Locked, Chopped, & Lovin' It

Finally Ladies, the pics of my chop are here. The cut lasted all of about 10 mins. When my consultant was finally done, I looked on the floor an low and behold, a huge pool of relaxed hair!!! It was almost startling, but my fresh, new cut proved worthwhile. I have ABSOLUTELY no regrets about the cut, although most of my friends and family seemed somewhat disappointed. The mere notion that I was "cuttin off all that good hair" just seemed downright "stupid" to them. I really appreciate all of you ladies inspiration and insight on Sisterlock Solitude.......

For now my SL concoction consist of pure canola oil and water. This is an awesome mixture(when shaken up). I spray my roots/ scalp daily and the end result is total loc rejuvenation. I am not a fan of fruit smelling mixtures, hence the canola oil and water spritzer.... And no, my locs never feel heavy, greasy, or "cakey".
Applying a generous amount of canola oil and water to my SLs daily also contributes to a wonderful shine....

Since my SLs are fairly short, there is not too much to do styling wise. (at least in my opinion). I will usually go for the daily "spritz and go" look, which usually requires about 2 minutes of my time on any given day...(awesome!!)

The only problem I seemingly have with this new cut is the ends. I know this may be the norm for about the first 2 years of SLs, but I have been snipping ends for about 2 weeks. Most of the ends I am snipping were not cut (or were overlooked) in the initial cut and have mounts of straight ends left. I don't know if I should continue to snip the straight ends or let them do their own thing????

I am still adjusting to my new cut, but I know this will be a journey.. I still have ABSOLUTELY no regrets and would do it again in a second!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I look sad in this pic, don;t know why. These new earring really complimented the new look...



Just another pic. Still adjusting.... Trying to get my front locs "trained"



Short stuff!!





I loved my front locs at that length. If you look at the
above pics, you can tell I cut them shorter... See look at that
loc that looks split (right pic).. When my SLs were cominbined, I twisted them in 2's so they could inmesh. I guess those ends never inmeshed.




Side shot... I think I am need of a better Hair shape?





Back texture/length shot @ 10 months.....
















Mean Green alien!!
(((((U. of North Texas alum))))




Texture/Length/Density shot....



















Week before Big Chop... ((((still stylin))))












Just some curls.......


Relaxed ends length.... No match to my (((soon to be))short, sweet, and sassy SLs.