17 Mos.

Folks, some months have passed without pics to update. Here is month 17.

So my locs are growing fast but there's not much change as for my hair actually locking as far as I can see. Well, what do I know?

 

Look what I can do. Finally.

The sunny day put me in the mood to pose after a fresh reti

What is that catching the sunlight?

My peacock loc adornment

There's nothing like a good pair of earrings to add a little "extra" to the hair

Watchout nah!

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So I'm trying to work this mobile feature on blogger so that I can use my iPhone to take pics and post entries while my digital camera is still in rehab. This pic is just me free styling which is what I often do nowadays.  More pics to come!

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Diva moment

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eNTSvA MOMENTS

Diva moments

I'm coming back

Hello all,
I'm just making a short post to inform you guys that I am coming back. Life has been so crazy as you all know it can get that way. I probably have 3 weeks or so to go in cosmetology school as I had to juggle school and finding work to pay for tuition. Can I get an amen? My locks are out of control! Oh how I love them. They are truly growing faster than I can keep up my retights. Oddly enough they are showing some length but I think I'm hitting the stage where they are starting to compact as well. Most of my locks from my crown down to the nape and as well around my temples have closed ends. The apex of my head is a different story. This is where my locs are truly my own. They are curly loose end rebels up top. Anywho, it has been 15 months since I've started my loc journey. I promise pics are coming soon. That is when I can figure out my digital camera.  :)

All moved in

Happy New Year!!

Ok, so it took me all the way to the 17th to say it. I'm all moved in to my new apartment. I wish I could hire someone to come unpack and decorate for free :) It's been 3 weeks or so since being laid off and I've had a few of my clients over to my home. I think this will work out while trying to finish school. As for school, I'm going day and night now to try to graduate early and go for my license.
 My hair still looks great, but my scalp took a sort of beating due to me being outside in the cold moving and such. It's just so dry. What I did notice was that my scalp was not white. Yea!!! Dry, but not white. I think my scalp is finally coming around to not being slathered with petroleum or mineral oil. I did a oil treatment sort of. I shampooed my hair like normal then I used Anti-Itch Scalp Oil by Organic Root Stimulator concentrating on my scalp. Left it there for a few minutes while I finished my shower then rinsed followed by a vinegar rinse. It was very soothing, however I don't think I'll use it every time as it soften my hair. Thankfully none of my locs came undone. My hair has grown alot and it's amazing. My locs are still a little fuzzy, but I charge that to my hair type and I'm ok with it. I haven't been doing alot to my hair lately, just free stylin'. It's been 13 months and I'm still totally in love with my locs!
Well I'm off to catch up on everyone. Bye for now.

The puff, I love this style!

Opps! caught a glimpse of the dryer in my kitchen salon.

Awwl..look at my little baby. Yep, that's one of the ones I chopped off about a year ago. Hasn't it grown nicely?

The locs on the bottom are starting to seal and become round on the ends. The top and crown of my head, not so much.

"Wow, you are going to have alot of locs!" Told to me by an amazed spectator.

Good Bye, Hello

1 day left before I say good bye to some friends and coworkers. As of December 23rd we will come to feel the effects of our wounded economy and face a lay-off. I've worked for my employer for the last two years. It won't be easy, but I'm optimistic. I welcome the change actually. It comes in a timely manner with other things that have changed in my life...

I've found myself newly single-again. No worries. There comes at time in an adult life that when things are not working, move on.  No regrets. No drama. I'm reminded of a Tyler Perry play when Madea saids "When you're in your teens and twenties you make stupid mistakes cause you are trying to find yourself. But come 30, a light comes on and you get some sense... If a light don't come on, Check ya bulb. Check ya bulb. (Lol).

I'm moving soon. Not to my house yet, but definitely a better place than where I live now. I definitely feel that this move is a good decision for me full of opportunity and closer to my circle of family and friends.

And I'll be working on putting myself out more to start building a clientele for my hair care business. I'll start with natural hair and braiding as this doesn't require a license in the state of North Carolina. To tell you the truth, I like working with natural hair better any way. I felt so good talking a grandmother out of relaxing her 7 and 8 year old granddaughters' hair. I asked what she would hope to accomplish in relaxing their hair. She said to make it easier for me or any other stylist to work on their hair. Wrong answer for me. In this scenerio I was the expert and I acted as such. I told her there was absolutely nothing wrong with their hair and I would be glad to service them both. I told her that relaxing their hair would cause more harm than good if not properly tended to and at 7 and 8 it wouldn't be good. She thanked me for my honesty and I preceded to braid her grandbaby's beautifully big coily  hair. (Warm feelings)

So I say Hello, to what  lies ahead for me. To seek out new and wonderful opportunities, to boldly go where I've never gone before (kinda). I've had to start over before, but now I'm ready to embrace what  I know that  I am ~a strong woman~
Here I am again at a new start, embarking upon a new me...
What a ride this will be