MY SISTERLOCK JOURNEEEY!

2010-08-31T11:33:00.000-07:00

Wow...can't believe its almost been a year since I've blogged about my hair. Well, next week will mark my 4 year anniversary w SL's. Still loving em, loving em, loving em. My only complaint, I have sooo much darn hair I even pop the elastic hair ties!!! Ok, on to photos.

Camera phone pics taken about two weeks ago. Headed out w/the girls just quick pony tail & few curls in the front. Turned out better than I expected.

cornrolled for 3 days, crinkled curls lasted over a week!

My first ever "REAL STYLE" I created on my own (although my niece did help me bobby pin the bun). It turned out kinda cute. I twisted & had spiral curls in the front.

Ok, that's it for now!!! More pics as I've made a vow to do a new style at least once a month. Updates in few months. Candace SL'D 4 years (thanks goes out to Paulette who started my locs & Beverly C in Sauk Village, IL...my God u r truly a wonderful consultant).

2009-09-20T09:25:00.001-07:00

Hello to my fellow sisterloc-ers. It has been almost a year since my last post but I'm back today with updated pics. In about 3 weeks, my full, thick and healthy locs will be 3 years old. Hope you all enjoy the pics and to all the newbies, sit back & relax, your anniversary's are right around the corner (One thing that helped my when I first locked was to constantly take pictures to track my progression length, thickness, etc).

Jan 09 May 09 quick to go look w/ week old braid out & hat.

Below July 09. If you look closely, 5 of 7 women are loc'd. 3 SL's & 2 traditional, not bad!!!!!!

Taking yesterday (sept o9)

I LUV MY LOCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

2008-10-18T10:29:00.000-07:00

Greetings to my fellow sisterlockers. Boy oh boy how times fly. Making a post to mark my two year anniversary of having sisterlocks. It has been all up's and very few downs (dry scalp & dandruff at first). Few pics below will show my growth from day 1 til now. Enjoy!

Week 1

Year 1

20 Mos (fellow sisterlocker @ school counseling conference in ATL this past June)

18 Mos April

2 years and counting

Candace!

2008-04-20T07:47:00.000-07:00

Hello to my loc'd up sista's. Just wanted to give a quick 18month update on hair. Not much has change...as far as the love for my hair. It's grown a bit and I have a few co-workers who have started their Sis Loc journey & or will be starting their journey soon (they've all witnessed my loc'd journey and want to jump on board :)

Headed out to see Jill Scott this nite. Just a quick 2hr rod set for a little curl and pulled back into a ponytail.

styles below were created by 16yr old niece (Ms. Tay)

I'm still working on her to join the nappyside :) but she's a teenager and not trying to hear me. Nevertheless, she loves to style my hair. Because I never style my hair much, I just have her to do simple styles where she braids my hair up or to the side and I just apply the bendable rods (I love these things) to get a curl.

Hope you enjoyed the pics...Candace

2008-01-13T08:28:00.000-08:00

Greetings & a Happy New Year to all my fellow sistaloc'd sistas. Just updating my blog w/new photos of my hair. I'm going strong at 15mos. Enjoy the pics and fell free to leave a comment!

Headed to see Frankie Beverly (for the 20th time) and E.Badu in late Nov.

Just random snapshots last Friday. Headed out to Dave & Busters to enjoy my last vacation weekend before heading back to work w/ the kiddies. I know the middle shot looks a little crazy but I like it because it shows my length.

2007-10-12T19:33:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe over 365 days have passed with me having true hair freedom. Yes folks, I finally made it to my 1yr anniversary and I can't be happier. I must first thank the WONDERFUL Paulette (Detroit Consultant) who got me off to a wonderful start. For those of you who don't already know I drove from the Chi to the D faithfully for maintanence for 8 mos. I was just so afraid of letting someone else get into my head after Paulette had me off to such a wonderful start. My hair was doing fine and I was starting to feel comfortable with the idea of finding a consultant in Chi. Well, GOD must have been on my side because I was able to get in with the WONDERFUL Beverly Credelle. She picked up where Paulette left off and the rest is history. I'm telling you, I truly feel like I hit the jackpot with both of these ladies. Meaning, I didn't have to experience anything horrible with my consultant or worst of all being unhappy with my hair. Kudos to both. This 1yr Journeeey w sl's has had more up's than down. I can go on forever about the up's but write about one down (dandruff). I'm still learning how to control it but other than that oh and those permed ends (that were cut after 3mos) my journeeey has been peaceful. I really wished I had done this years ago. Ok, now to the photos.

What a difference a year makes. pic 2 left is 1st week & 2 the right 1yr.

3mos & 1yr!

8 mos & ...u guessed it, 1 yr. As u can see....my hair began to sprout between the 5th & 8th month.

I usually wore my hair freestyle most of the time. However, I did attempt at styling every now and then with a twist on the side or curls.

loving it nappy! Candace....1 yr & counting.

