grow long beautiful dreadlocks

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 am loving my fro. I like my fro so much that I am delaying locking my hair. I never knew that as my tightly curled hair gets longer that I could press it down for the neatest appearance. I love it and think that I may never go back to a short cut like in my pic again

It has been five weeks since my last hair cut. I remember times when I thought I would grow locks but would get a haircut at this phase. This time is different, I know that I am going to get my hair locked. This time is the right time. I committ to growing my hair for seven years. I see growing my hair as a symbol of the internal growth I want to do over this time period. During this time of growth I want to let go of my western dominated opinion about beauty. I don’t have to have straight or wavy short cut hair to be acceptable. My natural has is beautiful and I can enjoy it locked and long. By embracing my natural appearance I also embrace my power as a black man. Let the journey continue.

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. =(

I have wanted locks for years now. Today I got comb coils at a braid shop with the intent to grow locks. I go back in two weeks for lock maintence. My hair is almost to my shoulders when I stretch it out. It will be interesting to see how fast it locks.

I’be been wanting to lock my hair since 2003, when I got married to my husband (Catholic at the time), who later converted to become Rastafari. He had to leave the country in 2005, but we still have an amazing connection – maybe enough that we could very well end up together. I learnt a lot about being black, African and Rastafari; also a lot about Christianity, organized religion etc – the African base, the distortion, the control, suprression, control etc as a result….

I wanna be real. My hair is not growing under Western chemicals. It did when I was a child and a teen, but now it falls out or itches enough that I scratch hard and end up making it fall out. When I comb it, it looks ordered and neat, but that doesn’t last.

I wanna have real, natural, healthy, dreadlocked hair. I am a lioness (Raaaaargh!), and want to look like one. Please help me if u can (nalindokuhle@hotmail.com). Most of my hair is short, but I know it will grow with the right treatment and support.

Jah live; Jah bring love! I love Jah.

and I’ll probably let them keep doing that as long as they want. For true Rastafarians (which I’m not), dreadlocks are your connection to God – it is how he lifts you up to heaven. I am spiritual – not religious – and I do not think of God as a guy-in-the-sky (or that heaven is necessarily in the sky) or even a male/female being. I only use the word “God” because it is the most generally known and accepted term for describing a higher power. Without delving too much further into my personal spiritual beliefs, I can say that I do like the visual picture that is created in my mind when I think of a giant hand reaching down to pull Bob Marley (yes, it’s always Bob Marley when I think of this) up to heaven.