Today, its absolutely beautiful outside. This is not usual for the month of February in Seattle. I am so thankful that God decided to bless us with his presence. Too many days of gray days will work on you and your spirit. After being here for 3.5 years, I realize that I need the sun to help me get moving.
During the Springtime, woodpeckers tend to hit my chimney sending out a mating call to the other birds. This starts about 5:30 am. I normally get up around 5 am. If by chance I do sleep late, they wake me up by hitting the chimney cover. When it first happened, I didn't know what to think. Since I've been in my house for 2.5 years, I've witnessed this interesting experience twice now. I am mentally prepared. When the woodpeckers come, I know that Springtime is upon us.
On Saturday, I went by to see Danyale to tell her that she needs to wash my hair soon. Hairstylist are always so optimistic. She stated that my hair looked great. I proceeded to tell her that it was extremely dirty and I needed to enjoy the fresh water on my head. LOL.
Today, I have to write to a writing sample for a career opportunity. Am I up for the challenge, I am praying that I deliver the goods.
P.S. I am loving the sisterlocks. People are fascinated by them and want to touch my hair on a daily basis. Crazy, but hey. It definitely draws attention.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
How it all began?
I can remember when I first moved to Seattle from Houston. The race was on for me to find a hairstylist that could do my hair like Randy and Earvin in Houston. I loved my hairstylist and I loved how they made my hair look once I left the salon. My color was fly and my cut was short an d hot. However, I had to leave that all behind when I moved to th 206 area code in 2006.
For the first couple of months, I would let a young lady do my relaxers in the local area. She was pretty good but not the same as Randy and Earvin. Believe it or not, I loved going to male hairdressers. They were my confidantes, my inspiration when it came to taking bold steps in hair styles and color. In addition, they cut my hair like it was nothing and I knew it would be just right.
Everytime I sat in the young stylists chair, I would think about Earvin putting his hands in my hair and giving me a oh-so fabulous color treatment or Randy trimming the hell out of my hair for that fly short cut. Randy was a master stylist and when he cut it was like a piece of art that had to be sitting in the halls of the Smithsonian. All the stylist in Seattle had to do here was maintain what I would get done once a quarter when I would fly back to Houston. I stayed at that salon for a year.
Eventually, I started going home less frequently so it was important for me to find someone else to do my hair. I did and she messed me up. That is when it all started to go downhill. A bad color to a bad retouch...Chemical burn city here I come. My hair didn't grow. My color was wack and I was not feeling like my best self. The last cut left me with so many chemical burns that it was time for me to just let it be and ride this situation out. I got braids as a remedy. However, I am not the braids type of girl. Besides, my hair was short and I was taking swim lessons at the time. I would see my poor little braids swimming in the water with me.
Thats when I took matters into my own hands. I decided to go natural and cut it all off. Well, kind of sort of....I got a texturizer. The girl had me looking like Reverend Al Sharpton's cousin on his mother's side. Finally, I reached out to a good friend in the Seattle area who had been wearing her hair natural and asked her all the questions that I should have asked prior to cutting it. But I guess, you live and learn. Right!
Well, she hipped me to the products and the person to get my hair done. She turned me onto to Danyale. She helped me save myself by cutting my hair properly and finally getting rid of the hideous texturizer that I had on my hair. She cut it all off and I was 100% natural. Thats when I realized that having the right stylist that knew about natural hair was important.
Since August 2006, I've been a client of Danyale. When I went natural, I realized that my hair is naturally thick. Twisting it takes at least 2-3 hours with just 3-4 inches of hair. That may not seem like much to some but when you try to do it yourself, it can be quite painful.
Check out the fotos...You can see that I've evolved over the years.
Thats when I took matters into my own hands. I decided to go natural and cut it all off. Well, kind of sort of....I got a texturizer. The girl had me looking like Reverend Al Sharpton's cousin on his mother's side. Finally, I reached out to a good friend in the Seattle area who had been wearing her hair natural and asked her all the questions that I should have asked prior to cutting it. But I guess, you live and learn. Right!
Well, she hipped me to the products and the person to get my hair done. She turned me onto to Danyale. She helped me save myself by cutting my hair properly and finally getting rid of the hideous texturizer that I had on my hair. She cut it all off and I was 100% natural. Thats when I realized that having the right stylist that knew about natural hair was important.
Since August 2006, I've been a client of Danyale. When I went natural, I realized that my hair is naturally thick. Twisting it takes at least 2-3 hours with just 3-4 inches of hair. That may not seem like much to some but when you try to do it yourself, it can be quite painful.
Check out the fotos...You can see that I've evolved over the years.
Dazzling In The Glow of Sister Locks
On January 15th, 2008, I had my sisterlocks installed over 2 days and in 14 hours. When Danyale, my stylist, last counted, I had 358 locks. I was so surprised to finally have the installed.
Now you are asking, how did I hear about sisterlocks? Well my friends and sisterlock family, it was from seeing one of the dazzling Diva's that I know have them. Each day she had new do or updo that was just magnificent. I had to inquire...I had to ask her if i could feel and see what was up. That happened sometime in 2006. During that time, I was just learning about going natural. I made the BIG decision to do the BIG BC. I started just wearing a mini afro and as time progressed started doing twist-out. Check out some of my pics. You can tell that over time, my hair was just growing like crazy.
By the end of Dec 2007, I had 6" of hair. That is with growing out my hair over 1.5 years without the use of a relaxer and using a curling iron. Instead, I used Miss Jessies Baby Buttercreme and Nairobi products. Every now and then, I would use Miss Jessie's Curly Pudding to twist my hair. One thing that still is a must is to have a hair dryer to dry the hair. It just makes a difference in a big way. From August 2006 to Dec 2007, I wore my hair natural.
Throughout this time of wearing 2-stranded twists and twist-outs, I realized that I wanted to see my hair long again. I did a bunch of investigation to find out about locs and sisterlocks. For me, sisterlocks are a bit more me...They are smaller and they just dazzle me when they are curled and done in a great hairstyle. The versatility allows me to rock my hair up or down.
Be mindful, that I am only in my first month and still have a ways to go but I wanted to let you now that how its going great thusfar.
Now you are asking, how did I hear about sisterlocks? Well my friends and sisterlock family, it was from seeing one of the dazzling Diva's that I know have them. Each day she had new do or updo that was just magnificent. I had to inquire...I had to ask her if i could feel and see what was up. That happened sometime in 2006. During that time, I was just learning about going natural. I made the BIG decision to do the BIG BC. I started just wearing a mini afro and as time progressed started doing twist-out. Check out some of my pics. You can tell that over time, my hair was just growing like crazy.
By the end of Dec 2007, I had 6" of hair. That is with growing out my hair over 1.5 years without the use of a relaxer and using a curling iron. Instead, I used Miss Jessies Baby Buttercreme and Nairobi products. Every now and then, I would use Miss Jessie's Curly Pudding to twist my hair. One thing that still is a must is to have a hair dryer to dry the hair. It just makes a difference in a big way. From August 2006 to Dec 2007, I wore my hair natural.
Throughout this time of wearing 2-stranded twists and twist-outs, I realized that I wanted to see my hair long again. I did a bunch of investigation to find out about locs and sisterlocks. For me, sisterlocks are a bit more me...They are smaller and they just dazzle me when they are curled and done in a great hairstyle. The versatility allows me to rock my hair up or down.
Be mindful, that I am only in my first month and still have a ways to go but I wanted to let you now that how its going great thusfar.
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