Sorry I have not posted in a while. I have been very busy stepping out on my faith and quitting my full time corporate job that paid me more money than I had ever made in my life and building my clientele. I want you to know that God does provides to those that follow his lead.
I also didn't realize that I had not turned on the automatic posting feature to my blog.
Thanks to everyone that posted commits on my blog. I promise to keep it updated. I love my clients and have been putting them first. I cannot believe how many people that I have helped with their Sisterlocks. After working 7 days a week for almost a year, looking back makes me know that it is only by the grace of God and the patience of my husband that I am able to know from where I have come.
There are a few things that I know.
I know that only God could have given me the strenght to work that hard for that long.
I know that my husband is a great man.
I know that my kids have an appreciation of hard work and they will seek to fullfill their own goals.
I know that nothing worth while is easy.
I know that I have to mentor to others and help them with their business and that will make mine better. (note, one person cannot make all the money).
I know that there is a consultant that mentored me, Thank you Khumura.
I know that there are consultants that are not true to the process. I get their clients.
I know that Sisterlocks only goes by the name 'Sisterlocks'. Anything else is a fraud and you are paying too much for it.
I know that my ministry is through Sisterlocks.
I know that God sends me all of my clients therefore I am thankful.
I know that I will turn you away if I don't believe that you are ready for Sisterlocks.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Just so you know
There are some things on my mind that I just want you to know.
Sisterlocks Tool vs. Latch Hook
I just want you to know that you should run away from anyone that does Sisterlocks with a latch hook tool. Some people say that it is easier to use and they are more comfortable using it because they have used it for other styles. It is the wrong tool. I have seen the damage that the latch hook tool does to locks not to mention that it hurts. In my opinion we should practice using the correct tool for the job. What would you do if a Dr. was going to put stitches in with yarn. If someone can use a latch hook then the Sisterlocks tool should be a no brainer.
Food for thought: You can only purchase and learn how to use the Sisterlocks tools if you have taken the class.
Me or You Consultations
In my humble opinion, consultations should be more about you and what you want to do with your hair today, tomorrow and in the future. They should be free and include the video, some test locks and answer all of your questions whether Sisterlocks is for you or not. It should have nothing to do with what pattern you are. Patterns can change based on your hair and what it is doing. Leave the decision on what pattern to do when to the consultant that is taking care of your hair. My questions for you during a consultation. What do you want to be able to do with your hair? I almost always have to give an example. Style, dye or freestyle (hang straight). How is your hair now? Is it natural? When was the last time you had a perm? What do you know about Sisterlocks?
How does asking me how long I have had my locks have to do with you and your hair? What you should know about me. I am listed on the Sisterlocks website as a certified consultant, I can provide references, pictures of my work is my website, all I do is Sisterlocks and God sent you whether you are on a journey or not.
Food for thought: Consultations are like interviews and I see no reason to pay for them.
Throw the oil out
You can't put oil, lavender oil, rosemary oil or oil by any other name in your hair without expecting the locks to slip or slide out. Moisturizers and reconstructors are as big a no no as the oil to locks that have not matured or are fully encased.
Looking over my shoulder
Sisterlocks is more than just twisting hair. You can watch me and think that you are getting the base line for your own business but you can't. When I took the class it was 3 full days. Now it is 4 days to add more practice time and business information. Just twisting hair doesn't take that long to learn. There is so much more the Sisterlocks than what you see a consultant doing during a consultation or while she is retightening someone in the salon. We learn how to fix things that happen along the way.
From 2 to 50 clients on the inside of a year....
So much has happened this past year and I have learned so much about the business and about myself. Ask me how.
Sisterlocks Tool vs. Latch Hook
I just want you to know that you should run away from anyone that does Sisterlocks with a latch hook tool. Some people say that it is easier to use and they are more comfortable using it because they have used it for other styles. It is the wrong tool. I have seen the damage that the latch hook tool does to locks not to mention that it hurts. In my opinion we should practice using the correct tool for the job. What would you do if a Dr. was going to put stitches in with yarn. If someone can use a latch hook then the Sisterlocks tool should be a no brainer.
Food for thought: You can only purchase and learn how to use the Sisterlocks tools if you have taken the class.
Me or You Consultations
In my humble opinion, consultations should be more about you and what you want to do with your hair today, tomorrow and in the future. They should be free and include the video, some test locks and answer all of your questions whether Sisterlocks is for you or not. It should have nothing to do with what pattern you are. Patterns can change based on your hair and what it is doing. Leave the decision on what pattern to do when to the consultant that is taking care of your hair. My questions for you during a consultation. What do you want to be able to do with your hair? I almost always have to give an example. Style, dye or freestyle (hang straight). How is your hair now? Is it natural? When was the last time you had a perm? What do you know about Sisterlocks?
How does asking me how long I have had my locks have to do with you and your hair? What you should know about me. I am listed on the Sisterlocks website as a certified consultant, I can provide references, pictures of my work is my website, all I do is Sisterlocks and God sent you whether you are on a journey or not.
Food for thought: Consultations are like interviews and I see no reason to pay for them.
Throw the oil out
You can't put oil, lavender oil, rosemary oil or oil by any other name in your hair without expecting the locks to slip or slide out. Moisturizers and reconstructors are as big a no no as the oil to locks that have not matured or are fully encased.
Looking over my shoulder
Sisterlocks is more than just twisting hair. You can watch me and think that you are getting the base line for your own business but you can't. When I took the class it was 3 full days. Now it is 4 days to add more practice time and business information. Just twisting hair doesn't take that long to learn. There is so much more the Sisterlocks than what you see a consultant doing during a consultation or while she is retightening someone in the salon. We learn how to fix things that happen along the way.
