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So I did the whole deep clean thing and idk they feel a lil cleaner and softer. Overall I might continue to do this like every couple of months or somethin. Dreads r doing good thinking about bleaching a few of them but we'll see.
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| Back in the UK.... |
[10 Dec 2009|07:05pm] |
...from Goa after a month, I have so many pictures to share and Ive *gasp* run out of flickr space :O
I'm dying to do a massive GUDU post but i just havent got them all uploaded :/
Here me tanned, in Heathrow travelodge. Dreads 2.5 yrs old.
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[10 Dec 2009|01:22pm] |
I took this photo 2 years ago. I know my hair doesn't grow as fast as other people's, but it's always interesting to go back and make comparisons and see how much they've grown, matured, tightened, fattened up and taken on a life of their own over the years. They're 3 1/4 years old now. (bare shoulders in the following pics)
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| Any Good Reads? |
[10 Dec 2009|10:36am] |
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After reading through the memories I noticed there aren't any books listed. I was looking on Amazon- and I can't really find anything applicable to dreadlock care beyond the world of African, Nubian, and textured hair.
I did, however find a book that looked really interesting. It's by author Mary Reed-Johnson.
Has anyone read "The World of Dreadlocks: Beyond Maturity (Hair Is...)"? It looks really interesting. Here is a link to the amazon page.
Does anyone have any good loc-read suggestions?
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| Having trouble growing natural dreads |
[10 Dec 2009|03:20am] |
Quite ironic since the natural method is supposed to involve the least effort. I've read repeatedly online that the less often you wash your hair, the less your hair will produce oil, so you should gradually start washing your hair farther apart until it's only once or twice a week at most. Well whether I wash frequently or rarely, my hair seems to become incredibly greasy in less than a day. I avoid touching it, and I haven't used a comb or a brush in months, but my hair is so greasy that it's all slippery and won't begin to dread at all.
When I wash my hair, it shows its true natural nature. It becomes dry and wavy. I'm Italian so I have thick wavy hair. But for some reason, even shortly after shampooing, my hair becomes much straighter and completely greasy. The only way to keep it dry and wavy is to keep shampooing it, but it seems like that wouldn't really allow it any time to dread. I don't know what to do. I've though about wearing a wool hat all the time, but usually wearing hats just plasters my hair down and makes it greasy even quicker because it locks all the sweat ontop of my head.
I seriously haven't combed or touched my hair for almost a year now and my hair is just as plain and knot-free as it was on day 1. Any advice??
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| Dreads, yearish... |
[09 Dec 2009|08:06pm] |
So, the photos from the text only post from last month... Thanksgiving weekend, if I recall correctly. They should also all be viewable now. If not, please let me know and I'll kick my settings more, but they should all be public now.
Anyway, on to the ( pictures... )
Enjoy.
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| Boyfriend Dreads |
[09 Dec 2009|10:47am] |
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I posted a few days ago and I mentioned my boyfriend, who also has a few dreads. He had a tuft of hair that was very long growing out of the crown of his head, and a side rat tail. I just kept rubbing the hair against his head and eventually, it all dreaded and now they (especially the "top" dreads") are seemingly more developed and tighter than mine. Damn him. I don't think he even realized I was giving him dreads for the first few weeks until they were all of a sudden there. He's had them for a little over a year now. About five months younger than my set.
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[08 Dec 2009|03:23pm] |
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( eleven months! )
i wish i had taken comparison pictures like this every month, but of course i lost interest.
i think my hair has grown a lot! i never palmroll or really do anything at all to it, is that bad? in the back underneath it's getting pretty messy, i wish i knew someone around here who could help me work on it. anyway, i'll make a bigger post when i hit the year mark in january!
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| baby hairs at hairline/breakage in specific places only? |
[08 Dec 2009|11:11am] |
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I did some reading in the mems about loose hairs and the cloud of frizz effect, especially on young dreads, I know they are normal. I also know that almost everyone has the baby hairs at the hairline that are finer/shorter than the rest of the hair, and for me they just wont stay in dreads, maybe because they are so fine, maybe because they never seem to grow past a certain point. But what I was wondering is, has anyone noticed any issues with breakage being greater there? The short hairs have increased over the past 4 months to the point where I'm starting to think some of it is not just normal baby hairs, but breakage. They are *just* long enough that it looks like they broke off where the undreaded root hair ends and the dreaded part of each dread starts, like that's a weak point for them or something. About an inch to inch and a half long I guess. it goes all along my hairline down to right in front of my ears and it's getting worse. I don't understand why the hair would specifically break off on the front dreads only, I don't mess with them more than the rest, don't wear my hair pulled back (except once in a *great* while, maybe twice a month, I'll wear a stretchy t-shirt band when needing to look presentable for an appointment, for a short time) don't crochet or felt or root-rub or use bands, haven't processed them in ways different from the rest of my head, and yet it's only there, the further back dreads just have none of this at all. The front dreads are also skinnier than the back, which makes me think my front hair is just finer or thinner anyway, but that doesn't really explain all the short pieces that have cropped up. Anyone else experience this, and have any clue what causes it? The roots are also noticeably thinner on those dreads, thinner than when i started them - I'm guessing from the breakage or whathaveyou - and I'm a little worried that when the dreads grow the roots won't be strong enough to support the weight there and they'll all break off. Is this something I can expect time/patience to resolve, or is some kind of intervention needed? or is it just *my* hair and I just can't keep dreads there? Not really into the whole loose hair bangs/forelock look with dreads on me, but if this keeps happening I'm wondering if I'll have to do that (because I have NO plans to cut off all my dreads over this)
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| Almost 2 Weeks... Shrinkage and Unruliness! |
[08 Dec 2009|08:59am] |
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So, my mom and I dreaded my hairs on Black Friday! I have washed it once a week since then, and have back combed it. NO WAX, of course! Now my hair is shrinking and loosing its knotted look... is this normal progress? I guess I am concerned at how much they have shrunk for how young they are. Please, take a gander. ( moar! )
The last is a photo from this morning- at almost two weeks. They seem to be doing something weird... losing their texture... and thinning out. I know shrinking is normal- but it seems like a lot.
So, any comments or pointers? Am I totally screwing up? Thanks all! I really appreciate it! -B
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