so fresh so clean

finding a great consultant is like finding a rare 33'' vinyl, unscratched james brown just waiting to be played..."Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now I feel good, I knew that I would, now So good, so good, I got you". so let me introduce you to my new consultant, formerly known as "the other one" but let's call her "serenity" since we are official. why "serenity"? well, because that is what it feels like to sit in her chair and get my hair done, of course.

see, she even installed a mobile partition just for me. you know me and my privacy issues. and she has actually kept it up with other clients to carve out a more private space in her living room (which is like being in a private african art gallery).

so, about serenity...serenity has had her sisterlocks for 12 years. joanne...uh, dr. cornwell installed hers as well. serenity started out with a 100% head of natural hair and her sisterlocks always look phenomenal. she retightens her own hair. you would think that i would offer to swap services but (a) i am retired and (b) it would not be a fair trade for her.

i am in the process of splitting a few locks that i combined two years ago (the ones that started thinning after i stopped nursing) now that the base of the locks appears to be filling in again. and starting a few new locks as well. i am using three different locking patterns now. i have a loose curl pattern so i started out with a reverse 4 (@ 13 years ago), moved to a 4 (@ 10 years ago), then switched to a 3 pattern after my locks settled in YEARS LATER. now, i am using a 3 pattern on most of my locks, a 4 in the areas that tend to slip (last 2-3 rows in the back and around the sides) and a reverse 4 for the new locks. serenity noted that my hair also tends to migrate from lock to lock so she uses a jillion clips in my hair, as do i. i really should have taken pictures of her other clients at our first session but there is always next time...