Yes, I wash my hair. How, you may ask? Exactly like you do. Wet. Shampoo. (Sometimes condish). Lather. Rinse. Dry. Style.
How do I get it to be “like that”? Every 4 to 6 weeks I go to a hair salon in Hong Kong where a stylist (a Vietnamese girl who grew up in Toronto, no less!) takes a carpet hook to my hair and “latches” (basically knots) the new growth I have at the root. My head is a bit sore after, but my hair is oh so fresh and clean and you can see the parts and it looks fabulous, so yes, in this case, the beauty is worth the minimal pain.
How do I get it to be “like that”(Part two)? I style my hair by doing a plethora of things to it. Sometimes I’ll throw in some bantu knots (Liebling refers to them as “balls” LOL). Other days I’ll do a couple of French braids. Still, on other days I’ll do some flat twists. On lazy days (of which there have been a number, lately) I’ll put my hair in two pig tails. Yes, I know my hair looks different on a day to day basis. That’s the way I like it.
No, I am not a rasta, and don’t know that much about Rastafarianism so if you wanna know more about it, get thee onto Wikipedia and stop bothering me. As one reggae song says, and I quote, “You don’t have fi dread to be rasta”, and conversely, the reverse is true. I’m a pure “fashion” dread, and my choice in hair is more reflective of my personal style than of any lofty, high-falutin’ belief or a value system (though, I believe that there shouldn’t be a stigma against people of the African diaspora who choose to wear their hair in its natural state/chemically untreated).
Yup, if I don’t want dreadlocks any more I have to shave off my dreads and start over (though some people with locks have a looser texture which allows them to pick out their dreads instead of just cutting them off). Don’t gasp, I’ve shaved my head before (when I first did away with the relaxer), it’s really not that big of a deal.
Yes, I do indeed have dreadlocks. Not twists. Not braids. I have about 110 on my head (combined down from about 150) which is why it probably looks different from your friend/acquaintance/Bob Marley lookalike in the street who only has about 6 dreadlocks on his head. Dreads can come in different sizes (thick, thin, medium, gargantuan). It’s really about the look you’d like to achieve.
No, dreadlocks don’t “hurt”. The hair that grows out of your head is dead already. My head is sore from styling and re-tightening the locks, but not because of the locks themselves.
I think that about sums up the most common questions I get about my hair (I seem to get them on at least a weekly basis). I’m really happy with my hair thus far and this hairstyle is one of the easiest to maintain that I’ve ever had. Thanks to all of you random people in the street for the compliments- but before you ask, no, you cannot touch my hair. Okthanksbye.
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Hair is awesome! Nuff said. 😉
haha, sounds like we meet the same kinds of people in Asia, breathe my dear, cute hair
Your hair is great. Uhm, people ask to touch my bloody hair also and I live in the GTA! 🙂
LOL this is great!!! Its funny b/c I just did my first BC 3 months ago (after about 20 years of having a relaxer), shaved my head bald. And I cannot tell you how many random people just come up and rub my head. Drives. Me. Nuts. Le sigh…
I love you hair 🙂 I've always wanted locks but I'm no quite ready for the commitment…so I'll stick with twist for now. It is strange that people think it's ok to touch our hair. My favorite question was when the Korean teachers at my school asked me if I used a machine to twist my hair
Hehe, I get people touching my hair too, but it's usually my students or friends. I don't mind though. There aren't many blacks here (there are about 4 of us females, and of those even fewer sporting natural hair), so I figure they don't get to see my hair texture everyday. Plus, all the comments I've received from them have been positive.
Yikes! Having people touching you out of the blue must be really annoying. I wish I could say I'm not guilty of that, he he, but I did it to a girl back in college. She was White, but she had dreads and I had never seen dreads in real life before, so I grabbed one and squeezed it like a little kid. Then she growled "please do not touch my hair", and I remembered I was 20 y/o, not 2 :).
@viajera- your hair is awesome!
@kimvan, rhonalala and kourt- thanks for the compliments! i don't mind people being curious but i'm not a specimen in a zoo! i feel like (especially when i'm abroad) people permit themselves to touch me without asking and make ridiculous comments about my skin and hair… glad that they are comfortable enough with asking and want to educate themselves, but they can exercise a little more tact (and THINK a bit more) i would hope!
@stacy- good for you! congrats! when i shaved my relaxed hair off even my family members thought i was crazy. when it started to grow out in a little afro ppl were touching my hair randomly all the time!
@kourt- what! a machine?! too hilarious!!
@aritul- i have to admit that i have also gotten nothing but positive feedback about my hair, so i perhaps shouldnt complain so vehemently. but all the foolish, brazen questions really get tiring after a while. i dont want to have to explain myself, you know?
@marianne- that's so funny! but i guess it's natural human impulse to do that (regardless of age). i think i wouldn't mind about people touching my hair once in a while but it happens all the time lol…
LOL! If I could use larger font I would 'cuz I'm shittin' myself laughing…
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