Why locs?

I stopped relaxing my hair when I got pregnant in 2008 from then on I braided and weaved my hair for years I hardly ever had my own natural hair on display. My natural hair is thick long and a lot of it I am the bain of many hairdressers but what else can i do. In 2011 i dabbled with lace wigs which at the time i thought were brilliant an instant glamorous look with minimal effort and i rocked my several wigs for just over a year but just like every thing else before i just got bored. A lot of the challenges were trying to remain feminine and looking a certain way for my husband he liked the weaves braids and even the wigs but when i decided to stop all of those and style my own hair he did not like it all of the time on one occasion he told me i looked 'unkept' thats his opinion and he was entitled to it. I however loved the freedom of styling my own hair but soon got into a jam. My natural thick hair with a sensitive scalp the two just could not get along so i thought lets comb some texturizer in that yes its a chemical but it will make my hair manageable or so i thought. It did make it softer but after a couple months its as if the texturizer just 'washed' out. Sounds ridiculous but the effects of the chemical just never lasted. On one occasion the stylist who usually did my hair apologised profusely for it 'not working' the following day i just went to get my hair braided and the stylist then commented on the denseness of my hair and proceeded to blow dry the heck out of it to make it soft enough to braid. Don't get me wrong my hair is not a brilo pad its lovely the texture is nice but there is just so much of it plus i have a good size head what to do eh. Over the years i have always loved and hated dreadlocs some people just cherish their hair and it looks beautiful other good God what a state they leave it in. After a friend and colleague mentioned she wanted to do sister locs i thought let me look into locing my hair. I ruled out sister locs immediately it just did not appeal to me. Like always i turned to youtube for advice and information and quickly ran in to Damian Walter a loctitian from Houston. He is just amazing he's not just a stylist he's a real advocate for caring for your hair. He not only shows he's techniques on how to start and maintain locs but he educates on the importance of good shampooing. Good shampooing you ask yes a good shampoo and deep conditioning is the key to healthy hair check him out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9WDIfW4dXs.
So after much self educating i had a chat with my sister that i was thinking of locing and she too had the same thoughts so we decided to take the plunge together. We then looked and read reviews on hairdressers and loctitians in London there aren't that many online that we could find. Anyway after lot of positive reviews we are going to a salon in Brixton who pride themselves on caring for dreadlocks and natural hair they have a Facebook page and we have studied them for a while. We are booked in for next week and we cannot wait we both have to consultations prior to the bookings my sister will go this weekend i will go end of next week so will update our journey.