haha love this thread so much already! Keep posting guys! Robyn Im loving the pretzel! Sorta reminds me of a celtic knot also!
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I regret moving (I just need to vent).
General Talk
Yup so much truth and good advice on here. It sucks to leave old friends behind. I guess real community its important not just being with folk that your comfortable with but people you can really do life with, have common interest with. (I totally know how you feel. All my old friends from back home keep begging at us to come home.) but something just doesnt feel right. You need to be where your soul and your family are happy, and where you and your family can life the life your dream of. Wherever that is, if you have the opportuniy then take it. Life is to short to live on if onlys or what ifs. Much easier said than done i know. Keep us posted, we all here for ya x
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Hey!!! Your progress is insane!! Its so cool that we both started our most recent set of dreads within 4 days of each other! I dont know about you but i feel this set is locking up far more quickly? I wonder if since we undreaded our hair is just used to getting super knotty. Anyway it rocks. Xx
Confusion and then next chapter of this journey.
General Talk
Colours you dreads are amazing!! We started dreading arpundaround the same time i think. I combed out tjat set in December. And just started dreading again like 2days ago. Only thing I will say from my personal experience is I missemissed thsooooooo bad when they were gpnwone. Good thing is the journey continues whetherwheth you grow or comb as you may rock normal hair for a bit bitut then dread again in the future!
updated by @christina-popejoy: 07/22/15 07:33:02AM
Dread A&E Needed!! Im halfway through combing my locks!! HELP!!
Help! Save My Dreads
Thanks SE for all your comments, encouragements and positivity throughtout my last set and in preperations for the inevitable new set! Tbh I kinda excited to start the journey again one day soon. And this time withought the backcombing it will be interested to see how it goes! Peace.
Dread A&E Needed!! Im halfway through combing my locks!! HELP!!
Help! Save My Dreads
So thankyou all for comments so far! So I carried on combing! Its been a very odd transition to life without dreads! But really meaningful! So 1stly It took 4 days of around 20-12 hours a day of combing. I did loose ALOT of hair but thats ok as it was almost 2 years of dreaded hair up there! My hair now is OK although super thin!
So i've settled into my new job! ITs going great! and tonight I decided to try a experiement to not wash my hair and see how I feel! I showered and feel good and not washed my hair!
So I think I may in the not to distant begin dreading again, once my hair has grown and little and I've gotten in back into good shape after the dreaded comb out! If/ when I do dread again. I may go natural or twist and rip! I saw another member of staff with awesome dreads piled up on his head like a crown of glory above his scrubs!! i wanted to stop him right there and be like howwwwwwww!! I literally feel goss withouht washing after everyshift, BUT I dont wanna be such a germ phobe. after all dreads are about letting go, discovereing freedom and developing patience and trusting the process right?
Dread A&E Needed!! Im halfway through combing my locks!! HELP!!
Help! Save My Dreads
So guys... 1st to set the scene of where i have been for the past few days.
Reason for combing: Purely practical, Im starting working at a hospital as a nursing assistant. Working days, nights weekends ect. Full time hours. So I was thinking as from previous health care work that the 1st thing I wanted to do after finishing work is to have a shower and wash my hair. So finishing a night shift washing dreads that take 3-4+ hrs to dry even if a hair dryer is used. aint gonna be good for me or them when I wanna come home and sleep. So i started the comb out!!
3 days ago. Its taking a loooong time. I have 48 dreads. I still have 30 left. and Ive hit the WHAT THE HECK HAVE A DONE!!! I LOOOVE MY DREADS!! I have combed out the whole back bottom section and part of the side and the front few dreads but I still have a far chunk of them left :D
What to do now!.... I feel like a need to sort the practical issue of drying my dreads quickly and effectively after a shift (any ideas friends?)
I may have already screwed the remaining guys up as I have had a nourishing and conditioning hair treatment left in my dreads for the past 3 days to help comb out.
Maybe I just rock this hair hair half dread look for a while!
updated by @christina-popejoy: 01/13/15 10:00:01PM