19 hours you say?

Yep. 19 hours! In one day! NEVER will I have to go through that again! The main reason I did not care for microbraids is because of the time it took to put in and to take down for that matter.
Don't mistake me however, I'm so excited that I have my locs and anticipate my hair journey as they mature.

I started with relaxed ends and about 2 inches of new growth in the back and about an inch in the front.

This actually was the first row installed. This is all natural hair. It's rather soft and more wavy than kinky at my nape.

Yes, I was probably asleep.

It looked and felt like thousands of little locs to me.

And the results of my Bantu knots