2nd time coloring on my own using semi-permanent color

The 1st time I colored, I did not post any prepping information for those who have not reached six months and are not yet ready to use permanent color and who are afraid they will mess up their locks. I here what I did to prep, with the help of my 14 y.o. daughter who got my scalp, neck,ears etc. Bless her Sweet little heart, she was helping her Mom.(this coloring was actually done 2/7/09)



Regarding hair coloring, my SL consultant is also a licensed cosmetologist for many years therefore, I trust what she tells me...to prep for my color since my hair is shorter I use baby hair clips to band my hair however I did use the rubber bands on the longer sections.

My consultant adviced me to use Kiss as it has no ammonia, no peroxide or ingredients that will cause your locks to swell and slip. This product is recommended for Natural Hair,Gray Coverage and Chemically Treated Hair(but we are not concerned with that)...LOL


Supplies: rubber bands to band your hair as you would in prepping to shampoo. And baby hair clip for shorter/delicate lock.

Perm/Color brush
Bowl
Gloves
Kiss semi-permanent color

To begin I clipped the shorter locks and banded the longer locks (with the help of my daughter, Wyvolen)

After sectioning and banding, I put a(small amount) of the Kiss Color into the bowl.

Using the brush I applied color only to the roots of my hair. (make sure you use gloves as the color will definately stain anything it touches)

After applying the color I left the color in to set for 25 minutes. You can sit under a dryer, which was recommended by Laura my SL consultant, but because I hate sitting under a dryer I just waiting 25 minutes.

After waiting 25 minutes, I rinsed my hair until the water ran clear.

After rinsing, I shampooed my hair with SL's shampoo. Then let my hair air dry.



Remember this is a rinse (semi-permanent color) therefore a little color will wash out with every shampoo. It depends on how often you shampoo how long the color will last. Thus determining how often you will need to re-color,until you can use permanent hair color.


Don't be scurred (LOL), If I can do it and not screw my locks up you can to!

Two Months Three Weeks Twice as Nice being Naturally Me

This is my Two Month 3 week anniversary and I am still loving my SL's, I think I am more in Love now then I was on my installation day. I am enjoying this process, although at times my SL's want to go into directions of their own. I guess its training time...LOL

I spoke with to my SL trainee last night, after she viewed my blog.
She informed me that she is no longer a trainee, she is officially a Certified Sister Lock Consultant therefore I have to send a shout out to Ms. Laura of
Agape Locs blog. Congratulations Laura, I will stop calling you my SL's trainee you are the Best SL Consultant this side of Arizona. KUDO's to you.

CORRECTION THE PIC'S BELOW ARE MY LOCKS AT TWO MONTHS NOT THREE

Many things to Celebrate..This Christmas

First and Foremost I would like to say Merry Christmas to all My SL/Trad Lock/BraidLock family I pray that all had a safe Christmas Celebration, equally I pray that all will have a safe and happy 2009...HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU ALL!!!!

This Christmas I was given a precious gift, as I have mentioned in older post I am expecting my first GrandChild on Valentines Day (of course we know the baby will come when its good and ready) It's a Girl....

During the course of my daughters pregnancy my daughter decided she wanted to move back to Cleveland, Ohio to have the baby....Can you imagine my devastation (19 year olds, just want to hang them sometimes)...LOL...

Well my baby decided to come back to Arizona to have the baby...The wonderful man in my life knew I did not have the funds to bring her home(back to Arizona)...so he suprised me and purchased her a one way ticket to fly back home (at 32wks of pregnancy)....This was one of my Christmas presents...what a wonderful gift...to be able to have my daughter back here to experience the last phase of her pregnancy and to be with her to go through Labor...(Ladies we all know she was going to need her Mommie) I just started a new job and wasn't sure if I would have been able to get to her in Ohio....Praise God, I will be able to be with her....

Here is my Expectant Daughter on Christmas along with her Sister, and The Expectant Grandmother..



Look at the Belly of Love...She's going to Kill me for Blogging this,maybe not its all over her MySpace...








Am I loving this soon to be Grandma thing or What....LOL (check out those Locks)

Had to Color

Ok Nubian1 and I have been trying to deal with our silver as best as we can. Sorry Nubi I could not take it LOOOOOONGGGEERRRR. After consulting with my SL trainee, following her guidance I decided to color my SL's myself using a semi-permanent color by KISS I used Sienna Brown which actually darken my hair just a tad bit, I look forward to permanent color in three month...Going Red..Stay Tuned...

New Addition To My Household

Meet Kirby...

