grow long beautiful dreadlocks

Getting them re-twisted tomorrow. :)

This is my fifth time attempting to lock my hair, But this time i’m going to do it. It’s short now but i love it. I know with every stage of locking i’m going to grow too.

So here’s what my hair looks like now.

Locs only get better with time, The more time invested in the proper care of locs the beautiful they become.

Now it feels like I have too much hair!! In the summer it just stays piled up on top of my head. My bf complains I don’t wear it down enough. lol! Sometimes it just gets in the way. No regrets though. Guess I should update my profile pic.

I WANT TO GROW DREADLOCK PLZ CAN SOME TELL WAT AND WAT TO DO TO ENSURE THAT I HV A VERY GOOD DREAD LOCKS

I decided to grow my dreadlocks after many years of debate. Thoughout high school, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to get a good job or accepted.

In my 20s I began working with a company which employed a very diverse people. It was wonderful, because it was easier to be “me”, without having to worry about what people opinions.

Another reason why I finally locked my hair was because I HATED chemical relaxers, but didn’t know how to take care of my natural hair. When my mother finally locked her hair, I took the plunge. She doesn’t have her locks anymore, but I still have mine! No regrets.

Now when I go to job interviews, I just put my hair in a neat bun. If they don’t want to hire me because of my hair, I don’t want anything to do with the company anyway.

I’ve had my locs for 9 months now. I do not twist my hair very often because I am afraid of breakage. I usually twist every 2 weeks. I do not have a lint problem because I cover my hair every night. I also try and leave it covered until I put my clothes on and cover it before I take clothes off. I haven’t been back to the loctician since she palm rolled it two weeks after the comb coils. I do want to go back to her. I just need the money.

My mother is a hairdresser so it was really difficult for me to transition to locks. She just doesn’t like them and believes that it is dead hair. Well my mother is 75 now and has early Alzheimer’s and so I just decided that I would do it. After I had my locs for almost a year she would say to me “when are you taking that out?” I think her concern is more about it being neat, presentable and clean. Which is sometimes hard with locs in the early stages. The hardest thing for me about getting locks was the fact that I would not be able to comb through my hair anymore. I went natural in Feb 1999. I started my locs in March/April 2006. The picture attached is the early stage of my locs (1 month of locking). My hair is all pulled back for the picture- so that it is neat. My hair locked quickly because I had it natural for so long. I started with one loctitian that was good but she had some health challenges that made it difficult for her to work. I think it is really important to think about whom you let do your hair. They have to positive and they have to know what they are doing. This woman was good, but I received a lot of negative energy from her health challenges. I have found a new loctitian, she is great! She is not as skilled in technique ( my other loctitian new how to do a partial sister loc) however she is an amazing stylist and she has great energy. 2 weeks ago we entered into a hair contest, my hair-her styling. I’ll post a picture when I get one! Having grown up in a beauty salon, for a long time I balked at how much we as black people spend our money on hair and nails, especially, fake hair, processed hair etc. My mom made so much money as a hairdresser! After seeing all those relaxers, perms, colors and jheri curls I came to believe that chemicals are not good for you. Especially on your head where it is seeping into your brain!!! I’ve never done a weave but have had braids. I have so much hair on my head that braids just weigh it down and don’t last long. I have my locs for now, I never thought that I would come to a stage in my life where I get my locs done every two weeks, but I do. There goes my argument about spending a lot of money on my hair! My challenge with my hair is to keep it hydrated which means that I need to drink enough water and to oil and moisturize, also to tie it up at night to prevent lint. My mom also told me last year why she went into hairdressing. Growing up in the Caribbean she use to gather up all the kids that did not have a lot of money or where not well taken care of and comb their hair and clean them up. She did this as a kid, she hated to see people unkept and dirty. So I understood her a lot better after she told me that, because for a long time- I balked at her profession and I didn’t care that much about my hair. Beacause I had thick hair, I found it to be frustrating to deal with. So often, it wasn’t the most well kept! I get where she is coming from now. I love natural hair because it is healty, no chemicals. I believe the natural coil of our hair carries an energy that has us be who we are as black folks. An energy that is highly imitated in this world. I also believe it is important to set the standard for beauty with natural hair, so that our children do grow up thinking that natural is ugly and the more european style represent beauty.

yeah…
i’m waiting for my hair to grow first…
its taking hella days. =(