Kells' Timeline 1.5 and then some.. years!
Apr 9, 2016 13:44:16 GMT
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Post by kells on Apr 9, 2016 13:44:16 GMT
DT TIMELINE
I felt that I should finally make a timeline more for me to keep track of my own progress instead of 'oh they look... Better?' And have a definitive look at them. My first dread was put in a while ago, over a year now. I'm kinda sad because I can't remember which one poor Ned is. But my old guys are always a source of hope, because they're wonderful dreads! They're nice, round, tight beauties
:hrt: I love them so much! I call them the band of brotherly old men.
All of my dreads are backcombed. I did a large majority of them, and my (mostly) wonderful boyfriend helped me with the ones I couldn't manage myself. They're mostly actually dreads now, with only a few still fluffy.
SPEAKING OF FLUFFY oh my dearest lord my head has so much loose hair. I'm just hoping for some length soon so I can weigh all the fluff down! If anyone knows how to handle so much loose hair is be so happy to know how to deal with it all! But i assume it'll go away with time, so I'm not terribly worried :goodvibes: I guess I should get on with it and post some pictures.
Heres what my hair looked like before I dreaded
A few years ago, when my hair used to be crazy curly *sighs* those were the good hair days....
And this is one of my senior pictures. You can see that (along with the oily hair) all the curls have fallen out. So sad :/ I still love this picture of me though :3 kinda wanted to show it off. My friend, and amazing photographer, Paul took all of my senior pictures and did a fabulous job.
5 MONTH DREADLINGS!
These are after 5 months in, I dont know why I dont have any from before this.
More to come! Probably later tonight.
THE NEXT DAY
I dyed my hair last night. Standard black nothing fancy.
Straight derpin.
These are the usual phenotype of most of my dreads. I'm thinking of combining some of them because they're just so damn skinny. The dreads on top really annoy me because they are super fat at the ends and then get really really skinny and they just look derpy. :oops:
You can see some spots i missed, it's hard to get everything all by yourself. I'm kinda wishing I went the TnR route and I'm really trying to convince myself to ride it out and not cut all my hair off. It's definitely a 'bad hair day' mentality today... I just don't feel like they are where they should be...
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SIX MONTHS!
Time has come and gone pretty fast. My dreads have really rounded out and some of the paddles are gone! As soon as I get some bleach and dye I'm going to definitely put in some leaves in my branches! So I'll stop talking and put up some pictures! For reference, the green wrap in front of my face is on the left side.
This is how my dreads look from the front
Left side
Right side
The back
A look through the right side
And through the left
And the mandatory crazy dread picture
Looks like a bird is on my head XD I think theyre looking pretty good, and it kinda looks like I got a tiny bit of length!
Im seriously pining for some length, just so I can get out of this 80's hair metal kinda stage..
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SEVEN MONTHS!
(well, two days shy but I really don't think much is going to change in two days..)
SO as some of you might notice, I bleached and dyed some of my ends! I really like them and they do make me feel more like a tree :3 I havent gotten around to all of the ones I bleached though, mainly because I'm super lazy... They look almost ready for a re-dye, when I first dyed them they turned out yellow, and when I threw the blue over them I didnt leave it on them for very long. So yeah. Ive been feeling really shitty about them lately, they've just been lookin a mess and all recently and its started to really get on my nerves. Looking at these pictures though, they look actually really good, or at least better than I thought they did. I think Im getting some more stuff going on. Ive been slowly adding more little dreadlings in. I keep finding chunks of hair that arent dreaded that I've been TnRing. Also I have magic congos popping up all over the place, so my dread count has definitely gone down. I have been wanting a bit thicker locks though, so the congos are all good! ENOUGH TALK! Pictures!
Left side!
Back! You can see the dreads I missed dying lol..
Right side
Top! For some reason it looks like I have a huuuuuge chunk of undreaded hair there and I have no idea what that's about...
And this pic...
So yeah. Im thinking of starting to keep track of length, like take a ruler and measure every month how much theyve grown. It'd be interesting. Im also thinking of cutting off all the ends and brishing out the tips a little. Blunted ends (well, semi-blunted in my case) just arent my thing. But Im waiting for some more length for that, first. GROW HAIR, PLEASE!!
Well that's all for this month, probably. More to come!
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MONTH 8!
