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(Starter) Locs!
Jul. 9th, 2010 09:56 pmSo uh, thanks to reading TVTropes today, I now want to play both Patapon and LocoRoco. That's right. CJ wants to play PSP GAMES. Is the world ending yet? I can't help it. I read about how music plays a part in both games (commands in Patapon, singing characters in LocoRoco) and that they both consist pretty much entirely of ear worms, and I'm all about ear worms. I want to play Patapon more than LocoRoco.
Anyway, hair! I promised pics, I did.
Turns out my hair is still quite relaxed, and relaxer can stay in one's hair as long as two years. I had no idea. Randi looked over at us at one point and was like, "She's gonna have trouble," and said to me, "How many times did I ask you about your hair, Christina?" with a grin. Micki (that's how I'm spelling her name, anyway XD) did the coils anyway, put me under the dryer to harden the hair (she used aloe gel to set them), and snipped off stringy straight bits that didn't really coil. So, my hair's a bit shorter, but whatever. I told her do whatever she has to do; she knows what she's doing and I'm in her hands. ^_^ She and Randi are both cool people. The only thing I don't really like about the shop is that it's shared with barbers and they're loud, but it wasn't a dealbreaker. They had Hot 97 on. I didn't even mind. There was one song where the rapper was a full quarter note behind his song and I wanted to wring his neck, though.
So, beginning of the locking process: ( coils! )
Micki gave me a couple of elastic headbands to keep my hair out of my face while it's growing and made a stocking cap for me to sleep in, and said to come back in three weeks unless my hair gets really unraveled/messy, in which case I can come back earlier. Sometime within these three weeks, I should start budding (that is, knots should start forming in the coils that I believe will end up as the end of each loc). When I go back, she'll wash my hair and retwist.
The only thing I need is for the temperature to go down some, because I sweat like whoa. It's really only when I'm outside of course. I need a good breeze to follow me around.
Now, sleep.
Anyway, hair! I promised pics, I did.
Turns out my hair is still quite relaxed, and relaxer can stay in one's hair as long as two years. I had no idea. Randi looked over at us at one point and was like, "She's gonna have trouble," and said to me, "How many times did I ask you about your hair, Christina?" with a grin. Micki (that's how I'm spelling her name, anyway XD) did the coils anyway, put me under the dryer to harden the hair (she used aloe gel to set them), and snipped off stringy straight bits that didn't really coil. So, my hair's a bit shorter, but whatever. I told her do whatever she has to do; she knows what she's doing and I'm in her hands. ^_^ She and Randi are both cool people. The only thing I don't really like about the shop is that it's shared with barbers and they're loud, but it wasn't a dealbreaker. They had Hot 97 on. I didn't even mind. There was one song where the rapper was a full quarter note behind his song and I wanted to wring his neck, though.
So, beginning of the locking process: ( coils! )
Micki gave me a couple of elastic headbands to keep my hair out of my face while it's growing and made a stocking cap for me to sleep in, and said to come back in three weeks unless my hair gets really unraveled/messy, in which case I can come back earlier. Sometime within these three weeks, I should start budding (that is, knots should start forming in the coils that I believe will end up as the end of each loc). When I go back, she'll wash my hair and retwist.
The only thing I need is for the temperature to go down some, because I sweat like whoa. It's really only when I'm outside of course. I need a good breeze to follow me around.
Now, sleep.
