19th Annual For Sisters Only Expo

Over the weekend I attended the 19th Annual For Sisters Only Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center. This is a two day event featuring live performances by A-list performers, unique shopping, family friendly activities, and last but not least, top name vendors offering free samples, giveaways and valuable information. While there, I got the courage (LOL) to ask some like minded random people for pics of their locks. In Atlanta, you can't help but run into so many different styles for natural hair. I was hoping to run into sisters sportin some Sisterlocks, but unfortunately, I did not. Traditional locks were representing this day, but you know what, we're all pretty much in the same family:-) Check it out...

Hair Update- 3rd Re-tight Rescheduled

Well, my third re-tight has been rescheduled for Monday, Sept 20. I was initially scheduled for tomorrow, Sept 14, but had to reschedule due to another appointment that I completely forgot that I had. Here are some shots of what my hair looked like on Sept 7. I really want my hair to grow...I'm being real impatient. :( I need the 20th to hurry up and come because I feel like my hair is looking pretty rough... Will post more pics of what my hair looks like after my re-tight, maybe I'll see some length too :-)

My Mom and my Sisters

Had a great day at my parent's house for Labor Day weekend. We had some great food, jerk chicken, brats, burgers, ribs, rum punch was amazing and some hilarious stories were told. It's always great times when spent with family and I absolutely love spending time with mine. My mom is newly natural..she did the BIG CHOP and she's lovin her hair. She keeps tellin me, "Natalie...my hair is so easy..I love it." My mom is Jamaican and she initially did not like Sisterlocks. She would tell me, "I think Dreads are ugly." I'm like (SMH), "Mom, these are not dreads, they're locks." I don't think my family believed I would really get them, but once I did, she has been giving me compliments and says I wear them nice. Let's see how she like them once they "lock". My sister, Kaydene on the other hand, has loved Sisterlocks from the moment she and I were browsing Sisterlock hairstyles online. Anywho..mom and sis are both natural now. Welcome to the club ladies!! :)

Here's Kaydene and my adorable nephews Kaden and Kai. Kaden will be four this month and Kai will be two in Dec. (she's got her HANDS FULL with those two...and that's an understatement!). Check out her natural hair:) Thumbs up!

I also have a younger sister, Simone, who I'm still trying to convert.

She's still addicted to the weaves, so she may take some time. Wish me luck with that, lol. :)

SL and Exercise

Since having SL...I have tried to increase the level of my workouts a tad bit..lol. When I was flat ironing my hair...I was so mindful of my hair and not sweating it out. All my "workouts" consisted of that light, 3.0 speed on the treadmill..and would try my BEST to NOT break a sweat. I put that word in quotes because I wasn't really doing anything. It was better than nothing, but I didn't really feel like I just had a good workout. Getting in a good workout period was out of the question for the day of my fresh wash or even days later. I would literally wait until after I was close to my next wash before I would even go near a treadmill, much less an eliptical machine. Aaahhh, I was such a slave to my hair, it was depressing. Even when I had a perm, I couldn't do too much as far as sweating, especially not if I had plans in the next couple of hours afterwards. Now with my SL...I workout whenever I want to and at any type of intensity I feel like. These SL are simply amazing and worth every penny:-) Oh yeah..I'm losing a lil weight too..I might as well mention that:) From these pics, does it look like my hair is growing?? I can't tell..to me it doesn't look like it:(

These pics are what my hair looks like AFTER a 2 mile intense walk/jog on the treadmill...

Before my SL, I couldn't even do that. My hair would be an afro and I would need to flat iron all over again. Sisterlocks....I love u!!

3 Months in and still LOVIN MY HAIR!!!

Hey everyone! My first re-tight was Wed, July 14 and it took 2.5 hrs! That was actually a much shorter time than I expected. My consultant, Wanda Washington, is THE BEST. I had intentions of counting how many locs I have, but have not done so yet. I'm still using the starter Sisterlock shampoo and I shampoo about once a week or every 10 days at the most in between washes. Before my 2nd re-tight, my shampoo finished and Wanda was completely sold out. I ended up ordering on the SL website and the shampoo arrived in about a week. While waiting for my order to arrive, I bought some SeaBreeze to spritz my scalp since I didn't have my shampoo. Let me just say--SeaBreeze smells like medicine!!!! I don't like it at all and it was a waste of money because I won't be using it again.

In my early stage of SL, the itching was extreme. I read that itching is common in the beginning stage and I'm just HAPPY that that stage has passed. YAY...NO MORE ITCHING:D My scalp is doing great, the only negative aspect of the early stage is all the flaking your scalp does!! I still have some flaking going on in the front, but not like it was several weeks ago. To try to minimize all the flaking, I went and bought some Nizoral Shampoo for like $10 (available at your local drug store, cvs, walgreens, etc.). The Nizoral helped a little (smells pretty good too) but I didn't see a big difference.


I had my second re-tight on Wed, Aug 11 and Wanda says my hair looks great:) However, Wanda actually wasn't the one to do my re-tight that day, a "trainee" at her shop did my re-tight...which I was cool with. She did a great job and my hair was nice and tight, but she took 5 hrs:( For my 3rd re-tight that is scheduled for Sept 14, I will be having WANDA do it. Wanda just got me spoiled with that 2.5 hrs, I love how fast she is (EVEN with interruptions, lol).


Today is my 12 week mark with my SL and I'm absolutely LOVIN my hair!! I get several compliments from strangers and many people are just curious to what exactly is going on with my hair, lol. They're not sure what they are, oftentimes people mistake them for braids. I love how different I look compared to others considering you don't run into women with SL on a daily basis. At work, a lot of women are curious about them and ask several questions. I'm glad to share the information if you're sincerely interested, but it gets annoying if you're just being nosey and you have absolutely no desire/interest in SL. Many AA co-workers of mine wear perms, weaves, or wigs and made it clear that they have no love for natural hair. With that being said, why are you asking me all these questions?? Do you and Imma do me....sigh..I digress.


Well, I think that's all for now...stay tuned for my next re-tight...Byyyeee:)