The Big Cut

I was bored so I decided to cut off my dreads:

I washed my hair (dreads) a week ago but you can't tell from that picture.

Where are my locks?

In a grocery bag. Ha.

How long before I decide to get dreads again? Countdown starts....NOW. More pics later. I twisted my hair because I had no idea what else to do with it. I need to wash it and then, I don't know.

last pics of year six

I've updated my Year Six album with recent pics. I haven't done any maintenance on my hair since June 2011. All I do is wash and dry.

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).

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.

fun pics for you

.....because I'm not going to the salon for the next few months. LOL. Pics like this will appear:



My hair needs washing bad but I have so much to do and it's getting cold so my hair will take forever to dry. blah. blah. I will learn how to style my dreads somehow.

I updated my photo album with hair pics from the beach a couple of weeks ago.

Year 5

My loc-aversary isn't until Jan 16 but I'm 'celebrating' now. Year 5! I started a new hair photo album @ webshots. Uploaded a bunch of pics.



I went to the salon 3 days ago to get full maintenance. I'm going to try to go at least 6 times in 2010. It isn't cheap because I 'have so much hair'. (<-- heard that my whole life - lol & that is one reason I stopped going to salons). Anyhow I had an awesome NYE and New Year's Day.

...except for a trip to Bebe. I have the need to warn everyone about going there. They would not take 'just looking' for an answer. I even got 5 items pulled for me. (ummm, thanks??) I caved under pressure and spent way too much. Oh well, I did post a pic of the Bebe dress (and other new stuff) in my thrift section (lol) b/c I won't be going to a thrift store or any clothing store anytime soon.

Have a wonderful 2010!

ponytail

This is the longest I've gone without having my dreads twisted since I've started going back to the salon I've had my hair washed. That's it.



Going on 3 months with no maintenance. I'm trying to get it done before New Year's.....

Dream big

Vick mania here. However many people are "for" Vick returning to the NFL, add 10-20% around here. I call it 'loyalty despite what he did' other people call it 'ignorant'. Anyway.....

I haven't had my hair retwisted in 5 weeks. That seems soooo long since I started going to the salon. Today I got my hair sprayed (still don't know what that is). Like my do? Too bad I have no idea how to keep this neat. I'm just glad that it will be like this on Saturday.

I'm selling Avon for 6-8 hours on Saturday. Feel free to stop by! I hope to make at least $600 and pick up some new customers. Hey, I got to dream BIG.

I gotta dream big (dream big)
cuz when it happen its gon' happen real quick
(yes i feel it, i gotta)
I gotta move fast
cuz when it happen i cant let it move past
(only get one chance)

-Jazmine Sullivan