My Hair Journey

Recent Hair Pictures

2008-09-29T18:34:00.001-07:00

Senior Picture Taken In July 2008

2008-09-29T18:32:00.001-07:00

CRUISE 2008 PICTURES

2008-09-29T18:28:00.000-07:00

Cruise 2008 - 71Pics

Cruise 2008 Part 2 - 54Pics

17-18 Months...

2007-07-11T06:31:00.000-07:00

Here are a few recent pictures. I was just sitting at work and studying snapping pictures of my hair. I was sneaking that is LOL...

MAY 2007...SISTERLOCK'D 17 MONTHS

2007-06-04T18:37:00.000-07:00

I'MA SUPERSTAR!!!

2007-03-28T20:51:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody,I just wanted to show you all my my billboard picture. I was asked to take some pictures at school, and I thought it was just for some library brochures, lol. So I was at work (I work in the library at my school), and alot of people were telling me that they saw my picture on a billboard. If you live in the Lansing, Michigan area, the picture is on Freeway 496 near downtown, right near the 127 exit going toward East Lansing. You can see it on both sides of the freeway. Someone also told me that they could see it on I96 in Detroit!So I had my friend Helena go with me so she could snap a picture of the billboard, but she had a hard time. Plus people in Michigan drive like maniacs, so we could not slow down too much. So finally we decided to get off the freeway and search for the billboard so here it is :). I'm so excited!!! LOL..

Brunsli Hair Ties...

2007-03-28T20:37:00.000-07:00

Wow, I have not been on here in awhile. I just wanted to update my blog with some recent pictures. Right now I have been locked for exactly 15 months (installation December 29, 2005), and I am loving my locks. The only thing is.. I am finding myself getting bored with my hair and I am trying my best not to. I really can't think of much I can do with my hair since it is not that long. Plus I hardly have time to do much with it since I am always on the run. Also, I am still scared to do too much with my hair becuase I don't want to mess up my locking process. As you can see, I do wear BRUNSLI'S HAIRTIES and will be buying more of her hairties in the future :). So any suggestions that you might have as to some hairstyles, I'd appreciate it :). Thank You..

11 Months...

2006-11-28T19:47:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody!!

Sorry I have not posted in a while. I am sooooo busy with lawschool that I hardly have time to post anything on my blog. I took this picture about 3 weeks ago. I rolled my hair with the spike rollers the night before. Usually, my curls are alot tighter, but they fell after I took a shower and ran my fingers through my hair. Right now, I got my locks 11 months ago on tommorrow!! (I just realized it as I was typing :) )

Second-Attempted Ponytail

2006-06-22T18:15:00.000-07:00

This was my second-attempted ponytail. My hair is really growing :)

May 2006...Headband

2006-06-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

I took this picture in the beginning of May 2006 a few days before my retightning. I had to cover the growth with a headband :)

Easter 2006

2006-06-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

Easter 2006... I think I rolled my hair a lil' too tight, lol...

Febuary 2006

2006-06-22T17:48:00.000-07:00

I took this picture in the middle of Febuary 2006 after I took my rollers out.

My Locking Session

2006-06-22T17:27:00.000-07:00

My Locking Session

2006-05-13T17:15:00.000-07:00

Okay, I am finally taking a break from studying; I finally have time to work on my blog :). December 29th, 2005 was the day of my locking session. I think my sisterlock consultant, Paulette, got started around 9 in the morning. We did not taking many breaks; just to use the restroom and to eat lunch and dinner. Time went by really fast, we talked about everything, lol...

As you can see, my hair is.....THICK!! I had about 7 inches of hair. Luckily, I did not wash my hair before I went, because my hair would have been hard to comb through.

Day Before My Locking Session.....

2006-05-04T18:21:00.000-07:00

This was the day before my locking session (December 28, 2005). I was not feeling well but I was determined that my hair would be locked the next day :). I was about to wash my hair but decided to call my locticitan, Paulette first. She immediately told me not to wash my hair because it might be hard to comb through. She had a point, because I always had a hard time in combing my natural hair after I washed it.

Finding a Consultant....

2006-05-04T18:11:00.000-07:00

I found my sisterlock consultant on the sisterlock website. At first, I was going to start them in Columbus, Ohio. However, after researching what the beginning locking process involved, I decided to wait until I moved up to the Michigan area for law school. I looked for sisterlock consultants in the Lansing, Michigan, but there was no luck in finding a Consultant. I looked in the Detroit area and came across a few locticians. The one that really caught my eye was Paulette Brown from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. I called her from Columbus and immediately set up a consultation. I drove up to Michigan from Columbus, Ohio to have my Consultation. During my Consultation, Paulette put a few sample locks in my hair; and from that moment, I could not wait to have the whole locking session done.....

My Curly Fro...

2006-04-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from 2005. This was my curly fro. I really liked wearing this style because my hair was so thick. However, too much of my hair was coming out while wearing this style. From August 2005 until October 2005, I contemplated on what to do with my hair. I almost went back to the "PERM", but I knew that I really did not want to do that. I started to research 'locks' in general. I had heard of sisterlocks, but I knew that they would cost alot of money to maintain them. I decided to research sisterlocks and came across the sisterlock page. After learning how much you could do with sisterlocks (like styling), I decided to try to find a sisterlock consultant in Columbus, Ohio (this was around October) to learn more about the sisterlock method of locking. Then I decided that maybe I should wait until I start law school in January 2006 and find a consultant in the Michigan area. Unfortunately there were no consultants in the Lansing Michigan area so I had to look in Detroit; and I found a sisterlock consultant about an hour away from Lansing :) ........

I Decided To Go Natural....

2006-04-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

I decided to go natural around the summer of 2002. My ex-boyfriend always told me that I should go natural and that it would look really good on me. I remember looking at him like he was crazy, lol (lauging out loud). After I had done research on natural hair, and seeing other people with natural hair, I went ahead and decided to go natural. While my hair grew out, I wore cornrows and micro braids. My newgrowth was soo thick that i could not do much with it but get braids and micros. I knew that I had to cut my permed hair off soon or I'd just pull my hair out trying to comb it.

In December of 2002, I finally decided to cut my permed ends off. Surprisingly I was not scared. The lady that cut my hair had said that she'd just cut a few of my ends and twist it to see how I'd like it. We had got to talking that she forgot to show me :). I had about 1.5-2 inches of new growth. I wore my hair twisted and a fro for awhile and I was loving it. I recieving many compliments; including people who told me not to go natural.

In the picture above, I was natural for about 4 months (April, 2003) My real hair was braided up and my friend had 'added' the ponytail, lol :).

LET'S SEE... WHERE SHOULD I BEGAN?

2006-03-25T19:28:00.000-08:00

Before I talk about my hair journey, let me introduce myself. My name is Avra and I am a 24 year old law student at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Am I from Lansing, Mighigan? No :) , just up here to get my law degree.

My hometown is Columbus, Ohio, and yes I am a Buckeye fan. I graduated from Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) with my Bachelors Degree in Sociology in June 2004. I also received my Masters Degree in Applied Behavoral Science (Criminal Justice) in November 2005 from the same university.

Basically, I wanted to start a blog so I can network, with not just people with sisterlocks and brotherlocks, but people who are into African American hair care in general. Since I am a hardworking law student who don't get much free time :( , it will take me a while to get my blog going; so be patient with me... There is more to come :)