Girl you earned your locks the hard way! I'm guessing you weren't offered back brush AND crochet method, as that would have given you almost instant locks looking more mature right off the bat. You earned the right to ware that smile! Congratulations!
I just hit my one year mark 2 months ago. You are so right when you say the first year is the hardest. I too am having a tough time being patient with growth, but im just going to ride the wave. I hope my dreads look as dope as yours in 2 more year! ❤
Why did they get fatter? I’m worried if I do them that mine will be too skinny. Maybe there’s hope and I should just go for it but I need to understand the growth of them. Did you add anything to them to make them bigger?
Your locks look amazing! I watched your early videos and the transitions. I just started my "Journey". My locks/dreads are literally 3 Days old! I had butt length hair to begin with. My issue is with all the wispy ends. Some of mine are 8-10 inches long. Just the loose ends. I have a whopping 38 baby dreads as my hair is pretty thick to begin with. I am lucky enough that I can already do a Dread Bun and I feel it will be a go to style. I have a toddler and a 6 month old Grandsons that I watch during the week and no way can I wear it down. My locks were started with the back comb/crochet process and I am so looking forward to watching them mature. I did have some synthetic extensions added at my initial appointment but they were just TOO MUCH! There was so much that when I tried a Bun, it looked like I had 20 year old dreads. CRAZY! I took all of them out but 1. They were the SE and looped on at the roots, so super easy to remove and I can add them back if I want. I felt the need to get to know each of my babies and have been palm rolling all of them each night. Thank You for sharing your experiences and journey. I am so inspired by your Beautiful locks. Thank You so much. PS...I am starting this at 58 years old. It's a Bucket list kinda thing for Me. I am disabled by my health issues so no longer have to conform to a Job and work place environment. My job now is helping raise my Grandchildren, hence, PERFECT TIMING! I will look forward to future information from you and again; THANK YOU!!!
I'm so glad you still have them ❤🥺 All my favorite channels have cut their locks and it doesnt help with the compulsion comb out/cut ideas that we all get lol Your locs are looking A Mazing ! 😍
Thanks! I love them and have no plans to get rid of them anytime soon. I feel like I've put in so much time waiting for them to actually look like dreads why would I remove them? Haha.
Omg! Your dreads are gorgeous!!! I’ve been waiting for this update. My wife has had hers for one year now. This gives my wife hope! Her journey is pretty much identical to your first year. I maintain them but the feelings of shaggyness are still there. And patience is needed indeed. Thank you.
That's so great to hear that your wife has had the same experience. It can feel like something is wrong when it's messy but it's all part of the process. Just need to go through it. Wish her luck for me!
So happy to see you again, i remember starting my dread journey the same time you uploaded your first video, But after 1 year, i brushed out mine and started to freeform. I hope you upload more videos,
Thank you. Oh man, sorry to hear you brushed them out. That must've taken a long time. That first year is so hard. How are you liking the freeform process?
@@SarahThornburg im loving my freeform way better than my instant locks.. first, i think loose hairs looks much better on my freeform compared to my instant locks. the shaft is already messy, and it kinda blend with it. second, no need to pay expensive and suffer painful maintenance. though I dont have any regrets getting instant dreads as my first set of locks. Trying different options is a nice experience to remember.
@@SarahThornburg first set was a year and a half but I used wax so chopped them off then second set was 10 months and cut them for work now 3rd set 5 months I crochet them and use no products these are the ones I'm keeping till the grave ! I just cant live with out them they are a part of what makes me ..me
What an amazing journey and thanks for the video. My dreads are almost 2 months old and very frizzy now. So have a long journey ahead. Your videos are certainly motivating and keeping me calm and patient. All the best !
They look so much better now. Your beads are very pretty, I have soooooo much stuff in mine LOL: wooden beads, glass beads, my son's amber teething bracelet - basically, if it can go in my hair, it does!! I prefer yours when it's down, no headband or tie - it's an epic set
They look great!!! My 9th lockiversary is coming up in Dec. 2021. Prolly never go back to brushable hair. Love the locked life more than ever, even when messy. 😊😎
Thank you! Oh, dry scalp can be very uncomfortable. I live in a high desert climate so I can relate. It's very dry here. Are you experiencing flakes and itching? I get both from time to time but I usually increase how often I'm washing my hair and both go away. I find it depends on the time of year.