So 8 months down. Ive actually been able to see some decent change this month! My hair has calmed down a lot and I'm pretty sure I'm starting to gain a little length! I also discovered that palmrolling actually works for me, so a lot of my paddle ends are worked out! I'm really happy about that, you can't even imagine. Its not so much that I didn't like the paddle ends (which to be honest, i didn't really) but it was the shape they were making my hair! It looked like I had a rectangle for a head! I just hated it and always hid under a bandana. Now I go out a lot more without the bandana and like it that way!
so happy. SO lets get to some pictures alright already!
From the front. Love this picture of me and the mane my dreads give me!
Right side!
Left side! I'm planning on throwin some more green ends in, and I'm also up for a redye, which I'll most likely do today or this weekend...
Back! Im still iffy on the back, it just kinda looks meh, but oh well
Top! You can see how chunky my dreads are getting :3 Im happy because I was really not liking how thin they were at the top.
Through the left
And through the right!Still super squiggly lol
That's all for now, folks! Really looking forward to the rest of this journey, I've already come a super far way in the three months I've been keeping this timeline up! Looking forward to the summer and that one year mark! Come on dreads, grow!
Stay dready, y'all! :dreads:
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:party: ONE YEAR!! :dizzy:
SO apparently I didnt update over the whole summer! I dont really have much to say this go around, so I guess ill just get into it! XD
The front! My two oldest dreads have gotten SO LONG! The one with the red wrap, Ned, is 10 INCHES LONG! And the other one with the green bead (Ted) is 9 INCHES! AAHH SO LONG!
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Right side!
Left side! (I like this view best lol)
Back! Still looks a little squirrelly, but Im anticipating some length soon, so Im not too worried!
Top! LOOK at that color difference! Im sure it's from a mix of sun and from when I dyed my hair in month 5. Permanent dyes always bleach your hair a little before dying it.
And just to really hammer it home, here's the definitive side by side comparisons!
So I'm obviously up for a redye, which I'm going to do tonight. Hello purples and blues! I'm looking forward to it! I probably wont do monthly updates anymore since I'm probably not going to be doing much other than gaining length. If I end up doing anything crazy I'll definitely update though! Here's to many more months! Whoo!
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One year one month mini upddate
Arne got a pretty good picture of my hair when we were at the park today. I love this picture and I looooooove my hammock!
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One Year, Three months!
So Ive been finally dealing with the literal shit-ton of loose hair that I have by washing a lot more frequently with a salt-based shampoo and doing salt spray with some towel rubbing! Most of the actual sections of loose hair are forming dreads. Still haven't redyed the ends.. Debating something new with them but no idea what as of yet.. Trying to think of something to do to maybe spruce them up for the holidays.... Also, apparently on December 1st, two years ago I put in my first dread, Ned! Looking forward for the rest of my dreadies to catch up! Anyway, pictures!
LOOK HOW LONG AND LUSCIOUS THEY'VE GOTTEN OH ME OH MY
erm, yes, I guess I've finally turned into a tree..
And now I'm a sloth? Jeez, I really got to pick a kindgom and stick with it...
Fo realz tho, here are some actual pictures lol
DAAAANNNG I didnt think they grew THIS much!
Anyway, thats it for this go! I'll probably only start updating every three or so months, unless I do something big! Thanks!
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Just over a year and a half!
OOOkkkay so I haven't really taken any good pictures of the dreads lately and so I'll just do a quick little update since my dreads are over a year and a half now. My two oldest dreads are so frickin long they're starting to get annoying. Ill try and take some nice outside pictures soon and do a nice update.
Also, yeah, I dyed my dreads red. And then red to purple. But the purple faded REALLY fast. Might go all purple or blue or something eventually.
And just to punctuate how much longer Ned and Ted are..
Ned, the one with the green bead and red wrap, from scalp to end of dread body (so not including the whispy bit at the end) is OVER A FRICKIN FOOT LONG! 12.5 inches! dang... Ted, the one with the swirly snake bead is just over 11 inches long. dang.
Anyway, that's my update for now. The next one will probably be when I can get all my dreads into a ponytail. They're almost all there! Some are just so short! Anyway, see yall around
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SO long time no see! Its been TWO YEARS! Well, over two years now but these pictures were taken at exactly 2 years.
Here's a front view. I cut off all the little whispy bits and I've been combining a lot of dreads, too.
The right side. Lol you can see my little puppy in the background XD
The baaaacckk Ned and Ted are SOOOOOOOO much longer than all my other dreads!
Aaand left side.
I'm pretty over trying to keep up with fading dye and I think once they get a bit longer I'm going to cut off the blunt ends and brush out the tips a bit. Thanks for looking at my hairs!
