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!!!