Its a Go!

This post is looongg overdue. I definitely finished my re-ti a week ago. Life has been getting in the way.

Anyway, my retightening did not tske any extra time with the added amount of new growth that I acquired. 4 days either way I look at it--4 weeks v. 6 weeks.

I do like the idea of waiting longer for adequate new growth, and also the fuller looks. So, I'm sticking with the 6 week rotation.  Monday night, after I finished my re-ti, I set my hair with flat twist and bantu knot (or chiney bump) the ends of the twists.  The next day I had a curly 'fro'.  I dont realli know why I pinned up the front but one of co-workers told me I look like a child. Well, Cheers to never growing old! :)

Enjoy the pics.
I'll be back in a few days for my 5 month update \(^.^)/.

Until then,
.Lata Lovvies.

Re-ti Time

And let the long awaited retightening session begin! So as foretold,  I waited 6 weeks this time around to do my retightening and I think this may be my schedule from here on out. 
Reasons being:

1). Im lazy. Of course this was reason number one LOL. But its true, my life seems to be busier these days which puts my hair on the back burner.

2). I can see growth. A lot of the time when I re-ti in 4 week increments, portions of my hair have not grown enough to do one full rotation. With six weeks I have just enough hair all over to get that done.

3). The fullness. Again with six weeks of growth at the roots, most of my parts are hidden and I get a nice little lift at the roots which accounts for a more fuller look when my hair is down.

4). Not too tight. This kind of goes along with point number two, but again with all the growth that is acquired, I am noticing that I can get one full rotation and then some. However, I am leaving it at just that, one rotation-- thereby, I am not yanking at my roots to get through a really tight second rotation. This helps in keeping a fairly healthier scalp and avoids weakening the base of my locks.

So, 6 weeks it is. I may have to touch up my edges in between because they tend to slip bit that is about it. I've attached pics as usual-- showing the new growth. Stay blessed.

Lata Lovvies.

Month 4!

4 MONTHS!

Today makes exactly 4 months to the day and I have been putting off retightening my hair. Why? No real reason although, I do want to see how long I can go without a re-ti. (You know, for future references). So, im down 4 weeks now since my last re-ti, excluding my edges, which I did a week ago because I had somewhere to be. Im gonna push for 6 weeks though. I've been a little busy transistioning into a new residential setting and whenever I do have free time, I am attending to something other than my hair. 

Another reason why I feel I can push this out a little longer is because I dont think I have as much new growth to be doing it monthly.  Also, I love the lift I get at the roots from the lack of retightening. My hair seems so much more fuller without my parts showing through.

So let this be the start of my lil' ol' experiment. We will see in two more weeks if this was a good idea or a not so great one. We will also see if this makes my re-ti take longer since I'll have presumably more new growth to work with. And, we will see if ill ever be this lazy again LOL.

Until then, lata lovvies.

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

Reflection: retightening

So my retightening took a total of four days.

Why so long you might ask?
When I said I was in no rush, I meant it. I had work and things to do after work so I could only fit in a few hrs a day.
Two, my arms were def feeling the burn LOL. You would think that I would be used to this from my years of braiding my hair by myself but nope.
Three, There was no method to my madness and I plan to change that for next time and divide my hair into sections and then attack in that way.

Any conflicts along the way?
Yep.
I had a hard time incorporating the smaller hairs around the front of my hair into locks. I also caught myself making knots mid rotation. This occurred when I didnt push my tool all the way through the base of the lock before pulling it out.

In conclusion,  I can say that the overall experience was okay. I may have been a little too hype in the beginning because it had its ups and downs. More than anything I am glad that its over LOL. So, below there will be pic of a close up and the return of scalpy.

Retightening time!

So today marks the beginning of the 4th week since I've had my baby locks in and * drum roll please* its time to retighten. Ecstatic isnt even the word. My edges were looking rough last night and in preparation for church today, I took the time to do the front row late after work. It took me 20mins to do. So now that church is over, I am taking my time to retighten the rest. There is no big rush. However, thursday will be exactly one month since my install. So Im starting from the back and making my way forward row by row.

Just as a reminder I will be using the 3-point method. A 9-6-9-12 clock rotation. With the amount of new growth that I have accumulated, I should be able to do two full rotations on each lock. I dont know how I can show images of what im doing but u can always go on youtube to look up how to interlock. For starters, here's a picture of the front that I did last night and I will just continue to post pics of my progress along the way in a new post.

Happy Sunday!