Real Hair, Real Talk: The Real You!

All hair pictured are my actual clients.  Real Hair by Benita Blocker.

You can have your hair your way!

Hair falls into Four categories: 

• Faux Natural (Relaxed)
• Loose Natural
• Locked Natural
• Relaxed

Faux Natural:  My faux natural clients have relaxed hair, but they wet set in flat twists, perm rods, etc to give the illusion of natural hair.

Loose Natural: Everyone is born with Loose Natural hair.

Locked Natural:  Sisterlocked, Interlocked, Traditional locs, etc.  The loc nation is a part of my own personal hair journey.

Relaxed hair:  If it works for you, then no use in fixing anything that is not broken.

The Aging Process:  Gray hair can be resistant to coloring and taming in order to keep it straight.  As my clients are aging, some are becoming double processed.  Haircolor plus relaxer touch-ups can make the hair temperamental and vulnerable to breakage. As clients are entering the age 40+  category, they need to prepare themselves for a potential new set of hair rules.

My Loc Length at 3 years 10 months

Yes, it is all mine!!!  3 years 10 months later!

I will probably always direct my back length toward my front profile.

Medium manicured and embracing my gray hairs that are increasing!

Microlocs Update: Colored and Curly before the Retighening

My client came in already colored and very curly per my suggestion.  We completed her retightening and the styling was instant! Her microlocs about 3 months old now.

Flashback:  Six weeks prior, we completed a perm rod set after the retightening session.  It makes for a much quicker session to pre-curl before retightening. I am excited about her continued growth!

Braidlocs Update: Bantu knot set

Bantu Knot Set by Benita Blocker 

using Carol's Daughter Hair Milk Styling Foam.

My clients braidlocs are now five months old.  They are growing long and full! We completed a fresh interlock retightening service the evening before.   She was superexcited with the new low maintanence hairstyling.

Flashback:  Her braidloc startup from December 2015.

Sisterlocks Anniversary: Three Years and 10 months

I am committed to checking in monthly with everyone. I started an Instagram account, and it is keeping me very busy.  I also have some other projects that I am working on. So I am not writing blog articles as often as I used to.  My work as a hairstylist is now being highlighted on Instagram.  I am not sure if this is good or bad.  I am trying to figure out how to stay global and relevant.  I am evolving again.  Thanks for continuing to follow me.

Oh yeah, I am using HerbaLife Nutrition and implementing other lifestyle changes to get some more weight off.  I am trying to shrink back to the size that I was during my modeling days.

Feeling Hip, Cool, and Relevant in my shades that my late great Aunt gave to me.  Celebrating my 3 years and 10 months loc-versary!