I've been wanting locks for a long time. About two years now, I'd say. At first when I really wanted to start getting them I was turned off by the idea of shaving my head if I ever decided to get rid of them. (I love my long hair way too much to do that.) After doing LOTS of research I found out with patience and conditioner I could get rid of the locks if I chose too. YES! That was the best bit of information I got. :)
I asked my boyfriend if he minded and he shot down the idea before I could even finish. :( So I just kept talking about it periodically hoping he'd change his mind. (I know it's my hair...but he has to live with me, so I'd want him to actually like it.) This past weekend he finally changed his mind. After talking to his brother about it he said I could do it. I was sooo excited.
So now I'm back in the researching steps. I want to make sure I do this right the first time so I don't have to comb them out and do it again. The only time I plan on combing them out is when I decide to get rid of them completely. I've decided on the backcombing and crocheting method after watching MANY MANY videos. I don't want to put anything in my hair that could ruin it, so I'm not. I'm going to wash with some bar soap. I haven't figured out which kind yet. So if anyone out there reading this could give me some recommendations I'd be very happy. :)
Let's see.... My hair is LOOOONG. It's down to my ass now. It's in long layers so some pieces are shorter than others. It's going to interesting to see the shrinkage that happens as the locks mature. I'm not going for really thick or really thin locks. And I want them to look a little messy. :) If you look at this Harriet's videos. (http://www.youtube.com/user/xxzxczx#p/u/12/jRT71BM6jec) You can see sorta the look I'm going for. I want mine like that, just not the thick ones. I love the messy look her's have. :) I'm probably going to section mine a little bit more too.
Hmm. I seem to have lost my train of thought so I'll leave this here. I'm not going to start the process till after Christmas so they'll be some random posts in here before then. I'll have a post later on with pictures on my hair now so everyone can see the before pictures.
