Life After Dreadlocks // Ending My Dread Journey
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- Опубликовано: 30 дек 2018
- In this video I talk about life after dreadlocks, and ending my dread journey.
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I enjoyed having dreadlocks so much until right up at the end when they became infested with lice... However, I was ready to let them go, and welcomed the growth that would come with shaving my head!
I can see myself doin dreadlocks again once I have grown my hair nice and long. :)
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you beautiful soul! i’ve had a strong urge to brush out my dreads recently and this video is really inspiring. thank you 🙏🏼
I love your dreads Stephi!!! Tho transformation can be a great thing ;) 💓
stephi is my fave
Hi dear! Bless any decision you make on your journey! Keep us updated! PS You have a care package awaiting your arrival when you return home! 💚
Oh, really? I love you dreads! What urge force you?
Ahhhh, you guys need to be friends now. XD
I so relate to this... almost 2 years ago, I nearly shaved my head to a verrrrry short pixie. Having dyed it many colors since I was 13, I had honestly forgotten what my "real" hair looked and felt like. Having almost no hair, and now seeing my natural hair come in more and more has been a meditation of sorts, very powerful. I also find myself loving my natural hair!
Your honesty and authenticity is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your journey and for being you 😘
Thank you so much for seeing me and receiving me! 🙌
Wired And Stoned my brushing out day has come! Had dreads for 2.5 years. I’ve already brushed out 17, and have 52 to go.. I had 69... I can’t wait to use a head massager 😍 thanks for being inspiration on my journey 💜 xo
Thank you for bringing up the issue of “owing beauty” something I have been thinking about a lot lately and working on personally. I think many women struggle with this.
Glad your uploading videos again! Love your channel
whoa. youre my dread hero. i spent over 100 hoirs combing my dreads out and was so miserable without them and did them again with my sons hair combined in ways i learned from you. it was a blessing bc he died several months after. i love u no matter what and youre always beautiful. im just floored though. lol
Ahhh, bless you. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Bless you and your son ALWAYS, Leeanne 💜
Wow!!! Sending u so much love
i shaved my head after a break up and had really bad depression and it was so liberating and i've never felt so beautiful with my natural beauty and i fell in love with myself and i felt exactly how you did letting go of all the negative energy! i love you so much
you really hit this on the nail! I recently cut my dreadlocs at the beginning of this year after 4 years of being loc'd and it was such a drastic change from turning heads when I walk in a room to feeling like I was just "regular" again and it really takes a lot to overcome and appreciate whatever hair joinery your own. it was such a beautiful time in my life and I'm excited for this new chapter. thank you for sharing
Thank you for saying the piece about letting go of beauty and feeling an obligation to be pretty! I’ve learned a ton from your videos but that is without a doubt the most widely needed piece! Beauty comes from the inside out, and it helps to hear it from someone like you too
I've been researching dreads for the past several weeks trying to decide if I should try them; I am so grateful for your honesty. I think you're amazing - peace and gratitude _()_
I absolutely love this video and how open you are about this whole beauty thing. Self love and acceptance is something is alot to recover from inside. I also have been on a similar journey. So more power to you lady, an thank you for sharing.
I love watching your videos! It's really wonderul that both of you can come on here and share yourselves with the world 💕 I feel like I'm opposite of you in that at 30 years old I feel extremely liberated and empowered by starting my dread journey.... for the second time! I had them for a few months and brushed them out because 1. Job hunt and 2. LICE! I was devastated and I'm so happy to have them back again!
I love listening to you! You're such a beautiful soul and I really like your hair ♥️
You are beautiful! I am starting my dread journey in a couple of weeks and couldn't be more stoked. Thank you for being such a positive and amazing presence.
Same x
I get sooo excited to see your videos! I love you so much and you made my day! Such a beautiful soul😘
It makes me so sad when people cut their dreadlocks
Peaches Expr3ss bro she had lice I don’t think she really wanted to 🤪
Peaches Expr3ss same but it gives them an opportunity to restart fresh clean hair dreads
I shaved my head to start over after 2+ yrs of dreads.. idk if I'd recommend that. I went thru a serious depression a few weeks after. Like just bald lol n felt so ugly! But for me it was a experience that I needed. It's been 4 months since dreads for me, & I'm now going to put them back in with extensions. I'll have to use string to get them to stay.. but I've missed them soooo much!!! Really give it much thought before shaving dreads off... It's actually a huge decision! Sending love from Austin Texas 😘
You, as a person, really inspire me🙏🏻 Thank you for these beautiful videos❤️
I’m currently making my own dread extensions for the first time because of you videos so thankyou xx
Energetically your an intense person, I love your intense vibe. It brings me joy to hear that you are on the self acceptance journey, keep up the good work girl, do you girl coz your doing it so well 🥰🦚
Hey hun! Long time fan, ordered your products and was inspired to make my own by you. All your videos are awesome. Thank you for being so open and truly original. I’ll be combing out my dreads in a couple days 🙈and I feel it’s time, as silly as it sounds I really feel like I’m letting go of a big part of me. I thought I was just being sentimental 😂 I’ve had my dreads for 3 yrs maintained them and grown them all on my own so a lot of work has gone into them. Excited and nervous about brushing them out but I’m so glad you made this video cuz it’s eased my mind knowing my thoughts and feelings were shared. Anyhow! Thanks bunches
Thanks for talking about it. : ) I am about to start my dread journey and it feels good to hear about it from someone who went through it. I did cut my hair very very short recently and going through that really does separate you from the visual aspects of yourself and it's really interesting
i watched a lot of your videos a year ago when i first got partial dreads they were really inspiring! and now my dreads are going through the awkward shrinky phase and they're quite short and weird looking which i use to hate but now i'm starting to love them because of their awkwardness. i love that you're still making amazing content even though your dreads are gone you're very inspiring!
