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Faux Shaved Side on Sisterlocks

Whenever someone tells me they would, "do that to my hair, but I like to change it too often," I just smile politely. I am way more creative with styling my sisterlocs than I EVER was with loose natural hair....to each her own, right? I french braided one section of my hair and then cornrowed the "tail" down with loose locs from the bottom part of my hair to keep it "tucked." No pins or ponytail holders. I actually did this style in the car!

Month 11 Retightening and Updates

It has actually been 10 months and 23 days, but Month 10.75 was just didn't seem like a good title...that looks like a fast food order amount. Weeks since last retie: 6 weeks, 3 days Length of retie: 3 hours Slippage/Bunching/Loc Repair: my temple locs were re-established, no bunching and 2 locs had some slippage in the middle of them (Weird, right? But my consultant says that happens sometimes) Length:  The majority of my hair hovers around my chin, neck and collarbone. Fullness: no noticeable changes Buds:  The majority of the back of my hair has buds Sealed ends: none Other noteworthy items: My consultant said my hair is coming along. I asked her to ballpark how long she thought it would be until I am fully loc'ed...she said 3 years (So two (2) more, right? Surely this first year counts and not a total of four (4)!). Also, I say "my consultant" but I actually bounce between the two consultants who tag teamed my establishme