Dry skin or irritated skin can be treated very well with Birch water. Good for sale everywhere in the Netherlands, I don't know where you live? You have it in a form with and also without oil. Is very old and works great for your hair but also especially for your skin !!
Hi Sarah, They look very beautiful !! Great that you "kept it up" .... mine are also about 3 years now and it's definitely a good way to learn to be patient [good for you ... hahaha] Please keep us posted .... Greetings from the Netherlands ---
My babies are new. I had them done in may. I have extensions that originally had the loose ends but I blunted them so now they are just past my shoulders. Buns are semi impossible right now due to the lengths & thickness so I did the headband thing for the last month to hold down the new growth but I'm over it! I'm embracing the halo & just going with it. I'll probably find somewhere to go for maintenance in another month or 2.
That's so great you're embracing the halo. I wish I had the courage to do that. I get these long pieces right at the front of my hair that I think look terrible. I've considered using hair spray to hold the frizz at bay but haven't tried that yet. I think it could look ok.
@@SarahThornburg I pulled in some loops & bumps last night & I don't know how but it took down the halo a little bit🤷🏻♀️ maybe it was just from touching it so much. Embrace it! It's freeing! 🥰 I had purchased a gel (munuka & aloe) from one of the bigger dreadlock companies in the uk but it's such a pain to put gel on each one...I never was a girly girl 😂
@@SarahThornburg probably only around 12 inches at this point - my hair is shaved on the sides too. Was thinks about trying the neglect method and haven't brushed for about a week now. *shrug*
Omg, my husband and I have been watching since the beginning!! What a huge difference between 1 1/2 years to 3. Can you tell us what products you use? Thanks for sharing. Your a beautiful soul.
Beautiful & thank you for sharing your journey. I was wondering how many locks you have? Mine are new with extensions but Bravo to you for going it all natural 👍🏻😃
They look amazing!!!! They have gotten sooooo thick!!!! I hope mine thicken up too... im coming into my 3 month in about 6 days... i started them on my own and havent had any maintenance yet (more due to my career than preference)... hiw many times ur fingers get caught in a loose loop???
Thanks. Congrats on your 3 month mark!! Stay with it and they will start tightening and shrinking. I don't remember getting my fingers caught in loops. But I would separate regularly and pull hair that was stuck in other dreads. Good luck!
they look great! I have more loose hair around my face and neck now that my locks are matured too, but i don't wear headbands. i wonder why that is, haha!
My loctician has told me those baby hairs are the hardest to dread. That probably has something to do with in addition to the headband (for me). How old are yours?
i have been really wanting to start the process, what texture was ur hair to begin with? My hair is strait as a board an doesnt hold a curl what so ever, I have a ton of thin hair i guess u would say an its almost touching the top of my bottom way past mid back currently
Wow, your hair is long. I have a video on my channel of my hair before it was dreaded and the entire dreadlock starting process. My hair is naturally straight. No natural volume or wave pattern. Curls never stayed in for too long. It is possible to dread straight hair and with your length, the shrinkage probably won't be too bad. Good luck!
I'm just starting mine an I have hair very similar to yours it looks like except mines a little shorter.. should I wear a beanie to bed the first few days or just leave them an see how they react?? I'm totally new but dying to have locs similar to yours!!!
It's not a bad idea to cover your hair while sleeping those first few days. Also, I would wait as long as possible to shower. Mine itched so bad so I couldn't wait too long but the longer you wait the better. If your hair is oily definitely shower. Clean hair locs faster than oily hair. Good luck!
I have 10 weeks dreadlocks. I had my first maintenance at week 7 and now I dont know if I should get another at week 11 or Just wait more. How often did you get maintenance the first year?
I've had mine now about 1.5 years! I did end up making and putting on my own extentions cause I'm horrible with patience. Do you do any of your own maintenance in between your salon maintenance? They look great!