Kirby is a purebreed toy schnauzer,born Sept 1st 2008. He found his new Mommie on Nov 29th, 2008. These are his marketing photo's, Isn't he the most beautiful puppy you have ever seen. His Breeders knows how to sale a puppy with all her props...






We (my daughter and two of her friends) took a scenic drive from Glendale, Arizona to Camp Verde Arizon a 1hour and 45 minute drive into the mountains reaching altitudes of 4000feet. Below are some pics my daughter took with my cell phone while I was driving on one of the pictures you can see the snow on top of a mountain in the distance.. We have lived here for 4years, this was our first road trip to Northern Arizona where it snows...








We reach our destination I have my new Love!!!!Kirby


Kirby in his new home lodging in his Mommie's bed with his Big Sis.


SPOILED ALREADY!!!!

My First Retightening

Hello,

I would first like to apologize for not posting and responding as much as I had in the past, at that time I was out of work with a lot more time on my hands. I'm finally back to work after being off for 4 months with limited income and on assistance..But I am back to work Praise God, I am working in the field of my studies as a Mental Illness Case Manager so far I am excited although everyone keeps talking about burnout...My plan is to stay in the Spirit...and help those who need my help.

Ok, back to the topic. My retightening was done on Saturday Nov 22, 2008 at 1pm with Ms. Laura aka blogger name "Agage Locks" we had a full session of laughter, conversating about all of wonderful sisters from our SL blogging community, spirit filled conversation, no napping from me...no breaks from her, Oh yeah and more laughter.

We finished around 7:30 pm approximately 6 1/2hrs a lot better then 17 hrs I am loving this, I think maybe if I stop making her laugh so much we just might get done in 5 hours...

I had a get deal of growth and lots of that DARN GREY stuff, don't get me wrong I am glad that God has a since of humor reminding me of the wisdom that I have gained with age in the greying of my hair,Equally I appreciate the awareness of my hair growning by the showing of grey hair... But I can't stand the grey in my hair at least not right not..just not ready to embrace it...

Ms. Laura and I have discussed semi-permanent color in another week or two, pics of beautiful red locks to come in the near, very near future...Ms. Laura hope your reading this....LOL

Next retightening Dec 27th Yipppeeee !!! before New Years Eve...Can you believe we are heading into another year already...Wow how time flys when you having SL Fun!!!!! ;0)

OMG!!! Ladies I saw a Brotha w/BL's today

I was in Walmart, this evening. As I was pushing my cart past the cash registers I saw a brotha walking between the cash registers..I looked then looked again saying to myself are those Brother Locks in his head....I rushed over to him asking (as if I didn't know) "What is that in your hair" The Brotha said "They are Brother Locks like Sister Locks" "I said I know I have Sister Locks, your the first guy I have seen with Brother Locks. They Look Good" gave him a pat on the shoulder and continued shopping...Now where is my camera when I need it...I would have taken that Brotha's pic and posted him on my blog...To think I left my cell with the camera in the car....That Brotha's hair was looking Good Ladies...I am going to have to stake out Walmart with my Camera like the Poppa Rotsey (guess that's how it's spelled) LMAO

After 1st ReFreshing Shampoo SL's after 4wks 4days

Ok,Okay I decide to go on and add the pics now....LOL..

My hair has gotten pretty gray, those stubborn grays are changing the pattern of my SL's I had this really curly SL on the side of my head just in front of my ear sitting just below the arm of my glasses when I was first installed...I thought it was sooooo cute...you know that stubborn gray made that one lock stick straight up I was so frustrated with that teeny weeny lock I would just tuck it under the arm of my glasses.

There was very little slippage(and I do mean very little) something my Ms.Laura was concerned about, I kept reassuring her that my hair would not slip and it didn't..when Ms.Laura looked at my hair she said to me..."Ms Angela your locking"..Yippppeee.. I have alot of new growth, I am so excited, Ms. Laura says I can not wait more then one more week for re-tightening...Hair vitamins work ladies....

Well, after shampooing my lovely SL's my hair curled back up soooo cute when I left Ms. Laura's chair Loving my SL's even more...Funny thing my fiance said my SL's remind him of pipe cleaners when you twirl them into ringlets....I thought that was cute...;o)

We will re-tighten my lovely tweeny weeny SL's next Saturday the 15th of November..

Of course I will have pic's stay with me on this wonderful journey as too will walk with you

Love you all....

First SL's Washing

This is my first shampoo, after not washing for 4wks and 4 days. This is such a joyous occasion as I usually shampoo weekly. My appointment with my SL Consultant Laura was scheduled for 7:45am she is such a peach to come out so early for me, guess what I was late shame, shame,shame...we were actually scheduled for re-tightening however I opted for just a wash, as I had been fighting with my blood pressure which was extremely high and did not feel like sitting for a re-tightening.