I felt that I should finally make a timeline more for me to keep track of my own progress instead of 'oh they look... Better?' And have a definitive look at them. My first dread was put in a while ago, over a year now. I'm kinda sad because I can't remember which one poor Ned is. But my old guys are always a source of hope, because they're wonderful dreads! They're nice, round, tight beauties
:hrt: I love them so much! I call them the band of brotherly old men.All of my dreads are backcombed. I did a large majority of them, and my (mostly) wonderful boyfriend helped me with the ones I couldn't manage myself. They're mostly actually dreads now, with only a few still fluffy.
SPEAKING OF FLUFFY oh my dearest lord my head has so much loose hair. I'm just hoping for some length soon so I can weigh all the fluff down! If anyone knows how to handle so much loose hair is be so happy to know how to deal with it all! But i assume it'll go away with time, so I'm not terribly worried :goodvibes: I guess I should get on with it and post some pictures.
Heres what my hair looked like before I dreaded
A few years ago, when my hair used to be crazy curly *sighs* those were the good hair days....
And this is one of my senior pictures. You can see that (along with the oily hair) all the curls have fallen out. So sad :/ I still love this picture of me though :3 kinda wanted to show it off. My friend, and amazing photographer, Paul took all of my senior pictures and did a fabulous job.
5 MONTH DREADLINGS!
These are after 5 months in, I dont know why I dont have any from before this.
More to come! Probably later tonight.
THE NEXT DAY
I dyed my hair last night. Standard black nothing fancy.
Straight derpin.
These are the usual phenotype of most of my dreads. I'm thinking of combining some of them because they're just so damn skinny. The dreads on top really annoy me because they are super fat at the ends and then get really really skinny and they just look derpy. :oops:
You can see some spots i missed, it's hard to get everything all by yourself. I'm kinda wishing I went the TnR route and I'm really trying to convince myself to ride it out and not cut all my hair off. It's definitely a 'bad hair day' mentality today... I just don't feel like they are where they should be...
------------------------------------------
SIX MONTHS!
Time has come and gone pretty fast. My dreads have really rounded out and some of the paddles are gone! As soon as I get some bleach and dye I'm going to definitely put in some leaves in my branches! So I'll stop talking and put up some pictures! For reference, the green wrap in front of my face is on the left side.
This is how my dreads look from the front
Left side
Right side
The back
A look through the right side
And through the left
And the mandatory crazy dread picture
Looks like a bird is on my head XD I think theyre looking pretty good, and it kinda looks like I got a tiny bit of length!
Im seriously pining for some length, just so I can get out of this 80's hair metal kinda stage..
------------------------------------------
SEVEN MONTHS!
(well, two days shy but I really don't think much is going to change in two days..)
SO as some of you might notice, I bleached and dyed some of my ends! I really like them and they do make me feel more like a tree :3 I havent gotten around to all of the ones I bleached though, mainly because I'm super lazy... They look almost ready for a re-dye, when I first dyed them they turned out yellow, and when I threw the blue over them I didnt leave it on them for very long. So yeah. Ive been feeling really shitty about them lately, they've just been lookin a mess and all recently and its started to really get on my nerves. Looking at these pictures though, they look actually really good, or at least better than I thought they did. I think Im getting some more stuff going on. Ive been slowly adding more little dreadlings in. I keep finding chunks of hair that arent dreaded that I've been TnRing. Also I have magic congos popping up all over the place, so my dread count has definitely gone down. I have been wanting a bit thicker locks though, so the congos are all good! ENOUGH TALK! Pictures!
Left side!
Back! You can see the dreads I missed dying lol..
Right side
Top! For some reason it looks like I have a huuuuuge chunk of undreaded hair there and I have no idea what that's about...
And this pic...
So yeah. Im thinking of starting to keep track of length, like take a ruler and measure every month how much theyve grown. It'd be interesting. Im also thinking of cutting off all the ends and brishing out the tips a little. Blunted ends (well, semi-blunted in my case) just arent my thing. But Im waiting for some more length for that, first. GROW HAIR, PLEASE!!
Well that's all for this month, probably. More to come!
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MONTH 8!
