Overdue update/first style

So I'm well past my 1 Year mark (YAY!)

Sorry I havent updated about it. I was doing an internship this Summer for Bell Helicopter and almost as soon as that was done my classes started again. But I digress.

I wasn't able to do much for my 1 year lociversary, but I did look back at the posts and pictures I had before to see how far I've come. It's amaxing to see how much they've grown in one year.

Also, I did my first loc style last week. I was playing around in my hair when I randomly came up with it. It's nothing really special/spectacular, but I did get a lot of compliments on it. And considering that I'm not a person that normally knows how to do much of anything with hair, I'm proud of myself (^_^)

Here are a few pics I took during some down time at work:

That's an Industrial piercing in case you were wondering what that is on my ear (looks awkward from this angle)

Really all I did was basketweave both sides and I left one side with two locs out to act as a sort of bang (I personally think I look weird with all my hair back...I need something to help frame my face)

It wasn't perfect, but I still liked it. At least now I have an option to just letting them hang down with a headband to hold them out of my face.

7 MONTHS

Last week marked my official 7 month lociversary. I realized that I don't seem to need to retwist my locs as often as I used to. Previously I would have to retwist them once every week, but for the past two months I would wait 2 weeks before retwisting them and they have been holding up pretty nicely. I'm not so sure what the change is, I think I've been taking care of the the same way for the most part. Perhaps they're just getting closer to their mature stage and learning to stay in their form as they grow.

I LOVE MY LOCS!

6 MONTHS!! (Halfway there!)

Saturday marked my official 6 MONTH LOCIVERSARY!!

I'm only halfway to my first major loc-related milestone!

I didn't do much to celebrate, I had a friend-date in Valentine's Day (definition: friend-date (n.) - a date with a friend of which there is no romantic interest) since N and I couldn't see each other. The spot that we went to was a little punk rockish and though it does normally fit my usual style (i'm usually a cross between punk, goth, and emo), I decided to do something different.
Before loccing, I always wanted to rock a Mohawk/Fauxhawk but I never quite knew how to accomplish it. The sectioning method never looked right to me and pins just wouldn't work right so I just never wore one. I don't know what reminded me of the style Saturday, but i tried again...the first time since I've locced my hair.
I was never a big fan pins. They can come loose, they sometimes break hair, and they're not always easy to maneuver so that they're not see. I'm also not too peachy on potentially impailing my loc with a hair pin...it feels like I'd be stabbing myself in the finger. So I went straight for the sectioning method and this is what I came up with:

The back looks just as I wanted it to, but I couldn't quite come up with something just right for the front. I don't want it to look just as the rest...that looks odd to me. I tried doing a basket weave on the front, but that didn't look quite right so what I ended up doing was leaving a few locs out in the front to act as sort of a bang. It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but at least it didn't look weird any more and it helped frame my face a bit better. As time goes on I'll try to perfect it as best as I can. Until then, i love my lochawk!