Loc Meeting in the Ladies Room

Okay, really this meeting was out in the heat that's why we all look so shiny. BUT, I had the awesome honor of meeting Chocolocs (middle) and Creyole (right) is one of my loc idols. Creyole's sisterlocks r growin like a weed!!!!!!!!! Just beautiful!

Chocolocs was visiting my city for a wedding and chose to worship at my church with the family prior to the wedding. Someone pointed out some FIERCE sisterlocks to me in the congregation and it was her. After church, I tracked her down (Creyole was already talkin' to her) and we had a great time discussing our hair freedom. She couldn't believe that I did my own install and that my microbraidlocs evolved into locs.

I scolded her for not updating her blog because her hair has grown so much since her last photos on her blog. She promises that she has some pics instore for us so I can't wait to see them.

It was a pleasure to meet you Chocolocs and continued happy lockin.

9 month Locversary

It's been 9 months since I installed my microbraidlocs and I'm still lovin them everyday! In this pic my hair was styled with Loc Loops. I have a post coming soon about Loc Loops so stay tuned.

This journey has been wonderful and the discoveries I have made about myself and embracing all of who I am has been awesome.

The versatility of microlocs has afforded me many options and that I love. My hair is now such a joy to wear. It's an honor to share this journey with others and educate them too on how to be free!

"Are Those Sisterlocks"

In this blog I'll post some up-to-date pics of my babies at 7 months old! The top two are a braidout and the bottom one is purely wash and go!



I'm a member of the Lockitup group on yahoo and the following question was posed:

"Sister Locks vs BradeLocz
Is it true that small BL look like SL? Do they move the same way? it would be great to save the money. Thanks! I'm new here so please post anything else... "

My response is below and I would like to re-iterate my thought that "All paths lead to LIBERATION." I don't think of it as one versus the other, but how many options do I have when locking my hair. Here's my response and did I mention "I LOVE MY LOCS!"





"This is an interesting subject and so timely. My next blog title
is "Are Those Sisterlocks?" Though I haven't blogged it yet, I thought
I'd share the jest of my thoughts here.

The subject came to mind because I get stopped in public all the time
with compliments on my "Sisterlocks" and although I accept it as a
compliment, I am constantly correcting individuals that they are
braidlocks. (I don't want to try and pass as a sisterlocker when I'm
not). I started my locs myself 7 months ago by microbraiding my own
hair which I maintain with a latchook.


I give honor to Dr. Cornwell in creating the Sisterlock technique and
the liberation it has allowed for many of my sisters on their natural
journey to experience. I also honor Cherie King for the marketing the
Bradelocz method and though simplistic, she has enlightened women on
this being a viable method for starting locs. All paths have lead to
the same destination...LIBERATION for many women and I am so thankful
for that!

I have locked my hair and my husbands hair as well as a few others with
braids and have found that most locking techniques go through the same
maturing evolution were they swell, bud and mature. My observations
reveal that a mature lock looks the same though the sizes vary. After
attending the World Natural Hair Show in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago,
I was able to observe and ask questions to many in attendence and was
surprised how hard it was to guess how different individuals started
their now mature locks (coils, two-strand twists, braids, etc). I've
even met some Sisterlockers who have larger locks that don't
necessarily have the microloc look to them because they wanted them
bigger to avoid long maintenance sessions.

It comes down to what you want and the monetary investment you want to
make."

Finally, Rockin the Locs

Here are a few pics of my babies the first week. The 1st pic is of my first braid out. The 2nd and 3rd pics are wash and go photos with a clip as you see to keep the sides tucked.

The Big Day

These pics are from the day my locs were born September 10, 2007! I am a die-hard do-it-yourselfer so I did my own 3 day install of my braidlocs. 3 days sounds like a long time, but I have so many responsibilities that consumed that time. I didn't record how much time I used over that period to actually braid. I enjoy braiding. It relaxes me so it was no big deal.

My daughter helped me with my parting and it was meticulous. Just the way I wanted them.

I studied and lurked on sites for the longest gleaning all the info I could. I educated myself with a little-bit-from here and there. Braidlocs was the better choice for me for several reasons. I could control the size of my loc. I could immediately wash my locs if I wanted to (and I did). I could maintain the locs myself (I interlock)thereby save $. I could have all the versatility of other methods of microlocs.

I locked my DH 2 years ago with the same method and have enjoyed creating some amazing locs for him that are now past his shoulders.

Now I'm married to 430 babies and I love each one of them! I struggled with maintaining my hair loose because of the tight curl pattern I have (4C). However, locs have liberated me and given me freedom that I never imagined possible!

Twins Locked Up!

Meet twin sisters Miss L. and Miss D. These beautiful, vivacious girls are 10 years old and mature enough to know what they want. They were ready to loc their hair and enjoy their natural beauty. They both were started with braidlocs which took approximately 4 hours to install on each of them. They will be maintained by using the interlocking method.

The girls had perm on their ends which was cut off. They had been wearing braid extensions for several months in order to achieve about 3 to 4 inches of new growth. The girls are blessed with a mother Mrs. D. who wants them to have a strong hair-i-tage by teaching them to grow and maintain their God given tresses.

Help me congratulate Miss L and Miss D on starting their journey. We'll keep you posted on their evolution.

Hannah Ranay As Featured on Creyole's Blog

I haven't posted any pics of myself to this blog until now, because I'm having camera drama. I'll download some pics shortly of the beginning of my journey. Unil then, check out Creyole's blog http://creyole.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-sda-sister-locked-up.html to get the 411 on my hair journey.

I will give you the jest. This pic was taken circa 4 months braidlocked. I am a die-hard do-it-yourselfer. I've been doing hair seems like since I was born so I decided to do my own install. I have approximately 430 babies on my head. This style was a braid out bang and bun updo.

I wish I had locked 20 years ago. I love my hair and the evolution it brings not only in and of itself, but IN me!