Awesome, that sounds fair. Like I said, I intend these beads to be temporary, like braces or training wheels 
I'll switch it up and size up when they're beginning to outgrow and use the smaller ones as a bracelet or some other body adornment.
Very wise, thank you, Baba! I am patient and loving every day. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to strangle them or stunt their growth 
I've been natural for four weeks now, and almost all of my hair has already sectioned itself into babies that are about 1" square at the root, but I can easily fit beads with 1/4" holes all the way up to the root. I'm assuming these are ok to use for now to cut down on my time spent separating almost daily as long as they can still move up and down freely. I will definitely move up to larger diameter beads as my locks mature and thicken, but I'm looking for reassurance and/or guidance.
Do you, Soaring Eagle, or anyone else ever come to Vermont? We have so many wonderful festivals and groups and communities. Come visit this summer!
That's a wonderful story!
I often forget to wear socks and underwear, but I live in Vermont so I don't think it's very likely I'll ever leave my house or yard naked...
I'm not too worried about it; they all know how kind and sweet and intelligent I am and I hope I can help them overcome their fear that their own daughters might "ruin their beautiful hair!"
Cool! Good to know. But does that mean that it's best to let it all hang out? I suspect they won't be too open to understanding for a while since they ask questions and then don't listen to my explanations regarding my other "hippie" traits and habits and values.
Thank you all for your contributions. I am even more excited and loving it now!
So it's been five days and I'm trying not to count or rush or anything, but I expected to have more knots or beginnings of locking by now, but it's really just kind of messy and not too tangly, just somewhat clumpy, but still relatively straight. I'm wondering why this could be and if there is anything I could do to help it along without meddling. Blow-drying? Headbanging? Jogging with it loose?
I leave it down and free or in a wool tam all the time except at work or when exercising, which is when I loosely and haphazardly put it up in a loose bun. Could this be keeping my hair too constrained? Should I wear a tam or wide headband at work? I work in a small office of women who are all older than me and all have offspring except me and I've only been there for 5 or 6 weeks and don't want to frighten them too much right off
Thank you! I feel a lot better about looping now.
I also wonder how I should go about separating. Will it just be something that will come naturally and feel right? What kind of techniques should I practice?
I stopped brushing my hair on March 19. I'm sick of it. I dislike brushing my hair and detangling and having it blow around and just generally worrying about it. I've always had very long, thick, healthy hair, but I still always felt that beauty-wise, it wasn't enough. I felt like amediumsized fish in a big pond of other brushed beautiful hair people.
It's important to me to keep mylength, and what could be better than never having to cut it, and never losing shed hairs! With two-foot long hair, cleaning out the hairbrush was a frequent and gross chore. I've already gone no-poo for about 6 months. I only wash my hair every three, usually four days. I was using Organix shampoo and conditioner, but a week ago I switched to True all natural bare-bones palm and coconut oil bar soap.
I'm just looking for input on what to expect with my venture of naturally dreading very long, thick, straight hair. Might it dread faster? Might it be more difficult to keep locks behaving somewhat? I definitely don't wanthomogeneity, but I'd like them to be vaguely similarly sized. I admit, I'm also a bit afraid of the looping; it looks quite intimidating. Does anyone have pictures or is able to describe the progression of a loop to a mature lock? Thanks in advance.
My profile picture is my hair 24 hours after washing and braiding it, then sleeping on the braid. It already want to lock up!
Wish me love and light on my journey of learning patience and self-love <3
