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thanks so much! yes they have lightened, the sun has always turned my hair blondish on the ends even without dye, my mom is a natural blonde and my dad has naturally black hair so I guess that's how I turned out with brown ombre hair! But also around 8 months before I started my dreads I had dyed my hair black, which turned to reddish brown pretty quickly in the florida sun! so there's still some of that in my hair i'm sure! and I just got that top at the thrift store that day, thanks :D

christina popejoy said:

7 months! These are sooo beautiful! The colour is really pretty too have they lightened?? Loads of personality they look kick ass pretty. love your top too.

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thanks! yeah the shrinkage is pretty crazy! i'm embracing it right now, but once i was old enough to control when my hair was cut I always kept it long! so I'm very eager for my dreads to start growing again. thanks so much! :D

Ixchel said:

amazing progress & omgoodness the shrinkage! how crazy! it looks so great tho. Love all the different close ups you gave, they look so fun & funky!!! beautiful girl & absolutely fantastic dreads!

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Ah well I spent the majority of my 11-17 years being some combination of shy/depressed/anti-social/social anxiety so yeah it was only a couple months before I turned 18 that I started SLOWLY coming out of my shell I think it was honestly influenced by a History of the 60s class I took in high school, that's when I started listening to classic rock and learning about the hippie movement and that honestly just somehow made my brain happier! Fast forward a couple months I get my first job this year where I have to speak to people constantly all day! So Publix helped me by letting me realize that people were just like me and nothing to be afraid of. Plus I think just gettin older helped me out! I rarely got hit on or approached until I grew self-confidence, now it's quite a bit! Confidence is key as they always said and now I know it's true! So yeah no girls no boys, I used to think I was asexual! yep that's my story haha

soaring eagle said:

ahh well im so happy for you ..

u desserve he best so congrats

but wait how old are ya and are u..seriusly saying that this is the 1st guy you ever dated..in tyour life?

id havce to assume that you only dated girls before him then?

causetherrs no way its possible that u hadnt had hundreds maybe thousands wantung to be with you (although i think i can understand..with beauty like youirs u get alotta superficial types that want the whole arm candy thing or just interested in something physical withoit really wanting to know u deeper which im sure can really put u off from wanting to get involved

edit: oh u are alot younger then i thought u were haha i thought u were like mid 20s at least..makes a lil more sence now but not alot

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Wow thanks SE I was seriously floored by your comments!!!! tbh I kinda stopped worrying about the flat ones, I am one with my dreadies...for now lol. And actually I started dating for the very first time a couple weeks ago, a chill peaceful dreadhead who's the sweetest guy ever; dreads really do bring in the cool people and repel the douches! :D

I'm at a really happy point in my life right now and I don't think I'd be here without my dread journey! So your support and kind words and just puttin this site together has really helped me, so thanks again!

soaring eagle said:

seriusly beautiful im so glad u updated fu=inaly i knew from day 1 they would be amwazing and im not disapointed at all

just to reasure u when mature most of the flat ones wont be so flat no more

the more u can leave em down the better so soon as u leave work let em fly

but wow..

i can guarantee that just about everyone who looked at this discussion wondered (at least subconcously) if you were single haha

keep the updates comming i know alot of u have eagerly followed yoir progres from the day you joined

updated by @paige: 07/23/15 03:34:15AM

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Hi everyone! Looking back, I realized I never posted a 6 month update, so sorry bout that! But here's 7 months, I love my dreadies more and more each day! I've had people offer to crochet for me but I turned them down. I also starting using the bar soaps from dreadlockshampoo. These were taken on day 223, and my 7 month dreadiversary was on day 214!

updated by @paige: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

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thanks! I wish i just had 3 or 4 of those flat dreads, but it's the majority of my hair . I pull my hair back off my face a lot, plus I work at publix so I have to keep my hair in a ponytail a lot, and keep it looking somewhat nice. plus a lot of times when i wash my hair just the front parts smooth put again! ahh well i guess we just gotta stick with it!

christina popejoy said:

These are just ace! I think the loops look soo cool, I am totally with you on the wide flat ones. 3-4 of mine look exactly like that. I think i've heard that they eventually get rounder as they grow thicker. The front not remaining dreaded? I dont know if you do this but do you run your hands though the front of your hair like to pull the hair back off your face alot? I know i do and the front bits are not dreading well for me either.

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Hello everyone! Thank you for your kind words! I finally got around to taking pictures of my hair.

Here is my hair at day 154, 2 days after the 5 month mark:

As you can see, there's been some serious shrinkage!! However, the front ends of my hair still remain stubbornly undreaded. A great way to show the difference is when I lean to the side:

(Day 156 from here on out)

And here are some individual strands!

One thing I'm unhappy about with my babies is that they are so flat. The next two pictures are of the same strand:

As you can see they are wide and flat! I would prefer them to be rounder. Any tips?

I would also like to call special attention to my very first dread, a backcombed one, which was made 2 weeks before I started the rest of my hair. I haven't measured it yet but it's probably 5 or less inches!

That piece is 5 and a half months! It just blows my mind how much it shrunk!

Month 4-5 was kind of tough for me, it was the first time I ever seriously thought of combing out my hair. Every other day I would flip back and forth between wanting to comb them out and wanting to keep them. When I realized how much my hair had shrunk (plus I reactivated my facebook and looked at a lot of old pictures of my awesome long hair), I really missed having long hair to run my fingers through and braid and all that. But I'm dedicated to my locs! Once I hit the five month mark I pretty much decided to keep them, though I do still miss my old hair.

updated by @paige: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

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Day 109! 2 weeks shy of 4 months!

I dyed 6 blue! :D

Thanks for all the comments everyone! I really appreciate the support!

updated by @paige: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

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Hello everyone! Happy Mother's Day!

Today is the three month mark since I stopped brushing my hair, day 91!

And here are some of my favorite crazy baby dreads!

(my current favorite:)

Yep that's my update! Can't wait to keep progressing!

updated by @paige: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

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thanks! and i agree, i like the messiness! i overheard two kids in class talking about my hair and they said i looked like a witch, but in my head i was like how is witchy hair bad?? i love seeing how they change

soaring eagle said:

beautifulllll

i dont get why some ppl are scared of the messty early stages of natural dreads cause its all so beautiful and organic

they are coming along great