Well, it has been a long, long time since I've been on. When I got sisterlocks I was not employed. About a month after I started a new job and it is eating up all my type. As I write now I'm actually invigilating a class test.
Anyway, I still have sisterlocks. It has been about 8mths now. I have two main issues though, my length and fuzziness.
My hair was about 8inches long when I did it and it shrank and that is to be expected but after 8mths. it looks even shorter. It only looks long when I put it in a ponytail and then let it out after a time. Otherwise it looks like 4inches long. Secondly, fuzziness is a real pain for me. My hair for the most part always looks fuzzy. I don't know if I can do anything to avoid it. They are still babies so I can't trim and it would be too much anyway. My consultant says her hair is similar so I am somewhat hoping that, like hers, mine will look nicer over time. But right now it is painful to see especially when I have my hair in a ponytail so I don't do it often.
I haven't really done a lot of styling. It's mostly freestyle or ponytail. I have tried others but only once or twice. right now I'm anxious to see my hair actually locking before I feel excited about styling. My consultant has changed my pattern because of my hair type so that my length will eventually show. I hope I can say much more on that in the future.
Only very few of my locks have buds at the end. Very, very few...I maybe able to count on one hand. Seems rather slow. I maybe wrong though so at this point I still have to fork out $ for retightenings. I was hoping by now I would not have to, especially in these economical times.
Every now and again, people say they like my hair but I think because of the fuzziness it isn't as neat looking as I would hope.
All that being said I am not disappointed because I have such freedom of "hair stuff". I don't worry about certain things anymore.
My mom has been pressuring me to put some kind of oil in my hair. She thinks it looks dry and can't understand this "natural hair system" I have taken on. She doesn't understand that with my already soft and curly hair that I can't afford to jeopardise the locking process by putting oil in my hair.
So right now I'm just waiting to see what my one year anniversary will be like. I hope I'll be in a different stage by then. That's all for now folks
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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Posted by ctd_baby76 at 5:08 PM
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I was just thinking what great volume your hair has, but everyone can always find something wrong with their own hair. In the few times that you've tried styling your hair, did you think that your locks seemed less fuzzy? I wonder if that would help. I find that my locks are much more compact when I style. I use lottaboday setting lotion for styling though which may help too.
Yes, you may be right that it may appear less fuzzy at that time but it seems I can hardly find time to do it. But I have to try harder and be more observant about that.
How come you use setting lotion? I thought we are not to use anything in our hair except water.
Hi there - I saw your post on the SL Facebook group and thought I'd pop by to say hello.
When did your fuzzies start? Also - my hair hasnt shrunk much yet (4 months in) - I started with 9 inches on avg and they're still pretty straight and straggly lol.
Well my hair was fuzzy from the very beginning. Seems like that's just the type of hair I have. Even when I used to braid my hair after a few days the fuzzies would start appearing through the braids. Well my hair started shrinking from the very week I had the locks installed so it's just the type of hair I have.. on some parts of my head... other parts are certainly not the same. You will grow to appreiacate what you have as time goes on... don't mind the "straggly".
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