Man,
Went to your website and saw my mugshot there! Kind of frightening to have ones hair ordeal published in such a way! At least my name ain't bein' used!

Seeing as though it will probably take my mess a while to loc, I will go on for re-twisting again today. Will send pictures shortly after (sometime next week). Keep your fingers crossed.

You are not going to believe this! My salon visit was like a double-edged sword. First of all, girlfriend left me waiting for 2 hours! I actually stayed because by then the traffic on Route 1 was bumber to bumber, and I really was dying for a shampoo. She shampoo'd then twisted. I've already started locing!
She says, 'Do you want to loc, 'cause if you don't, we're at the point where you're going to have to cut'. I'm like, let's go for it! She says that some clients with extremely soft hair will dread fast because their hair nats up so. Apparently this is the mess that's on my head!

say what????????!!!!!!!!!! so did she just re-twist what was already there? how much did it cost? when do you go back?

There was a woman there who had locs but cut them out. She says that they are real hot in the summer. She also seemed to think they were too common-place now and everyone had them. I guess for this reason, she had beaten her hair back into submission with a relaxer.

D said that she has a client that dreaded within a month. She only wants to see her now once every three weeks. This woman had locs to her shoulders within two - three months. That seems awfully fast to me. But, as you can see, there really is no turning back for me at this point!
So, this makes it official.

OK, here goes....
She first gave me that good, ol' fashioned Trinidadian shampooing! Complete with nails. She used some kind of peppermint shampoo so it relieves the scalp. She then conditioned it. Rinsed with warm water then warned me that she was going to do a cool rinse (read COLD!)
She had to re-twist my whole head. The deal with the part that was already starting to loc....it was locking at the ends. This would be the hair that you would normally comb out when your hair gets all knotted. Think about it! Those little knots of hair that you eventually break off when combing through tangled hair. It seemed not to take her as long to do but that could be my imagination.
My hair is trying to loc in the kitchen, and a bit up top. Funny, because my kitchen is the softest and curliest. I'll get more polaroid film but the style is such that I have some twists framing my face and the rest going back.
I'm going to try to wait three weeks this time. She said in time, your scalp will get used to not being washed as frequently. She says three weeks will be better than two for me. She's already talking color!
When the scalp starts to itch and feel uncomfortable, use the seabreeze. She does not use beeswax. She says it 'melts'. I think she considers using it once you have actually locked but I'm not sure.
I told her that not all my sister friends liked it but so far, ALL of my male friends did! She was like, 'shoot, girl! 'Dem de' ones dat count! Who cares as long as the men like it!' She was cracking me up on this one!
The price of all this was $55. She says as they get longer however, the price will increase because it will take a long time to re-tighten them.
The woman that had cut her locs out said she would twist hers all the time..watching tv, at the movies...at work....sitting in traffic.
D says that you don't want to twist them too often or too tight because you will snap them off at the root. It sounds like we're cultivating a plant! It seems so organic! It sounds like you simply water and handle with care!

Sending a photo or two this morning. They are just as bad really as the last ones I sent. (I'm really unphotogentic, coupled with a lousy polaroid and you get what I'm talking about! YIKES!) Anyway, it's only been since Wednesday, and some of my twists are trying to come unglued! Especially in the front. I have this one that was completely undone this morning....tried to twist that puppy back up. It got real thick, somewhat twisted, then decided to stick straight up on my head! This probably wouldn�t be so bad if it wasn't the very front, but it! Top it off, a lot of my twists appear to have these rather straight, spiky ends....whazzup with that?!!!! Not really liking it all that much today. Maybe I should have thrown the headband into my bag before I left this morning.
What recent thing have you done with yours? Give details including how you like it!
The worst thing I can think about having these twists is the fact that I do not get the opportunity to play around with my hair and experiment.

right now i have it in chinese bumps. the tail comb twists have been in for 3 1/2 weeks and was starting to get old, so i took em and twisted them up. i'm gonna take some photos. maybe today.

Last night, I sat with a bit of gel (the clear kind! Not that icky brown stuff that every beautician seems to favor) and began re-twisting some of my twists. It's really a tedious thing to do, but my hair is looking a lot better.

Two things I noticed during this time though. First of all, the loctician used a lot less of the gel, and I think this is why they had a tendency to come undone faster. Remember I said they were kind of 'crunchy' last time? Well, this time, they weren't and I'm sure it's due to less gel being used. Also, my scalp doesn�t itch nearly like it did the last time. Secondly, I have not been adding oil or a lot of spray to my hair, so I think it's not getting as dirty as before. I haven't had to resort to the Sea Breeze yet.

One common thread in a lot of the responses that you are getting to your website concerns the versatility of natural hair in comparison to locs. I too, have this concern, although I've obviously decided that locs are my destiny. Locs appear to be rather versatile depending on the length of them. Right now, there really isn't anything versatile about my mini twists....headband....no headband.....these are my choices!!!! But this too, will change as these babies start to actually loc and grow.

Did you get the pictures yet? If not, the next set I send may have to be sent via USPS to your house! This darn interoffice mail's gotta go!

did you have to retwist your entire head?
someone had written me about a natural aloe gel. i've asked her to write me with more info about it.
i took my hair out last nite, tomorrow would have been 4 weeks and it had started to loc at the ends in some spots!! i got kinda scared there for a minute. now i just have the big twists in. tonite b4 bed i'll massage a mixture of warm olive oil and castor oil on my scalp rub it through to the ends of the hair and put the doo rag on. then in the morning proceed to wash and deep, deep condition with queen helene cholesterol treatment.
what's next? i have noooo clue. whatever i do, i'll take photos of.

No, I didn't re-twist the entire head. I actually sat at the table with a cup of water, gel, mirror in front of the tv and got busy! I retwisted all along the front and a bit at the top. The back comes undone real fast, but couldn't quite figure it out because it's so tangled back there. Didn�t want to put twists that were the wrong size back there.
What's interesting is all these hair products I have at home that are currently USELESS to me! What should i do with them? I don't know how long they will be any good. Hopefully they will last until I loc and can start washing my own hair!
D