Short straight blonde hair... my "locking" journey ;-)

Yep, I don't leave the beads in longer than I go to my next hair washing, so no worries... someone had also said that if leaving the beads in to be sure to move them up/down so that portion of the hair can dry. But I like playing around with the look of different beads so they don't stay longer than 2 days, plus the weightlessness of having nothing in my hair feels good after awhile too.

soaring eagle said:

excelent progress for just 3 weeks

but gotta warn u that huge bead can cause mold when dreaded tighter i had 1 exactly like that and it definately didnt stay long

glad i took it out

updated by @hippyfish: 07/17/15 05:38:03PM

Earthiest, it appears we have the same length hair and even texture. And were both doing the bs wash with tea tree oil and bronners twice a month haha :D

Earthiest said:

Thanks SE, I thought so too, I'm really thankful how well my progress is going, especially since now I am using BS rinses every other day with sea salt and tea tree and lavender oils. I will only be doing Dr. Bronner's 1-2x per month... but the BS has helped a lot! Thanks.

soaring eagle said:

nice progress for 2 weeks with it being so straight and everything ..nice

I posted on your page, but I think I had also checked out one of your pics earlier because I saw that you had similar length to mine... the only thing I'm thinking of doing is adding a bit of thyme oil to my rinse because my hair is so thin and gets oily fast.

Steven Wind said:

Earthiest, it appears we have the same length hair and even texture. And were both doing the bs wash with tea tree oil and bronners twice a month haha :D

Earthiest said:

Thanks SE, I thought so too, I'm really thankful how well my progress is going, especially since now I am using BS rinses every other day with sea salt and tea tree and lavender oils. I will only be doing Dr. Bronner's 1-2x per month... but the BS has helped a lot! Thanks.

soaring eagle said:

nice progress for 2 weeks with it being so straight and everything ..nice

Well here's an update...

4 weeks (28 days)

And the peyote stitch sleeve I made...

Peace, Love, Music...

(This sleeve helped A LOT with my hair locking)

*BS rinse mixed with sea salt has helped greatly.... instead of doing only a Dr. Bronner rinse 1-2x monthly, I am mixing just a little of the soap in with the BS mixture as a "super rinse" 1-2x a month. I have also stopped using the oils in the rinse too as my hair gets very oily very quickly.... all seems to be going pretty well

updated by @hippyfish: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

thats a really cool sleeve

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

cool peyote sleeve!! i should make a long one, too. maybe it will help some of mystubbornsections finally knot up:)

It takes a while to make but worth the effort. I should be saying thanks to you for posting your pics as they were pretty inspirational for me

Heather said:

cool peyote sleeve!! i should make a long one, too. maybe it will help some of mystubbornsections finally knot up:)

6 weeks

...stay tuned, more to come in another 2 weeks...

updated by @hippyfish: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

8 weeks

This one in the front has been knotting up so well, probably because I always sleep on my left side?

updated by @hippyfish: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

awesome progress!