Thank you Melissa! Congrats on 1.5 years. I bet they are starting to look good. Do you think you'll keep the extensions long term? I touch my hair everyday and I was worried the extensions would feel different and I wouldn't like them. What's your experience? Yes, I do some...honestly very little...maintenance on my own. I separate them regularly since the ones in the middle and back of my head want to grow together with so much loose hair. I have also crocheted some of the ends. I want to have all blunt end someday.
@@SarahThornburg I don't plan to have them forever, I just want them to be long. Lol. As soon as they are long enough I will cut off the extensions and blunt the tips. I like both loose and blunted tips so figured I'd do blunted when they are long enough. My hair was to middle of my back before dreads, I have very fine hair, they shrunk up to past my jaw! That's why I added extensions, and yes they are a different texture and width from my real hair but nobody can tell but me. You'd have to be real dread snob to tell 🤭
😮😮😮 holy moly that's some real shrinkage. Damn. Good for your for pulling the trigger. Yeah, I thought about extensions for a long time but ultimately just wore my hair back and tried to ignore them until they were longer. Sending your all the fast growing vibes!
They are beautifull.🧚 I just looked all ur video's from the beginning. Im 59 for years thinking to do them but i think my hair will not grow. Cous it seems my hair normely stops growing just past my schoulder 😉. Greetings
@@SarahThornburg hello sarah. Update... i got partail dreads with extentions. Sinds februari. Im really happy with them. They are very yung sow jaa... the Journey is on. I cheated a little cous i qas not brave enough to do without extentions 🤣. I like urs a lot ❣️ I saw a little piece of ur new video. U thinking of cutting thrm a little shorter cous of the Weight. Yhea... why not... u can dicede it best for uself. Greetings👋❣️
@@SarahThornburg Would see a pros and cons video from you, I got same hairtype as you but my hair is long like almost waist lenght did think about locks yet. So no idea what difficulties to expect
@@SarahThornburg holy cow I didn’t realize who you was right before I started mine I watch your videos as well. I love your personality and you videos were very helpful. Thank you for making them! I hope you have a great Halloween!!!
Girl you earned your locks the hard way! I'm guessing you weren't offered back brush AND crochet method, as that would have given you almost instant locks looking more mature right off the bat. You earned the right to ware that smile! Congratulations!
I just hit my one year mark 2 months ago. You are so right when you say the first year is the hardest. I too am having a tough time being patient with growth, but im just going to ride the wave. I hope my dreads look as dope as yours in 2 more year! ❤
Yes! Ride the wave and take lots of pictures and video. They will change so much and it's fun to look back. Good luck!!
Why did they get fatter? I’m worried if I do them that mine will be too skinny. Maybe there’s hope and I should just go for it but I need to understand the growth of them. Did you add anything to them to make them bigger?
Your locks look amazing! I watched your early videos and the transitions. I just started my "Journey". My locks/dreads are literally 3 Days old! I had butt length hair to begin with. My issue is with all the wispy ends. Some of mine are 8-10 inches long. Just the loose ends. I have a whopping 38 baby dreads as my hair is pretty thick to begin with. I am lucky enough that I can already do a Dread Bun and I feel it will be a go to style. I have a toddler and a 6 month old Grandsons that I watch during the week and no way can I wear it down. My locks were started with the back comb/crochet process and I am so looking forward to watching them mature. I did have some synthetic extensions added at my initial appointment but they were just TOO MUCH! There was so much that when I tried a Bun, it looked like I had 20 year old dreads. CRAZY! I took all of them out but 1. They were the SE and looped on at the roots, so super easy to remove and I can add them back if I want. I felt the need to get to know each of my babies and have been palm rolling all of them each night.
Thank You for sharing your experiences and journey. I am so inspired by your Beautiful locks. Thank You so much.
PS...I am starting this at 58 years old. It's a Bucket list kinda thing for Me. I am disabled by my health issues so no longer have to conform to a Job and work place environment. My job now is helping raise my Grandchildren, hence, PERFECT TIMING! I will look forward to future information from you and again; THANK YOU!!!
