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.