Journey to Sisterlocks

It all started in the summer of 2005, when I attended a graduation party.

The graduate and his family (there were a lot of them) were from Trinidad. As I walked around unconfidently wearing a relaxer, I started to notice all of the beautiful, natural hairstyles all of the women of the family had. There were locks, twists, wraps....you name the hairstyle, a woman there had it. No matter what the style, though, they were all natural. In short, I fell in love. I knew that day that one day I would go natural. I left the party telling myself that I wanted my hair to look just like theirs.

In October 2006, I did it.

After a year of without a relaxer and only braids and various styles, I had a hairstylist chop all remaining relaxer off. My "natural" afro (with straight ends!) was at least 6 inches, long enough to also tie back and twist.

On November 6, 2008, I started my Sisterlock journey.

After 25 months of enjoying natural hair, and eight months into my pregnancy (hence the puffy face), I decided to Sisterlock. My consultant in Maryland did a great job with my hair. In only 11.5 hours she managed to transform my afro into ~700 locks. She did no styling. The "bob" look is a result of my natural hair cut at the time.

Now I live in (my hometown) Texas (since April).

My Sisterlocks have been retightened 3 times since I have been back. I lost a couple along the way; a few were combined.
At last count, I have 669 (if you count the ones that are combined as one lock instead of two or three combined to one).

I decided to start a blog, as I have seen many of my Sisterlocked sisters do, to document my journey.

I absolutely love my Sisterlocks, and although there are ups and downs and adjustments, I do not regret getting Sisterlocks.