I intend to make much more content about a wide variety of topics that I am passionate about!
Just discovered your channel :) love your vibe .."loving myself for myself " that's so beautiful :)
Such a beautiful video! I love hearing about your journey and would love to see more videos on how you meditate, how you connect with yourself and what tools you use, and how to cleanse your space.
Can't wait for more videos!
Appreciate the recommendations! I'll take note :)
Only just discovered your channel, love your energy.. Thank you for sharing
I watched your videos when I was trying to figure out how to do my own locks 3-4 years ago, and its been quite the journey. I loved this video (even though I'm way late the to the game), thanks for sharing!!
This is so interesting. I am just thinking about getting dread extensions to start with. You have given me lots to think about. x
I did not have dreadlocks, but I was at at point of feeling "defined" by my signature hair, which was a specific wavy cut and bright copper henna'ed for many years. It was such a departure from my real hair, it took a ton of maintenance and time, money, effort.. and I really attached my identity to it. One day my husband asked,'Do you ever wonder what it would look like if you just let it be?' and I did. I cut it VERY short, down to the root to get all the fake color and damage out, and for about 3 years kept it completely cropped, to re evaluate myself really, without distraction. It was much deeper than I thought it would be and made me consider my whole idea of beauty. I am only now letting it grow back, its own color and texture, and loving it, having learned to love myself the way I am. It is fun to play, and hair should be played with, but when you reach the end of that, there is much to learn and connect with. Thank you for posting this!
I'm in the SLC area and I have been wanting you to do my dreads for awhile now. I am in awe of you, you have such wisdom and I love your thought processes and wavelength you are riding at. 🧡
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Thank you thank you thank you so much you have taught me so much about dreads .what to do what not to do. You are awesome! God sees your journey and loves you.
And I don't shave my armpits either! Couple of pure righteous chicks huh? Harvest love honey!
haha! that was the cutest thing I have ever seen :) You go girl! You are wise!
You’re right about feeling it inside when the journey is over for you dreads. I had dreads years ago for a year and I got rid of them. Now I have dreads again and I’ve had these for over two years now. I’m thinking of shaving them when it’s warmer outside but I’m not 100% certain my journey is over!
I just luv you personality, so special🧚🏻♀️
Thank you
Thank you for sharing the various stages of your dread journey! I am in the process of brushing out my 4yr old dreadlocks. (obtaining video and pictures of the process to maybe share on RUclips..???scary) I decided to brush my locks out because I no longer felt connected to them, I was feeling more selfconcious about my appearance than ever before. I appreciate what dreads have done for my hair. Before dreads my hair was so damaged, bleached, thin and lifeless....now as I'm picking them out my hair is long! soft healthy and my natural color actually fits me! 4 years of no chemicals and using good oils and not processing have done wonders. It takes me 1.5-2 hrs to pick each dread out. I am encompassing this process as part of my dread journey.
Felt the urge to share a little about what I'm in the middle of right now. 13 dreads picked out, 33 to go! I'm using lots of conditioner, detangling spray and a large weaving needle to pick them out after soaking in hot water.
Hope you have a magickal day!
Thank you you sharing with us about your journey! 🙏
OneOfANewKind was yy aw
I've lost my love for my dreads after 4 or 5 months. I'm gonna get them cut then brushed into a pretty short style. I'm excited to do that and I'm so excited to touch the parts of my head that I really haven't been able to. So this video got me pumped
Thank you! You're so beautiful with or without them. Great energy. Xo
Yeah the freshly shaved head feeling is amazing!
I love you guys! Lol I can't believe you shaved your dreads! It looks awesome 👍 I'm currently on my 8th month of my dread jouney (doing it all natural) having fun with it so far :)
Awesome thanks! See ya soon on the next vlog about the kit.
You’re adorable lol about to start my second set mine have been out for a year and a half and I miss them too much time to start another dread adventure with new energy 👍❤️💗💗✌️✌️🙋🏼♀️
Girl your absolutely gorgeous 🥂❤👍 Also very well described because j knew people with them but I never had them so you explain even when you took them out
Love this! Thank you for sharing sister.. I just brushed out dreads last week. Took 12 hours for 4 days. So worth it tho. My hair is for some reason healthier than it was before I dreaded it. And it's pretty long. Enjoying it so far :)
Wow, congrats on that! Must feel amazing!!
love your spirit!
