Scarf Styles!

Last week I posted about wearing scarves for the entire week to keep myself from fondling my locs so much. I did it! I wore a scarf from Monday through Friday. People's reactions were so funny! Everyone loved my scarves, but they kept asking what was under them. I guess they thought my locs looked crazy, but the opposite was true. I got my locs retwisted on the previous Thursday. Covering up for a week was my idea of keeping them fresh. It worked too! I might make this a monthly thing. We'll see. Anyway...pics!

Sorry for the wait!

Helloooo! Yesterday, February 20, 2012, was my 4 months locaversary!!! Yaaay! I'm so excited! Even though it was my babies' bday, I wore my hair all wrapped up today.  I'll explain why later. My hair has changed soooo much!

Locs and Glycerin

Many loose naturals use glycerin on their hair to add moisture and shine. Glycerin is a humectant, which means it pulls moisture from its surroundings. Unfortunately, I did not have much success with glycerin as a loose natural. I bought a huge bottle because I heard it was wonderful, then, it didn't work! Common story, right?
Well, I'm back home from college for winter break, and I have tons of products in my bathroom. I went to take a shower tonight and found that big bottle of 100% glycerin. I figured that I'd give it a try on my locs. Before my shower, I put some on my hands then ran it through my baby locs. I jumped into the steamy shower, hoping my hair would absorb the moisture from the steam. Now, my locs feel great! They weren't dry before, but they feel different. My darlings have much more movement, and they didn't evem shrink up like I thought they would! I think the glycerin refreshed my locs! Love it and will definitely do this again.
Have you used glycerin on your locs? How was it?

Goals for 2012

I thought of this post while reading Darker Than Brown's post about her own hair goals. When I cut my hair in May/June 2011, I knew that I would take this opportunity to relearn my hair. I made goals for myself too. They were:

• Healthier hair
• A definite regimen
• APL hair by February 28, 2012 
• Better knowledge of products for my hair
• Ability to listen to my hair
• Knowledge and implementation of many, many different hairstyles

I accomplished many of my goals with my loose hair. I definitely moved my hair to a higher level of health. I even formed a stable regimen. Listening to my hair is still somewhat a challenge, but I am getting much better at it. I even know a few styles! Starting locs has made my goal of APL hair pretty impossible. I have so much shrinkage that it's ridiculous. I'm alright with it though.

Goals for 2012 are certainly in order. Here they are:

• More baby loc friendly styles
• Regular trips to the loctitian
• A definite loc regimen

I'm sure I'll come up with more soon. Until next time...

A Few Loose Ends

Hey! I was browsing the loc forums over at Nappturality, and I found some ladies talking about the ends of their locs. Apparently, some locs do not loc all the way down to the end. The results for most are curly, loose ends. Many of the users on the forum loved their loose ends! It was a way for them to keep a sort of loose natural look in combination with a loc'ed one. It's also different from a typical view of locs. I personally love the idea! I can tell already that my ends will probably not seal at all, but I love my little spirals on the ends. When my hair finally locs, I think I will keep my ends loose.

What do you think about loose ends?

Two Months!!!

It's been two months (but 10 weeks, strangely enough) since my loc journey began! I've started to kind of ignore them. I constantly play with them, but I'm not obsessing over them as much as I used to. I have, however, picked up a strange habit over the past couple of days. My coils are still somewhat tight from my trip to the loctitian. I can unravel them at the root though. I've started unraveling them then using my finger to split them until I reach a point where there's a knot. That is where my hair is loc'ing, I'm assuming. This is a terrible habit, right? One of my locs had pretty much no knot, so I almost split the whole thing. I've got to stop this asap. Pictures are coming at some point!

My First Trip to the Loctitian: Part 2

Wellll, I got back from the loctitian, Jocelyn, about an hour ago, and I look a like a completely different person. I'm feeling a lot of different things right now. Let me tell you how it went down: