This is 7 months worth of locing... The top photo is August 07, right photo is 3 months, left photo is 2 months. can you see the changes? click on the photo to see the pictures larger..Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Just a little something for Wednesday...
This is 7 months worth of locing... The top photo is August 07, right photo is 3 months, left photo is 2 months. can you see the changes? click on the photo to see the pictures larger..
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Happy Loc-Versary To Me!!!!
Well, one thing about it, I have gone thru a part of the day and didnt even give knowledge to the fact that today is my 7 month locversary! So with that said, here are a few pictures of my babies showing some mad detail...
Can you say some growth.. I didnt realize that my hair was really growing, but I do believe it really is! Now, if my sides would only catch up with the back.....
Me and my TWLA....
You know some days I do still wish I had my TWA. I dont miss it enough to cut my locs off though. This was my creation for a TWLA. I wore it for about a week and then I washed it out. People actually thought I had cut my hair...
This was the result of a good ole wash and condition. I havent twisted my hair since the end of July (July 28 to be exact; 6 month locversary), and kinda feel like I dont wanna retwist for Aug. I wash my hair like every week and twist once a month. but you know what, I think I like just washing, popping, rolling and then going.... Well, I do put a few 2 strands in to get some body and then roll, but you get the jist of what I'm saying. I like my hair to look nice, but I dont think I have to do a bunch of twisting to get what I want is what I am eluding to. Another lesson learned on this journey. At first I didnt think my hair really looked locish, but it does. I'm happy... I think we make things rocket science and it doesnt really have to be....
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Jena 6
Please take a few minutes to read and sign the petition. This is also an opportunity to donate to a defense fund for these young people. Please do so if you can.
Dear Family / Friends,
I just learned about a case of segregation-era oppression happening today in Jena, Louisiana. I signed onto ColorOfChange.org's campaign for justice in Jena, and wanted to invite you to do the same.
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1918-242573
Last fall in Jena, the day after two Black high school students sat beneath the "white tree" on their campus, nooses were hung from the tree. When the superintendent dismissed the nooses as a "prank," more Black students sat under the tree in protest. The District Attorney then came to the school accompanied by the town's police and demanded that the students end their protest, telling them, "I can be your best friend or your worst enemy... I can take away your lives with a stroke of my pen." A series of white-on-black incidents of violence followed, and the DA did nothing. But when a white student was beaten up in a schoolyard fight, the DA responded by charging six black students with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
It's a story that reads like one from the Jim Crow era, when judges, lawyers and all-white juries used the justice system to keep blacks in "their place." But it's happening today. The families of these young men are fighting back, but the story has gotten minimal press. Together, we can make sure their story is told and that the Governor of Louisiana intervenes and provides justice for the Jena 6. It starts now. Please join me:
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1918-242573
The noose-hanging incident and the DA's visit to the school set the stage for everything that followed. Racial tension escalated over the next couple of months, and on November 30, the main academic building of Jena High School was burned down in an unsolved fire. Later the same weekend, a black student was beaten up by white students at a party. The next day, black students at a convenience store were threatened by a young white man with a shotgun. They wrestled the gun from him and ran away. While no charges were filed against the white man, the students were later arrested for the theft of the gun.
That Monday at school, a white student, who had been a vocal supporter of the students who hung the nooses, taunted the black student who was beaten up at the off-campus party and allegedly called several black students "nigger." After lunch, he was knocked down, punched and kicked by black students. He was taken to the hospital, but was released and was well enough to go to a social event that evening.
Six Black Jena High students, Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor, were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. The first trial ended last month, and Mychal Bell, who has been in prison since December, was convicted of aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery (both felonies) by an all-white jury in a trial where his public defender called no witnesses. During his trial, Mychal's parents were ordered not to speak to the media and the court prohibited protests from taking place near the courtroom or where the judge could see them.
Mychal is scheduled to be sentenced on July 31st, and could go to jail for 22 years. Theo Shaw's trial is next. He will finally make bail this week.
The Jena Six are lucky to have parents and loved ones who are fighting tooth and nail to free them. They have been threatened but they are standing strong. We know that if the families have to go it alone, their sons will be a long time coming home. But if we act now, we can make a difference.
Join me in demanding that Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco get involved to make sure that justice is served for Mychal Bell, and that DA Reed Walters drop the charges against the 5 boys who have not yet gone to trial.
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1918-242573
Thanks.
Dear Family / Friends,
I just learned about a case of segregation-era oppression happening today in Jena, Louisiana. I signed onto ColorOfChange.org's campaign for justice in Jena, and wanted to invite you to do the same.
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1918-242573
Last fall in Jena, the day after two Black high school students sat beneath the "white tree" on their campus, nooses were hung from the tree. When the superintendent dismissed the nooses as a "prank," more Black students sat under the tree in protest. The District Attorney then came to the school accompanied by the town's police and demanded that the students end their protest, telling them, "I can be your best friend or your worst enemy... I can take away your lives with a stroke of my pen." A series of white-on-black incidents of violence followed, and the DA did nothing. But when a white student was beaten up in a schoolyard fight, the DA responded by charging six black students with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
It's a story that reads like one from the Jim Crow era, when judges, lawyers and all-white juries used the justice system to keep blacks in "their place." But it's happening today. The families of these young men are fighting back, but the story has gotten minimal press. Together, we can make sure their story is told and that the Governor of Louisiana intervenes and provides justice for the Jena 6. It starts now. Please join me:
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1918-242573
The noose-hanging incident and the DA's visit to the school set the stage for everything that followed. Racial tension escalated over the next couple of months, and on November 30, the main academic building of Jena High School was burned down in an unsolved fire. Later the same weekend, a black student was beaten up by white students at a party. The next day, black students at a convenience store were threatened by a young white man with a shotgun. They wrestled the gun from him and ran away. While no charges were filed against the white man, the students were later arrested for the theft of the gun.
That Monday at school, a white student, who had been a vocal supporter of the students who hung the nooses, taunted the black student who was beaten up at the off-campus party and allegedly called several black students "nigger." After lunch, he was knocked down, punched and kicked by black students. He was taken to the hospital, but was released and was well enough to go to a social event that evening.
Six Black Jena High students, Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor, were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. The first trial ended last month, and Mychal Bell, who has been in prison since December, was convicted of aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery (both felonies) by an all-white jury in a trial where his public defender called no witnesses. During his trial, Mychal's parents were ordered not to speak to the media and the court prohibited protests from taking place near the courtroom or where the judge could see them.
Mychal is scheduled to be sentenced on July 31st, and could go to jail for 22 years. Theo Shaw's trial is next. He will finally make bail this week.
The Jena Six are lucky to have parents and loved ones who are fighting tooth and nail to free them. They have been threatened but they are standing strong. We know that if the families have to go it alone, their sons will be a long time coming home. But if we act now, we can make a difference.
Join me in demanding that Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco get involved to make sure that justice is served for Mychal Bell, and that DA Reed Walters drop the charges against the 5 boys who have not yet gone to trial.
http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1918-242573
Thanks.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Washing Coils.....
I started my locs via coils and learned how to wash by peeping out the sista's w/ sistalocs... :o)
I started mine with coils and washed like 2 weeks in tothe locing process. This is what I recommend for washing starters:
* Put some shampoo in a spray bottle and dilute w/ water
* Band your hair together (put a bunch of little ponytails all over your head) be sure to put rubberbands close to the ends of your banded locs
* Rinse
*Spray the shampoo mixture all over your head and massage your scalp using your fingertips
* Rinse, respray and wash the actual ponytail (locs)
*Rinse, Rinse Rinse Want to make sure there is no shampoo residue left in your locs. Trust me you'll pay for it later..
If you choose to condition, do the same thing with a different spray bottle. Just be sure to have more water than conditoner. Some people say DON"T condition, others say condition. I say you have to do what is best for your hair. Or if you don't want to use a conditioner per say, u can always do an ACV rinse(apple cider vinegar). all you would do is put 1:2 (1 cup ACV, 2 cups water) in a spray bottle or a large cup, pour it over your head, allow it to sit for a few minutes and then rinse rinse rinse. This is one of those things that you have to tweak to your liking, but I think a good starting point is the 1:2 ratio.
As far as shampoo goes, what type of shampoo did you use prior to locs? The same will be good for you while locing. I personally use the Jamaican Mango and Lime tingle shampoo cause I like the way it tingles my scalp. Prior to that I was using garlic shampoo. I have some Suave Clarifying that I am waiting to use as soon as my JML is out. :o) I wash my hair like every week now since it has been so hot and my scalp sweats like no tomorrow. However, I only twist once a month.
Twisting products for me are still trial and error. Before locs I used Isoplus molding creme to do my coils. I started my locs with that, but I have only used it once since starting. I really like this product called twists and locs honey wax (super). I know people say nothing waxy, no beeswax, etc etc, but it is what works for me. Like I said earlier it is whatever will work for you.
I retwist my roots and palm roll the length of my loc. In the beginning I would use my fingers to twist all the way down the shaft of my loc because I didnt know how to palm roll correctly. I asked a mature locer to show me and I've been doing that since. I have tried latching, but i dont really like it. Granted when I retwist it may only last a few days but I'm ok with that cause I keep mine curled a lot. Some people want to get their hair retwisted and then think its supposed to last for weeks; not.... anyway, thats about it for me.
* Put some shampoo in a spray bottle and dilute w/ water
* Band your hair together (put a bunch of little ponytails all over your head) be sure to put rubberbands close to the ends of your banded locs
* Rinse
*Spray the shampoo mixture all over your head and massage your scalp using your fingertips
* Rinse, respray and wash the actual ponytail (locs)
*Rinse, Rinse Rinse Want to make sure there is no shampoo residue left in your locs. Trust me you'll pay for it later..
If you choose to condition, do the same thing with a different spray bottle. Just be sure to have more water than conditoner. Some people say DON"T condition, others say condition. I say you have to do what is best for your hair. Or if you don't want to use a conditioner per say, u can always do an ACV rinse(apple cider vinegar). all you would do is put 1:2 (1 cup ACV, 2 cups water) in a spray bottle or a large cup, pour it over your head, allow it to sit for a few minutes and then rinse rinse rinse. This is one of those things that you have to tweak to your liking, but I think a good starting point is the 1:2 ratio.
As far as shampoo goes, what type of shampoo did you use prior to locs? The same will be good for you while locing. I personally use the Jamaican Mango and Lime tingle shampoo cause I like the way it tingles my scalp. Prior to that I was using garlic shampoo. I have some Suave Clarifying that I am waiting to use as soon as my JML is out. :o) I wash my hair like every week now since it has been so hot and my scalp sweats like no tomorrow. However, I only twist once a month.
Twisting products for me are still trial and error. Before locs I used Isoplus molding creme to do my coils. I started my locs with that, but I have only used it once since starting. I really like this product called twists and locs honey wax (super). I know people say nothing waxy, no beeswax, etc etc, but it is what works for me. Like I said earlier it is whatever will work for you.
I retwist my roots and palm roll the length of my loc. In the beginning I would use my fingers to twist all the way down the shaft of my loc because I didnt know how to palm roll correctly. I asked a mature locer to show me and I've been doing that since. I have tried latching, but i dont really like it. Granted when I retwist it may only last a few days but I'm ok with that cause I keep mine curled a lot. Some people want to get their hair retwisted and then think its supposed to last for weeks; not.... anyway, thats about it for me.
Monday, August 20, 2007
I want......
You know I ask myself this a lot; "What is my real purpose on this earth?" I listen to a lot of talk radio and listen to the different issues and wonder what can I do as an individual to help? I don't get depressed when listening to stories, but I get a feeling of helplessness I guess. Its hard to describe. I want to be a mentor, I want to be a justice fighter, I want to be the voice for the ones that don't have the strength to speak for themselves..... I want to take care of the children that no one else wants to take care of, I want to teach someone how to care for their child, I want to help people NOT get into debt, I want to be debt free( That is something we are definitely working on!), when we are totally debt free, I want to share that wealth of information with my bothers and sisters so they can be debt free, I want to be able to give that information for FREE... Why are you going to CHARGE someone that is already swimming in debt a fee for information that can help them get outta debt.......Or if you absolutely HAVE to charge the fee why not waive it to the end of the program..... I would probably always get a sucker punch huh? Anyway, just something that I didnt really feel like writing in my journal and decided to share on my blog. Until the next time, ~FeLee~
Friday, August 17, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Approaching the 7 month mark
Excitement? Not really. I think the excitement kinda went when I hit the 6 month mark. I mean dont get me wrong, I am excited, but I just don't document everything like I did the first 6 months. Hard to describe. Anyway, I still love my locs and I am pleased to say that I am glad I decided to loc my hair. I just wish I would have done this a lot earlier in life. I hear that a lot from a lot of locers, they wish they would have started sooner. I guess its just you have to get to that right moment in life before you loc. I am definitely there.
Well, it was like 100+ degrees last week and I decided that I needed to put my hair up. Not like its all down my spine or anything, but it felt cooler up ya know. So, I 2 stand twisted, china bumped, released just a little the next a.m. and wore my hair that way for a few. When the bumps (knots) started to come down I perm rolled the ends, released, fluffed a little bit and kept on rocking my pin up. I'll post a pic of that later.. So, I am headed into week 2 w/ this style from 1 style and I am so loving it. Gotta get to washing tho. I tie my head up at night, get up in the a.m. spritz a little, fluff and keep on gettin it... Ah, can't get any better than that, can it????
Washing* i have read so many blogs on washing, when to wash when not to wash, how often to wash, you name it I think I have read it. Anyway, I concluded that I have to do what I have been doing all along. In the summer months I have always washed more. My head sweats, gotta wash it. The winter months are a little less frequently. I have even been told by a "stylist" shug you gotta quit washing your hair for it to loc. My 2 cents on that: I think i understand what you are saying, but my hair is going to loc regardless. The h20 IMO helps my hair to hug and loc onto one another. Just my 2 cents... Anywho, thats my take on washing loced or trying to loc hair.. Wash as much as you see fit. whatever tickles your fancy....
Well, it was like 100+ degrees last week and I decided that I needed to put my hair up. Not like its all down my spine or anything, but it felt cooler up ya know. So, I 2 stand twisted, china bumped, released just a little the next a.m. and wore my hair that way for a few. When the bumps (knots) started to come down I perm rolled the ends, released, fluffed a little bit and kept on rocking my pin up. I'll post a pic of that later.. So, I am headed into week 2 w/ this style from 1 style and I am so loving it. Gotta get to washing tho. I tie my head up at night, get up in the a.m. spritz a little, fluff and keep on gettin it... Ah, can't get any better than that, can it????
Washing* i have read so many blogs on washing, when to wash when not to wash, how often to wash, you name it I think I have read it. Anyway, I concluded that I have to do what I have been doing all along. In the summer months I have always washed more. My head sweats, gotta wash it. The winter months are a little less frequently. I have even been told by a "stylist" shug you gotta quit washing your hair for it to loc. My 2 cents on that: I think i understand what you are saying, but my hair is going to loc regardless. The h20 IMO helps my hair to hug and loc onto one another. Just my 2 cents... Anywho, thats my take on washing loced or trying to loc hair.. Wash as much as you see fit. whatever tickles your fancy....
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