One million miles away...

My dreads have grown a lot within these seven months, which is really not that weird because everyone's hair grows so much per month. They are officially at that teenager stage, and damn is it weird. That is what makes them a pain in the arse. I swear each dread has tightened up at a different pace, so my hair comes in all different lengths, so it's nearly impossible to get it up in a ponytail right now. I could, but it doesn't look decent, so I'm keeping my locs down. Once they reach a year I'm planning on adding color to them and maybe adding in some permanent dread extenders...they'll have more length, and I won't have to wait for them to grow, which means professional looking bun type hairstyles. I haven't figured out the color just yet, maybe a dark red or blond tips, which would look awesome. But the all over red may be the color that I settle for in the end. I don't want to take an extreme route such as fire engine red or purple, although I'd love to...maybe even add in some pink, but at this point it's really not my choice unless I end up with a badass job working from home....and I doubt that will happen. I've been told that I could have added color when they were just five months along, but I didn't feel that they were tight enough. Now it's seven months, and I know they are tight enough, but I still feel that it is too early. I can see me getting tired of the dreads in a years worth of time, so the hair dye and extenders will be a way for me to renew my style. Anyway, after my washing my locs today my sister said, "Um, it's time for maintanence." It's clear to see that she only likes the super manicured dreadlocks, personally I wasn't trying to take the professional dreadlock route, that can get pretty expensive. And when people originally had dreadlocks, trust me, they weren't manicured. I wash them every 2-3 days, palmroll, tighten the roots, add moisturizer and rip them apart if they begin to grow together. I wanted to keep them as free of hair products as possible, no wax, gel or pomade, just light natural oils every now and then. As far as I'm concerned, they look delicious!