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My First Sisterlocks Shampoo Experience

I recorded this experience to make into a video for my youtube channel, but my tablet is being less than cooperative and I am having fits getting the videos compiled. As such, I will record shampoo number 3 (shampoo number 2 will be performed by my consultant at her salon).

I shampooed my hair at slightly less than 2 weeks since 2 weeks would have been the day after Thanksgiving. Instead, I shampooed my Sisterlocks the day before Thanksgiving.

Braiding and Bundling- I put my hair into 12 two-strand twisted bundles and used silicone elastics to band my hair.

Shampoo- 7 oz of water diluted with 1 oz of the Sisterlocks Starter Shampoo

Shampoo #1- focused on my scalp, not much lather, rinsed

Shampoo #2- focused on my scalp and then squeezed the solution into the length of my locs, more lather, rinsed about 4 times

Drying- used my Turbie Twist to dry my hair for about 15 minutes

Styling- roller set using approximately 20 satin-covered rollers

Slippage and UnravelingI think that I either lost 1 loc to slippage or the hairs were loosed from a nearby loc. Said loc is in my temple area which was an area my consultant was going to keep a close watch over anyway.

AftercareI did liberally spray my scalp using the spray my consultant advised me to purchase/use.

Overall Thoughts- The process was not as daunting as I imagined.  All in all, I feel I had a successful shampoo! My scalp feels clean and my hair had a nice sheen. 
Do you see the loose hairs? I think it slipped out of the pattern completely!

Comments

Steve Finnell said…
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saundra said…
Congrats on your lock journey! I hope to join you in a month or so and am glad that I found your blog for the "moral support".
welcome to SisterLocks! love your blog!
P31Diva said…
Thank you and whoohoo on starting your journey soon! I find it quite extraordinary that the natural hair online community is by and large a supportive and positive group. Please stay in touch!
P31Diva said…
Thank you for the warm welcome and thank you for the encouraging words! Please stay in touch!

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