Month 7

Since the start of 2017, I have noticed that my hair no longer sticks out as much as it did. My locs are looking fuller and feel much longer. They're finally dropping. I have been so excited about this that I'm actually looking forward to my next retightening. 

I know I didn't share much in my last post but that's because I thought I'd have a slew of follow up posts coming but I was wrong. What I left out in that last post is that I'm doing my own retightenings. I've done two so far and I'm about to do the third within a week. I miss getting someone else do it. Oh well. I guess I'll continue to struggle until the situation can be changed. I also made my own relocing tools. 

Remember Houdini. I've finally managed to make it stay interlocked for over a month. I've only had one loc slip and it was Houdini's neighbour. I wonder if they were sharing tips and tricks. Very suspicious that is. Hopefully there won't be a repeat performance this month. I'll know for certain after I wash my hair. 

Can you believe it's been eight months since I started these locs? Can you also belive that one year ago I had a different set of locs and two years ago I had larger locs halfway down my back? Life is really full of twists and turns. 

Once again, that's it for now. 
-Lata

Unexpected Hiatus Over

I'm finally back! Work has been so hectic I've barely had time to myself let alone time to write. So here's the nitty-gritty in as few words possible. 

My hair is getting thicker. It's more so in the roots. 

Slippage has been reduced by a lot. I have 2 locs which are impervious to the concept of locs. One of them I've even dubbed Houdini. No matter what I try (including making knots in the loc to reduce slippage it always manages to escape completely. So frustrating when all of the other locs have stopped doing it and have started to thicken. 

My scalp is oily? I mentioned a while back that I haven't t been using anything in my hair after washing it. Even so, my 'dry' scalp is rarely actually dry. There's a enough oil to coat the scalp and add lustre to the strands. To go from an itchy, flaking scalp to what I have now is nothing short of a miracle. 

I haven't seen any budding. . . at all. I thought for certain that by the end of month 3 I'd be budding all over the place. Not so. I barely get a little bud that hangs on to a strand or two of hair then breaks off within a few weeks. Not as disappointed as I thought I'd be but I must admit I've lost some of my initial excitement. 

I have had to abandon the sisterlocks course in November due to a death in the family. It's been a long journey back to where I am now and I've still got a ways to go. But as they say, life goes on.