YOU WEAR THOSE WELL!!!

The picture on the left was taken this past Thursday (17 July) right before going to Club Verve with a friend. I get quite a few compliments on my hair, especially when it's been styled with curls or crinkles or even in my two pigtails (see below). But that evening, three relaxed sisters commented / complimented me on my "little dreads" and told me that "I wear those well". Now, it was once said by Sandy, the creator of the LockItUp Yahoo Group and highly respected sisterlocker, that many folk would often give her props ONCE it started growing. While my hair is not down my back, those initial naysayers and non-supporters are simply in awe of my locs now! Ain't it a trip? But for those sisters, I simply corrected them on the description (I don't use "dreads" but rather "locs" or sisterlocks) and I told them that they can rock 'em too. I almost always throw in the aside about not having to run for cover should it begin to rain (hehehehe) and I ALWAYS tell them that this has been THE best hair decision I've ever made!

I JUST LUUUUUV YOUR HAIR!

I once responded to a woman's experiences (in the Yahoo Group "LockItUp") about being approached by the curious and the amazed about my hair as well but nothing like this past April. I served as a hostess in a childhood friend's wedding and her photographer (who is absolutely wonderful) went gah-gah over my hair. He told me that he'd NEVER seen hair like mine and that he would LOVE to do a FREE photo shoot with me because he has no one with my look represented on his website. Needless to say, I couldn't resist! We went to Stone Mountain and took several shots before returning to his studio to complete the session. They were taken on a beautiful mid May morning. In all, he took 283 pictures! Though difficult, I chose a few of the better shots from our shoot. He took A LOT of great pics, but I tried to select the ones with good details of my hair.