Chocolocs

I am so excited to be invited to join the Locked Hair Blog Exchange!

I live in the Metro Detroit area and I’ve been locked since Valentine’s Day 2006. I have an awesome loctician, her name is Paulette of Locks4Life. I didn’t discover all of these great SisterLocks blogs until after I was locked, but I’ve been tuned-in ever since! The “veteran SisterLocks bloggers” have motivated me to share my story, which I hope you will find helpful and enjoyable. I will be chronicling my natural hair journey through photos and brief posts. Please come by and check me out at: http://chocolocs.blogspot.com. Leave a comment. (I’m new to blogging, so be patient!)

Chocolocs

07-07-07

I'm sure all of you would have heard of Live Earth!!

Today is 07-07-07 (unless you wanna nitpick about the 2 in the 2007 but personally I'd let it go), and Live Earth is happening right now in Singapore!

What is this big hooha about this Live Earth thing? According to their website, it's "... a series of concerts to take place across all 7 continents on 7 July 2007 and an urgent call-to-action to start taking steps to save our planet."

So yes... I've been asked to do my part to blog for 4 hours tonight from 5pm till 9pm at One Fullerton (I sincerely hope the people there will provide me dinner), so if you want to catch me there, you are welcome to visit!!!!!!!

Mike will be there too, in case any spgs want to come and try to seduce him.

For more information, you can click here and here.

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p/s: As a note of interest, if you guys can only choose 1 of these 3 topics for me to blog about, which will be your choice?

1) True love story of how Mike and I got together
2) Pre-photoshop pre-nose-job pictures exposed!! The Real Xiaxue
3) Top 5 most disgusting bloggers in the Singaporean Blogosphere

Choose only one!!!

lovin' my locks more and more every day

i guess you could say i was never really comfortable with my processed hair. i hated the smell of the relaxer and i wondered how something that was as thick as my hair could turn into something so thin after just minutes with a relaxer.

luckily, i came to my senses when i graduated from college and moved to california for a fresh start. and i really saw the light when i stopped hiding under braid and twist extensions a few years later. i loved my 'fro, but i had always admired locs and even considered loc extensions in the past. but i didn't know the first thing about maintaining or even starting them, since i didn't know anyone with natural hair (let alone locs!).



and then i discovered Nappturality.com. and after a few years of perusing the loc forum and various fotki albums, i decided to start my locs in january 2007. i had read so many posts saying that you just know when you're ready - and that was definitely the case with me. though i love locs of all shapes and sizes, i went with sisterlocks. i think that no matter what kind of hair/hairstyle you have, everyone experiences bad hair days. but i have to say that since i've had locs, mine have been few and far between. i've gotten nothing but positive feedback, but more importantly, i'm completely happy with my decision to loc.

New Life, New Hair

In January of 2006, I moved from Los Angeles to a suburb of Phoenix in Arizona. With my move, came a new job, a new house and community, new friends, and a whole new outlook. I decided, why not change my hair too? On June 10, 2006, I took the plunge and had my Sisterlocks installed. My only regret is that I didn't do it years ago. I am so lovin' my locks in ways that I never thought I would.

You can see my evolution at www.fotki.com/kalynnatk.

Ready or Loc. . .

Here I come. I started with two strand twists in February 2007. I'm notorious for using the "figure it out" method, which has been the process for my hair. I maintain with a mix of latch hooking method and twisting, just depends on what I'm feeling like. That's pretty much how I approach my hair: I do what I feel like.

I'm working on my PhD in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. I'm a self proclaimed craft gangsta, and between whining about the cold, bragging about my home state of NC, I joined the blogosphere.

I'm a recovering hair product junkie. All other body care product are still free game! I like to make up words. Pop culture is my joy and probably will be at the center of my career. I give my intelligently quirky, corny, and sometimes snarky take on most things hair, somethings culture, and all things hair culture.

Back to Basics

I have been Sisterlocked since August 11, 2005. I have loved every moment of this journey. My daughter, age 11, just joined the Sisterlock family on May 26, 2007. She is absolutely glowing and loving her new locks.

Busingye's Journey is 1 Fantastic Voyage

Hi there, I'm Jos. I am on this Life Journey and I am enjoying my Crowning Glory of Sisterlocks immensely. My Sisterlock journey began May 25-27, 2006. Each day has been "good" and blessed. I have not had 1 "bad hair day" since this voyage began.

I have small Sisterlocks all over, and I have so many different textures of hair on my head -- from soft, curly & fine to coarse, wiry and medium thick. I love sporting the rod curled curly styles. That is -- until my FreeSpirit can FreeStyle.

You can also visit my FOTKI @ http://public.fotki.com/QueenNandi