It's still a Nappy Christmas...

More photos!!!! This next one is of my mom. She has been natural for five years as well. She spent a lot of time talking to us about the virtues of natural hair and especially the beauty and ease of locking. I'll give her some credit. :) I think that I did say that the reason I didn't lock sooner was because first of all I wasn't ready and second of all, my mother was pressuring me to lock. I needed to do more research before I jumped in so it took me five years of the 'fro before I made that decision. Anyways, back to mom. Her hair is pulled back and I'll show it to you in a moment. Mom has been locked for five years as I've said and her traditional locks were first started with extension braids. Yeah, I thought is was weird too, but that's how they were started. She went to a lady who called herself a natural hair care specialist and she put my mother's hair in short extension braids and the locks started from there. After a year, she took the braids out (we cut them out rather) and she had these short locks all over her head. Well then it started growing, and growing, and growning. They're still growing... :) The next photo is of my mother's hair in the back. I did the styling this round with a fish tail design and a scrunchie to hold it in the back. My mother's hair is very thick and sometimes when I secure it with one her her locks, it comes undone so we opted for the srunchie this time. Next entry....

**I had to edit this one to clarify that my mother's locks were started with extension braids and not braiding her actual hair. Before her locks she had a jherri curl. I like the locks much better! :)