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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:26:48 GMT
Orion is 3, and I always respected my children's bodily autonomy in picking their own hairstyle. He started resisting having his curly hair brushed, so I had to ask him what he would like to do, rather than wait for him to ask me for a haircut etc.
he didn't want to have it cut or have it brushed every day - so I found a picture of a beautiful child with similar hair in locs and showed him. He chose that and he has adored them from the day I installed them. 😊
I read everything I could find - lots from the Facebook page for dreadlock truth, and a bunch of vids.
I sectioned according to the way his hair naturally falls, and used twist and rip to start, with a bit of backcombing and palm Rolling.
Crochet looks brutal so I didn't want to do that with him, and after a while I did some needle and loops to bring in strays.
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:44:12 GMT
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:47:02 GMT
 When they were still quite new. The front kept falling out, so I put some lackies in it seeing as that is what naturally set off some locking. |
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:49:00 GMT
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:52:06 GMT
  I had to go away for work, and I hadn't talked my brother through what We were doing with his hair, and he bathed him, shampooed and conditioned and ran a brush sort of over the top. He'd already started shampooing and then conditioning when he realised they might be deliberate locs. It undid a lot of the root tightening that had started unfortunately. No worries though!! (Totally not my bro's fault. He was just trying to do the right thing - his daughters hair knots so easily, he just thought this was the same but curly.) |
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:53:22 GMT
  He stopped napping, so I couldn't do much maintenance. I decided on lackies again for root tightening and helping the front establish. |
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 5:58:04 GMT
  Tightening up nicely with beach salt! This is 10 months. |
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 27, 2016 6:00:08 GMT
 He got nits!!!! I had to use the nit stuff that has the egg killer stuff plus some oils. I nought it would loosen them and make them fluffier. I also shampooed to make sure all the nit stuff was off his scalp - but it seems to have helped them!!! They look neater, the fluff has all flattened down a bit, and they seem longer!!! 11 months! |
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jxbx
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The easiest way to dread is to let it go. The hardest way to dread is to let it go.
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Post by jxbx on Nov 27, 2016 11:36:05 GMT
I admire your patience!! They are soooo crazy!!! I love 'em!!!
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Post by cocodeleche on Nov 27, 2016 20:26:43 GMT
So beautiful to see a parent allowing their child to embrace something so "different". What a wild little boy, indeed. He is precious and I can't wait to see his progress!
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Post by emmyelflocks on Nov 29, 2016 13:02:16 GMT
😊❤️️ thanks guys! They drive me nuts at times with the fluffiness, but he dislikes having much maintenance done - except going to the beach! Lol
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purpledaze
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55 baby dreads
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Post by purpledaze on Dec 20, 2016 15:23:42 GMT
He's so cute! They look great  |
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Post by emmyelflocks on Jan 6, 2017 17:51:41 GMT
   Well, I think we're somewhere around the first birthday of my Wild Boy's elflocks!!! He still loves them to bits, and has begun refusing to wear them tied up. Santa brought temporary bright hair colours for the three children, his is orange, but he doesn't want to colour his locs, he loves them as they are. ❤️ |
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Post by emmyelflocks on Jan 6, 2017 17:56:29 GMT
 This day his hair was all sweaty, I didn't think it would show up on camera but it looks so rad!!! |
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Post by gingerdreadman on Jan 6, 2017 18:51:39 GMT
What a rad kid!
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