another trip to salon

More new pics here

I'm trying to go every 8 weeks (with FREE spray washes in between). But somehow it ends up being 6 or 7 weeks which moneywise may as well be every 4 weeks. Anyhow, does spray shampoo really work with natural hair? I don't know a lot of people that use it so I'm a little weary. The salon is 3-4 minutes (driving) from my house so I don't mind going there to get it sprayed after work. I need to look into this spray shampoo thing, it is becoming big for all hair types. (meaning: naturally straight hair)

Get this: I just went to the salon yesterday. And due to all the rain, I haven't been able to cut my grass until today. It's 85 degrees! Of course I'm going to sweat. Yeah I know 85 degrees is nothing (where I live anyway). I have more lawn work to do this weekend. It is supposed to feel like 100 degrees. blah.

Twitter is messing with my brain. I don't tweet that much...maybe 5 times a week but I keep wanting to spell THE like DA. annoying. I need 160 characters.

Dear Anonymous

Anonymous said...

why don't you just free form?

Dear Anonymous

This is a complicated question. There are so many reasons. Some might seem like excuses. I do see beautiful photos of people with free forming dreads. Their dreads look nothing like mine. Unless they have some secret, this is due to hair type. I envy the people who can free form and just put their hair in a ponytail or wear it loose.

1. My hair does not dread quickly. And it grows quickly. So those two things make a make bad free forming combo. If I did nothing to my hair, it would look like a small afro on my head. My hair type just doesn't do the natural dread thing.

2. I live in a conservative area. People do comment. If I were my own ideal person other people's opinions wouldn't make a difference but it does. The conservative people are the people who can hire and fire people....

3. I am worried about my roots. I never did a lot of maintenance. In year one I would do maintenance once a month. Now I do it whenever I feel like it which is once every 3 months or so. No matter what I do, some of my roots are still thin. About 3 dreads have fallen out. I'm pretty sure 2 more are on their way. That's one reason I want to go to a salon. I want to ask, "why are my roots thinning?"

4. I don't like having to wear a hat or scarf to hide my new growth. When I'm just going out, it's fine but @ work I like to cover it.

I'm sure there are more reasons. #1 is the most important reason. Why doesn't my hair look semi-neat if I just watch and go like the others? *whine* I would love to free form but it doesn't seem to work, if you know what I mean.