Transitioning from Sisterlocks-Traditional Locs

Hello everyone....I know I haven't updated for a very long time and the last time that I did was to just complain, but as of Feb. 2, 2009 I am no longer a part of the Sisterlock family. Me and my sisterlocks just did not mesh very well. I went through a very rough time making this decision because I did invest so much time and money into them but in the long run I had to do what was best for my lifestyle as well as my hair. I thought about taking them out completely, I even went out and bought 3 rattail combs and lots of conditioner....lol!!! I researched the process of what it would take and the possibility of hair loss and after all the research that i did and thinking about why I originally wanted to have locs, I decided to get my sisterlocks combined by twisting 2 of them together and retwisting from their to cultivate traditional locs.

I went to a braiding shop in my area called African & American Braiding in Blackwood, NJ and got my hair done by Bridgett...she is the owner. Took her about 5 hours twist everything. She twisted with the Jamaican Lime and Mango resistant locking gel...that I brought with me becuase she used the black gel and I can not use that type of gel in my hair without excessive flaking. I will go back in 3 weeks to get it washed and retwisted and hopefully my loc journey will be so much easier and less expensive compared to my Sisterlock journey.

One thing that I can say about my Sisterlocks is that I chose to not keep them becuase of the cost of maintenance for them. My retightening sessions were to frequent, I needed to go no more than 5 weeks without getting my hair retightened...and at 130 a retightening session...I just could not afford it. I enjoyed having my Sisterlocks and I would encourage anyone that is interested in getting Sisterlocks to research all aspects of them....I thought I did but the one thing that i did not account for was the amount of slippage i had and the frequency of my retightening sessions.

I will try to update more frequently concerning my new loc journey...hopefully this one will be much smoother.