We started with using baby hair clips for my teeny weeny SL's, aren't they colorful. I thought of this idea when I had my test lock put in, using those rubber bands was not an option for me due to the length of my hair. Those rubber band tangled so badly, I saw these tiny little clips at Walmart and thought this would work much better.

I told Laura about the clips and we agreed that this would probably work best when I was ready for my first shampoo. During the past 4 weeks I purchased an additional 4 packs of these tiny little clips for my first shampoo.

These clips worked perfectly, what Ms Laura does when she shampoos young SL's she takes a squirt water bottle dilutes the SL's shampoos and squirts the shampoo in the parted sections, she then gently massages the shampoo into the scalp let's it sit for about 3-4 minutes then rinses the shampoo'd solution out under a very light water pressure...Clips stayed intact. Yipppeeee!!!!!

Post shampoo pics to follow...check out Laura's blog(http://withlocsoflove@blogspot.com/)or (Ms.Laura's "Locs of Love)she has a very nice question and answer forum.

Still loving my SisterLoc's

My First Month...and Still " N" Love

Well ladies it's been a month, my hair is getting thicker and growing. I will have my first re-tightening next weekend as well as my first wash,I can't wait to get some water on my scalp. I am loving each little tiny curly locks, I can't wait for more growth.

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I just wanted to post one Big Thank you to everyone who posted a comment of Congrats for receiving my BA in Psychology, it was a long hard road. Working, dealing with everyday obstacles of life and being a Mother. Thanks Again to all of you!!! Most of all I thank God for giving me the strength to keep on Keeping ON!!!

I Made it, So PROUD of Me!!!

Looking like a deer in headlights, my daughter snapped this pic as we were walking out of the auditorium.


Hello everyone,

After many years of starting school and stopping, I have completed 4 yrs at Argosy University earning a BA of Psychology. I am the first in my family to obtain a BA, it was a thrill watching the upper class earn their MA/Doctorial Degress such a motivator to continue my education. As my daughter watched her mom graduated it was also a motivator for her as well. Yippeee for Me...;0)

My Lovely Daughter

Ok, My youngest got me with this one. Guess I left my computer on and she decided to make a post, she is a jewel and good girl (Pray that she stays that way) at least until she completes college. When I read my suprise post from her my eyes wailed up, her words are so kind and I know at times she wishes she could strangle her Mommie.

Now, I do not have a favorite daughter and she knows that. I am a victim of that horrible treatment and would never do that to my girls, I love them both equally they are both special as they both have their own characteristics this is what sets them apart making them special in their own way. My closeness to my daughters comes from lots of hugs, straight talk, playfulness,raising them in church and prayer. The one who posted is now 14 years old, my oldest is 19 and expecting my first grand child...we know it's a girl...her name will be Chevae (which is my oldest daughters middle name) she is due on Valentines Day but I think she going to be born on my father's birthday Feb. 18th he has since pasted on so this would be a blessing.

Here are photo's of my girls years ago, present and a U/S pic of my grand-daughter.


The sneaky poster is in the middle, doesn't she look sneaky..LOL



Here's my youngest the sneaky poster, dressed for homecoming sept.2008 As you can see she thinks she's the Princess (hence the Tiara)...looking like she just got caught doing something...LOL


My Oldest just before finding out she's pregnant


Chevae's first photo

From Her Daughter

Hello everybody in the blog world, I'm "Angel Locs" daughter. Her youngest, and favorite to be exact :) (Just Kidding) Well, I wanted to surprise my mom. She's gone right now, so I decided to make a blog about her.

I'm so happy my mom is my mom, I love her soo much. She's been there for me, and I know she's always going to be there for me. I love spending time with my mommie (yes I still call her mommie) even though she always say I get on her nerves, I know she loves my annoyance. I like making her smile when she's sad, I like cooking for her, and I love making jokes with her.

She's amazing I love her big cheesy smile :) And I think she's beautiful. Long story short, I love my mommie.

Stay Beautiful

xoxo,

Pooner (Nickname) haha :)

Wow My First Week with SL's and Lovin It !!!!! (click on picture to enlarge)

 

Hello my SL sistah's, First of all I would like to thank all of you who have made comments and sending Warm Welcomes to SisterLock-Hood...Well it has been 1 week since the installation of my SL and the beginning of this peaceful journey, my hair color looks so much darker..I haven't changed the color it's the lighting.

