In The Beginning

My locs were installed on March 4th thru March 6th, 2008. Yes it took me three days to complete! I decided to do it over the span of three so it would be a stress free process but it still was stressful trying to get those parts straight. I think my head is crook-ed. I asked for help from my mom and my 12 year old daughter. Yes, they could part a straight line but it was diagnal. So again I had to depend on me to get the job done. I can see where I got tired on some of the braids because they are bigger than desired but hey I can live with it as is. I felt so liberated after it was completed. I felt I had made the right choice. People saw my braids and said they were cute but commented on the take down process. Of course I wasn't taking them down, which I shared with some folks and others I just didn't feel like they would understand what I was doing and why I was doing it. I retighten every 4-6 weeks. The first time was purely experimental but I was determined to do it myself because I couldn't afford to allow anyone else to maintain them. During my perm days I always did my own touch ups and my own sets, wraps and up do's. When I was younger my mom couldn't afford to send me and my sister to the beauty parlor that often so I had to learn to profect the styling process myself and I did without breaking or having my hair fall out from poor management of my hair with chemicals. Well, prior to loc'n I did research on the net for a couple of months and found so many helpful sites. Now, four months later I feel loc'd.