Patients for all different kinds of reasons, but patients none the less. Well as I sit here writing this I wait.... patiently for my turn to dread up. And I have to wait, first and foremost is a promise. Secondly, what I realized in the shower yesterday was I didn't know how I wanted my journey into locks begin. How to lock up is the main question on my mind. I'm not sure I wanna lock up like my wife did. Backcombing and crochet needle. That was her journey and I feel as though if I started like she did it would somehow take something away from her amazing journey. Or that I was just following her because I already know it to be "safe" way to dread. "Safe" as in I know it works, have seen the prof. There are two ways I would like to lock up. First is the twist and rip method. Where you grab some hair, twist it up, separate the top at any point and rip, ie: grab the two pieces and pull it apart. Don't let go and twist back up and rip again. Doing this until a dread forms. The second way is to let them form by them self by washing my hair like I do ( I use Dr. Bronners soap) then rinse with a combo of apple cider vinegar and essential oils. (my fav is a mix of orange and ceaderwood :-) ) but cut out the oil and add baking soda to help dry up my hair. And don't comb. Well lets be honest I don't brush anyways! :-)
You know what I just realized. Even though I'm not dreaded up yet, my journey has already started. It stared the second I decided to do it. I am still waiting and still deciding how to do it once I do, but its all apart of the journey in my book :-) See they are already teaching me.....
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