to see what Black women think about hair. Thanks for your input!

These pictures are a little delayed. I so forgot to upload them!

I had my 3rd appointment and can you believe that some of my locs are budding already? It's only been 2 months!

My greatest concern right now about my locs is that they are too small. My fear is that they will get heavier over time which will result in them getting thinner and thinner. I almost regretting getting them THIS small. I am definitely NOT turning back so I have to decide what I will do.

-Start Sisterlocking them ($$!!!!)
-Start combining them
-Deal with what I have for now and cross that road when I get there
(any advice from loc rockers would be soooo nice!)

I was remiss in telling my loctician how I felt. I I should have. I definitely will the next time I visit her.

Overall all though, I am in love with my hair. I think it's beautiful. My scalp was nowhere near as dry as it was last month's so that's a blessing.

I have decided that this time around I will start re-twisting myself. As much as I love my loctician, I never really wanted to be super dependent on a hair dresser. So I have to learn how to do this myself. In the next week, I will get to it. I will definitely be logging that journey.

Here are my babies...






...and some close-up texture shots.





It is amaziiiing what my natural hair is doing right now. I've always been fascinated with locs but even more so now because I am seeing the transition that MY hair is making. I mean....I can't even remember my comb coils.

I really wonder what my family will think when they realize that I am indeed growing locs. I swear folx wanted to get me counseling when I first cut my hair off and went natural in '05. I am the only natural lady in my immediate family.

We have to take "family photos" (gags) for my Dad's 50th birthday. It will be my Step-mother and three younger sisters. I'm sure all of them will be sporting fresh perms and/or sew-ins.

Meanwhile, I'll be the one standing out with my locs cheesin' like a mofo.

Peace and loc've.

2nd Appointment-Day 32

Ohmigoodness, I loooooooove the hair salon. It's a certain kind of peace that I have never felt in hair salons when I was a permie that I feel now. I can't really explain it. I think it's because I love my loctician so much. I know, I know. I'm bragging about her....again. I so can't help it.


Ms. Tonya looooved how my hair was looking after a month's progress. She wasn't even disgusted with the dandruff like I was. She just scratched my head. For a good 4 minutes. I was in heaven.

And then she washed it. For a good 10 minutes. I was in heaven.

And then she got started. We watched "A Family That Preys" and I forgot how good that movie was. The 6 of us were in their screaming and laughing and just having a good ole' time. And then she put me under the dryer for a good 40 minutes. I spent my time blog hopping on the Berry and reading my "Blogging for Dummies" book [NOTE: Am I not obsessed with blogging/blogs or what?]

40 minutes passed and she gets to removing the silver clips and moisturizing my hair. I anxiously try and take a peek at my hair and she keeps me a head-lock.

Literally....my loctician is a mess, yall.

And then she tells me to close my eyes ,grabs my hand and leads me to the mirror.

"Open them," she says.

And this is what I saw:






Here's a texture shot...



Can you believe this? I mean this was my hair last month.



It looks completely different, right? And so much longer! I loooove it. They are mighty small and as I mentioned before, that is my preference. They almost look like Sister Locks and when they get fuzzy (because I KNOW they will), they won't look so bad.

She used a different method this time. I STARTED off with comb coils but from this point on she will use the palm rolling method to do my locs. And yep....they are officially locs now.

They are just a little too thin. I guess they'll puff up???? I don't know. I was too overwhelmed to ask many questions. I made an appointment for 3 weeks from now instead of 4. Waiting 4 was torture.

I'm excited!