Wash and set 7/28/13

*Disclaimer...what may work for me, may not work for everyone. I just share my experience with my locs to document my journey. I hope you enjoy! Peace and Blessings*

Today I shampooed my locs with Renpure Originals Argan Oil Luxurious Shampoo. I'm only using this stuff until I get my Buttafly Jonez products because I enjoy her products a lot more. This shampoo tends to clean my locs really well but leaves them feeling hard.

After my shampoo, I applied Hollywood Beauty Tea Tree Cholesterol with Shea Butter and Aloe to soften my locs a bit. I left it in for about 30 mins then rinsed thoroughly. 

Once I rinsed out the Cholesterol, I then applied Carol's Daughter Hair milk pudding from roots to tip

As additional moisturizer I also greased my scalp with Mega Care Grape Seed Oil. The tube says it provides the hair and scalp with an abundance of rich minerals and so it does!! With an awesome scent :) 

Then I decided to curl my locs with pipe cleaners and do some braid twists in the front (since I don't like my hair to fall in my face...I braided it to my ears and curls the rest. Thanks to my mom for helping me curl the back)

Now I'm doing the one thing that I despise the most.....sitting under the dryer LOL 

Once I'm done with the dryer, I may decide to sleep with the pipe cleaners or take them out...we will see :) 

I'll take pics and post the finished results tomorrow. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog :) Feel free to comment and tell a friend!! 

Peace and Blessings!!! 

Loc Styles May 2012

The urge to play in my locs has resurfaced!! LOL and here's proof!

The trusty ponytail :) 

My plaits for a braid out

Braid out and one of my Dred Jewelz by Buttafly Jonez

http://buttaflyjonez.com/

Updo Barrels

with Pipe Cleaner spiral curls in the front :) 

I call this one the Professional look "Loc Wraps"

Today's style: Braids into Loc Wraps on either side

Laid the wrapped locs down and continued with the basket look down to 2 ponytails. 

I love being creative with my locs! What creations have you tried lately? 

Peace and Blessings!!

Spiral curls phase 2

I love when I run my fingers through my spiral curls and they do this:

Have I told ya'll how much I love having my locs curly :) 

Stay tuned...I'm pretty sure I'll be taking more pics real soon LOL 

Pipe cleaner curls

Here is a picture of the pipe cleaners I used in my locs 

As promised  Here are the photos of my curls after I removed the pipe cleaners


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As my curls start to drop (because I will be rocking them like this for a few days) I'll post more pics :)

November Curls

Ok so yesterday 11/14/11 I decided to deep condition my locs which was much needed...I shampooed my hair with the natural black soap that I received from Chocolashea (which I love love love her products I must say!!! product review on Chocolashea coming soon....) and I concocted a deep conditioner which consist of, HPO Spa Treatment Hair Conditioner, and the HPO Butter Drops. I drenched my locs and covered them with a plastic shower cap and put a scarf on over it (now don't laugh at me) I wrapped a towel on top of the scarf and put a plastic bag (yes a plastic store bag) over all of that...talk about retaining the heat! LOL
Being that I had a braid client, I did all of this early in the day (about1030am), she came over about 2pm and didn't leave till about 6pm. I didn't wash the conditioner out of my hair until about 8pm so the conditioner was in my hair for pretty much the whole day. Once I rinsed it out, I pulled out my trusty pipe cleaners to start rolling...
To moisturize my locs, I used Chocolashea's Chocolate Whipped Hair Butter (which smells just like chocolate YUMMMMMM) and I added some more Butter Drops (I just love that stuff) and proceeded to spiral curl mylocs.
The pictures below is how I have my locs now and once I pull these pipe cleaners out, I will post pics of my final results :)

September Curls

Now these are the curls I've been trying to achieve since I started locking my hair. I watched a Youtube video that illustrated how to use pipe cleaners (fuzzy sticks) bought at Walmart $1.97 for a pack of 100 in the craft section and some mousse...let the mousse dry completely and taadaa!!! Beautiful spiral curls :) 

The Curly Loc Hawk 

Stay tuned...I'll post more styles soon :)

Peace and Blessings!

May Curls results

Here are 2 styles that I did with my curls so far :)

Flat twist with Curls

Curls pushed back with a head band

Curly Ponytail :)