From 2 to 50 clients on the inside of a year....
So much has happened this past year and I have learned so much about the business and about myself. Ask me how.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Be Careful What You Ask for...
Before embarking on any journey. You should pray. Not that prayer that asks God to watch over your family and keep you safe during your daily travels in the world. Not the one that thanks God for waking you up this morning and starting you on your way. I mean really pray.
Pray the one that humbles you to step out on the faith that you have been saving for the right opportunity. Pray the one that truly makes you to yield to his word and allows God to be the potter and you be the clay. Pray the one that makes you let go and let God even though you don't know what you are going to be when God is finished.
So I prayed... If this is for me Lord send me some clients. But only the ones for me. Lord you know I am working out of my home. The home you blessed me with. The next thing I knew was that I needed a date book to keep all the clients straight. I was working a full time job and doing a retightening or grooming during each day of the week (except for every other Wednesday and I get my press & curl). On the weekends a locking session. My family would ask, "Who do you have today?" Clients would ask me how I keep my current schedule. I tell them that it is by the grace of God. You will be surprised what you can do when guided by God. I get tired but I don't complain because this is what I asked for.
When you ask for guidance you should be willing to follow even if it doesn't make sense at the time.
Officially, my journey began August, 2005. Or should it have began May 2002. That is another story.
Pray the one that humbles you to step out on the faith that you have been saving for the right opportunity. Pray the one that truly makes you to yield to his word and allows God to be the potter and you be the clay. Pray the one that makes you let go and let God even though you don't know what you are going to be when God is finished.
So I prayed... If this is for me Lord send me some clients. But only the ones for me. Lord you know I am working out of my home. The home you blessed me with. The next thing I knew was that I needed a date book to keep all the clients straight. I was working a full time job and doing a retightening or grooming during each day of the week (except for every other Wednesday and I get my press & curl). On the weekends a locking session. My family would ask, "Who do you have today?" Clients would ask me how I keep my current schedule. I tell them that it is by the grace of God. You will be surprised what you can do when guided by God. I get tired but I don't complain because this is what I asked for.
When you ask for guidance you should be willing to follow even if it doesn't make sense at the time.
Officially, my journey began August, 2005. Or should it have began May 2002. That is another story.
Friday, January 27, 2006
What an honor
What an honor it was for a Sister Sisterlock Consultant to schedule an appointment for me to do her hair. I understand the need for a consultants' hair to be on point especially because I don't have locks my self. My work has to speak for itself. Imagine someone looking at your work with the keen eye that consultants have and I made the grade.
It was nice talking shop with someone who had been some of the same places as me.
It was nice talking shop with someone who had been some of the same places as me.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Then I Prayed...
This dream has been two years in the making. I remember thinking. Is this a dream? Do I really want to do this? My kids were getting older and didn't need me as much. I needed something else to do. Is it hair? Do I really need something else to do? I did always want my own business and I have tried a number of different things only to get bored and move on. Ask he who keeps me grounded, my husband.
Then I decided to take on the hair business and I learned a couple of things about myself. It wasn't' that pretty. Scared to succeed, I didn't do one thing until it was time to look back at my accomplishments for the year. It was December 2004 and I had not accomplished a single thing.
January, 2005
The journey continued as I learned that you will not find a single flyer on your car detailing my Sisterlock services. Passing out flyers. It seems so simple but I couldn't do it. What if it snowed or rained and the flyers got stuck to peoples windshields or if security came up and told me I couldn't pass them out or if I passed by the church parking lot and the flyers were all on the ground creating trash. Archie, he who keeps me grounded, told me big Sisterlock businesses had been created by solely passing out flyers. Well, not mine.
I moved to the arena that I was more comfortable with but knew nothing about. The internet.
Embarking on my search for website services took longer than I expected. I needed something that allowed me to be my own webmaster and from humble begins, I began. There were many long nights on hold with the 24/7 help desk but I finally deployed a website on Martin Luther King Day 2005. Nobody told me I had to market it. So, I did that too.
Then I did the most important thing which is what I really did first which is why I was able to do anything. I prayed. By June my certification paperwork was submitted and my appointment book was full into the next month.
Be careful what you ask for.
Then I decided to take on the hair business and I learned a couple of things about myself. It wasn't' that pretty. Scared to succeed, I didn't do one thing until it was time to look back at my accomplishments for the year. It was December 2004 and I had not accomplished a single thing.
January, 2005
The journey continued as I learned that you will not find a single flyer on your car detailing my Sisterlock services. Passing out flyers. It seems so simple but I couldn't do it. What if it snowed or rained and the flyers got stuck to peoples windshields or if security came up and told me I couldn't pass them out or if I passed by the church parking lot and the flyers were all on the ground creating trash. Archie, he who keeps me grounded, told me big Sisterlock businesses had been created by solely passing out flyers. Well, not mine.
I moved to the arena that I was more comfortable with but knew nothing about. The internet.
Embarking on my search for website services took longer than I expected. I needed something that allowed me to be my own webmaster and from humble begins, I began. There were many long nights on hold with the 24/7 help desk but I finally deployed a website on Martin Luther King Day 2005. Nobody told me I had to market it. So, I did that too.
Then I did the most important thing which is what I really did first which is why I was able to do anything. I prayed. By June my certification paperwork was submitted and my appointment book was full into the next month.
Be careful what you ask for.
Friday, January 06, 2006
In the beginning.....
In the Beginning I only wanted to do my husband's hair. Then my son wanted locks. Then a friend of my husband wanted his hair done. Then someone that worked at my son's school wanted his hair done and then I had to decide. Go into buiness? Putting off the decision for months, I learned a couple of things about myself.
Grow with me.
Grow with me.
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