My family and friends have been pretty receptive to my knew look, My sister was the funniest, though she is familiar with SL's she asked me what did my SL consultant put in my hair to lock it. I guess she was thinking they were similar to starting traditional locks.

Another funny thing...while my SL consultant installed my SL's she would get to certain sections of my hair and would say "This is the Slave Master's hair in this section" I would kindly say " No that's Running Hawk's hair"....Well I logged onto ancestary.com's free 14 day trial and learned that my Great-Grand Mothers race was entered as Mulatto...(white father/black mother)...actually my Great-Great Grand Mother was part Indian..My point...I guess my SL consultant did run across the Slave Master's hair...LOL..

This first week has been a "ITCHY" week, OMG has my head been itching. My SL consultant suggested dry shampoo and sea breeze..I tried the dry shampoo..but I needed more relief..Thanks to my wonderful SL sistah blogging about the itchies and their remedies, Nihuru stated she used Listerine....I thought..."Hmmmmm, I am trying Listerine" so off to Walmart/ Wally Word to many...for a small bottle of Listerine...Thank you Nihuru it worked wonders, my itching has almost stopped completely...however I do have a dry scalp in certain area's so I will most likely still have some itching.

Final note I am loving my SL's as you can see, I am free styling these lovely locks applying my makeup, being creative with eye shadows...I am purely in love...

Much love to all of my Natural/SL's Sistahs

FINALLY INSTALLED AFTER 6 YEARS OF DEBATING

I must give thanks to my SL Consultant Trainee Laura, she is truly a blessing as she did not want to install my locks at only 2 inches. The recommended length is 3-4 inches, however she trusted that I would take good care of these little wonders and she is absolutely correct. I am so thankful to you Laura for having faith in me.

During my two day 17 hour installation, I came in each morning with my bag of goodies for the day(poweraide,cheese sticks, fruit, veggies and veggie dip). We only took potty breaks a few times each day and maybe 15 minutes for a quick bite, Laura and I chatted about raising children, grandchildren, the Gospel, we laughed about life and good times,while we watched Gospel Video's Laura and I praised in the Spirit.... but she kept those fingers working.

As you can see my locks are very tiny, Laura had a bit of a struggle around the edges but she got those babies in there.

My hair is medium coily, as soon as Laura put in the locks they would spring into little coils with a exception of a few that want to do their own thing. The back of my hair is much thicker then the top and sides, but as time goes on I know this will all fill in I will just keep pumping those vitamins,drinking water and eating a better diet for healthier hair and skin.

This was a gracious experience, I am so happy to have begun my SL Journey...Nubian1 and I started our journey this past weekend this will make my journey even more exciting to blog with Nubian1 as we start our journey together.

I feel happy and free

For those of us who are Graying

When Laura my SL Consultant Trainee said "you will not be able to color your hair for at least six month" I almost fell out of her chair, saying do you see the gray in my hair...OMG, what am I going to do? I gray heavy in the crown of my head.

No worry she says there are color sticks/color pencils you can use to cover the gray while you transition...My thought was "like eyebrow pencils", she said yes but Sally's Beauty Supply store has color sticks to match the color of your hair, you can use them until you are able to permanently color again.

Pictured here is a color stick I found at the local Asian hair/wig supply store. It's by kiss, you dab a little water on it and it covers the gray...it works I tried it. I informed Laura of this purchase as she was also aware of this product also you see Laura is not only a SL Trainee, she is a licensed cosmetologist x 20 years so I trust her advice on hair products. I chose a mahogany color stick, Laura said :"NO" that's to dark but it actually comes out red on my gray hair. So she was at ease with my color choice.

I also have a snap shot of the clips I used when coloring my hair, trying to find a better way then using those band they tangle so badly in my short locks, however as I have read other blogs tangling is a problem regardless of the length.

Euphoria had a good idea to use the cloth bands, if the clips are not sufficient I will follow Euphoria's idea I am sure I saw the cloth bands in a tiny version if I can't find them in Arizona for sure I know they sell them in Ohio I will just have my daughter send me some.

Just a little advice about the color stick/pencil for those of us who have to fight the gray...and those who need a color touch, until you can color again.

Be Blessed

Final Coloring B 4 Sisterlock Installation

Top view can you see the little clips holding the test locks



Here is a better view of the tiny clips I used to color instead of the bands, I was little concerned about the nape area, the clips are hangin on so far so good.




Drying out clips still intact.





Hocus, Pocus more red head...I love reds..Clips are still in, the clips on the test SL at the nape are dangling well just one but it's still in place letting them dry out before I unclip. Doesn't seem to be unraveld. Thank God