Thankful Thursday-more napptural sisters

But before we talk about that…The picture below is of Eliora’s locs. The ‘bump/knot’ there is a bud..I was soooo excited the day I discovered my braidlocks had these buds because now I knew the locing process had well and truly started. You can see the thinner plaited portion..and from the bud to the scalp is the more ‘loc’d’ portion. It’s not as springy and all over her head, there’s a revolution-the hairs are intertwining instead of growing outwards.

A friend of mine has been natural for a while now-well, after we met so I believe I had a part to play in the start of her weave-no-lution. She started her traditional locs at a salon but was NOT enjoying the many visits there nor the visible beeswax they were leaving in there. Plus they did it very tightly.

So I re-tightened her hair. Getting rid of the beeswax buildup was hard to do. Even now there are still white spots even after she herself also tried to get rid of it. And those guys were bad. I know my hair’s uneven, but that’s cos I could care less..and I wasn’t using a mirror when I started my locs. But her parts were all over the place and some you could tell were much bigger than what she wanted. For a salon, that was BAD! Now..the problem with South Africa is that the norm is the tightly plaited,tight on the scalp, cornrowed/basket woven look. So the baby stage in all its latched glory is a hard nut to swallow…Am I getting my metaphors mixed??? The fuzzies..she’s just not feeling them. I’m waiting to see if she’ll be able to withstand the pressure for the more ‘sophisticated’ look.

Then there’s another three ladies as well who’ve asked me to start their locs. We’re all so scattered that to save time, boy is my time precious, I told them to start with twists or whatever,then at re-tightening time, I’d teach them to latch/interlock.

So..what that means for me is that I have hair to do…Which means there are a few more ladies who have embraced the natural revolution. No chemicals, no fake hair.

I remember a reader telling me to charge for my ‘services.’ NO WAY.These are my dearest friends. I’m just thankful that more are willing to take care of their health. From tip to toe.