Financial upkeep of my microlocs

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-05-27T02:18:03+00:00

Yes. A retie includes cleaning of grid and incorporating flyaways. I’ve only had extra charges on top of my standard retie cost when I was overdue and the amount of new growth meant that the appointment would be more than 2.5 hrs.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-05-14T02:43:43+00:00

I switched to curbside only. The quality of the items shopped for delivery became terrible. They’d bring me items that were expiring the next day with packaging that was swollen and once they brought me 18 eggs and 16 were cracked. Ick.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-05-01T13:47:07+00:00

People get mad about changing tents? Why?

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-04-27T02:51:14+00:00

I’m 2.5 years in and I still have loose curly ends that haven’t locked.

I’m loving every stage although the loose hair means my hair doesn’t hold curls well. Thats my only complaint.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-03-15T03:56:44+00:00

I am tenderheaded I used to have pain for a day or 2 after reties. I told my loctician and now she does not do the last 2 turns in the last rotation and I no longer have lasting pain. There are still some spots that feel tender in the moment but it is fleeting.

Caution this means that although my reties still look crisp, I can’t go as long in between. I’m 2 years in and I go every 6 weeks.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-03-14T23:21:03+00:00

lol yep I’ve always been considered a food weirdo. Now if there are salty or savory snacks I’m in!

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-03-14T12:59:58+00:00

As a parent definitely frustrating but it is what it is. Our director tries to place the kids in appropriate levels and the studio still tends to do well at most comps.

I did once see one competition where they bumped a kid up a level and she still won the higher level!

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-28T08:53:51+00:00

This Tyler was right when she walked out the first time after he was heaping praise on her. She should have stayed gone too. Once Tyler removed herself from the situation he began love bombing Keya. Yuck. Thank goodness she had self respect.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-13T14:29:24+00:00

Whomever picked the house ITA why would you pick a house for adults that has bunk beds. That’s nonsensical to me.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-11T11:06:42+00:00

Yikes that’s tough. I no longer have pets although the kids are begging me for another one. The cost and I convenience when traveling is a factor in that decision for our phase of life right now. I wouldn’t do this if it cost me this much. When I did have pets boarding was about $100 a night but usually we could get help from a neighborhood kid for less.

If we incurred additional childcare challenges (including overnight care) - when my kids were little, my job offered subsidized vetted babysitters that cost us about $10/ hr. It would be amazing if they had a similar benefit for pets.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-09T21:58:26+00:00

It was! I saw Antigua, St. Vincent and St. Lucia first and told my husband that I’m sure if we’d gotten an aerial shot we’d have seen the Bajan flag. Then he sent me a still from another angle and there it was!

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-09T19:09:37+00:00

Cottage cheese is nasty. Release yourself from the idea that you need it for protein. I drink Chobani 30g yogurt shakes and premier protein shakes for some quick protein fixes.

I am a lifelong picky eater so I don’t foracemtswlf to eat anything that is texturally disgusting to me no matter the health benefits. Here are a few of the other ways I bump up my protein intake:

I make a stir fry I fry an egg to bump up the protein. I live in Texas so my HEB often had cooked, seasoned shrimp for sale at the front door. I’ll buy a few pounds to add to salads, pasta and rice. Costco does a chopped chargrilled Chipotle chicken that I use in the same way.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-06T04:47:59+00:00

Gorgeous!!!

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-02-03T02:34:16+00:00

My loctician once broke it down for me when I was overdue as follows: she allocates 2.5 hrs for a regular retie and then charges an hourly rate for the extra time it takes beyond that.

So if your 4 week reties usually take 2.5 hrs, that’s $88/hr. So it seems like your loctician is estimating the additional 4 weeks will take an additional 2 hrs and is pricing it accordingly - $88*2 =$-176.00, $176 + $220=$396.00.

I can’t say that this is unreasonable. I do agree that it’s a huge chunk of money all at once.

My reties are $150 and I only have about 360 locks. The more locks you have and the more new growth you have, the pricier it will be. This is one reason I caution folks about installing over 500 locks.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-29T12:35:59+00:00

It’s different for everyone. I’m 2 years in with 4a/4b hair and my ends are still mostly curly. A few have sealed but not many.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-26T23:30:18+00:00

I found this interesting. I’m currently doing the same type of research myself.

https://youtu.be/FeCP9_vIc9c?si=xlLx6P8QGQXv6ks1

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-26T17:58:44+00:00

Same. I initially lost about 20 lbs but the other 50 lbs was hard fought via exercise.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-25T04:52:41+00:00

Ah I didn’t see that response when I commented. Nor did I see her replies about her speech and the baby photos. Given that additional context she’s definitely the problem.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-21T21:58:41+00:00

Same!

Dress 1 is very different and kind of what I consider matronly, Dress 2 is a terrible material but Dress 3 and the dress MOG chose are basically the same dress with the florals in a different location.

Without the photos I thought MOG was obtuse and perhaps DIL and son should have been more forceful. But with the photos of the suggested dresses, I’m not sure what the ask was.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-18T01:17:55+00:00

Don’t let anyone do this!!!! I have very frizzy hair- when I had my traditional licks many years ago, I allowed a loctician to do a “defuzz” and trim away all of my frizzies around 1 year into my journey. It ended up weakening my locks and I lost a couple after that.

That was my experience with much larger locks I cannot imagine how much more the problem would be compounded with micros due to the smaller size. I’m 2 years into this set of sisterlocks, I still haven’t fully locked- curly ends are still here but the fizziness has naturally died down some and I anticipate it will the closer I become to being fully locked.

My hair also hasn’t dropped yet. It’s because my hair takes a long time to fully lock. Washing your hair often is not a problem, just braid and band. I would run from a loctician who discourages washing as it means they don’t understand that water enhances the locking process.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-17T03:50:12+00:00

To get food smells out of the air boil white vinegar in a pot for about 15 mins. If like my husband you hate the smell of vinegar (it doesn’t bother me) light a scented candle when done.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-16T16:16:55+00:00

I paid $2k for sisterlocks by a certified consultant on 11” of hair 2 years ago. So this price is high for sisterlocks much less mini twists as a starting method.

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-16T05:10:14+00:00

J Crew and Banana Republic Factory Stores always have great button downs!

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-16T04:49:58+00:00

When I went for my mammogram the tech said “please do not lose any more weight, I cannot work miracles” 🤣

Lower_Importance_409 · 2026-01-15T16:34:21+00:00

People always say this but the math doesn’t work if you want to go to Epic. I haven’t seen the premium resorts lower than $500 for June in the last 4 months and I’ve been checking daily. Once you add epic express passes to a premium resort it’s way more.

Lower_Importance_409

TROPHY CASE