My hair stylist stood me up. He just started a new salon without me. He didn’t call. The people at the salon said they tried to call me to tell me he was gone. Something about “cell phones”. Well the cell phone number is the only number I have. And apparently it was good enough to use 5 or 6 times in the past. I’m not going back there. Not just because my stylist is gone. Another woman at the salon offered to fix my hair next Saturday. I will be canceling that appointment tomorrow. I am no longer going to get monthly maintenance done at a salon.
I washed and palm rolled my own hair for the
first time ever. I still can’t believe it. I did it this morning. The whole process took less than 2 hours. It didn’t come out perfect. The #1 problem is there is still a little shampoo in my hair. That may be the worst thing ever but I’m not washing my hair again until 4 weeks from today. I made other rookie mistakes. I probably overly palm rolled some of my locks. And I didn’t always do it in the right direction. I didn’t know what I was doing half of the time. Now I can see that I focused too much on the roots and not enough on the rest of the lock. At least I think that is the problem. I don’t know anything! I also didn’t have enough hair clips to use after I palm rolled my locks. I brought 60 clips for $10. I probably needed at least 20 more. So some in the back (the hidden ones) didn’t get palm rolled at all.
My mother just happened to have a 20 year old hooded hair dryer. She has only used it 5 times. It still works. I sat under the cap for 30 minutes on medium. 85% of my hair got dry. I didn’t bother with conditioner this time. I just want a CLEAN HEAD OF HAIR. Next time I probably will use conditioner since my ex-stylist used it. For shampoo, I used Suave Clarifying. A lot of people recommended it so I thought I would just try and it. And it was cheap. Haha. I mostly palm rolled with just water. I did buy some natural loc gel but I didn’t use it that much. I didn’t know if I should have or not. Right now my hair is frizzy as ever but the roots are nice and tight.
I hope I get better overtime. I’m worried about palm rolling in the wrong direction and how much palm rolling to do. Some books said to twist
and palm roll. I didn’t do that. I am still confused about the twisting thing. I need someone to
show me. Reading about it has only confused me more. It seems so simple but I can’t figure out how to do it. I think I will just stick with palm rolling if that is okay to do.
So I will be doing my own maintenance most of the time. Since I am still in the beginning stages, I will see a stylist maybe once every 3 or 4 months. I want to make sure I’m not destroying my hair. I am not starting this lock process again. That is not an option. Once my locks mature (I can’t wait!!), I will go to a salon once a year for maintenance. So around mid October I will probably try to call around to see if I can find a professional to wash and retwist my hair. That is assuming, there is no hair emergency before that time. LOL.
Well I miss having a stylist but this really is a good thing. I just brought a car I can’t afford (bad idea) and now I have that extra $60 a month. I guess this was a blessing in disguise. Though it still hurts that he didn’t call me. I never thought me liked me personally but I thought he liked my hair. :-(
