10th Month

My sister said to me the other day.  "What's happening with your hair haven't had an update in a while".  I thought to myself ummm she's right.  The reason; well my retightenings have now gone to 5 weeks and well I wouldn't say the novelty has worn off but I am just letting it do its thing.

I am no longer twisting it, curling it, pulling and tugging at it why?  Because I don't need to anymore it looks good without all of that.  I am not saying it didn't look good before but now that I have left it to do its own thing I can see a big difference.

What have I learnt?

If I had left it alone in the beginning it may have got a lot further than it has - well I think so, but that is all part and parcel its something new so you want to play with it then you get use to it and you leave it.

All them YouTube videos that say I do this with my hair, I do that with my hair, well OK yes fine you can follow them as I did but suffer the consequences.  For all you newbies out their the best thing to do is to leave it alone.

For the first three months I ranted and raved and moaned and complained "I want to wash my hair" like if I didn't the world would end.  You know what it's not that important.  My hair is very soft and if I hadn't had followed by consultant's advice I doubt I would have reached this stage even now.  I am not saying I agree with her cos in them early days when I was going to the gym, it was hot, I was sweating it definitely felt like it needed it.  What made it worse was I was reading everywhere that you should wash your hair, it is good for it but I held on and you know what the urge to wash it no longer exist.


 This is the 10th month of my sisterlock journey and I have only washed my hair twice, yes yuk, gross, now way... yes way twice.  But don't it smell!!! You may exclaim.  Err actually it doesn't.  Let me tell you why...





I don't use any products in my hair.
I use a spritz of water and lemon juice.
Occasionally I spritz with water with lavendar essential oil but not often.
I go for a steam after the gym (shhhh don't tell Liz).

Lets expand on the steam after the gym and what I have noticed.  Probably in the early days a steam wouldnt be a good idea but now 10 months down the line my hair loves it.  I come out of the spin class all sweaty then go into the steam for 20 mins and bingo not only does my skin glow my hair comes to live and I don't know if I am imagining it but I am sure the ends close up more.

Now there are occasions when I look at my hair and think what is it doing today it's all puffy and fizzy - I don't like that look.  I haven't figured out what causes it but all I know is when it is like that I can't do anything with it.  So to get rid of that fuzzy bear look out comes my little bottle of water and lemon juice and there you go back to normal.

Apart from the days when it has been a little fuzzy there has not been any other day when I have felt I hate my hair not one.  I am forever feeling it, my son is forever feeling it.  It is so strange still that this is my natural hair out on display and it looks gooooooood....

BTW that foolish man who accused me of dissecting my  hair when I first got it done and looked at me in horror is now saying "oh good you growing it now".  I just look at him and mutter to myself "damn fool don't know a thing".

I had my retightening yesterday so I have a nice new hair again...