The Dready Meet & Greet Post!

Merhaba. I'm new here- live in Ankara and I'm a Mom to four kiddos. My dreads are a week and one day. I begged pleaded and lied to my friends to get them over and make them backcomb my hair for hours and hours last Saturday. I was afraid they were all falling out after I washed them with ACV but now they're tightening up and look nearly like actual dreads. (As opposed to last week when I walked around looking like a mess without purpose each day). Now it's clearly an intentional mess!

 

acv is very conditioning..u should only use it when your hairs very dry
but welcome

 

Hi all....I have been going natural for lets see, 4 days. I am wanting to go natural with my dreads. See what my hair does when it's free. The feeling of not doing anything with it is awesome.

 

awesome post some pics i know its only 4 days in but post some anyway and more every several weeks

 

hi, i got my dreads about two weeks ago... i used to have some natural ones but they got conditioned out before their first birthday... so i have done them again as i have a good job where dreadies are no problem! here are some pics of them new if i can get this thing to work right.. i joined this forum because it seems to be the most diverse and informative among the rest!

before:
http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/wakeupdreamer_2006/?action=view&current=DSC00685.jpg


one day old:

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/wakeupdreamer_2006/?action=view&current=DSC00746.jpg


http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/wakeupdreamer_2006/?action=view&current=DSC00747.jpg


one week old and up:

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/wakeupdreamer_2006/?action=view&current=DSC00828.jpg

 

whisky if u had natureal why wulkd u go any other way this time?
lookin good tho so what did u do to start em?
canbt really tell from 1st pic but u didnt use wax did u? 1st pic a;most sorta looks kike it but maybe just the pic

 

i had started with wax, but the read about it and realized wax wasn't going to help, just hurt... i've been using an aloe/lemon combo... i really don't want candles inside my hair in a year!

i backcombed them to speed up the process, because i work for the postal service as a transitional employee that has to rehire every 6 mo.

 

ok if u used wax look through the wax remocal thread it was combined with the deep cleanse threasd so u will have to read a few pages to get to the wax removal part ..but id do a good wax removal even if u think most is gone already
youd be amqzed atyt how hard it is to get out.. so im bettin u still got some deep in there

but ya lkook like theyre commin along beautifuly ;

 

thanks, i was looking at that post...
i have to go grab some stuff for it today, but i definitely want to get that wax outta there.



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cool cool
tye orange oil is the most potent ingredient but not sure if u can do without the very hot water or not
just be carefil dont burn yourself
and when its good n clean lets see some fresh pics

 

hey everyone, im Jimmy...had my dreads for 10 months now and i did them myself by back-combing.
i made the mistake of using wax at first though but thanks to
soaringeagle i found out the damage that shit causes, now im letting them grow natural



just took that now...the pink happened at a party last week haha
theres quite a lot of loose hair too but that'll sort itself out
thanks again to soaringeagle....you really saved my dreads :cheers2:

 

have u dont the dewaxing?
i know itshard toi get rid of but looks like ya still might have alittle? but somertoimes flashes make it look like that i dunno
other then that they lkook good

 

all the wax is out, iv been using the deep clense method and its great
it might have looked like that because i just had a shower and my hair was wet
i'll find a pic of when i first had my dreads

 

thats what they looked like the day after i backcombed them, i only half-assed backcombed them too lol

 

shrunk up a good bit huh

 

yeah the 2 at the front are only around half the size they used to be but thats because i had problems with them and the wax

 

hey there!
here's me, last year's july, before going to obligatory military duty and having my dreads cut off. I miss them. though I'm still keeping them and planning to get them back soon ^^

shine on

 

those dreads are sweet dudeeeeeee
how'd you get yours?

 

a friend did my hair last year, beginning of summer. no wax DEFINITELY! good thing he was knowledgeable in this definitely-never-no-wax thing.

just two months later I had to cut them, but I keep them in a bag; hoping I'll get them back I also have some very long hair tied nicely (from the previous haircut I had) my friend promised he'll also add them. so one day I can come back with more than double-this length dreads, who knows

by the way, anybody has any comment on how should I store the dreads and hair I keep? nothing bad happened to them in many years but still..

shine on!

 

hi am new to this forum and man! there so much to read here...just watn to share some of my stories and get some help too thanks! hope to be friend with you all!