Hairstyles & Maintenance Tips for my Happily Nappy Sistas --Delta Ave

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I have good, nappy hair that has loced beautifully

Ladygreek, are your locs considered sisterlocs? I've been trying to figure out the real difference between locs and sisterlocs.

Why is our culture so stressed over the texture of hair? I'm just curious because I don't think other cultures point out that difference.

Serioussigma22:confused:

I think it is because we were blessed with a texture that is typically found only amongst our people...although I have seen some other ethnicities with really tightly curled/coiled hair.

I guess you mean black American culture.

There are other races/ethnicities/cultures of people that do the hair texture and skin shade thing. That's both domestically and internationally.

An example of which can be found in the distinctions made by many Jewish Americans. For many, the closer they resemble "whiteness" in terms of skin complexion and hair texture, the better. This is about aesthetics and opportunities to be gained through assimilation and privilege. It can be traced historically and contemporarily.

Other examples can be found in Latin America.

I don't know what sisterlocs are. I am just loced, and did not use a loctitian. I go now maybe twice a year to get the head massage, and to feel papmpered. But othewise I do my own maintenance.

Funny story: While growing up my mother always commented about nappy hair. I think that was because of the three siblings whe was the one who did not get "good" hair. I took my hair after her and that dismayed her. So from an early age she pressed my hair and then took me to get get perms. My hair broke off easily and would not grow long.

When I went natural with a fro in the late 60s she was not pleased. But the funny thigs is she saw the real texture of my hair, which was mixed. What she used to call my nappy kitchen was indeed very soft and fine.

Fast forward to me locing. It took me two years of daily twisting to fully loc, because the texture of my natural in places was so fine and soft. And even now the hardest part of new growth to loc is that nappy kitchen. LOL

Now seven years later my hair is down my back and still growing strong.

I would loc but I am too lazy to retwist and too cheap to go get them done :D Update, I finally saw some sisterlocs but I am still confused as to why they are called sisterlocs because they look just like normal locs only they're really thin :confused:

Interesting. Now I have heard of sistah twists,which is how my daughter wears her hair. She twists her hair every night and then in the morning untwists it and finger combs her hair. When she is lazy, she wears the twists.

Hello,

Sisterlocks is a trademarked brand of lock. Only people who recieve special training are able to offer Sisterlocks. Basically they are a lock which is typically very small. I have seen them as small as 1/2 of the diameter of a pencil (mature size) but they also make them larger so they look more like traditional locks. Installation can be pretty pricey. In my area it averages about $500-$600. The cost of maintenance (sp) depends on your consultant. Sometimes they can charge and hourly fee, or they may offer a flat rate. It is possible to maintain one's own Sisterlocks, however you must pay to take a class on how to retighten them and you are supposed to wait 6 months after they are installed to take the class. There are quite a few people, however, who just figure it out on their own and maintain their Sisterlocks themselves pretty much from day one. That's about as much as I know. Their website, sisterlocks.com offers much more information.

Thanks for the info and the website. $500-$600 dollars? That's rent, car note, insurance, shoot who in the world would pay that for hair??

On another note, last weekend I was walking in the mall and I had saw a group of girls walking in the opposite direction. These girls stopped, starred at me, pointed and laughed :mad: What the heck? I could have acted a fool but I remembered that God delivered me from such foolishness and that I represent SGRHO where ever I am :rolleyes: I was wearing my hair in bantu knots looking fly (if I may toot my own horn :D). The really sad thing is that I got so many compliments from white people :confused: This just shows the prevailing ignorance within our own culture about our hair :(

Yeah. A lot of women are investing in this hairstyle now though. I had considered it for a while, but I think I'll go the route of braidlocs so I can get similar results without the cost.

Anyways, its a shame that we have to act like that about hair. Just another thing to divide black women. Kudos to you for keeping your head up.

I can only be me...Natural

I love bantu knots.