Wednesday, June 4, 2008

I've been tagged!!

The rules: (1) Link to the person that tagged you. (2) Post the rules on your blog. (3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. (4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. (5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. I was tagged by Sistalocd @ http://www.my-journey-being-sistalocd.blogspot.com/


1.) I have two siblings an older brother 25 and a younger brother 14. My older brother and I were so close when we were younger because it was just the two of us for such a long time. Needless to say, we were not happy when my mom decided to bring home another kid. LOL!! But we love him now ;)

2.) I have a six year old son name Lamarr. I had him when I was 17 which was extremley young but I vowed to not let that hold me back. It's my mission to give him a better life than I had.
(The last pic: He was disruptive in school so I made him write a punishment paper. He cried so long he fell asleep. LOL!!)

3.) I recently graduated from college and I am going to miss my friends so much. Some of us are still on campus and I cry even now because I can't believe it's over. BTW I graduated with honors. So young moms WE CAN DO IT!!

4.) I love moving to new places and meeting new people. PA is the third stated that I have picked up and moved to. Now I'm in the process of trying to move to MD. I'm just waiting on a job to come through. Then I'll be there!! I'm very excited to do it.

5.) I decided to get Sisterlocks almost a year ago after I was talking to one of my friends that I met at school who has sisterlocks. I woke up one day and decided I would not get another perm. Then after talking to her I said I'm getting locks and i waited three months to grow my hair out AND SAVE UP THE MONEY hehe!! This has been the best decision I have made. Below, the friend who introduced me to Sisterlocks.

Now I will tag some new people on Locked Hair Blog Exchange

New Hair Style




I have been getting very tired of wearing just a braid out. Since I still have some permed hair on my ends I do not like the way may hair looks when it's not crinkled. I was debating cutting my ends a few months back but I decided to wait it out. So I was on you tube and looking at various locked blogs and I decided to do this hair style.
I like it. For some reason I have always been afraid to wear my hair in an up-do. Mainly because the back of my hair was damaged but also because I didn't think my locks were long enough. Now I'm just like I need to experiment as much as possible because my hair is changing so quickly and I need to appreciate each stage.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

I've been tagged!!

I am truly excited that I have been tagged. I apologize that I have taken so long to answer. The only thing is I do not know how to link to other blogs. HEHHEE! So I'm going to try and figure it out and i should have the posting done later today.

Monday, June 2, 2008

I'm BAACCCKKK!!

HELLO ALL,

I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING AWAY SOOO LONG BUT I HAD TO FOCUS ON MY SENIOR THESIS. ANY LITTLE TIME THAT I DID HAVE I HAD WAS USING CONDUCTING A RESEARCH PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THIS IN A PREVIOUS BLOG BUT MY RESEARCH PROJECT WAS ENTITLED "ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN BUFFERED FROM EUROCENTRIC STANDARDS OF BEAUTY?" LET'S JUST SAY I'LL DISCUSS THAT IN LATER DETAIL IN ANOTHER POST WITH THE ACTUAL STATISTICS. THAT ARE RIDICULOUS

ON TO THE HAIR!! MY LOCS ARE EXACTLY 9 MONTHS OLD TODAY HEHE!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH MY HAIR HAS CHANGED! I HAVE PUT TOGETHER A SLIDE SHOW OF MY LOCK PROGRESSION. HOPE U ENJOY!



I DON'T KNOW WHY MY SLIDE SHOW WON'T WORK. JUST CLICK VIEW ALL IMAGES AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE SHOW. THANXX!!

Saturday, February 2, 2008

MY BALL!!!!

As I was running my fingers through my hair (Yes I suffer from hand-in-hairitis) I felt something. It was fat, thick and and and ROUNDED!!! I was so excited I felt like jumping up and down. Five months into my SL'S and I have my first lock with a full ball on it.




I have to admit I feel like a dork when I get this excited about my hair. My friends kinda look at me like Ok she's really bugging out LOL!! I can't help it though it's cool to watch my hair go through these stages.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

ENDS

Hey everyone,
As I have mentioned before I have some perm on the ends of my locks. When I installed them I cut some length off because I really wanted to start with all natural hair. In the end my consultant said its probably best to leave some perm on the ends.
Here's the thing I love the way ends look when they are thick and rounded. I'm worried that when I cut my permed ends off the balls that are suppossed to form won't. I have some locks in the back that's already forming with the balls however, my hair was so short in the back it was mostly natural. The middle of my hair with the most perm is not really doing anything. So I'm worried my locks won't turn out the way that I want them 2!!!! To get a mental picture Kalia-Dewdrop and cheleski68 -Lockin and Poppin (hope you guys don't mind me using your names)have the thick ends that I would like.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Retightened AT LAST!!





As you can see from my last pics I was in desperate need for a retightening. Due to finances and the holiday season I went 2 months without a retightening. The pics show the side, back , and front of my hair. They're always so stiff for the first few days so I try not to style them or I'll end up with a headache for the entire day.
I have been braiding my hair to get the crinkly look because I don't like the way my hair looks when it's straight. Mainly because I still have some perm on my ends. I have read some other blogs and a lot of people curl their hair with rollers. I would love to do it but I think my hair is too short to pull the look off. What do you guys think? Should I try it at least?

Monday, January 14, 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



Happy New Year everyone.
Well it's been a while since I last updated. I've been locked for four months now and I am serious when i say everyday I fall in love with my locks a little more. I'm starting to see the changes as some of them lock up, some unravel, and others look the same. All in all I'm loving it though. I'm not even tripping over length anymore. Don't get me wrong I CAN"T WAIT FOR THE LENGTH!!! But I'm having such a good time watching it transition.
I went home (CT) over the holidays and I got mixed reviews concerning my hair. Most people kind of looked at me sideways and said the usual "Why did you do that to yourself?" I look at them the same way and say," what did I do?" They kind of laugh it off after that. I say hey u don't have to like it because I love enough for the both of us!!
How about this one, "You don't really have dreads they are just tiny braids you got jipped." When you do something different people always try to find a way to put you down. I don't discriminate locks are locks I have come to appreciate each and every method but I chose the sisterlock method for myself and I have NO regrets.
I love being a LOCKED DIVA!! ;)

By the way I'm on my way to the gym in the pics and I wear a stocking to pill my hair back.