So 8 months down. Ive actually been able to see some decent change this month! My hair has calmed down a lot and I'm pretty sure I'm starting to gain a little length! I also discovered that palmrolling actually works for me, so a lot of my paddle ends are worked out! I'm really happy about that, you can't even imagine. Its not so much that I didn't like the paddle ends (which to be honest, i didn't really) but it was the shape they were making my hair! It looked like I had a rectangle for a head! I just hated it and always hid under a bandana. Now I go out a lot more without the bandana and like it that way!
so happy. SO lets get to some pictures alright already!From the front. Love this picture of me and the mane my dreads give me!
Right side!
Left side! I'm planning on throwin some more green ends in, and I'm also up for a redye, which I'll most likely do today or this weekend...
Back! Im still iffy on the back, it just kinda looks meh, but oh well
Top! You can see how chunky my dreads are getting :3 Im happy because I was really not liking how thin they were at the top.
Through the left
And through the right!Still super squiggly lol
That's all for now, folks! Really looking forward to the rest of this journey, I've already come a super far way in the three months I've been keeping this timeline up! Looking forward to the summer and that one year mark! Come on dreads, grow!
Stay dready, y'all! :dreads:
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:party: ONE YEAR!! :dizzy:
SO apparently I didnt update over the whole summer! I dont really have much to say this go around, so I guess ill just get into it! XD
The front! My two oldest dreads have gotten SO LONG! The one with the red wrap, Ned, is 10 INCHES LONG! And the other one with the green bead (Ted) is 9 INCHES! AAHH SO LONG!
[
Right side!
Left side! (I like this view best lol)
Back! Still looks a little squirrelly, but Im anticipating some length soon, so Im not too worried!
Top! LOOK at that color difference! Im sure it's from a mix of sun and from when I dyed my hair in month 5. Permanent dyes always bleach your hair a little before dying it.
And just to really hammer it home, here's the definitive side by side comparisons!
So I'm obviously up for a redye, which I'm going to do tonight. Hello purples and blues! I'm looking forward to it! I probably wont do monthly updates anymore since I'm probably not going to be doing much other than gaining length. If I end up doing anything crazy I'll definitely update though! Here's to many more months! Whoo!
------------------------------------------
One year one month mini upddate
Arne got a pretty good picture of my hair when we were at the park today. I love this picture and I looooooove my hammock!
------------------------------------------
One Year, Three months!
So Ive been finally dealing with the literal shit-ton of loose hair that I have by washing a lot more frequently with a salt-based shampoo and doing salt spray with some towel rubbing! Most of the actual sections of loose hair are forming dreads. Still haven't redyed the ends.. Debating something new with them but no idea what as of yet.. Trying to think of something to do to maybe spruce them up for the holidays.... Also, apparently on December 1st, two years ago I put in my first dread, Ned! Looking forward for the rest of my dreadies to catch up! Anyway, pictures!
LOOK HOW LONG AND LUSCIOUS THEY'VE GOTTEN OH ME OH MY
erm, yes, I guess I've finally turned into a tree..
And now I'm a sloth? Jeez, I really got to pick a kindgom and stick with it...
Fo realz tho, here are some actual pictures lol
DAAAANNNG I didnt think they grew THIS much!
Anyway, thats it for this go! I'll probably only start updating every three or so months, unless I do something big! Thanks!
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Just over a year and a half!
OOOkkkay so I haven't really taken any good pictures of the dreads lately and so I'll just do a quick little update since my dreads are over a year and a half now. My two oldest dreads are so frickin long they're starting to get annoying. Ill try and take some nice outside pictures soon and do a nice update.
Also, yeah, I dyed my dreads red. And then red to purple. But the purple faded REALLY fast. Might go all purple or blue or something eventually.
And just to punctuate how much longer Ned and Ted are..
Ned, the one with the green bead and red wrap, from scalp to end of dread body (so not including the whispy bit at the end) is OVER A FRICKIN FOOT LONG! 12.5 inches! dang... Ted, the one with the swirly snake bead is just over 11 inches long. dang.
Anyway, that's my update for now. The next one will probably be when I can get all my dreads into a ponytail. They're almost all there! Some are just so short! Anyway, see yall around
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SO long time no see! Its been TWO YEARS! Well, over two years now but these pictures were taken at exactly 2 years.
Here's a front view. I cut off all the little whispy bits and I've been combining a lot of dreads, too.
The right side. Lol you can see my little puppy in the background XD
The baaaacckk Ned and Ted are SOOOOOOOO much longer than all my other dreads!
Aaand left side.
I'm pretty over trying to keep up with fading dye and I think once they get a bit longer I'm going to cut off the blunt ends and brush out the tips a bit. Thanks for looking at my hairs!
nice to see a neglect timeline up 
