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A month ago for the first time I dyed my hair with henna. I absolutely love it. The change + difference I felt and feel right now in my hair compared to using chemical dyes is astonishing, I almost never want to go back to using chemicals.. almost. I used Lush's Caca Rouge Henna [[ the most expensive hair dye I ever bought ] it smells so goooood and does wonders.
Today I used what was left of it on my hair. Now the first time I did this I used 4 squares of it, applied without a hair dye brush, I just meshed it all over my head with my hands wearing rubber gloves. I was worried there wouldn't be enough henna to saturate my head fully so I decided to use a hair dye brush this time to conserve and evenly apply the henna. Not only was it more efficient but to my surprise the two squares left was more than enough! Makes me wish I had used 2 squares to start with and a hair dye brush because then I'd still have some henna to use for another time. Oh well. (~.~)
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I wishthat I could take my family and run away.
We'd run to a forest and live in a tree or to a beautiful field full of flowers. Id love to live in a place where I can lay out and have the sunshine tickle my face and not have to worry about a building covering me in shade.I want to wander the earth barefoot and dance with the wind in my hair.
I feel that I am at a pause in my life because I am not fully happy with how things are going lately. I wish that Anthony loved nature as I do, I wish that he wanted to explore. I wish we could pack up and leave and go live wherever we choose to.I want to take my family to a beautiful place where we can laugh and play, not have a care in the world. I want to see butterflies kiss Aiden's nose and for him to be truly happy. I want to sing on a mountain top and to have not a single car in sight to ruin my vision.
I feel like we're stuck.
Florida seems to be sucking my happiness away.
I hate it here.
I've wanted dreads since I was 14 but had so many people in my way telling me not to do them, not to mention the area I lived in was VERYjudgmental and if anyone had dreads in this town they would be looked at indisgustmore often then not. Its been a few years im now 19 and moved out of my parents house I realized one day while i was putting a few hair wraps in that if I wanted dreads theres no better time in my life to get them started then now! So I took my brush and back combed a few dreads into my hair
At this point I had a total of 10 dreads. This lasted me almost a month then I realized the way Iseparatedmy hair when I was dreading it was completelyawfuland I also was getting really fed up maintaining half my hair one way the the other half a completely different way so I decided to brush them and restart byseparatingmy hair properly and doing my whole head this time.
its been 5 days with the new dreads and I love them. except they are getting messy with little hairs sticking out what not but I can accept it because I know in the end they are going to be totally kick ass and Im going to love them! Cant wait for my dreadlock adventures! I wanted to keep it on a blog so I can have something to look back on and see my hairs progress as time goes on 
If I wrap my dreads in thread so that my hair doesn't show and I keep it in for a long time will it start to smell and stuff when I wash my hair?
A neglected baby, that sounds terrible! But it is wonderful and exciting and unexpected at the same time. Here it is:
I had given up on this hair ever dreading. I T&R'd several times and every time it came undone. I tried backcombing with the same result. I put a rubber band around it in the hope that knots would form, but no. Not a single sign of this hair wanting to dread at all. So I figured it would always be loose hair and to be honest I didn't really care and just let it be.
A few days ago I noticed this knot. It wasn't very big and I thought it would just fall out like every other knot had.Yesterday when I washed my hair I was sure that it would be gone but it's still there and even got a bit tighter after the wash. Sotodayit feels safe to declare to the world that I have my very first neglect dread and I love it!
Hi peoples! This here be me first YouTube video, so excuse the poor quality maybe? 
I've been dreading my hair over the last 4 days, using mainly the twist and rip method (there are tonnes of video tutorials out there explaining this) and so far I'm not hating the result! I saw that making a "Dready Journal" was quite rewarding so here it is.
NEW TO DREADS? Best information here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/heyzorgzilla/videos?view=0
http://www.youtube.com/user/ColinsDreads777/videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/2SVJ7/videos
I still have a wee bit of dreading to do (that sounds wierd when I say it, strange word "dread-locks", wonder if "dreading" is the correct verb... sounds like something bad is going to happen and I need to be worrying about it)
Here's how I did it: if anyone is that curious...
I started at the front (by accident mainly, and because it was easier to reach/see) dreading myself, I didn't really use a strict sectioning grid pattern or anything, just making sure I parted it more or less down the middle (so that it wouldn't look too wild when I wore it down and to make styling easier) and grabbing sections that were more or less an inch in diameter/ width - poligonal sections, not even squares, though square sections are generally perferable (easier to tile).
Choosing the thickness of the sections was important, I still have my doubts as to wether I've chosen the right size, I didn't want to end up with loads of bald patches, but neither did I want someing too thin that it wasn't really that diferent from my normal hair.
I did each dread with said twist and rip method, palm-rolling every so often so that the dread came out nice and round and an even thickness all the way down. I made sure every rip / knot that was made was as tight as possible by tugging gently after separating. If the dread was to fluffy/ loose I crocheted it a bit with a 0.5mm crochet hook, being gentle not to break too many hairs.
When it was done I put rubber bands round the base and the tip to make sure they stay seperate at the roots and also so that they don't unravel when I shower (which I DO plan on doing, by the way :3). I'm a newbie, but if there are any questions/advice at all, feel free to comment!
Wassup y'all!? It's been a while since I've posted on here but I've been keeping up with our dreadlock community. So my profile pic is kinda old, actually, really old lol! It was when I had my 1st set of dreads which I cut off 
. It took me a while to re-grow my hair and due to missing them so much I grew my hair out again. I let it get to about 3'' a lil more than that and went to a loctician to lock my hair, she used the twist and rip method ( I know i know, you guys are probably gonna get on me about that). She used a gel to keep the twists in, she said to wait a month before washing, i lasted a week. I re-locked on july 3rd. Anyways my question is regarding aloe vera. I used wax on my 1st set of dreads and don't want it to have anything to do with this set. How does aloe vera work and could it be used to re-twist and tighten my locks? I also attached a pic i took after washing this morning. Any feedback would help, thanx and jah bless! 
As a very brief form of mild entertainment, I thought I'd share some of the stupid things my friends have asked about dreads so far:
On a trip round Europe I recently went on with one of my friends, he'd forgotten to bring shampoo so I, being chivalrous and all, offered him my Dr. Bronner's solution. to which he hesitantly asked "but... what's it gonna do to my hair?" I replied with "............clean it?" XD
A few days ago another of my friends was chatting to me about dreads, trying to get a bit of knowledge about them. When I said it takes a few months for them to start looking like dreads he asked "REALLY!? So how much glue have you got in them now then??" ...genius!
And just today another friend naively quizzed me with "How much longer does your hair wanna take!?" ...I'm barely two months in
Sure there'll be pleeenty more!
Today marks the 15th year of the journey into being a freeform dreadie. I still believe that I will have my locks for as long as I live. I have noticed that I still get the dirty looks and outright rude comments. It all just makes me stronger because the people who act in this manner still have many areas of their life that they are unhappy with and instead of focusing on better themselves they have distractions to keep them from growing to be a better soul on this planet.
I have learned to seperate myself from such individuals and to live my life being as authentic as I can.
Be true to yourself. Let no one tell you which path to walk on!
Brightest Blessings To You All 