14 months!!

Here are some more pictures of my hair at 14 months, my consultant who previously retightened my hair and now retightens my daughters hair took them. Although my daughter does quite a good job of retightening my hair I do have to catch her being in a good mood before she does the job which is really annoying. I think after Christmas I need to go back to my consultant if she will have me!! I tried to dye my hair light copper chestnut with naturtint....what a joke it went blacker than before. I really don't know what i did wrong i used 2 boxes. does anyone have any ideas..........I will post some pictures of how it looks soon.

Amazing growth!!!

I have really been neglecting my blog lately.....................anyway my daughter had her locks installed in June 2011 and her growth has been really wonderful, this picture was taken at the end of October 2011, which was only 4 months growth. She has a few which unravel after washing but her hair was very short when it was installed. She loves it especially as it is so easy to take care of.....no more hours wasting time with the hair straightener!!

DIY Retightening

At the end of August I took the retightening class with my daughter, it was very informative but I found it quite difficult and joined loads together my trainer had to snip a few apart!!  So my daughter completed it for me it took ages but she did a good job for her first time. Yesterday she retightened it again and did a fabulous job even managing to maintain the partings she just needs to speed up now .......my consultant takes 4 hours she took 10!!See my link for some beautiful hair accessories
http://lucysisterlock.blogspot.com/p/african-flower-hair-accessories.html

Here are me and my daughter modelling some handmade African flower hair accessories ( see link - http://lucysisterlock.blogspot.com/p/african-flower-hair-accessories.html )

11 months

 

Here are pictures of my hair kindly taken by my consultant after a retightening at 11 months if you compare it to month 1 you can really see the growth!

progression!!

This is the latest picture of my hair, I can't believe how much it has progressed in the last 10 months!

Skin Bleaching

For millions of black women skin bleaching has become acceptable, because of racism and issues of self identity skin bleaching has become prolific please help me to make this practice unacceptable and if you see a woman with bleached skin let her know the perils!!! 
Containing the active ingredients hydroquinone and/or mercury, bleaching creams have been linked with the disfiguring condition ochronosis, marked by the darkening and thickening of the skin, as well as the appearance of tiny dome-shaped bumps and greyish-brown spots, according to the US FDA which proposed a ban on skin-lightening creams without a prescription back in 2006. In the UK, the amount of hydroquinone allowed in retail skin-lightening creams has been limited to just 2% but demand means there is a ready unofficial market for stronger potions. Ironically, skin-lightening creams are often a misnomer, since after discontinuing use, normal sun exposure can make you darker than before. Women can then become psychologically addicted to creams and over years destroy not just their complexions, but also their health and self-esteem.

Installation part 2

My daughter started her sisterlock journey yesterday.......the installation took approximately 12 and a half hours, which was superfast as being a teenager she slept for a lot of the time and my consultant had to keep lifting her head up!! I haven't counted how many locks she has yet but i'll let you know later.

9 months

Here is my hair at 9 months the back has dropped, but the front is still puffy!!

Have you ever heard of this great female warrior?

Yaa Asantewaa who my daughter is named after led an uprising against the British in 1900 ......watch this video about this inspiring woman.

5 months

The first 5 months flew by, I felt emancipated from the relaxer and was able to enjoy my natural thick hair. My only problem on the journey so far has been minor dandruff but I am trying to combat it with drinking lots of water and exercise. I don't cover my locks at night as they just get all mushed down I just give them a quick spritz every morning and off I go!! Is there anyone else out there who doesn't cover their locks? Not many people have realised I have sisterlocks yet they assume I have twists. The second picture is the day before a much needed retightening, on an 8 week retightening schedule.

2 months

This was my first attempt of an updo...which my daughter did for me.

First retightening

At my first retightening in September I had no slippage and if I remember correctly my consultant installed 2 new locks.I found it quite difficult to braid and band my hair so got my daughter to wash my hair for me. My hair had already started to change and a few of the locks were developing curly q's at the ends.

sisterlocked for 2 weeks

My first 2 weeks went very well no slippage or problems, here I am at the beach at Whitstable enjoying the sun!! I'm sorry the pictures are not too clear but they were taken with my mobile phone.

Installation

After much research I found a wonderful, wonderful consultant who installed my 565 babies! TAKE NOTE...it is really important to find the right consultant. You will spend hours in her company, I am so lucky my consultant has a fantastic spirit, is very professional ( no popping to the shops or taking phonecalls) and is very talented at her job. While trying to find a consultant I made many calls with often no call backs, come on ladies this really is no way to conduct your business!

The Beginning Part 2

I am now 10 months into my sisterlock journey and will post pictures from the last 10 months in the next few days.......... but I have good news my daughter has now decided to get sisterlocks installed. So she will be giving you a teenagers perspective on life and sisterlocks!! She had her consultation yesterday and her installation date is in a fortnight. I feel so happy she is going to be free from using chemical relaxers, who knows the damage relaxers can cause to our bloodstream, if they are so powerful they can disentegrate a coke can!

The beginning

After 25 years of being a slave to hair relaxer, I finally decided to take the kinks out of my mind not my hair!!! by embracing my beautiful, natural God given hair. After researching sisterlocks I decided they were the way to go allowing my hair to grow in a healthy way. I went for the big chop in August 2010. I had 1 years of natural growth and cut off relaxed hair which reached my shoulders.