2007-06-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

Greetings to all. I have finally mastered the technique of making a slideshow. The few pics that you'll see in the slideshow are from the last 3 months, making me reach my ninth month mark (actually next week) I Can't believe its been 9 months already. What truly makes me happy is that my students (I work in a HS) all compliment me on my hair a lot more and always want to keep their fingers in my head to fill the locs. My co=worker has also decided to join the world of sisterlocks. She has seen my progress from day 1 and gave me my 1st compliment when I returned to work with the new due and she continues to compliment me on my hair everyweek. Seeing the progression of my hair is what made her say "Ok, I'm getting sisterlocks". Oh, its soooo nice to be an inspiration to someone else just like a lot of my fellow bloggers where an inspiration to me before I made up my mind. Enjoy the slideshow.

Candace

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-06-30T18:41:00.001-07:00

2007-06-14T18:16:00.000-07:00

Looks like I haven't been keeping up with my blog lately...I've been tagged (finally!) Ok...here it goes, 7 random facts about Mzcka (and in no particular order):

1. I lost my father to cancer in 1998, he's buried in Memphis, TN and every year since his death I, along with my younger brother drive to Memphis to put a flower on my daddy's grave to honor him.

2. My Uncle is my best friend (about a 10 yr age difference). We do everything together & talk about everything with each other (some find it weird especially guys, they say they could never compete with my uncle because I have him on a pedestal and vice versa)

3. I have a couple of tattoo's (of course praying hands on my shoulder blades that say "Daddy Dearest" and a piercing or two (more like two :)

4. I love to bowl (I'd probably bowl for a living if I could)

5. I love to hit the Casino every now and then (more like now than then :)

6. Took two years of Greek while in school (wish I would have stayed w/it)

7. Last but no least, I have been locked for 8 months now (recent pic above) and I have faithfully driven to my consultant who lives in Detroit(Paulette) (did I mention I live in Chicago) every 6 weeks for my re-thighteningsssssss (it's ok though, I do bowling tournaments when I go).

Ok,,,,next on the tagged list is (forgive me if you've been tagged already) Ree-C, Golden08, Monica

2007-04-30T17:49:00.000-07:00

Few pics of my first styled hairdue (my little niece actually did it for me) First pic is me & my wonderful sister-in-law heading out to see The Color Purple (took her to see the play because she is the best mother to my little nephew and she is finishing up nursing school this June...so an early gift to her)

2007-04-07T07:47:00.000-07:00

Nope, didn't hit the jackpot like I was hoping but this is a cool picture.

Updated photo's of my hair progress (6 months). I don't have many pics to show but just wanted to show the growth and thickness of my locs since Oct of 06. I can't believe I'm already have through my 1st year with SL's (I thought it would take forever). Hope you all enjoy.

http://my1.photozig.net/mzcka/Album1/photopage.html.

2007-02-10T17:00:00.000-08:00

Greetings to all: Just couldn't wait to update my blog w/a few pics from the 1st Chi-town sisterlock gathering (we braved the bitter cold & wind to make this happen) We had a ball and can't wait til we do it again (probably in the spring though :)

1st pic: me & Phyllis (seated), backrow L2R:Cherie, Kim, Lisa, Stacy & ChiChi.

pic 2 taken right before we were about to get our eat on (Tammy's in this one).

pic 3 right: Me, Cherie & Kim. I had a ball ladies. I enjoyed listening & learning about all of our different hair experiences

2007-01-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

3 months and counting. These pics are from my 2nd retightening (I think I see baby locks).

2 days later....... heading out to see Dreamgirls. Humm....it seems that I'm always standing by my door when I take pics (new background when I update at 6 months...I promise). As for the different lighting backgrounds with the pics sorry (just got a new digital camera for xmas and still learning how to work it) anyway, post a comment and tell me what cha think!

2006-11-11T14:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, I wasn't going to update my blog with pics until the 3rd month but today as I was headed out to a friends wedding, I snapped a few photos and thought"damm, I'm looking good with my SLs". So there you have it...I'm proud of my 5th week locs.

2006-10-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd update my 3 week jurneeey into the world of SL's. These pics are from the 2nd week in which I had to be a little creative and learn how to spice up the shortness. I thought my hair loocked rather cute...a little jeri curl look going on. Can't wait until it starts to groooowwwww! I need lots of patience right? These were taking right before heading out the door to work.

2006-10-14T20:42:00.000-07:00

One week SL and loving it. First few pics are of the 13 1/2 jurneeey. Will update with one week old pics soon.

2006-10-05T21:27:00.000-07:00

So half way through my journeeey. Made the 5hr drive and now must sit through the locking experience. Got three magazines and a book to help me along the way!

2006-09-30T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hi to all. I'm a soooon to be locked sista from Chicago. I have butterflies in my stomach but I'm ready to make the move. I will just continue to read blogs that provide support in me making this bold move. Anyone can send me a blog for more support. Will update next week after my locs are in (hopefully with some pics)
Mzcka