Love the freedom my sisterlocks gives me, and the different styling option I can do. I don’t have to worry about wetting my hair, or how frequent I can or can't wash it. I loved the fact that I was able to get rid of the combs, brushes, the synthetic hair, and most of all the PERMS. As I continue to grow in my journey, I find that locking was the best decision for me.

On that note, I can’t say everything about my maturing locks have been uneventful. I dislike the little balls that form at the end of my locks (this happen when your locks are maturing). I try my hardest not to have unraveling locks, but it happens, and it’s annoying. Last but not least, the time it takes to retighten my hair, its takes 5-6 hours for me and that itself is a bummer :(.

On my previous post, I talked about creating looser wave/layers to my locks. Well that was a test run with the Soft Spike Curlers. I loved the look, and I decided to spray my hair with water this time around. My decisions to use water were mainly for the wave/layers on my sisterlocks to last longer. I also wanted to make the layer wave more apparent. Well I succeed in both account, and I got so many compliments that I will indeed do this hair style again.

To get a slightly more crinkle look to my locks, I spray them with water the night before, and then proceed to braid them down. I usually do three plats going down in the back of my head, and two plats in the front of my head. The next morning I finger comb and let it be. This style is great and easy, reminds me of wearing micros but instead of synthetic hair, it’s all my hair ♥ .

This is my quick "wet and go" style. I just spray a little water on my locks and just finger comb where I want my locks to lay. This style tends to be straighter with some curls at the end. I love when my sisterlocks are like this; it reminds me so much of my afro.

Side Note: after my hair is washed, my hair turn like this as well, length is greatly reduced and all my wavy/curls/crinkles are gone. Will talk about how I get my curls in a future post.

While browsing through the creator of Sisterlocks Facebook fan pages, I started to wonder why my sisterlocks doesn't look as locked at 10 months like the other ladies on there (with the same time framed). I had two more months to go before my sisterlocks becomes a year old. I remembered my consultant informing me that my hair shouldn't take no more than a year to settle. That was due to my hair type being so tightly curled. So I went ahead and dig up my first installation picture, and did a comparing shot, and boy was I surprised. On the left is when my babies were just installed, and on the right is my 10 month old locks. These pictures are telling enough I think.