Style attempt: Braidout

As I promised I will be trying more style so I went home after working a 12 hr shift and did a braid out.  Now if anyone has looked into my youtube or even read my previous post one of the reason I don;t curl my hair is because I don't feel the curls last very long which means I would have to keep re-curling them every so many days.  This is something that I'm not willing to do so i don't style my hair until now.  I think I have found the problem to my dilema. I sectioned off my hair taking enough to make a mid size braid.  Before I braided my hair I put some of this on my hair thinking it was going to provide some kind of hold but that's not what it did.  Next I must read the product label before I buy it. I know I'm not the only person guitly of this.  However, the products is from the Palmer's Olive line.

When I bought this I thought it was just hair mousse which is something my friend suggested to me since I wasn't haven't any luck with any of the seeting lotions I had try. However, once I started to apply this mousse on to my hair I realize it didn't have much of a hold instead it was providing moisture. Which is something my hair needs living in this dry state of Colorado. However for me to get some kind of hold I used some Suave spritz in a spray bottle with some water.  As you can see from the picture the Sauve products was the max hold solution and I just diluted it by adding it and some water into a separate spray bottle I had. I will put a pictre of that bottle up later as I don't have one available right now. One part sauve solution to three parts water

 

Once I had completed all my braids I used my spray bottle with my water and sauve solution to spray each braid really goood before I tied my hair up.

 These three pictures are what my locks looked like in the braids.  I only kept the braids in for 8 hours because I had to go to work that same night and didn't want to wear those braids to work.  The picture below is what my hair looked like right after taking the braid out.

 

 

My niece is joining the journey

My mom, my 3 aunts, and I have yet another family member to welcome into the Sisterlocks sisterhood and that person would be my niece.  After months and months of asking my mom if she could have sisterlocks because her own mother has problems accepting natural hair the day finally came when my mom start yes.  Hoooray I was so excited to see what my niece's hair would look like in sisterlocks beautiful I must say and I'm a little jealous of length. In order not to over tired my niece out the family consultant and my mom agreed to break the installation up half one week and the rest the following week. Seeing that my niece has never had any perm or harsh chemicals on her hair our consultant said her hair would mostly lock extremely fast which is a good thing.  As you can see by the nappiest of her hair she is a good candidate for locks

This is what she looked like when the back was half way done.  I forget to take a picture of what she looked like with the back completely done I will make sure to get that before she goes back to get the rest done this coming up Sunday.  Plus we will be attempting a style with some curls for that post.

"She will not be defined by her hair"

 

Enjoying my Journey so far.....

Well this month marks my 2 year anniversary so I decide this post was just going to be picture of my growth over the last two years.  The beginning of my journey started when I was seven months pregnant with my son and just woke up one day and decide to get Sisterlocks. I went from having braids, kinky twist, perms, flat ironing to Sisterlocks with the light brown permed ends which I cut off my myself. This picture chronicle is not in any particular order.

Throughout this journey I haven't done many style cause I don't believe my hair is long enough however hopefully I can get over that and style some more until then enjoy my pictures and remember no on is define by how they wear their hair