Good luck to you!
I’m 55 and ready to start but I have short hair and will have to start with extensions 😕
I'm so glad you still have them ❤🥺 All my favorite channels have cut their locks and it doesnt help with the compulsion comb out/cut ideas that we all get lol Your locs are looking A Mazing ! 😍
Thanks! I love them and have no plans to get rid of them anytime soon. I feel like I've put in so much time waiting for them to actually look like dreads why would I remove them? Haha.
I have a loctition coming the 12th. I'm so excited!!!
Omg! Your dreads are gorgeous!!! I’ve been waiting for this update. My wife has had hers for one year now. This gives my wife hope! Her journey is pretty much identical to your first year. I maintain them but the feelings of shaggyness are still there. And patience is needed indeed. Thank you.
That's so great to hear that your wife has had the same experience. It can feel like something is wrong when it's messy but it's all part of the process. Just need to go through it. Wish her luck for me!
So happy to see you again, i remember starting my dread journey the same time you uploaded your first video, But after 1 year, i brushed out mine and started to freeform. I hope you upload more videos,
Thank you. Oh man, sorry to hear you brushed them out. That must've taken a long time. That first year is so hard. How are you liking the freeform process?
@@SarahThornburg im loving my freeform way better than my instant locks.. first, i think loose hairs looks much better on my freeform compared to my instant locks. the shaft is already messy, and it kinda blend with it. second, no need to pay expensive and suffer painful maintenance. though I dont have any regrets getting instant dreads as my first set of locks. Trying different options is a nice experience to remember.
This video gives me hope for my dreadlocks I can’t wait for them to mature🤣🫶🏼
Nice. Thanks. Just started nine this week. The little black rubber bands definitely make me feel a lot more comfortable with wearing them dowb
Heck yeah! I love hearing you have new baby dreads. They are so fun to watch change and grow. Good luck!
Pretty 👌🙂 I hope mine dreadlocks will be looking like yours one day. Thanks for sharing
I'm at 4 months with my 3rd and final set! Yours are amazing!
Wow, you've gone through this 3 times? Holy moly. How long did you have the other sets?
@@SarahThornburg first set was a year and a half but I used wax so chopped them off then second set was 10 months and cut them for work now 3rd set 5 months I crochet them and use no products these are the ones I'm keeping till the grave ! I just cant live with out them they are a part of what makes me ..me
Congratulations on your 3 years update!
Thank you!
Very very cool. i cant wait to get to your stage. You look amazing
What an amazing journey and thanks for the video. My dreads are almost 2 months old and very frizzy now. So have a long journey ahead. Your videos are certainly motivating and keeping me calm and patient. All the best !
Oh good! I'm glad to hear my vids are helping. It does take time but oh so worth it.
Sarah your dreadlocks looks amazing now. Well done for being strong on your journey 👏.
They look so much better now.
Your beads are very pretty, I have soooooo much stuff in mine LOL: wooden beads, glass beads, my son's amber teething bracelet - basically, if it can go in my hair, it does!!
I prefer yours when it's down, no headband or tie - it's an epic set
They look great!!! My 9th lockiversary is coming up in Dec. 2021. Prolly never go back to brushable hair. Love the locked life more than ever, even when messy. 😊😎
Congrats on your 9 year lockiversary! That's so great. I hope to get there too. I love my hair this way.
Ahhhhhhh they look awesome!!!! Mine turned 6 months yday!!!
Thanks. That's so exciting!
They look SOO good!!
Thank you!
@@SarahThornburg Would love to see an updated maintenance video!
Whaaaaaaattttttt!?!?! A real update!?!?! About time girl!! LoL
I know right? It's been too long. I'm hoping to get into a routine and post more regularly. Anything specific you want to see?
So happy you did a video! I'm struggling with dry scalp. I'm two years in. Your dreadlocks look gorgeous 😍
Thank you! Oh, dry scalp can be very uncomfortable. I live in a high desert climate so I can relate. It's very dry here. Are you experiencing flakes and itching? I get both from time to time but I usually increase how often I'm washing my hair and both go away. I find it depends on the time of year.
