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A Regrettable Moment - First Videoblog!

Anniversaries, Retightenings & a Steamer...

My daughters and I have all celebrated our one-year locversaries in the past few weeks. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who was really impressed by this, the girls were kinda "meh" about the situation. I was anxiously awaiting mine because I've been wanting to henna and I felt it was best to wait until my locs were "mature."  I thought they'd be at the same stage my first set of locs were one year, but they're not. Thinner locs, Sisterlocks, just seem to take longer to mature. I've noticed this on both my daughters and myself. Our first sets of larger locs were just a bit farther along at this stage in the game.

And I retightened my hair last night. Ugh. It usually takes me about 4 hours to do it. I think I must have started too late last night or maybe I was tired, I don't know, but it seemed to take FOREVER. I didn't get done until almost 2 in the morning. But I can't start and then not finish. Even though I was tired, I felt the need to press on until it was over, which was probably a mistake because...

I accidentally joined two locs together. At last partially together. I hate when I do this. I spent about 20 minutes trying to undo them before I just gave up. It's near impossible to push the loc back through the exact same place. So I decided to cut it, which I'm always afraid will weaken one of the the locs if not both, but I couldn't just leave them half joined together. The picture shows the tuft of hair that curled up after I cut them apart. Luckily, there is still a substantial base, so I'm confident this lock will be okay.

To celebrate our one year lociversaries, I decided to buy a steamer, since I've heard so many positive review about them on different hair sites. I ordered a PRO-1037a from Salonsrus.com since the black Pro-150 was out of stock at the time (though it is on sale this week). 

It wasn't at all hard to set up, as a matter of fact, Bree helped me put it together. I've used it a couple of times, and my daughters have sat under if for a few minutes, but...and I hate to say this...I wasn't feeling the effects like I thought I would be. People have lauded the steam treatments and the softness afterward, but my hair felt the same. I think I sat under it for about twenty minutes (no cap!), but my hair just felt okay afterward. Nothing special. Of course I'm not giving up on it yet - I think I'll try to do a hot oil treatment under it tonight and then post the results.

Another Obsession...Locs...

First off, let me say that I am ashamed that I've only posted twice this year. And the first post was New Year's Day. That's pretty pitiful for any blogger, I think. I could blame my hectic life, but honestly, I've been a little lazy.

My last post was about an obsession and this one will be as well. I've come to realize that I am OBSESSED with natural hair - locs in particular. I've been natural now for over 8 years and my love for nappy hair has never wavered. I'm not sure this is healthy, but I know I think about hair several times a day. It's not just hand-in-hair disease (although I do have that too) - I think about napps all day long.I'm on Nappturality, I'm on YouTube, I'm reading blogs (basically everything but what I'm supposed to be doing at the time). 

And I've been pondering lately, since I love it so much, why don't I do hair? I could, I have before, but I've never really seriously considered doing hair as a way of making real money. I'm still a graduate student. I have a year left to get my degree. But for a few months now I've been thinking about taking the Sisterlock class and possibly doing traditional locs as well. I've prayed over this, just hoping that I would be led to the right decision. If nothing else, I think the class would give me a skill to fall back on even if I don't become a full-time consultant. 

Lately, I've felt pushed in this direction. Things I've come across online, conversations I've had with other locticians. Someone asked me to do their hair today. And at first I was like, "hmm, I don't know," but then I thought this might be the sign I was waiting for. I don't know. I gave the lady my number. We'll see.