Tuesday, June 25, 2013

3 months Today!!

#POW! 
So today, June 25th makes 3 months since install. I am in the middle of retightening (have the back two sections to do still).

Any differences? No, not many. My hair still has the braid pattern (no surprise there--) which makes me consider tasking myself with doing over each lock from root to tip with the interlock method.  The very last row of locs in my hair, feels a little firm and does little to no unraveling which is a good sign. :) I have no budding that i know of as yet.  However, I am still washing once a week and rinsing every other day.  I am currently wearing my hair in a bantu knot out because, as you all know, i hate the spacey nature of a fresh reti.  I am also looking into some products and watching some vids to kind of tweak my regimen a bit.  Anywho, i'll put up some pics, of course.

And I just want to thank you all for reading and keeping up with me. I see my views sky-rocketing and i'm just fascinated by the thought, support and interest shown.

Until then, Lata Lovies








Thursday, June 13, 2013

Always up for a change.

Ive always been the type to change my hair styles up every two seconds. Literally. Whether with my own natural hair or with weaves added in, I was always down for protective styles. Sew-ins, braids, twists, crochet braids-- it didn't matter, I loved them all.

A part of the reason why I went the route of microlocs is for that same reason. I need to be able to have the versatility to appease my desire that pops up every so often. I figured with smaller locs, it would be easier to disguise if need be. With traditional locs, wigs can be worn but im not much of a wig connoisseur. The smaller the lock the greater the chance of me being able to braid it up, tuck em in and sew-in tracks or even single braids. I never thought to look on YouTube for anyone who has attempted these plans of mine because I just didnt think I would find anyone sharing that interest.

Well imagine my surprise when I found this video that I will link below while watching some of the channels that I am subscribed to. This lovely lady's YouTube name is MsArtistri and she just took the idea right outta my head. Im not into making videos and plus I need a new lappy first before I reconsider but I am too grateful to find someone who thinks the way I do. So check this video out and subscribe to her channel. I plan to crochet braid my hair maybe in the fall so be looking out for that.

Until then, Later Lovies

Watch "Havana Twists: Hiding my Locs!" on YouTube

Nothing New Under the Sun

My hair is just here. No Grand new developments. No wonders to tell. It has actually been taking a back seat since I've been hella busy with life.

One thing I did want to show was the difference between the few locks in the back of my head (started with interlocking) versus the rest of my head with micro braids. And what a difference it is. So much that every so often I have the thought of taking down my braids one by one and interlocking the strands.

My fascination stems from them looking soooo much like locs already-- only two months and 15 days in. They're fuzzing over a great deal and ughh I just love them. However, the amount of time that would take and basically starting over my whole head (undoing whatever progress I've already made) is just not as appealing. Plus, the locking journey is one of patience and will power, so im just gonna wait it out-- no matter how many times the idea pops into my head.

The picture with me holding up the two strands goes to show the difference in thickness and the whole fuzz factor (please excuse the background--at work taking pics lol) and the single strand is an interlocked loc as well. When I leave work I will try to upload better pics in better lighting but I wanted to get this post out here.
:)