Feeling Natural

This pic was taken after I went to the hot water baths in the hills of Souffiere, Saint Lucia. I don't know, but something about the warm mineral baths always makes my skin glow and my hair shine. I never tire of taking trips there, even though I often suffer from motion sickness whenever I have to navigate the many corners and turns along the mountainside. The end result is always worth it. I just love the Caribbean!

Failed at Colouring my locks

I tried to dye my locks plum brown and failed miserably. The good thing about this misadventure was that my hair remained more or less the same colour. I now have some faint reddish highlights that are only visible when the sun hits my locks. I want to give it another shot but I have to do some research first. I am pretty sure I wont be able to attempt colouring again for quite some time. Maybe next time I will go to a professional depending on how confident I feel. Anyway was playing around with he camera and took some more pics of my locks. I am sure the colour isn't visible so dont even look for it. Enjoy!

Better Late Than Never

I have always wanted to blog about my sisterlocks but just never got around to it. Now finally, here I am. I have been sisterlocked for 23 months. It has been an interesting Journey so far.

I have learned things about my hair and black hair in general. It has mostly been a positive experience , with a few exceptions. Caribbean people still find it difficult to embrace their true selves. I have been to church and heard the Pastor say some pretty degrading things about locked hair. It was strange sitting there in the audience listening to it. You would think that a man of God would preach Bible truths and not fallacy based on his personal opinion and biasness. I bet he would cringe if he knew that some members of his congregation asked me about my locks after church and how they could get it done too.It is a classic case of putting down what you know nothing about. Locks have been around for hundreds of years and were worn by people from many different races and creeds.

Ok, ok I will stop being so passionate for now, since this is only my first blog post. Tomorrow I will post some pics of my journey since I got my sisterlocks installed in July 2008.