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.

Customized Sun Kisses

I was at the post office mailing out sun kisses, and I had to take a picture of this Sun Kiss before mailing her out. The young lady requested the skin tone, lip color, leggings,T-shirt saying, hair color, and she also wanted the doll to have bangs since her sisterlocks has bangs. I thought it was too cute and had to share before mailing it out.

Customize your own... I have a custom Sun Kiss options on ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/lakialocs

USE COUPON CODE K1SSM3 FOR 15% OFF YOUR ORDER!

Here is a picture of a fresh retight and styling that I did last week. I think she is my install number 8. March I will be working on installs 11 and 12, and 13. Needless to say, March will be a busy month for me. ENJOY!

Random updates

Going into the fifth week of the semester, so far so good. I am able to keep up and submit my assignments (Thank goodness). How was your Valentines Day??? Mine was awesome. I heard a band play, and went to a nice restaurant for dinner. LMBO, It was actually my sons 5Th grade recital. He did awesome! Then we all went out to eat at Denny's, my husband and I had our own table and we told the kids don't disturb us because we were on a date. Added bonus: Tuesday nights kids eat FREE
All in all, best Valentines Day ever. This weekend I did some lock extensions, before and after pics below. I took a lot of the before pictures, but by time I was finished I forgot all about the camera. My client was nice enough to take some after shots with his cell phone. I love to document my work, but sometimes I get so busy that the camera is the last thing on my mind.
BEFORE
AFTER



Here is also a quick snap shot of install number 10 at her follow up. I had just freshly washed her hair and re-tightened her parameter. her locks look like the will settle in nicely, actually she comes back this weekend for her first full re-tightening.

I finally got around to completely splitting one of my locks. I had accidentally combined one of my locks (don't remember when) but this past July I began the splitting process. The combined lock was feeling so annoying everytime that I tightened my hair, it had to go.

Notice how fast my hair grows, this was only new growth from July.

DISCLAIMER: Lakia believes Sisterlocks (tm) will allow your hair to grow :)

Thanks everyone who had made special orders for Sun Kisses. If you are interested in having one especially made, send me an e-mail to ldpendergrast@yahoo.com. Please put Sun Kisses in the subject line. I can make them with your hair color and skin toned in mind, you can even have their little T-shirts personalized. They go great in your salon, a gift to yourself or even a little lady that you have in mind... my two year old runs around with hers.

Business is GRR-EAT!!

In my Tony the Tiger voice. I think I have been doing well these couple of months. God has truly blessed me and my business. I just can't complain. I work full time, and I am doing locks part-time. I love every bit of what I do between 9-5, and locking on the weekend and evenings. A lot of people have asked me if I would consider doing Sisterlocks (tm) full time. For now my answer is no.
(LMBO, no I do not fly helicopters). Besides, I got to do a million things at once, if not I will go crazy. Let's just say I am the QUEEN of multitasking...

Despite it all I have plenty of family time, and I am still taking Graduate courses.

Here is a snap shot of the promotion that I am currently running. I love Sisterlocks (tm), but I also do lock extensions. This is a view of the front and back of my postcard. Currently I am offering $30.00 off the first re-tightening (applies to new lock establishments) or 10% off lock extensions services. I have been running this since New Years and it ends at the end of February.

If you or someone you know wants to start their natural hair care journey... check me out

lakialocs.com Oh and by the way, more Sun Kisses are for sale on ETSY.

Bonding at the Sisterlocks Explosion

My daughter and I made it back from the Sisterlocks Explosion on Sunday night. Talk about someone that is tired, because I had to be in training 8am the next morning. Anywho! I had a great 3 days bonding experience with my daughter and we worked hard on making the "Sun Kisses".

The Sisterlocks Explosion was on this past Saturday, and we had the whole day on Sunday to explore Georgia. We ended up at the aquarium, Coca Cola factory and the mall.

I got to meet some fellow bloggers in person, which is always a joy!




Everyone has been asking how was the event. Pictures can say a thousand words, so I will just post pics of the Explosion, and you be the judge! FYI some of the Sun Kisses that I have left have been posted to ETSY. Do a search for "lakialocs".

ENJOY!

Recovering from an OMG weekend!

God is good! My daughter had eye surgery this weekend that was a complete success, and my brother in law went into a coma Sunday, and today he woke up out of it. I can't express it enough... OMG (oh, my GOD is good all the time).


Meanwhile, it is 3:30 AM and I have been pulling all nighters to prepare for the Sisterlocks Explosion event in Atlanta, GA. My daughter and I will be flying down Friday night. I have been working on these 18 inch dolls with small locks. They are truly unique, they all have different hair, since most of us like to dye our locks. They also come in different shades of brown. I call them my "Sun Kisses", because they have been KISSED BY THE SUN.
They come sassy leggings and with their own personalized T-shirt too!


I will also be selling them on ETSY when we come back. So much to do, and so little time. I hope to see most of my ATL crew once I get down there.

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!

Click here to see my latest promotion:

http://www.schedulicity.com/Scheduling/Promo/OSCJFV

Pipe Cleaner Curls

Pipe cleaner curls rocks! I absolutely love curling my hair with pipe cleaners. On December 31, 2011 I rolled my hair with pipe cleaners, and here we are 2012 and I am still rocking my curls. Below are pictures of day two after taking them out, and I think the other photo was two days ago. I still have curls today, but I have been working out, and working at my Shop, so lets just say THEY NEED-A-WASHING!




My pipe cleaner curls attracted so much attention, this is one of my newer clients for style. This is the back of her hair. Lawd! I got lock envy, this beautiful lady has been rocking her Sisterlocks (tm) for 6 years, and started with 2 inches of hair. See ladies, patience pays off! (TM) I am going to ask her to send me some photos of her hair once she takes them out.



And remember my client that I installed Sisterlocks (tm) after she went to Jamaica and got what she thought was Sisterlocks (tm)... Take a look, I swear her hair grows like the little chic in that movie Tangled. She is still transitioning from perm, and I trim her everytime she gets a retight. She has maybe 1 -1/2 left of perm on top and I pretty much took the perm off in the back. She is loving her Sisterlocks (tm) and she got me with lock envy! Her locks are definitely one of my favorites.

Merry Christmas...

I hope everyone had a very merry christmas, and remembers "Jesus is the reason for the season". I enjoyed having fun with my family. We know how to come together and have a good ole time. I think I really spoiled the kids this year too, I just enjoy seeing them happy. They got up really early, and crashed quick (as you can see :))

I have a big week for me comming up, nothing bur retights... I will post pics of my favorites as soon as I get a chance.

I also got to put a rinse on my locks... I mixed two colors, cherry and cinnamon, it came close to the normal cherrywood that I dye my hair with every 14 months. I just colored my locks in March, but the color had fadded tremendously. Check it out:

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)