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I have not been on here in forever but figured I would post in case...

I just re-read some of my earlier posts and smiled a lot.
I really would not use wax ever again, nor would I recommend it.
My boyfriend has been dreading naturally for a few months shorter then I have been and his results have been awesome.
I think that the back-combing I did helped, but there are better alternatives to wax to give my hair some texture.

The repeat back-combing at the ends has resulted in me actually loosing hair... not huge chunks but small bristly end chunks that I was thinking I was going to have to cut off anyway.

Anyway almost a year later and I wouldn't change my process because I learned a lot, but wouldn't do the same thing on someone else.
The most effective things I did wear use wraps and beads to guide my hair. If I had done that from the beginning and skipped the two weeks of wax I wouldn't have had to soak them in hot water and blow-dry/paper towel them to make sure I had it all out.

Thank god I used this weird beeswax/conditioning wax that may have taken a lot of knots out with it but was very easy to wash out. It was more like leave-in conditioner then wax really, now that I look at the jar again. I am sure the black lady who said to try it was well-intentioned, but obviously had no idea how to dread white people hair. It was more counter-productive then anything else.

the hardest part about starting dreads was getting through all the useless information other people were giving me.

5 months!

It's difficult to see the changes happening in pictures, but they are getting tighter and tighter. I may make an attempt to sew in some loose hairs, but I m not going to bother until I am out of school in June. 

htshatsHATS!

Child hat $10
Child hat $10
Child hat $10
Elf hat $20
Left-Over yarn hat $15
Fairy hat $15
Easter-egg hat $15
100% wool $15
Cotton-wool beanie $20
Viking hat $20
Boy beanie $15

All hats hand crotchet by yours truly :) if you would like to inquire about one just ask! I need to get them out of my room so I can make more!!!

baby dreads in winter

The cute pigtail hat I made for my baby dreads!

3 months 3 weeks and 6 days

YAYYYYYYY!!!! They are starting to really feel like dreads now. I still have lots of loose stray hairs, but they have either started sticking to surrounding dreads or forming their own baby dreads with no help from me. Since the novelty has now worn off it is pretty easy not to mess with my hair all the time :) 

The few things I do for "maintenance"  (if you can call it that) are: 

-salt water rinses between washes to  keep them from getting oily, (since I only wash them with shampoo once a week) and 

-using hair wraps and beads to keep the huge bumps and loops down, and to get  loose hairs to connect to specific dreads.  (although I am really lazy about this and will probably have very bumpy dreads)

Altogether I am still really happy about starting this process. I no longer waste any time doing my hair on a daily basis and have completely eliminated the "bad hair day" from my life. Since I don't use any products I can always comb out my dreads if I really really want to BUT I think that this may be my favorite hair style ever and I will probably either have no hair or dreads at any point in my life for the rest of my life :) :) :)

The next step is finding cool beads for my hair since I already have an amazing hat collection... 

Two months and one week and one day!

I finally mastered the art of leaving my hair alone! (mostly) I stopped using wax completely! they are not much frizzier and they hold their shape well. They have started sprouting all sorts of loops and bumps as they lock in and get more solid. I love the way the ends curl :)