I'M SISTERLOCKED (PICS)

genesis132

genesis132

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After 6 years of being natural and finally cutting out my texlax'd ends (about 6 inches)....I'm finally loc'd!!

My last 'fro pic after I washed the color out of my hair

*poof*

And after 2 days and 26 hours later.....
*poof*



***PICS ARE NOW LOCATED IN MY FOTKI*****

And the journey continues.....
 
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KCcurly said:
Ohh very nice!I love sisterlocs! I can't wait to see more of your journey. How often do you have to go back to get them done?
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Thanks! I'll go back for my first re-tightening in 4 wks and then I'll go to about every 6 weeks. I plan to maintain them myself after 3 mos or so.
 
wavesofmotion said:
Congratulations!!!

Your hair color is really pretty! What made you decide to sisterloc?
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Thx for your compliment..
Umm...I'm going to try to give you a short version :spinning:. At the beginning of my natural journey...I would've never thought I would loc my hair. But over the years I grew an appreication for all types of locs. To add, my natural hair is very dense and thick and as it was growing out I was becoming more and more frustrated with detangling my hair, those pesky knots on the ends and just the amount of time I spent on the weekends trying to style my hair (which led to me texlaxing my hair and after a while I still wasn't happy with it). So I just got to a point where I didn't want to deal with my loose hair and for the majority of last year I wore my hair in kinky twists extensions.

Whew..but back to your question:
I researched SL's heavily for the last 6 mos and even visited a SL consultant for test locs. But I wasn't to thrilled with her. So, I decided to start my own locs with two strand twists. Now, those locs were doing well but after 1 month, I still couldn't get SL out of my mind. And since I'm not the type of person who lives my life thinking "what if I had done this or that"...I figured if I didn't like the SLs, it would be easier to combine them to traditional locks than going from traditional locks to SLs. So...I took down that set of locks and contacted a different SL consultant whom I hit it off with from the jump and the rest is history.
 
Blaque*Angel said:
Congrats :up:

That's an exciting color :)

Are you going to leave the ends out?
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Hey girlie!! Based on the prev starter locks and from wearing twists on my own hair over the years...my ends will def seal on their own in no time. In those pics I hadn't washed or wet my hair yet. I've been told by two consultants that my hair (texture) is made for locking...and I agree now :yep:.
 
I was wondering about the ends too. Your locs nice, but doesn't 26 hours equal another day and 2 hours. So 3 days 2 hours or am I missing something?
 
Geminigirl said:
I was wondering about the ends too. Your locs nice, but doesn't 26 hours equal another day and 2 hours. So 3 days 2 hours or am I missing something?
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Hey, I can be confusing sometimes. We went 12 hours on day 1 (6am-6pm) and 14 hours (6am-8pm) the next day (we did take breaks tho') She underestimated the density of my hair. As for my ends, they will definitely seal. My hair is toooo tangly for them to stay loose. That usually happens for those with a looser hair texture and whose hair is resistant to locking. But no matter the texture, all hair will eventually loc. Thx!
 
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Thanks for explaining. Do they usually leave all ends of locs loose or she left your loose because they are going to seal pretty fast on their own?
 
genesis132 said:
Hey girlie!! Based on the prev starter locks and from wearing twists on my own hair over the years...my ends will def seal on their own in no time. In those pics I hadn't washed or wet my hair yet. I've been told by two consultants that my hair (texture) is made for locking...and I agree now :yep:.
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Thanks for explaining :)

I look forward to following your journey, I love locs :love:
 
Geminigirl said:
Thanks for explaining. Do they usually leave all ends of locs loose or she left your loose because they are going to seal pretty fast on their own?
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They always leave 1/4 to an inch or two on the ends. I guess they do that because they have to backcomb starting at the bottom, then begin locking the hair from bottom to up.
 
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