because
it grew my hair!!! (I'm still looking for a photo). After I
was done with the "Weave Away" I would always return
to my "Curl Up and Dye" - good old standby (photo
with my girlfriend Kathy - last relaxer).
Now I must admit I did look good at this stage. I had gotten
my hair to a great length but the question was at what cost?
The Mini Beauty Supply in my house? I had shampoo for three
different hair types with conditioners to match, along with
things to keep the humidity away, moisture in, and frizzes at
bay. I was going to make it work no matter what the cost.
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Oh, and lets not forget the braids!!! This would require at
least two bags of hair - no less than $45 per bag (had to
have the best) of hair that cannot be re-used, plus another
$175 at least to get the braids put in!! This ran every 10
weeks or so. "Braids will make you hair grow!" Let's
not go there!! Even if I give you that one, what about my
hair line? Where is it going and why?
Finally
in my quest to find a Black owned day spa in Dallas, while
I was getting my hair done my stylist told me about Sincerely
Yours Day Spa in Irving. That’s when I saw them –
Beautiful Sisterlocks!!! Gigi, the owner had shoulder length
Sisterlocks. When I first saw her I could not stop asking
questions. How can I get them? How do you maintain? Do I have
to cut my relaxer off? How long does it take? How much does
it cost? After answering all of my questions I was sure that
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Next
step, to convincing my husband, and this was not an easy task.
From his perspective he sees a wife that changes her hair so
much he never knows what is next. So for him when I say I want
Sisterlocks he says “How Much?” I say $600.00. He
says for a hairstyle you are only going to keep for 2 to 3 months?
Then I get to explain that it is a “Lifestyle and not
a Hairstyle.”
You
can see where this conversation was going. Then I pull out the
information package that Gigi gave me to explain Sisterlocks.
Play up the positives,
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(2) never had to be taken down, (3) any style I did before Sisterlocks
I can do after Sisterlocks, (4) no more bad hair days because
freestyle is always in style, (5) humidity is no longer an enemy
and last but not least I can maintain my hair myself after six
months by taking a Retightening Class if I want to. I got my
Sisterlocks January 2000 (just Sisterlocked after 22 hrs)!!!
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having my Sisterlocks for 18 months, I decided to take the training
myself so that I could share this wonderful system with others.
August 2001, I enrolled in the Sisterlocks Consultant Class
at Everette’s Corn-Rows & Braiding Academy in Detroit,
MI. Sheila Everette-Hale was wonderful. She was great and she
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and information to the class. And guess who one of my first
clients was – my husband (just before Brotherlocks)! |
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(just before Brotherlocks)! |
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Now
after locking session. |
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| Update,
it is now official, I am no longer a "trainee," I
just received my official Sisterlocks Certification from JoAnne
Cornwell creator of Sisterlocks for January 2002. |
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