Advice from a Veteran.

Dear loc blog.

Two days ago i went to the bronx with my boyfriend to see his friend Arthur. Mr Arthur has a wife that has been locking for ten years. the last time i saw her was on new years. it was at that time that i had my first set of locks. they were mature but uneven in length (which is why i cut them). anyway she saw me with my new short bronze baby locks and was surprised that i started over. i told her why and she understood.

I told her that i was gonna go to the salon and have them straighten my parts. she said that there was no need to go because i dont need straight parts! She told me that she started her own locks and never went to the salon for anything. she said that she herself doesnt have straight parts. Her locks looked beautiful! they were golden blond long locks that ran down her back. normally she keep them pined up on her head. she maintains them by using jam and spritz. she washes them every month.

personally i dont like to use jam in my hair because it makes my scalp itch because of the thickness. but ima take her advice and just twist my hair myself. after all, i am a two year veteran lols. now im not so concerned about going to the salon. ima just twist it myself.

anywho, its been a week since i last twisted my hair with spritz. my locks are holding out fine. they frizzing up alot quicker these days but you know what, i dont care. these days i dont worry about how my hair looks. i just wake up, rub my hand through it and thats it. some of them are starting to take form. some of them are already budding a little bit. sometimes in the morning before i go to work,i add some lock gel to it. but tonight ima twist it with some lock gel and have it pinned up over night. i dont know when ima wash my hair. probably in late september early october. that should be enough time for my locs to have set in. but for now, just normal twisting.

talk to you later!

Thank god for spritz!!!!!

Dear blog,

4 words. (Clears throat) Thank God For Spritz!!! I didn't wash my hair in like almost two weeks. I haven't been using a lot of moisturizer for my scalp because It hasn't been itching too much.. Every now and then I would use olive oil on them for some moisture and some sheen. But not a lot on my scalp.
I didn't twist my hair with my loc and twist butter/ gel. I needed something quick and convient. So I've been using spritz to twist and pin my hair. One word AMAZING! Because I would twist them... Leave them in for 20 minutes and when I taker out the pins, the twists will me nice and tight. Last week I twisted it and I yesterday I twisted it and the twists last long.
I've been putting on a satin scarf every night and it helps my twists to last longer.
Now every morning I get up and run my hands through my hair to give it live and go about my day. No worries about my hair.
Anyway next week ima see if I can go to the salon. I've been really procrastinating when it comes to that. Its cuz I have to find the time but when I have some time ima go.. Until then, goodnight
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Second Wash and separation

Dear lock diary,

Unfortunately AGAIN i didnt have the money to go to the salon to get my hair done.. so now i have to do it myself. but thats okay. I used the dry shampoo on my hair. HATED IT!!! when i was done using it, my hair didnt feel refreshed at all. and the smell annoyed me. and plus it was hard to rub out with a damp towel. Time Wasted!!! so i ended up washing my hair. here is how it went.

I didnt want my hair to unravel so put a satin cap over it and washed it with black soap shampoo. but i got annoyed with that too. mainly because the soap wasnt getting In the end, i decided to just wash it the old fashioned way. i didn't scrub my scalp too hard because i didnt want the motion to unravel my locks. but of course, some of them unraveled. i already knew that was gonna happen. some of them maintained. thats okay. in fact, alot of them maintained their shape. i want my locks to be a little more thinner so ima separate some of them. hopefully they will come out cute. i always loved thinner locks. and thats exact what i want in my hair.

so it seems like one of my products i wont be using ever again. And that product is the Organic Root Stimulator Herbal Cleanse Dry Shampoo.

Two week update: First Wash

Dear lock diary

its been two weeks since my last blog and alot has happened. But here it is in a nutshell. I was suppose to go to the salon this week but i didnt. Mainly because i didnt have any money. so i ended u doing my hair myself. I wanted to go to the salon and have the loctician make my baby locks smaller. Ive always wanted smaller locks. to me they look more appealing. But that didnt happen. i ended up washing my hair myself and reinstalling my coils but alot smaller. they look so cute!!! i wish i had i pictures!!!

but ive decided that next week ima go to the salon and have the loctician touch them up for me because some of my parts aren't right. this is because i cant see the back of my hair lols. but this is the size i want my locks. it may be small and require alot more time for maintenence but ima leave that to the loctician instead of doing it myself. at least until they mature. this time i want my locks to come out beautiful. so for like the next few months ima spend a few bucks to get my hair done at the salon. Ima do some daily maintenence on my hair as well. like light twisting and adding oil but that is as far as it goes.

anywho... ima be back in another two weeks for a lock update... ttyl