here's my 6 month progress of natural/ neglect/ free form dreadlocks. i took them out right after these pics were taken- armed with a bottle of conditioner, jojoba oil, a fork and a lot of patience! i managed to detangle 6 months of dreads in a few hours with Rob's help too. it was a cool dreadlock journey and no regrets. it may be hard to see on my dark hair, but i had 3 really solid locks in the back (i called them the 3 musketeers).
at 6 months my hair was starting to dread like crazy, though the sides were taking forever to dread. shoulder length hair was shrinking up to chin-length. crazy swiggles, loops and matted knots forming a calligraphy of it's own. though i loved the wildness and organic changes that were occurring, there were some cons:
another good ponytail hair cut tutorial here.
self-reliance is what i'm talking about ;)
stay tuned for bear sneak peek tomorroooow! have a great saturday ❈
- my dreads were picking up lint which showed up easily in dark hair, and i was going cross-eyed tweezering it out. it seems unavoidable unless you cover your hair all the time which i'd rather not do.
- split ends on old hair, again which showed up easily on dark hair.
- the pulling feeling at the scalp on some of my more solid dreads.
- dreads getting caught on jackets, seat belts, etc.
another good ponytail hair cut tutorial here.
self-reliance is what i'm talking about ;)
stay tuned for bear sneak peek tomorroooow! have a great saturday ❈
6 comments:
Hi PP! Sorry the dreadlock experiment didn't work out for you. On a related note, though, one of the trolls I found at a recent toy show has hair that seemed to naturally form itself into dreads over the past 50 years...pictures coming this week. I thought of you and your dreadlock experiment when I spotted her. (Not that you look like a troll...it was the dreadlock connection, I mean!)
LOL! cant wait to see your dreadlocked troll! xoxo
glad you got to experiment, but also glad the experiment has come to a conclusion. Your overall natural hair texture is lovely! Don't fight it. Best to leave that style to those with really all over kinky texture.
I get one stubborn snarly dreadlock at the base of my neck I have to constantly keep in line but it sure isn't going to tell the rest of my hair what to do. I discipline that upstart. Or threaten with the
yowsa, that makes my scalp ache imagining you & rob getting that all out.
let me see your new do!
whoops left out a word --threaten with the scissors is what I meant to say...but you know sometimes I just leave the threat open to that 'lock. Scarier that way.
waving scissors around to be "scared straight" lol!
I've come across your page twice in the last month- the first time I stumbled upon your page and became entranced by your art bears, fully convinced that I needed to start collecting these adorable little babies- I could say that I was doing it for my son, but we'd all know the truth... Lol
The second time was just now, when I was looking at different stages in the natural dreading timeline on Google. I started crocheting the bottom half of my head several months ago, but decided to let the rest happen naturally. I'm sorry yours didn't work out! It's frustrating for sure- mine don't seem to be making much progress at all, but I'm patient and stubborn, so I'm hoping that'll get me somewhere!
<3
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