8th Wonder ...

First off ,  just a sinple apology for my vsitors/followers. You will not find any great 'style options' here. Simply because my hair is so soft that the delicate twist out I had done previously may have hindered my loc'ing process, needless to say I just stopped it! I can tell you since I did not wash my locs for 8 weeks and left it completely alone I now see a MAJOR difference
A note to those who have  fine texture and loose curl pattern hair, do not (avoid if at all possible) over manipulating your loc's into styles UNTIL you have fully loc'd up. It can contribute to or even cause slipping and unravelling from the ends, and no end of frustration.

OK, last night I realised something  ... interesting ... happened/ is happening to my hair. My locs felt ... FEEL different. I can't seem to find the words to accurately describe it, but they feel heavier on my head.
It may have something to do with shrinkage, my hair being loose curly in its natural state, curls up like a spring once wet, that has not changed since I got my Sisterlocks, However, it seems to shrink a lot less now ... anyway I digress, My locs feel full, and heavier. Also, my first loc at the nape seems to have lots of company now ( nape loc' never shrinks!) because I can no longer differentiate it apart from the others. (it was much longer and stood out from the rest!) ... Hmmm .... What do you think? ... DARE I say it ...?

My styling choice is wild and free, suiting my nature! In fact I have never been good at playing dolly in my hair, even in its relaxed state I would roller the hair on rods and let it out and go, falling anyhow.
I opted for sisterlocks because it offered me freedom from all that, I just wanted to be able to wash and go allowing my mane to do as it pleased ...

Today I played about with my web cam to try and create some images to help explain to you guys this stage in my process,

Loc TIGHT!

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having the happiest new year EVER! I KNOW I AM!

Well ... to start with, I missed my seven month locversary. I kinda did that intentionally because my hair just did not SEEM to be getting with the loc'ing programme. Well yesterday I had that BIG appointment.

Just to recap my consultant was concerned that my lovely curly hair was doing everything it could to unlock itself. Soo she booked me in to push down the locks that were too loose. Loose because my natural hair pattern ( she informs me) is a loose curl, so every time I got a retight it loosened iteslf out (why I cannot wash my hair more than ONCE a month) If I did I would have an afro in no time!
So much so i was asked if I could go without washing until next appt, which was approx 2 months.
This was not as difficult as I had envisaged, We had 2 weeks off work for the hols, and a lovely surprise week of snowdays :). That meant I left my hair completely alone, the good old fashioned dreadlock way ...

Well for those of you who are already aware, my head was soo sore Liz had to give me the mummy talk. It went something like this  " .... Now Naomi! PLEASE! we are nealy finished, only 2 more to go, you sitting so uptight is making me uptight, now PLEASE sit properly on the chair and KEEP your head down like THIS CHILE! ... " well actually she didnt say chile but I would'nt have blamed her. LOOOOOOOL!!! was not laughin yesterday trust me!!! She did do a brilliant job tho!

Oh I almost forgot, I was suppose to take the retight class but cos of my rebellious little head, I had to leave it a few more months, soo instead Liz asked me to 'model' for her, which was really cool. I just sat there sleeping for  most of the time! All in all, my tighten and retight took about 4 hours and one sore head.

HOWEVER ... the GOOD news is ... that all the loc's at the back of my head have finally loc'd, the problem is mainly the loc's at the front!!! one thing for certain tho, is I will have the curly ends for a loooonnngg tiimmme! I am glad, love them anyway :)))

I am joyfully approaching my eighth month loc'd.  The growth is lovely to see, It took me ages this evening to braid and band because my hair is much longer and thicker ... and to think how fine my hair used to be ... ! THE BEST THING I EVER DID! I LOOOVE my LOC's!!! and enjoying this journey :))

Straight after retight.

Selection of hair shots, after 5th retightening.

After Retightening.

After washing ...

To all my followers and fellow bloggers, thank you for the interest you show in my loc progress.
I have been quiet due to 3 major events in the past week.

As you can all see there has been a growth spurt over the last 4 weeks or so, the growth is very noticable. In fact I think it is due to twisting at night as opposed to just leaving it free. My hair coils naturally and in the past had a lot of shrinkage when washed. Last night I noticed that the shrinkage was minimal, in fact one stray lock is just doing its own thing, hanging down the right side, coming from the nape of my neck. It is straight and I believe it is quietly locking all by itself ... hmmm.

Well so much for being a freestyler, I do not braid but twist (after shower) and sleep on it. It gives a subtle curl effect.

My consultant is pleased with my hair so far, I told her that sisterlocks was the best thing that ever happened to my hair! My retight is taking a little bit longer tho, or maybe I was tired.
Still only washing once a month, however, I have no dry scalp or itchy scalp conditions so not a problem.

Twist out ...