20th Installation

WOWZERS!  I have reached 20 already!!!!  20 installs and about a total of 30 clients,  bringing more and more lovely sisters home to Sisterlocks (TM).  I can't wait until her locks mature, she has a beautiful fiery red color, it is absolutely gorgeous.  I will take more pics at her follow up visit next week.  I am hoping everyone has had a happy turkey day.  I am still stuffed! 

Today is Friday, and I am off this evening, no retightenings, but tomorrow I have 3 clients lined up.  If you are in the MD/DC/VA area come see me and sit in my chair!! 

I wanna thank you all for supporting my calendar.  LULU.com is now offering 51% off on Calendar's between November 23 (Friday)  to November 27 (Tuesday) that means you can purchase it for less than $11.00 plus shipping.  Use code: DELIRITAS (use all caps)

This is a 14 month calendar, so you can still take advantage of November and December 2012. http://www.lulu.com/shop/lakia-pendergrast/naturally-of-course/calendar/product-20526360.html?showPreview=true .  Bloggers and consultants, e-mail me to see how you can receive a free copy... Naturallyofcourse@lakialocs.com
ENJOY!!!

Officially Certified,Family Fun & 14th Installattion

If you been on the Sisterlocks Consultant Registry lately, you will see that I am now listed as a "Certified Consultant"  Yeah me!  I am so happy about now being Certified Sisterlocks Consultant.  I submitted my paperwork at the beginning of October, it has been a long wait, but it was worth it!

I have had some time off this week from doing hair, and took the kiddies to Six Flags this past Saturday.  The weather was nice and they enjoyed themselves.   I am old school, I don't  buy food in the park so I fried up some chicken, made some potato salad, chips, soda, and we had our own little picnic right outside the park.  My older two adventured the park on their own while I stayed with the little kids.  We had a ball! I can remember going to the park in my teenage years... "boy" hunting, and sometimes it feels a little funny taking my kids there as being a Mom.  Those who are from the DMV can remember when the park was Wild World, then Adventure World, and now Six Flags.  I have been going to that park since I was 4, ahhh what memories. In one of the pics below you can see my daughters Sisterlocks, she was my install number 12.  Don't worry, she is gonna have a post dedicated all to herself.

I completed my 14th lock establishment 2 weeks ago.  Pics are below:

I am a survivor.. & 13th installation

Nothing traumatic has happened to me, but I have survived school this semester. Tomorrow is the last day of class, based on my calculations my grade is 86.17 percent. I could of, would of had an A, but I forfeited 5 points, oh well... I am grateful. Below are pics of install number 13, and I have install number 14 scheduled this weekend.

Currently, I have a promotion going on which is $75.00 off the lock establishment price. This offer is good until May 1, 2012. The client does not have to have their locks install by that date, but I would at least have to do their consultation. So if you are in the DMV (DC,Maryland, Virginia) area and are looking to start your sisterlocks journey, please schedule your consultation today on the light blue link "schedule now". For all you sisterlocks wearers that know someone that may be interested please pass this information along as well. I think this may be my last promotion that I will have this year, who knows!

My red rinse in my hair is finally gone, I am contemplating on dying my hair in June, i still have some time to think about it. I always dye my hair the same color, which is Cherrywood. Maybe I will do something different, stay tuned for that.

I recently had a blog reader ask me how I manage my time? Everything I do is planned, I have a small room for wiggle room. I have to keep track of everything the kids have on their schedule along with mines. Believe it or not, the best part of my day is my commute to work. It takes me on average an 1.5 hours to get to work, and back home each day. I ride a crowded, loud, coach bus. In this time I can catch up on much needed sleep, send text messages to clients, do homework, or fiddle with my smart phone. I stay stress free by not having to worry about road rage. I have a household of 6 and we all pretty much share the responsibility of housework (less the 2 yr. old). I have a large color coded schedule for my older kids to follow. They rotate the various day to day chores. Cooking is done by myself, hubby, and daughter. Sometimes my husband and I have dinner dates or luncheons to discuss our schedules. Usually with us it is hit or miss, we both work full time jobs and we both have small business that we run independently. We make certain we have family time, and boy do we have fun when we all get together!

11th installation, & Beautiful locs!

