So I've been really frustrated with my hair lately. My first issue is when the new growth starts to marry each other!!! UGGGH! I hate having to RIP my hair apart to clean up the parts! I would free form, but the look I am going for needs me to tighten the roots.
Some days I sit and wonder if I should have started with Braidlocs. I took down 2 oversized locs and replaced them with 4 braidlocs. They won't be as frizzy and swollen when they start to mature.
My other issue is the shrinkage! When I braided my hair, I realized my hair is actually shoulder length! My hair looks so damn short and it is 2-3 times as long. lol But that is what my natural hair has always done so I don't know why I'm so upset about it now. I officially have 227 locs in my head (give or take). I'll post pics at the end of the month. So I'm going to stop using conditioner for as long as I can til the end of the year to see what my hair does. When I stop using conditioner my locs look more like locs.... Soon as I give in, they start to unravel! So we'll see... I might have to start greasing my scalp. (sighs) I am not a product junkie... I don't like anything in my hair at all besides soap and water. Grease smells, etc. It's been working out wonderfully using no product. When I took those two fat locs down, they had absolutely no lint or build up and I am 5 months in. The shed hair smelled great too!
Alright, enough of my complaining!
Good news, I'm starting to have a bang... hair is starting to lay down in the front! I have less than 7 months to go! Note to self: I can do this!
