Our house burned down in the Bastrop County Complex fires that began on September 4, 2011. We have been grateful and blessed with the support of many donations, prayers, and gifts. I wanted to share/document a TV interview. The Today Show, Walmart, and our local Heart of the Pines Volunteer Fire Department surprised our family along with two others. They showered us with many gifts.
January 8, 2012
A Complex Situation
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June 23, 2011
You’ve heard about the dreaded teenage stage (pun intended). Well, I’m in it; at least my hair is in it. It isn’t so bad, if you know what to expect, and you remind yourself that this is just a stage that will pass. I have a LOT of frizz. It’s not that big of a deal, because I used to wear my hair loose and natural. ALL of my hair was frizz then! I have also tried a few styles to keep from getting bored. The pictures are posted in order so you can see the progression of growth. The one below was taken when my hair was close to needing a retightening.
February 23, 2011
I have to admit that ever since I’ve cut off the relaxed ends, I have gotten a bit lazy about styling my locks. I love wash and go, wake up and go hair. I primarily wear it “wild and free” now. It is growing a bit longer, therefore it doesn’t stand up quite as much. However, over the Christmas holidays we were invited to a party, and I had an occasion to get dressed up. Here are some photos:
February 19, 2011
One of the things about short hair, is that I haven’t figured out much to do with it. I enjoy wearing my hair pretty much “wild”, but for fun I tried to tame it. Here are the pictures:
January 21, 2011
We cover our hair at church, and I have quite a few scarves. One of the things that I didn’t anticipate about having locks, is that several of my head coverings would fit differently. The locks tend to add bulk and the scarves are no longer flat on my head. A few of my hats no longer fit. I tend to wear “regular” scarves, I wanted something new and fun for my locks. Thanks to Youtube, I was able to figure out how to wear it. I ordered this from Wisdom Born Creations.
November 12, 2010
I needed to do something with my hair while exercising. I decided to have a little fun and try a headband.
Not bad, but I look like a kid….
Showing my Tyra Banks forehead……
Rockin’ an ’80′s look…….
October 9, 2010
1 Year Lock Anniversary and the Big Chop
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I celebrated my first year with locks by cutting off the rest of my relaxer. In the Sisterlock community, this is called the Big Chop (BC). I did not really shape my hair (although previous cuts to shape my former style may have contributed to its current shape). This is the way my locks grew due to the shape of the cut with the relaxer. I do not regret starting with a relaxer, but I am excited to actually begin this new phase. I started by just cutting off the buds that were to big due to bunching. Then I decided to cut all the relaxer off the back. Naturally, this meant I had to re-angle the sides. By the time I was done, I only had relaxer from the ears forward. When no one even noticed that I cut my hair (not even my kids), I decided that it was time for the big chop. My consultant was very pleased with the results. These photos are immediately after having my hair washed and retightened. Here are the pictures…..
September 28, 2010
After asking the “Lockitup” yahoo group about cutting relaxed ends. I still don’t have a clear cut winner. Those who cut above the knot, responded that their ends opened a little, but it wasn’t really noticeable after a while. On the other hand, some people still have open ends after three years. If I cut the bunched relaxed ends, I will probably loose about an inch of hair or a little more. For the time being, I have decided to wait until I can discuss it with my SL consultant at my next appointment. So you can better understand, here are some close shots of the bunched ends. You can clearly see how much thicker the ends are than the rest of the lock. The relaxed hair looks like it was pulled into the lock. You can also see that the bunched ends are at least an inch long.
September 23, 2010
Since it’s been a couple of months since I last updated the blog, I thought I would post some recent pictures in response to a request for an update from a friend. These pictures are a little different since my hair is in need of a retightening. My curls have also fallen out, but I still have a little body. I also have a question of my own, as you might have guessed from the title of this post.
In two weeks, it will be my first year lock anniversary. It may be hard to tell, but my hair has grown quite a bit.I have continued to cut my hair to maintain my style, and because I want to cut off as much of the relaxer as possible. I do not treat my relaxed ends differently than the locked ends, so my hair routine remains simple. So what’s the problem? From what I understand, the relaxed ends slows down the locking process, because cutting the relaxer off opens the ends. The ends will then need to form another bud to reseal. I’m not sure how big a deal this is. However, I have noticed that the relaxer has a tendency to “draw-up” in the ends and create bunching. Some of my bunched ends are fairly large (an inch long or more), and I’m debating cutting them off to let them rebud.
Of course, I am “SOOOOOO” tempted to just cut off all the relaxer (often called the Big Chop). I actually have gone “under” the style and cut a lot of the relaxer that isn’t needed to maintain the cut (as you can see in the following picture).
So what do you think? To cut or not to cut? Big Chop or just cut the big buds?
July 21, 2010
This summer I really put my locks to the test. Due to swimming lessons and invitations from friends, we have done a great deal of swimming. I was curious to see how my relaxed ends would fair. I have continued to treat them like the locks. The relaxed ends lightened because of the chlorinated water; unfortunately, the locks did not. This summer I have finally seen seen some changes in the appearance of my locks. They have started to swell. In order to keep my hair neat, I have primarily trimmed my ends only to maintain my style and to alleviate bunching. I started with the back and continued to trim in order to blend the style. However,because I started with relaxed ends, the balls on the ends of my locks are fairly large. I hope to cut those off once all of my relaxer is cut off.