Dry skin or irritated skin can be treated very well with Birch water.
Good for sale everywhere in the Netherlands, I don't know where you live?
You have it in a form with and also without oil.
Is very old and works great for your hair but also especially for your skin !!
Love them! I’m 55 with short hair and seriously thinking of getting the extensions
2 1/2 week old babies right now ✌ your dreads look amazing! 🖤🖤
Hi Sarah,
They look very beautiful !!
Great that you "kept it up" .... mine are also about 3 years now and it's definitely a good way to learn to be patient [good for you ... hahaha]
Please keep us posted ....
Greetings from the Netherlands
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That's so awesome! I hope you love them as much as I do. Thank you.
My babies are new. I had them done in may. I have extensions that originally had the loose ends but I blunted them so now they are just past my shoulders.
Buns are semi impossible right now due to the lengths & thickness so I did the headband thing for the last month to hold down the new growth but I'm over it! I'm embracing the halo & just going with it. I'll probably find somewhere to go for maintenance in another month or 2.
That's so great you're embracing the halo. I wish I had the courage to do that. I get these long pieces right at the front of my hair that I think look terrible. I've considered using hair spray to hold the frizz at bay but haven't tried that yet. I think it could look ok.
@@SarahThornburg I pulled in some loops & bumps last night & I don't know how but it took down the halo a little bit🤷🏻♀️ maybe it was just from touching it so much.
Embrace it! It's freeing! 🥰
I had purchased a gel (munuka & aloe) from one of the bigger dreadlock companies in the uk but it's such a pain to put gel on each one...I never was a girly girl 😂
They look so good! I've been growing out my hair so i could attempt dreads again without them sticking out all weird.
Thanks! How long are you growing your hair? I thought mine was long enough but man or man the shrinkage is real.
@@SarahThornburg probably only around 12 inches at this point - my hair is shaved on the sides too. Was thinks about trying the neglect method and haven't brushed for about a week now. *shrug*
Omg, my husband and I have been watching since the beginning!! What a huge difference between 1 1/2 years to 3.
Can you tell us what products you use?
Thanks for sharing. Your a beautiful soul.
They are beautiful!!!
Beautiful & thank you for sharing your journey. I was wondering how many locks you have? Mine are new with extensions but Bravo to you for going it all natural 👍🏻😃
I think I have 54 or 58. I don't remember but I know it's somewhere in the 50s. haha. I think I said it in one of my earlier videos. Good luck to you!
They look SOOO GOOD! 😃👌🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
1:26 I found my self doing that alot too. Especially when I'd get new growth that was just WAY to short.
I love them!!!!
Thanks! I love them too.
They look great!
Thank you!
Gorgeous!!!!
Love the beads
Beautiful dreads
Love ur videos & voice!
Thanks! I don't think I've ever been complimented on my voice before. haha :)
Love your plants, too!!! What is that one right behind you to the left looking at you, the dark one? It looks like a Hoya, but I could be wrong.
You're right. It's a hoya carnosa. I have a philodendron brasil in the same pot.
@@SarahThornburg that's what I would have guessed. It is beautiful! I have two of them myself.
They look amazing!!!! They have gotten sooooo thick!!!! I hope mine thicken up too... im coming into my 3 month in about 6 days... i started them on my own and havent had any maintenance yet (more due to my career than preference)... hiw many times ur fingers get caught in a loose loop???
Thanks. Congrats on your 3 month mark!! Stay with it and they will start tightening and shrinking. I don't remember getting my fingers caught in loops. But I would separate regularly and pull hair that was stuck in other dreads. Good luck!
they look great! I have more loose hair around my face and neck now that my locks are matured too, but i don't wear headbands. i wonder why that is, haha!
My loctician has told me those baby hairs are the hardest to dread. That probably has something to do with in addition to the headband (for me). How old are yours?