I recently completed my 11th installation, I should have 13 done by the end of March. Needless to say Naturally, of Course! is rolling. This"hair thang" has been a complete joy and I am very thankful to have great clients. My hair is schedule is getting very busy, sisterlocks is really considered part time for me, but I am working it like it is fulltime. On the weekends I am meeting with at least two clients a day. I am even working on my Mondays off and some evenings, but I love what I do. A weekend for me may include a install, a consultation, and a retightening. I literally have rechargeable batteries that keeps me going. And speaking of installs... let me get down to the pics....


I love the way that locks transition over time, so for those that are thinking of sisterlocks this is what you can look forward to: your initial install, settling in, and locks that have no choice but to grow. Below is a picture of client number 4. Her locks are almost 6 months old and are settling nicely. She is a joy to sit with every appointment.


Next is a new transfer client. Let me tell you... I have seen some beautiful locks, but OMG!!! I mean her grid was perfect, and her locks were perfect. Made me wanna cut my locks and get a second set,and take the greyhound every week to go up to New York and sit in Cynthia Webb's chair. She has wrote the book on PERFECTION! Guess how old her locks are... they are only two years old. WOWZERS! Talk about me and my lock envy.

Even though I have been working a whole lot, I do make time on my calender for family fun and outings. It was a joy to celebrate my moms birthday, we made sure she had special VIP treatment. And this weekend me and the hubby went to Atlantic City. I thought I would probably have to do school work all the way up there, but I had everything done. Last week I had retights everyday of the week and I managed my time wisely.

10th Install

Another 3 day install... This beautiful lady had to be done in 3 days not because of length, but because of age. We just did a little at a time, had play breaks, and we pretty much watched 3 movies over and over, Smurfs, Tangled, and Shrek. After we were done, I washed it, and she looked in the mirror and said, "I look just like my mom". Too cute.

Enjoy!

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9th Installation... ER visit

Installation number 9 was completed this weekend. This client will be transitioning from perm. She has a beautiful blond at the end, which eventually will become beautiful blond tips...







I also have been experiencing a rough week with an ER visit with my little one. In case you don't know "children are scary", especially little ones. My youngest has been experiencing off and on fevers, and then they thought she had diabetes. They had to transfer her to Childrens Hospital. After all the numerous, and horrific testing the diabetes scare was a false alarm. Thank God! A lot of prayers went up that night, and a lot of blessings came down. She is fine now (my perfect little Angel)

8th Installation...

I love new clients! Here are pics of install number 8. I have been doing a lot of multitasking lately. Me and my 12 year old are about to go into business together, I will share details of that venture in a later post. Today, I just needed a mental break so I took off today to do some Christmas Shopping! I have another install scheduled this weekend so I will be posting pictures of that one next week. ENJOY!!

7th Installation...

My 7th install was my personal projecta. This beautiful sister has about approximately 16 inches of natural hair. I will repeat that "16-INCHES-OF-NATURAL-HAIR". I am truly happy of the results. We broke the sitting time down to 3 days, and watched every episode of the first season of "House".

BTW... my sisterlocks special is coming to an end. The last day to take advantage of the 10% off package ends December 15. All I require is that the consultation be done by that date. Call me (301)653-3708

Take a look and ENJOY!

Qualified to do sisterlocks??? 6th Install

This is really a two part post. First I want to chime in on the fact that not everyone that say they "do sisterlocks" does sisterlocks (TM). My new client came to me after she had what she thought was sisterlocks.

When getting sisterlocks, or even thinking about sisterlocks... we must always do our RESEARCH! And I can not express the fact that the sisterlocks Web site is the first place to go to do your research. A certified consultant or qualified trainee can be found on the site, and there are a lot of pictures and even a Q and A.

My 6th install was actaully a referral from another client that I installed. The young lady had these installed in Jamaica in August. She is also transitioning from a perm.

She took down what was in her hair, and I then worked my magic on the two day install. I cut 1/2 inch of perm off, and hope to transition her within the next two to three months. Some of the hair on her sides were broken off from perms and braids, if this is temporary hair loss, I will then lock the hair as time passes. I will be posting a lot on this client to show her progress over time. I even did a roller set for her to give it some style!

Below are before and after photos...

BEFORE




AFTER