Hello ladies!!! I am also joining the sisterlocks family. I had my consultation Thursday and my installation starts this upcoming Wednesday. I am so excited!!!
I thought I would be sad and depressed about saying goodbye to all my loose hair, but I'm not. I can't wait!!! That's how I know I'm really ready. The few times I've contemplated locking about 2-3 years ago it didn't last and now I know it's because I wasn't ready. Or I would find a way to talk myself out of it (due to money or other reasons) and then undo my starter locks.
When the sisterlock bug bit me again this past winter, the thought kept resurfacing. I asked my husband about it earlier this week, and he told me to not overthink it, and if it's something I know I want I need to just do it.
So after I deep conditioned, detangled, washed and detangled my hair yet again (and almost for the last time) I found a consultant and set up a consultation Thursday. I was so excited when I called to tell him! He told me he didn't feel like being at work anyway and was going to take the rest of the day off and come with me to my appointment to support me.
He says he wanted to do that because he knows my hair is important to me.
I love my husband so much for that. He is an amazing man and I am very lucky to have him!
Anyway, I have 3 sample locks for right now and I am bursting with anticipation for the full install. I'm supposed to go for 3 days back to back in the early morning and again in the afternoon until about 10-10:30 at night. Hopefully that will be enough time for her to complete it.
Mine are going to be very pricey but I expected as much with my length and thickness. She also said this is her first install on someone with hair this long and thick, so I'm excited to be her first. She had to take an average measurement to figure out the cost, but I thought that was more than fair.
Especially since she told me some consultants measure the longest layer of hair and charge based on that one measurement and she thinks that's wrong.
So the front was 16 inches, the middle was 12 and 13 inches in some places, and the back layers were 14 inches, so she is charging me based on the average of those numbers, which is 14 inches. All these measurements were done on fairly dry hair; there were some places where my hair was not dry all the way. Soaking wet with conditioner combed through and stretched is even longer, so I'm glad I decided to lock now and not wait another year or so. Otherwise the price would have been ridiculous.
I have been wearing my hair in a puff ever since the consultation to just enjoy my hair being out before I take the plunge, and also because I know my husband will miss it. Don't get it twisted though, when I showed him some pictures of examples of sisterlocks, he got very excited and is also looking forward to seeing how they will turn out for me.
I have been at a crossroads about my hair for a minute, and I considered getting a sew-in, but I thought this might be a much better choice and offer me more styling options. That's something that I am really looking forward to, because I was tired of protective styling 24-7 but I am glad that the end result was long, thick and healthy hair that will make beautiful sisterlocks.
My consultant said she hasn't even "really gotten in my hair yet" but she can tell my locks will be even more beautiful than my loose hair. I am so amped about this.
I have already taken a lot of pictures of my loose hair and I started updating to fotki but I can't upload anymore right now because my husband is working on a project for work and he is on the computer where all my pictures are downloaded to.
I will take lots of pictures of my installation and check back in. I think I covered everything, but if you guys have anymore questions, just hit me up either on fotki or in this thread or by PM if you feel more comfortable that way.
happy sisterlocking to everyone!
p.s. Genesis I saw that thread on NP earlier this week before I found a SL consultant and was trying to do my research again and decided to quit playing around and just do it. Very interesting read.