Collage of 12 Month Difference in Hair Color

I was uploading pictures in the archived section and realized I took pictures of my hair on December 17th 2004 and December 17th 2005. Deep huh? I remember taking all those pictures since getting locked and thinking, "am I being a bit narcissistic?" But regardless of my reasons, I'm glad I did because I can see clearly how my hair has progressed and how the dye has contracted over the past year. I'll be adding my six month pictures and perhaps compare them to the year and a half. I know that will show a big difference in growth, texture and the whole nine. Well, glad I have my trusty Picasa2 Collage and pictures to share.

The photo of my in maroon was taken last year and of course the one in white two weeks ago. You can see how much new growth I have by less dye showing up. As I've said before, I am glad I dyed my hair, but I really believe if I hadn't I'd have my "ponytail" by now. Oh well!

The Big Fall

It's the coolest part of the Sisterlock journey when your hair no longer has a mind of it's own. They call it the rebellious teens stage where no lock is ever in it's right place. Then one day when you least expect it, your locks just fall right in place. They finally lay down!!!

Is that a ponytail I see??

OK, earlier tonight I was spraying my hair with water, tea tree and vitamin e and decided to grab a scrunchy to pull it back. This is what I came up with. Now my heart's desire is for me to be able to throw my locks back into a ponytail and "hit the road". Now, I know this is a lil' premature, but I believe it's gonna be cool when I can look back on this picture today and chart the growth for when I can have a "real" ponytail. Can't wait!!

Check out that new growth!

As usual, I was playing around while retightening my hair in Tx City, Tx over Thanksgiving break and I took these pictures of myself to get a good look at the new growth. Remember, I had my hair dyed 2 days before getting Sisterlocked 2 years ago. Cool color I might say. As I've said before, I probably will not get it dyed again for a good while. Enjoy!

Picture Collage of my 2-yr Sisterlocks

I was playing around on picasa2 with the pictures I took yesterday. What do you think?? 

My Two-Year Anniversary is Today!

Here's one of the latest pictures taken of me 11/27/05. I'm not quite finished retightening my hair, but it will do as far as letting folks see my growth. Today is my two-year anniversary of having Sisterlocks. It is so hard to believe I have come this far in my journey. I have so many wonderful people to thank in the Lockitup and Brothers_locked yahoo groups along with the beautiful blogs and on-line photo journals of those willing to share freely their locking journey and experiences. Being locked at the young age of 35 (smile) is such a liberating experience, especially since I had so many years of haircare drama in my life. Being natural and especially being locked for me, has taken a great amount of fortitude, in which I've found out how much I can bare throughout this entire journey. Some have given up and thrown in the towel, others have given up, but then picked themselves back up again for another round, and yet others have persevered all the way through.

Although this journey hasn't been a bed a roses, I must say, I am extremely happy with my decision to get locked. The light I have to share only beams brighter when I enter a room with my big blossomy smile and my two-toned locked hair. I'm thankful to "represent". Well, until I post more pictures and stories, keep it locked and keep it real!

My Fotki online photo album.