@@SarahThornburg well that makes me feel better, haha. Mine are 3.5 years old
Very cool
i have been really wanting to start the process, what texture was ur hair to begin with? My hair is strait as a board an doesnt hold a curl what so ever, I have a ton of thin hair i guess u would say an its almost touching the top of my bottom way past mid back currently
Wow, your hair is long. I have a video on my channel of my hair before it was dreaded and the entire dreadlock starting process. My hair is naturally straight. No natural volume or wave pattern. Curls never stayed in for too long. It is possible to dread straight hair and with your length, the shrinkage probably won't be too bad. Good luck!
I'm just starting mine an I have hair very similar to yours it looks like except mines a little shorter.. should I wear a beanie to bed the first few days or just leave them an see how they react?? I'm totally new but dying to have locs similar to yours!!!
It's not a bad idea to cover your hair while sleeping those first few days. Also, I would wait as long as possible to shower. Mine itched so bad so I couldn't wait too long but the longer you wait the better. If your hair is oily definitely shower. Clean hair locs faster than oily hair. Good luck!
@@SarahThornburg thanks for the info, really appreciate it!!
I have 10 weeks dreadlocks. I had my first maintenance at week 7 and now I dont know if I should get another at week 11 or Just wait more. How often did you get maintenance the first year?
Beautiful
I've had mine now about 1.5 years! I did end up making and putting on my own extentions cause I'm horrible with patience. Do you do any of your own maintenance in between your salon maintenance? They look great!
Thank you Melissa! Congrats on 1.5 years. I bet they are starting to look good. Do you think you'll keep the extensions long term? I touch my hair everyday and I was worried the extensions would feel different and I wouldn't like them. What's your experience? Yes, I do some...honestly very little...maintenance on my own. I separate them regularly since the ones in the middle and back of my head want to grow together with so much loose hair. I have also crocheted some of the ends. I want to have all blunt end someday.
@@SarahThornburg I don't plan to have them forever, I just want them to be long. Lol. As soon as they are long enough I will cut off the extensions and blunt the tips. I like both loose and blunted tips so figured I'd do blunted when they are long enough. My hair was to middle of my back before dreads, I have very fine hair, they shrunk up to past my jaw! That's why I added extensions, and yes they are a different texture and width from my real hair but nobody can tell but me. You'd have to be real dread snob to tell 🤭
😮😮😮 holy moly that's some real shrinkage. Damn. Good for your for pulling the trigger. Yeah, I thought about extensions for a long time but ultimately just wore my hair back and tried to ignore them until they were longer. Sending your all the fast growing vibes!
J aime bien tes dreads parce qu elles ont l air très naturelles. C est beau d'avoir laissé le bout pas trop replié.
Ça te va très bien
woahh gaining a lot of length ...
I know! I'm so excited for it.
😍😍😍 #dreadlockgoals
Wow. Thanks!
They are beautifull.🧚
I just looked all ur video's from the beginning.
Im 59 for years thinking to do them but i think my hair will not grow.
Cous it seems my hair normely stops growing just past my schoulder 😉.
Greetings
Maybe that extention is a idea for me 😉
My hair never grew past my shoulders before I got dreadlocks. I think if you want them, go for it!
@@SarahThornburg hello sarah.
Update... i got partail dreads with extentions. Sinds februari.
Im really happy with them.
They are very yung sow jaa... the Journey is on.
I cheated a little cous i qas not brave enough to do without extentions 🤣.
I like urs a lot ❣️
I saw a little piece of ur new video.
U thinking of cutting thrm a little shorter cous of the Weight.
Yhea... why not... u can dicede it best for uself.
Greetings👋❣️
Crochet your tips into your dread will give a much better look
its all yous?
Yep! All my natural hair. No synthetic or human hair extensions...but I did think about it.
@@SarahThornburg Would see a pros and cons video from you, I got same hairtype as you but my hair is long like almost waist lenght did think about locks yet. So no idea what difficulties to expect
I would recommend you research fast hair growth fortified shampoo.
Lol I started my journey in April 2021
Yay! Congrats.
Thank you!
@@SarahThornburg holy cow I didn’t realize who you was right before I started mine I watch your videos as well. I love your personality and you videos were very helpful. Thank you for making them! I hope you have a great Halloween!!!