Locs update -5 months!

So two days before my 31st birthday, I went and got my locs retwisted. It's been five months since I started my locs. It's been a good transition so far. I'm truly loving it -the whole thing of watching them form and grow. This retwist was a little different. My loctician asked me if I'm ready for a style. I honestly didn't think my locs were long enough to have a style. He told me I got 'hang time'. I told him -ok, give me style, I trust you. He gave me this African crown style and I loved it. I'm not one for updos usually but it looked great. Then after about a week, I took the style down and was really surprised as to how long the locs are. I'm so happy. Next up -color!!! To be continued....

Loc journey after two months

I am loving my locs. They just fit me.  I think my only thing now is figuring out how to keep them moisturizer. They're still babies though. They are budding which is really nice. They're starting to look like locs.

One teeny tiny down side....

I can only find one teeny tiny down side to my locs but it's the same for when I get braids --the itchy itchy. I'm not at the stage where I can wash yet so I just spray it with SeaBreeze like he told me to do. This whole thing is definitely a process though and I am ready for the long haul. Now...if I could just figure out a way to have to less itchy and scratchy, I'd be alright. Until next time...#locnation!

Maybe you should go back to straight hairstyles because....

Hello my people. I have some great news ---I have been promoted to Call Center Supervisor. I am very excited and looking forward to getting things moving. While being asked to take this position, my natural hair did come up in conversation. Not negative --more of I like your hair. I like that you are natural. Before he said that comment, I didn't even think about my hair and being in management. After he said the comment, I didn't think about my hair or if it would hinder my progress with the company. Yesterday, I had a lot of errands to run and didn't have too much time to do my hair so I threw on a wig. I bought this wig for my 30th birthday. It wasn't so much of I don't want to deal with my hair but rather I wanted something different just for the day. So I'm wearing this yesterday and someone who hadn't seen it saw me in the wig and liked it. They then said "Do you think that maybe you should go back to straight hair since you're now a supervisor?" I shook my head, said no but then for stepped back for a moment and thought about it. Honestly, my next move which has been plan all along is to get my locs. Love of locs and how they look has been the motivation to go back to natural. All of my reading and research about going back to natural -I have fallen in love with some hairstyles that I've seen but if I'm getting locs, will that make a difference? I am still going to get them but it's got me wondering? Hmmm....

Lesson learned

Lesson number one: Just because I watch a Youtube video of a woman with natural hair and she shows step by step how to do a particular style and I follow it to the T, does not mean that my hair will come out like hers. Every head is different from texture, length and stages. I twisted my hair last night with the intent to let the twists out in the morning and go to work. Basically I wanted this look.

Yeah...it didn't come out like that. Because I am early transitioning -super early that the top of the hair looked like this but my edges were really straight. So curly and then straight. My initial reaction was "Wowwwww!" After that, I told myself hey -being natural doesn't mean I have to wear it down all the time. I found a clip, pinned it up, bobby pinned some stray hairs in the back and left a small section as a side bang. A couple of years ago, I would have stayed home from work, went and got my hair done and came back to work smiling because hell yeah- I just got my hair done. A couple of years ago, not knowing any better, would have been upset that it didn't come out exactly like the girl in the video. As I read and research and learn the way my hair is and grows, I feel stronger with my hair.