My Dread Locks

Okay it is officially four months since I last touch up my hair.  I have alot of new growth and it is a bit of a chore to comb after I wash it.  But I will continue to stretch my relaxer until I really decide what I am going to do with my hair.  Maybe as the new hotel industry season starts (around November) I may think of doing a touch.  But we will see.  I am enjoying playing with my natural waves when ever I get a chance. 

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet a fello SBIer who has a site about dreadlocks.  I was so excited to meet her.  There is alot of great information on the site.  Its list info like testing the lock style with synthetic locks (if you indecisive in making the transition like I am) which I found to be a great idea.  Check out her site.

Shake It Baby!

On my visit to Anegada on August 11, 2010, I had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman, he was retrieving a basket of lobster that they keep in the shallow part of the beach.  He informed me that it is a method of keep the
lobster fresh.  Well as he came out of the water, he shook his locks and as he noticed that I was taking pictures, he shook his locks some more.  Marvellous!

Having His Dreadlocks Re-twisted For His Wedding Day

This is the groom for the wedding that I had to attend in St. Vincent on August 1, 2010.  He wears his hair in a dreadlocks hairstyle and was having it re-twisted for the wedding.  I took the opportunity to chat with his hairdresser, telling her about my thoughts of wearing my hair natural, maybe in a dreadlocks hair style as well.  I saw alot of people wearing their hair in locks in St. Vincent.  Some were looking a bit untidy. 

This young lady told me that she too was thinking about locking her hair but she keeps changing her mind for two reasons.  Eventhough she can do it for herself, it would be quite difficult to do so plus it would be a bit costly to have it done.  To have it re-twisted would take about 2-3 hours.  As you see the gentleman took the opportunity to have a little nap!

Dreadlocks Stocking Cap

My Mother-In-Law Natural Grey Hair

This is my mother-in-law, she was unplaiting her natural grey hair so granddaughter could re-plait it for the wedding on August 1, 2010.  She has a beautiful set of natural grey hair, it is so soft and light.  I am sure she never put any sort of chemicals in her hair.  

My mother use to relax her hair and now she has a Jerri curl.  She is now in her 80's and she does not dye her hair, she hardly has any grey hair!  She is truly blessed!

How I Styled My Hair For Wedding In St. Vincent

Okay this is what I did with my hair for the wedding. I took my pom pom hair piece with me. One evening we were hanging out in the front porch at my mother-in-law's place in St. Vincent and I was telling my niece-in-law about my desire not to relax my hair. So she simply began to comb out my hair (she had a little problem) and applied some hair dress to my hair and scalp.  She even gave me a scalp massage.  It felt really good!

Then I realized she was parting my hair to plait it, I was about to protest but I allowed her to do her own thing. She braid the front of my head and left the back alone in order for me to pull it back in one and clip on my hair piece. I kept the hair style until I left the Island.

Before I left for St. Vincent I did a test of twisting my hair into small Bantu Knots but as I came out of the airplane and walked to the Airport terminal in Antigua, my curls were blown out. In addition to that, I sweat a lot so I decided against twisting my hair for the wedding.

One of my visitors suggested that I set my hair in small rollers. I did the test with my hair dry but the setting did not stay for too long.

I thought that it should work if my hair is wet, so I decided to wash my hair but as I have so much new growth, I had great difficulty parting my hair. What I should have done was to set my hair dry and THEN sprayed my hair with some water.  Unfortunately I was unable to get a really close up picture of the completed hairstyle.  Maybe you can see it in this picture on the right.