Lints

OMG!!!
I cant stand them!
Somehow I've managed to accumulate some in my hair YET AGAIN!

The last time I had some was in December when a loctitian had to take out some of the locks at the back because they had so much lint. She literally had to undo about 5 of my locks, and redo them.

Now they're back, at my temples. About 6 in total.

Oh gosh.

Anyway, I went up on good ol google and found some fellow sisterlockers' posts about the notorius lint!


Leighann's Sisterlocks
http://mysisterlocks.blogspot.com/2006/05/lint-plus-addendum.html

From here I picked up a few things
1.i should cover my hair before bed
NOT HAPPENING!
because i picked sisterlocks for convenience ooo! Aint noway am about to revert to covering my locks! (yeah, i know i can be sooo unreasonably stubborn).

2.Check them regularly
DITTO. will do.

3. Use a lint roller more frequently.
I shall try :)



Chosen Vessel's Sisterlock Pilgrimage:
http://chosenvessel06.blogspot.com/2007/12/attack-of-killer-lint.html

1. use tweezer on the lints
OKIES!




And i think (dont remember which of the sites i got this from)
- use less oil based hair care products.
Truth is, i dont use any in my hair but water. I just dont feel the need to add anything to my locks since it seems to have its own oils. I used to use the sisterlocks spray but i also used to get alot more lints, so i feel like am doing something right.



And while we're all sharing... here is another awesome idea...

When you do wash your hair, spend extra time rinsing the hairline areas. Sometimes, we wash the soaps and residues out of the body of the hair but then they settle at the hairlines, forming and attracting lints. :)
I sound sooo informative eh? See me see wahala, So why is it, that I cant seem to keep lints out of my hair?

Anyway, thanks to all the blogs I visited, I have new ideas onhow to win the battles against these lints.

Wish me luck!

Oh and I found Brunsli's blog and i loooove it!

Brunsli.blogspot.com

Prelocks. Short Hair.

When I was a child, I was not allowed to grow my hair. I hated that. Though I wasnt aware of extentions (weave, extensions for braids and such) yet, I wanted my hair long. I'd wished that my parents would let me braid my hair. They did for a few years, and then I was entrusted into the barber's chair again.

Then I moved to Canada, and was allowed to experiement with weave. I could never get it right. I hated it.
And the desire to be... different, haunted me.

So, I walked into the barber's shop once. I was 16.
I walked in, said these words
"Can you give me a hair cut? Cut it all... leave an inch"
And that was it.


The next few days were dreadful and exhilirating.
I was made fun of, but I loved it. I did.
Something about being told that I look silly, makes me feel SOOOO good!

Must be the Aquarius in me.

Anyway, I've been cutting and shaving and experimenting EVER since.

Locks n Friends.

These pics, are of me and some friends.
You'd think it was easy going out with locks, wouldnt you?
If not, then you know better.
Its easy now.
But it wasnt always so.
I used to be anxious, excited, nervous and subtly insecured about wearing them. Because I wasnt sure what I looked like with them.

But confidence, and security, comes with time.

In the start

I was excited. I paid $500 to get my locks installed. The only other things I'd ever paid more for was for courses, cars, and my dog. I couldnt believe it, but I wanted it.
Besides, I got a good deal i think. Because other loctitians quoted me as much as $850. But my locktitian only charged $500.
When I spoke with my loctitian over the phone, I knew she was to be the one. She sounded confident. She sounded resourceful. I picked her.
But I had to wait to have my hair grow long enough. THAT was hard. Because am so used to doing whatever with my hair, it was difficult, leaving my hair be.

And that brought me to another issue I had. If I was to lock my hair, will I be able to stand having thesame hair for long?I wasnt sure, but I was tired of wondering.

I had wanted dreadlocks since I was very young. And even more so, when i became a teenager. I once shaved my hair in highschool. I wanted that.
I wanted my hair natural.
And when it grew and I'd see my curls, and my texture ... oh my goodness. I loved it.

But then I wanted more.
So locks, it was.