Hello before I ask questions I'd like to thank everyone for the amazing posts that I have been reading for quite sometime,(since I have been interested in getting dreads). I love this community and I have read many posts on how to make dreads but I have a few questions.
I would like to make my dreads myself and maybe have a friend for the back if I can't get it. I would like to have a few opinions on my hair and if anyone knows if the hairstyle that I want isachievableor if maybe another one looks better for me. My hair is roughly 8+inches in the front and about 12inches in the back. If I need to I can go to a salon, I have no problem with paying a few hundred dollars for my hair to look the way I want, I just really don't want to sit 5+hrs with a stranger talking about my or theirs life story, lol. I have been to a few barbershops and salons that said this hairstyle in unachievablebut I like to keep my head up, they were all African American salons that maybe only specialize with one hair type(I didn't ask). Please kindly let me know what youthinkI can do with my hair, I am trying to go for a clean look and small dreads(maybe about 100) and I will probably not let them ever grow longer than my shoulders. The bottom picture is exactly what Iwouldlove my hair to look like, I think it looks tough, clean, smart, playful, happy, and everything else positive in one hairstyle.
updated by @vo: 01/13/15 09:44:39PM