Corinne's Dreadhawk Timeline (moved and updated- 2.5 years!)

[DreadHawk]

I will start off by posting the old photos of the epicness that was my mohawk. This was in June 2013 at San Francisco Pride and the last time I put up my mohawk before I dreaded it







As you can see in this photo, I do have a couple of dreads I started up already







I am growing out the sides of my hair in order to create more dreads for a thicker dreadhawk. Eventually I will shave the sides down.

My dreads kind of vary in age by a couple of weeks, but here are photos from when I considered them actually done after a friend helped me out with the back. The ones in the front are mostly TnR and the ones in the middle and in the back are all backcombed.



Day 1 (August 2, 2013)











Day 10



LOOPS!





2 weeks





1 Month

I added some color in my hair









and LOTS of loops this month









2 Months

Dyed over the bright colors for work and a friend gave me some beads to put in my hair. Also added a new baby dread to begin another row for my dreadhawk really happy with the way things are progressing



This one is my thickest and most favorite dread













So far, no maintenance, just washing and separating and the occasional palm rolling. Also using sea salt water occasionally to help them lock up a little quicker.



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Alright so my dreadhawk is now finally finished. I shaved down the sides and added another row of dreads to both sides.



About 2 months and 2 weeks and some new dreadies you'll see in these pics:







And here is a picture from a photoshoot I did with a friend. Here is a good comparison of 2 1/2 months vs. 4 years of dreadlocks:





Yes, we are adorable.





3 MONTHS!



You can just barely see my head tattoo in this one =]



Lots of progress from just a week ago, i'd say. A friend of mine recommended I start palm rolling them while they are still young. Apparently that seems to be helping them along quite nicely.



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4 months!









I feel like they have tightened up really fast...almost too quickly. If anyone has any recommendations on conditioning them since they feel really dry and I want to avoid damaging them, thanks!



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6 MONTHS! Got a little lazy at 5 months and forgot to take any pictures =P I switched to a different shampoo, now using a Nag Champa dreadlock soap bar I found online and love it. I am in the process of combining some dreads now and have not done really any sort of maintenance except for palm rolling while washing. I am loving how my set is turning out!











7 Months

Bleached the sides. Have stopped palm rolling to see if it makes any difference...and my dreads just look a hell of a lot more wild



I like to wear them up like this some times.





8 months. Still no maintenance. Dyed the sides blue!









9 MONTHS









10 MONTHS













11 Months









1 YEAR!!!

Started palm rolling every other wash to help smooth them out a bit and it seems to be helping. Also have some pictures from my 21st birthday in Vegas here too











1 year (left) vs. 8 months (right)- I did her dreads shortly after mine. She does a bit more maintenance than I do- she palm rolls hers frequently.





~~~~~aaaand 3 months later- now at 15 months of dreads. getting length!~~~~





This one is my largest dread- it is a tri-dread congo!





~~~~ 1 and 1/2 years!!!! ~~~~~~~















1 year and 9 months!













~~2 YEAR UPDATE!~~

Heyyy everybody. I'm at two years now. You'll notice one dread that is considerably longer than the others. My roommate crocheted one of this old dreads that he had for 5 years- pretty sweet extension, I will see how it holds up, I just added it a couple of days ago =]

















~~~2.5 YEAR UPDATE!~~~
Hello!  It has been awhile ;D  Here are some pictures I have taken so far since I hit the 2.5 year mark in the beginning of February.  Took a trip to Colorado to see Ween last weekend! So I have some pics from that trip.  Seems like they have gotten much longer =D






Yes, very flattering, I know.

And since it is not very noticeable in any other pics, yes the dreadhawk is still there:

[morri]

A most excellent timeline!

[DreadHawk]

It appears all of my images have broken links now? Any idea how this happened? Has anyone else experienced this?

[james]

It's easily fixed, if we figure the mistake. So host site, the largest no should look a bit like this.
An example of a direct image URL would be something like: xxi.imgur.com/tHtwFXmv.jpeg.
If you use tapatalk you can upload direct from a device.

[james]

I can't see the code but I'm sure one of the admins can fix your links tomorrow.

[wells]

this is a wicked awesome mess. thumbsup

[Deleted]

Looks like you have had the most fun during this hair adventure. Mine are only 2 weeks old and I'm still easing into the craziness. I love all the colors, especially the rainbow. My 8 yr old daughter has made me promise her rainbow hair since she was 2. I agreed to at 14. When she was 2 that was forever away and now she's 8 and hasn't let me forget. But I know that's the exact rainbow she has in mind! Beautiful, exciting adventure! DreadHawk,

[Deleted]

You're adorable!

Cool!

I had to look through again because there are so many pics here, but that is good!! I'm sure I'll be back as I haven't gotten that far in my journey. It's really nice to see the progression.



mohawk is impressive. so...did you style that every morning??? (haha, clearly I've never had a mohawk!) I was thinking, "how does she sleep like that!?"

[DreadHawk]

Thank you all for the comments! @vacantalleyways, no I did not style that daily....do not have the patience for that. Take a LOT of time haha. I would only do it occasionally for special events and what not and had help from my boyfriend he still misses the mohawk but hell, this dreadhawk is wayyy less maintenance and I like it much much more ;D