I planned on keeping my dreads throughout my Mexico trip, however plans change. My first night at CHE was the end, as I was unsuccessful in dodging water balloons. At first, the water rolled off my hair, but then it started coming apart. I have to say, it was well worth it. :)
I didn’t bring hair supplies, so I had to buy some at the Soriana. I bought what I believed to be my regular Pantene products, or at least the containers were the same color. I washed my hair twice and conditioned three times and still had a very hard time getting them out. I thought Steve was going to kill me. That’s the first time I ever saw that look on his face… a look of panic mixed with extreme anger.
Okay, so I lost a little bit of hair. The hairball was the size of a really large rat or a small dog. ;)
Anya decided she wanted dreads, so Steve did her’s with Gorilla Snot hair gel. They look great!!!!!
So will I do this again? Probably not. It was fun, but my hair is already somewhat nappy and the dreads become more permanent the longer I have them. What will I try next???
Darn! I didn’t get to see them! Why did so much hair fall out when you washed it?
Probably because I have nappy hair that liked the dreads. LOL I also left them in a long time and didn’t have the products in Mexico to get them out. I should have used more conditioner. I was well reprimanded by Steve… Ha!
I LOVE this!!! I’ve only had locs for just shy of 2yrs and I’ve questioned thoorghuut this beautifully wonderful journey whether I’d chop em or comb them out. I’ve gone months before of not retwisting and I’ve loved my frolocs. I would run my fingers through my new growth and just miss my 4a hair, miss my fro, even miss the occasional Dominican blow out. So I couldn’t go too long without a twist. I can’t wait, as u stated, to get long beautiful locs. I even dream of having all silver locs (my hair is seriously graying at my crown). But I don’t knock the possibility of reliving my product junkie days and curly or straight or poofy hair days in the future. I promised myself that I will commit to and stand by my locs for at least 5 yrs b4 I make that decision. Thanks so much for sharing your story.