There Here-Yipee

Well There Here!!!

I'm sooo excited about getting sisterlocks! I thought that I was going to lose a considerable about of length from the start-but I'm sure that that will occur as the dreaded shrinkage phase that EVERYONE talks about. In the meantime, I have 4 baby/test locks, 2 in a regular "4" pattern the others in the "reverse 4" pattern. Since I haven't a clue what these pattern really mean yet I guess I will just read and learn as much as I can. The dilemma now is the various length of my hair. I've got some hair that's long as 8"-9" in the top and others that are just short as 5-6" in the back (right were the test locks were installed). Since my loctician says that she would like to cut my hair prior to the install in mid January (and charge a few extra bucks too for any additional length) I am tempted to get some of this hair cut and colored before hand. What do you think?

Although I had planned my SL installed to conicide with Barrack taking office-I'm might not be able to wait that long...I want to convert now..I wanna be free yall!!

Greetings From The D aka Detroit City

Hello My Sister's,

I've started this blog because I believe that something unique to share with all of my sisters in cyberspace who are either wearing their hair naturally or considering the installation of Sisterlocks i.e. “micro-locs”. You see I’ve been chemical free for thirteen, yes 13 years without a perm, although I have that traditionally tightly coiled/kinky hair we black women have come to love and hate. Girlfriends, I can honestly say that I have worn every braid, two strand twist, faux loc, cornrow feed-in, tree braid, sew-in weave and ty-zillion braid style known to woman-kind and I’ve got the pictures to prove it! My continuing hair saga has been almost as humorous as it has been complicated due to my profession. Currently I work in law enforcement; hence I am subjected to its archaic culture which still thrives on male-domination and discrimination. This unique work environment is at times filled with a palpable level of disdain and resentment toward its female members-regardless of how hard they may work, countless number of citizens they help and sacrifices they make while serving in the line of duty. But I digress, this blog won’t be about law enforcement-it will be about a journey to remain dedicated to the glorious dark brown coils placed on my head so many years ago and what, exactly, I should do with them next. As a matter of fact, I am going for my first Sisterlock consultation next week at a fairly notable salon here in the Metro-Detroit area and I am bracing myself for one helluva price tag to lock up 9” or so inches of fairly thick unprocessed hair. Stay tuned ladies-I’ll be sure to let you know what happens at the consultation. Peace, Love and Chicken Grease Yall.

Vixen