@bazooka-guru I'll try to get somme pics of mine up soon. Problem is, all the good pics I have, are on my dead phone (Who knew phones didn't like baths in dirty dishwater)
@Dread-stpauli I only notice the weight really when I go to the pool (Which is something I don't do too often). Though I still think the steel toed boots I have to wear at work weigh more than my locks! I was worried that it would be more of a problem but so far it's not.
I started them because it is a way of me to show my creative spirit on the outside, when I can't play with my art supplies or travel and explore.
I'm in Reading PA.
And would be fun to get together with some other people with locks, since really I don't see many out and about in Berks County
yeah, if I wasn't still new to the job I'm at I'd go. Besides, this year I'm saving up all I can so I can get out of the area I'm at, so I can do more travelling.
Thank you for the offer though.
I just really don't want to mess up my job. It's the first place I've worked that I actually have enjoyed going to work everyday.
I haven't tried Peyote sleeves yet. These are little metal woven beads I bought as spacers for some bracelets I made. They have an open lattice to them so I figured they'd work well.
I know how to make the sleeves, I just haven't found colors I want to use in my hair yet. I tend to go for earthy tones in my hair decorations and am extremely picky. Though might do some watery element feeling ones, or icy tones.
And as for the rainbow gathering. won't be making it. Saving up for a better car and camera for doing travel vids to go with my blog. Though I will mark it down for the next one. Looks like it would be fun.
I'm in Pennsylvania, about 30 minutes from Lancaster County. Which is pretty tame with the hairstyles.
Which is a small part of why I'm doing my dreads. It's an adventurous style and since starting my journey with them I've found I haven't been as shy as I usually am. They've forced me out of my little bubble, and this isn't a complaint I'm loving the conversations that I've had with people who think it's just a 'dirty' and 'lazy' hair style.
I'll admit, I've wanted to so these since I was a teen back in the 90's. So I've been doing a lot of research on what to do and not do with them, before I finally took the plunge.
I prefer beads that are 'woven' so that there's space for air flow to the lock around the bead. That hasn't been much of a problem for mine (some of them have been in since about 3 months into the process and one is kinda stuck until I cut it out, which I don't want to do. Though most of the beads I have are left over beads from art projects I've done. Or have been given to me as gifts from friends who have dreads.
The ends of my locks are still wide (I just let the ends do their own thing) so I have to problem of getting beads in. Once I've managed to wiggle it on it's good though.
Hi there. Obviously new here.
sheepish wave
Anyway! I'm Nick, and this is my first time doing locks (I know at almost 40, as a white woman in an area of the US filled with Amish and other religious types. Guess who gets all the weird looks about it?) Mine are still at the 'what the hell is going on' stage with a lot of loose hair mixed in. Though personally I kinda like the look (though can't wait until they're a little more mature. I started them with shorter hair hoping it would give me time to get used to the weight of them.
And here I'm just gonna bail before I start rambling (Need to go get some essential oils anyway, ran out of my tea tree and eucalyptus oils. Working around kiddos I was paranoid about getting lice, now that I work in a brewery... I keep the scents because personally, I love them. Not big on the florals so I'm always looking for herbs with properties I like that won't make me smell like a flower garden.)
