finally!

I finally have the cord that goes with my camera! I am getting ready to put my house on the market. Today I was cleaning and it was one of the first things I found. I don't have a lot of photos because knowing that I would not post the pics, caused me to lack motivation to take pictures. Year 7 of dreadlocks starts in about 17 days. WOW!! I will take more pics now that I can upload them. To see the new pics go here. Since these pics are old, I will probably be adding more in about 2-3 days. I am wishing everyone peace for 2012. Happy New Year!

(I took the above pic in August at a park).

Afro

I'm alive...but I did lose my digital camera cord. Hence no pics. I have taken pics and will update my photo album hopefully soon.

I have a mini afro on my head. :) I haven't palm rolled my hair in at least 3 months. Tomorrow I'm washing my hair. As of right now, I'm not planning on doing maintenance but it depends on how the day plays out.

Thanks for visiting. Pictures soon! (I hope).

photo extravaganza

I just got back from my beach vacation. As usual I have hair pics galore. The year 6 photo gallery is here.

updated

I updated my year 6 photo album - for real this time! I keep forgetting. And recently my hair has been so boring. I will have some beach pics soon & I will try to mix it up.

The Carol's Daughter Loc Butter DID NOT work on my hair. My hair is curly/wavy so using stuff that soft - ugh! It turned my new growth into this soft mess. I will continue to use it on the adult part of my locks.

ciao for now......

Stuff

Hi! ;) At this time last year I was in NYC for my birthday. This year I'm home. But I still have new pictures. I brought two 13 inch lock scrunchies from Natural Beauty, Loc Jewelry & Accessories. Yep, I'm wearing one in this pic. I love them and have surprisingly gotten a lot of compliments while wearing them! I only wish I had brought only one 13 inch and one for longer locks like mine (14-17 inches). But of course I didn't want to spend the extra money so I got two medium scrunchies.

The worst thing about them, is that I love wearing them so much that I don't think about palmrolling my new growth. Another downside is that even the summer ones are a little warm if you live in a humid area (the east coast of the US). But it isn't that bad. However, I would not wear these if I had just twisted my new growth. That would be pointless and probably mess up everything I just did.


Look at the mini afro on my head. I blame the scrunchies! Just kidding. They sent me a free headband with my order. I will order from them again. They have a lot of nice things for locks.

I also brought Loc Butter from Carol's Daughter. I don't have much of an opinion on it yet since I haven't used it much. I do love the smell. My hair smells like I just stepped out of the salon. Too bad my hair doesn't look that way. I'm going to use it later this afternoon to palm roll my new growth.

I was playing around with my logo software and decided to do something for this blog. It is horrible but I'm just learning to use it for now.



I'm going to update my photo album today or tomorrow with a few more pics. Have a nice weekend.

photo gallery update

Entry coming soon. For now here is a photo gallery update.

Let's GO VCU!

The game is less than 24 hours away. The game cannot start soon enough.

Year six photo album up

I finally got around to creating a hair album for year six.


I'm embracing my frizz...sorta. I washed my hair 8 days ago. And I'm flaunting my frizz. No scarves. No headbands. Nothing. I do wear it in a ponytail most of the time.



HOWEVER, I did buy a backup plan. ;) I brought this tam from Denise Black's Etsy's store. I haven't worn it out yet but I have a feeling I will soon. Lint is my other issue. I wear a lot of sweaters so of course my hair is going to get lint in it. Am I supposed to wear it up every single day? (too heavy). Stop wearing sweaters? I do wear blazers sometimes but sweaters are more comfty/casual. Where I work it is always cool so I'm never without something.

Denise Black ships very quickly. I love it so far.

I'm so over the hill over VCU! I'm just trying to savor this moment. GO RAMS!

must have shampoo

I'm so glad March madness is here! It is my favorite time of year.

I haven't posted pics because I lost my camera cable. These pics are from February. I will update my photo album (year 6) with a couple more pics one day this week. These pics were taken after I washed my hair with no shampoo. I'd left my shampoo at home. All I had was Avon's Frizz-free conditioner. (I can't remember the name. It is mentioned in a post below). It's probably silly to say I think it had a good effect...but I think my hair was less frizzy right after I washed it. I'm going to try it again.



I will never wash my hair with no shampoo again! It did not get my dreads clean. I wash my hair with only water for 15+ minutes. Never again.



What did I say about not having frizz? LOL.

I'm going to wash my hair this Sunday. I don't know if I'm going to do maintenance. I definitely need it.

The joke is on....

I decided to end my year 5 photo album with my funky take on a french roll. In my last post, I mentioned I might wear it to work. Well I did, and people laughed. So I think they got the joke. Nah, they didn't. ;)





It doesn't take long for my hair to look dry and dull. I'm not using anything on my hair (besides shampoo) so I should expect this.

I know -contrary to what my coworkers think- that this look wasn't a good look. However, it felt good to put my hair up like that without any pins or tie-ups. It was my first style! LOL. I loved having "big hair" in the front. Long before I had dreads I've wanted big hair. From the photos the big hair isn't unapparent. Trust me it was big. I got called a character from The Jetsons.

ha. ha. ha.

My dreads are 5 years old! I will start album 6 when I come up with another horrible style.

Dreadlocks for 5 years

It will be officially 5 years on January 14. Of course it doesn't seem like 5 years. People get dreads for different reasons. When I first saw dreads, I knew I wanted them. I thought they were beautiful. When I know what I want, I get it. :) I'm glad I made the decision to get dreads despite any possible repercussions. One day I saw a person combing her hair and I thought, "Wow, I miss that...sometimes". But I know having straight or just plain natural hair wasn't for me.

I don't know what the future holds. I may cut my dreads if I get too sick of the length. Or I may start over. Or I may go plain natural...if I ever learn to style it. That is one of my goals. I've never learned how to style hair. If I knew how to style "regular" hair, I could probably style my dreads easier. But styling hair has never been my thing. One thing that makes my hair hard to style is the weight and thickness of my hair. I guess I should look into bobby pins. I'm so clueless!

I haven't posted much because I haven't been taking many pictures. I finally uploaded the last of my year 5 pictures. I will be starting a year 6 album soon.



I am not doing a good job of taking care of my hair. Obviously. It is so dry even after I wash it or spritz it with water. The above pic was taken before I washed my hair yesterday. My hair is always frizzy. I just have to accept that...but it could be better if I did something with my scalp. And I need to use conditioner.



This pic was taken after I washed and palm rolled SOME of my locks. Still not looking great. :/ I use Suave Clarifying Shampoo. I love it. I usually use Suave conditioner too but I'm going to try Advance Techniques Frizz Control Lotus Shield Conditioner from Avon next time I wash my hair. I know some women with dyed dreads use Advance Techniques on their color treated dreads. I'll do a review on the product once I use it.



Decent looking scalp. I don't even know why I bother palm rolling the new growth, it does not last.



LOL! This "style" looked good from the front. Too bad it looks like crap from the back. I went out with this today to have a laugh. I'm going to try it again for work. hah. My goal this year is to learn at least 1 style I could wear to an interview. With my frizz, this seems impossible! I'm fine day to day. I haven't been to a salon since September. Most days I wear it in a high ponytail and I tie my own hair around it (to hold it). Unfortunately the frizz still shows so that isn't good enough.

Happy New Year everyone! I will try to update this blog more.