Happy Birthday to me! And other random thoughts

Wow, today is my birthday!  I am so blessed to still be here alive and well, happy and full of joy!  I'm not saying how old I am...that's between me and the Lord!  LOL! but I'm still here.

Today I was going to join Curves... and somehow I ended up at Cami Cakes in Buckhead buying cupcakes!  Yup, oh well tomorrow is another day. 

I just had a retightening on Saturday, so I have new pics to post.  Also, I mentioned to my consultant that my locs felt dry and that I had lost another one - see earlier post, so she brought out some olive oil and proceeded to massage the oil into my locs.  Then she added some shea butter.  Well, it looked good and felt great...until the next morning!  I looked like I had dunked my head into a bucket of oil.  Not a good look.  So, I washed my hair repeatedly until it felt clean.  This time I decided to condition my hair.  It was braided and banded so I wasn't afraid of anything coming undone.  Also, I remembered that before I had Sisterlocks, I would always condition my hair and that my hair just doesn't respond well to most oil products.  Conditioner on the other hand is a different story.  I was trying to help the dryness but oil doesn't add moisture - it adds well.. oil!

After I rinsed my locs several times, I squeezed the water out with a towel and then rolled the ends on my brand new soft spikes - pictures below.  Things turned out great - however around 4:00 a.m. I was pulling those soft spikes out of my hair.  On Monday morning, I had 24 soft spikes on the floor next to my bed!

I do like them but maybe I rolled them too tight.  Also, I had just had my locs retightened so it just felt uncomfortable and they had to go.  Sleep is a priority and comfort is key!

Ok, so here are my Sisterlocs at 10 months!  I'm going to eat a cupcake...

Peace and Blessings!
Evie

Another loc lost?!!

Oh my... I have lost another loc!  I knew that it was hanging on for dear life, but I was hoping it would hang on until my retightening on Saturday.  Well, nope!  some of my locs at the nape of my neck are thin and I thought it would have been the opposite with the thicker locs in the back.  My hair is softer and fine in some places, and this is one of them. 

I'm also having some bunching issues, but I usually am able to work it out without too much manipulation.  My ends have a texture that I can't really explain.  I don't have any relaxer in my hair, this is just what grew back after chemo.  It is fairly thick but has a finer texture that I realized so I am not locked yet even though it's now been 10 months.  Wow, I can't believe it's been 10 months!!!  I love it!  well, except for the losing locs part.  For some reason I thought bunching only happened if you had relaxer on your ends.  That is not true - it depends on your hair texture and the way the loc begins to mat together, etc.  Anyway, it appears that my ends were curling back on themselves and creating a 'hair loc loop' that results in a clump or bunch of hair.  It's not pretty...

Anyway I know that this is all part of the process, so I'm not going to stress about it (for now).  Also, I started drinking Wheatgrass smoothies every day and my energy level is so much higher!  No caffeine jitters, just good energy and I'm sleeping better at night too.  I will post the smoothie recipe later, just wanted to update my blog with my hair status since I'm tracking the process.

Peace and Blessings!
Evie

Still attached...

And now... ;  (

Little loc lost...

Well, I've heard about losing a loc here and there, but I was shocked to find this little loc after I removed my silk scarf!  WTH???  I am so careful with my hair, and to find this little broken loc stranded and looking so forlorn and lost was a shock to me.  It was actually sad because I thought I was taking such good care or my hair.  I did notice that it was feeling a bit dry, but I didn't do anything about it.  Then I noticed that my scarf felt like it was pulling on my locs, but again, I didn't do anything about it.  And then... 

Little lost loc... so sad!

I looked down and there it was... a broken loc!  what the heck just happened?

Well, I will go back to moisturizing and maintaining my locs on a 5 week regular basis!  While I do go for my retighteninigs every 5 - 6 weeks, I wasn't moisturizing..  I wasn't drinking enough water.., and when I was tired I would just tie my hair up in my silk scarf the best I could. not really paying attention to any locs that might have been caught in the mix.  So needless to say, I wasn't treating my locs with the kindness and care that I should have and the result?  A broken loc that spoke volumes!  Well, no more!  I am going back to being the obsessive crazy woman that I know and love!  I will treat my hair with the utmost respect and care possible, and hopefully I won't find anymore little lost locs.

Peace and Blessings!

Evie