The journey of my dreadlocks.
Dreadlocks are a mat of hair created by a bunch of knots. This can be done completely naturally by putting your comb in the garbage. The natural method does not work with all hair so you may have to help the process along by doing Twist and Rip or backcombing. Creating dreadlocks with methods such […]
So you want awesome looking dreadlocks, right? I know I do! If choosing the method to put in your locks isn’t confusing enough, everybody seems to have different methods to maintain their dreadlocks to keep them looking at their best. I’ve seen natural dreadlocks that have had only been washed and separated, and dreads which […]
A few days short of the one month mark, I tucked all of the loose ends in and pulled the tips up into the dreadlocks. I applied a light waxing to the dreads on the back of my head. A few days after I decided that I wasn’t going to use any more wax and […]
Check out my dreadlock journey!
Hi I am Scotty and I started my dread journey on July 29, 2012, when, over the course of six days, three friends took turns to back comb my curly hair into 52 locks. Backcombing took about 9 hours, or like 18 people hours. Backcombing HURT! After backcombing, we put a light waxing and a […]
I did another session of dewaxing with Wax B-Gone from Dreadlock Shampoo on Friday (3 days ago now). They felt a lot lighter afterwards. When I woke up this morning the ends were tangling with each other. I hope this means that they will dread up soon too! I also finally separated a congo that […]
A lot of the ends are unraveling, so I have been using rubber bands to hold them together until they lock up. So far that’s been working well, I just need to check them every few days to make sure they are not getting sucked into the dreads. The rubber bands on the roots […]
Woohoo! My dreadlocks are getting older! Some of the dreadies are getting super tight, and the ends are knotting up well after I switched to Dreadlocks Shampoo 2 weeks ago. I used to be so worried about how they looked or if they were progressing, but now I’m fine with letting them do their thing.
(If it’s not already gross enough for you, click on the photo to see full resolution) Update: See my information about dread wax. I have been Twist-and-Ripping the ends of my dreadlocks that have come undone. In the process, I’ve been finding month and a half old dirt collected in wax. Not just inside the […]
Last weekend a good friend and I camped near Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The trees were so colorful with their fall leaves and the weather kept switching between rain, snow, and sleet. I managed to get this picture during a short patch of sun which, although short lived, felt so good!
There are a bunch of loose hairs this week, and the roots are trying to join together. The ends are keeping their curls. This feels like a battle.
