Pipe Cleaner Curls

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It’s been a while, a looong while. So much has been happening over the past few months. I’m not sure if I’ll do a huge review post, but while I have the time, I did want to show off my latest hair style. Two weeks ago I shelled out $255, yes $255 for my last retight and had wrap-a-loc done on my sisterlocs. Why was it so much $$$$? Well, I have missed 2 retights, so they charged me double the usual amount for that = $170 + $10 (wash) + $75 (wrap-a-loc). To tell you that I walked out of there pissed off was an understatement. My hair was NOT all of that and to top it off the curls did not even last. I am beyond over going to my consultant for these retights spending all that money. I am determined to take the retight class and do this ish on my own starting in January. Anywho, since I love wearing my hair curly, I went on a net surfing rampage to find a DIY method. I like the look Bantu Knots give, but they don’t always turn out like I want. To make a long story short, I found out that many women with locs set them using pipe cleaners. Upon closer inspection, the pipe cleaners look VERY similar to the wrap-a-loc tools. The nerve some people have to “develop” something “new” and sell it for bookoo money! I purchased 100 black pipe cleaners from Michaels for $4.00 vs paying probably $80 or more for enough wrap-a-loc tools. Oh, and the $75 I paid my consultant did not come with the tools; they removed them prior to letting me leave of course. So, I washed my hair and rinsed it with Apple Cider Vinegar (I’ll do a post on that later). I set my hair with Lottabody and got to work. I did not sit under the drier because I did not plan to remove the tools right away. The great thing about this method is that while you’re waiting for your curls to set, you have a hairstyle within itself. It turned out way cute and I even went out on the town lastnight just like this. Here’s how it turned out!

11th Retight

My appointment for my 11th retight was supposed to be this past Sunday, but unfortunately I had to cancel it because as a grad student my money is not looking right about now.  I have 1 inch +/- of new growth and of course, my roots are starting to get out of control. Between the $85 visit and the price of gas to travel 2 hours to get there, I’m going to have to move the task of learning how do my own retightening up higher on my tasklist.

On My Nerves

So I was just talking with one of my good friends Glamorous online. There was this chick we went to college with who was always on this nappturality ish. She wore a weave for the majority of the time (the weave looked like semi-kinky natural hair). I personally had always thought she was natural underneath, but I guess we will never know. Well I was browsing through ‘the book‘ as I occasionally do and saw that she decided to get a relaxer. Yeah, I was a little taken aback by it. I showed it to Glam and here’s how the conversation went:

Glam: … it looked nice

Me: No it doesn’t. What’s nice about fried and laid to the side??? lol

Glam: I like relaxed hair but like I said abt the cell phone companies earlier & I will repeat abt hair….DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS, u ain’t got to like it or agree. Read more…