In honor of my new set of locks and to keep in mind my journey so far, I am going to do a recap on my journey!
I think that I should start with my first set. (this being my second). When I started my first set, i did everything wrong! I started twisting and ripping random sections and when they started to get loose I started to crochet them all the time. I also was using a lot of products that I did not know were bad for locks. Because of all the products I was using, they started to smell kind of bad and right away I cut them off after I had spent 4 months working on them. (That is my dark secret haha!). I was really upset about losing them and i instantly wanted them back but I was a little nervous that I was a little in over my head. This time however, I have done my homework on them and know exactly what I did wrong and what I should have done right!
I has been about 8 months since then. I restarted them on April 1st and am just today on my first month. I have been using Avalon Organics teatree shampoo and its amazing. I am using this product because it will help with dandruff, itching, dryness, it naturally fights bacteria, and leaves nice smelling and clean hair. No more smelly smelly! I had them sectioned by my boyfriend so that they look a little nicer to start off with. I used the twist and rip method again and this time I only used the crochet hook once or twice to help start them off. Aside from that, I have pretty much left them alone to do their own thing. I am washing my hair every other day and I am going to try to do a deep clean once a month at least to make sure that they are clean and healthy.
What my locks have done in the last month: They have gone through a vicious cycle of getting really loose and frizzy to being really tight and back and forth. It has been so much fun watching them change! I have also noticed that my hair seems so much more healthy than it ever has in the past. I have had a few scare days where my locks get so loose that I swear one wrong turn and they will all come out. But, I just leave them alone and they fall back into place again. To help with those really loose days and to calm my mind, I have been using a light seasalt spray and it has done wonders! I did my first deep cleanse the other day and my hair was looser than it had even been with locks before. I was worried at first but now that they have had time to sit, they look and feel soooo much better and cleaner!
Whats to come: I might be getting a job a subway (Fingers crossed) and they are cool with my hair in locks. All i gotta do it put them back and im just fine with that! College will be starting up again in a few months and I'm excited to see how my locks look by then.
Anyways, this is whats going on with my lock journey! Thanks for reading and feel free to say hello world!
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