I'm with you on trying to find yourself and not doing things for other people and what they want and impressing other people. Doing things that make you happy 😊 your so beautiful no matter what hair style you have. You just have do much goodness in you and your inspiring and I can't wait for my dread journey 😁😁. But if more people in the world were more happy and not just for them self's the world would be so much better. Just keep doing what your doing. Your amazing in every way possible and God bless you and your family. 1 Love ♥️
I'm thankful for your mom too!
I lovded my dreads and now I love my shavded head...only got a big patch on top to drape over the side and front...so easy to care for love it.
I always wanted dreads but I am very impulsive so I shaved my head an after I realized I want dreads so now I have to wait. My hair was so damaged and now I have to reduce it after it is grown out. I love your energy and inspired to be more positive in my life❤️
My life after dreads was literally shave my head and short hair mohawks. 5 years later Im ready for instaling a full head dreaded to my natural hair dreads and I can't be more excited rn I really miss em again!
No way! I haven't seen you in this long?? Oh my jeez! It's so weird I took out my dreads too, I was so happy putting in my dreads (which you taught me to do). Started my fitness business so as soon as I can I want to buy wire wrapping kit from you!!! Love ya girl! No worries you're so fun and pretty and natural! Byeeee!!
I only have three dreads on the top of my head and just added two more but to the back sides of my head ...I don't wash my hair often
I use coconut oil on my hair.
I love love love dreads ...I'm slowly locking my hair up ..thanks for the video
Awwh, I love you so much. You're such a great woman
Ellie, this simple comment warms my heart-- thank you!
Of course! You're amazing.
I just shaved my dreads that went to my hips. When I watched you shaving your dreads, I cried my eyes out. Love you girl.💖💖💖
Love this! Thank you!🖤
New follower here. I can relate sooo much to your hair regrowth journey but in a different way. I’m a Muslim convert and I Veil my hair and face. I used to model and see my “beauty” as something so important not just for myself but society. When I started veiling I had such an inner exploration that happened. I was able to really self reflect and I found myself almost embarrassed at times for how much I focused on the material side of myself. I actually feel extremely free veiling myself.
I really love that idea of letting your physical appearance go in order to let yourself identify with your internal self.
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It can be helpful in this day and age!!
Re:comment: really? Do you even wash your body or are you just dirty? Why? It’s very unhealthy to not keep your body & hair clean & healthy. Would you like to have toxins build up inside your body & get ill from that? 🤷♀️
I never could figure out how to crochet at all. My new dreads aren’t looking very good, especially the back of my head, and there is no one near by that knows how to do them. Your videos inspired me to finally start them after years of wanting to but now I feel hopeless. I love your spirit by the way. Your energy is beautiful.
Thanks for the comment and the love! Keep practicing with the micro latch hook, you can probably get the hang of it! Otherwise, palm-rolling the correct way works very well!
It makes me happy to listen to you, everything always resonates on such a personal deep level and you are just so amazing and wonderful and peaceful and I feel peaceful watching and listening to you. Love and light beautiful 💚💜💚💜🐛🐞🎍🍁🐕🐈🐾🐾🐾
I've been thinking about dreads but I'm trying to talk myself out of it by watching others stories then I found this channel and each video makes me want them more, there's a couple people in my town that have dreads and I'm going to talk to them about it. Until I completely decide on whether or not to get them I like to do hair wraps, or fairytale dreads as we call them at church camp, in my hair and other's hair
sister you are so phenomenal and AMAZING 🤩🥰🤩 I AM so glad I found you 🦄🥰 you are a true UNICORN my dear! I about to begin my dread journey... I am 55 years old and I have done everything else that you can possibly do to your hair lol but dreads and they're on my bucket list. so tonight I will sit with the hair I bought {thank goddess for yr videos showing me how to do it...} and work it into dreads to put into my hair bcz it's really short.
I never feel the need to comment on videos but the things you said and so MANY FEELINGS you've had I relate to completely... I've had my head shaved in the past and to was so freeing and impowerimg... and what you said about makeup. wow 😳 lol 😁❤️ I've never heard anyone else talk about it but me like that. I just wanted to thank you and tell you it would be so cool to get to know you better bcz you are fuxking EPIC NABY. 🦄🥰
the tears are so tender!
aawww girl!! you look beautiful!!!
what an authentic human
A video of your new year intentions and hopes.
Gosh what a inspiration you are!! I'm 17 yrs old and I have a full head of dreads and I really understand now what you mean by having that energy with them! It's definitely not easy letting go of them I don't know if I'll ever be able to part with mine. One question u have for you is do you think you'll get dreads again in the future? And you're so gorgeous with and without them! Keep up the good vibes 💖✌
Hi Ash! Thanks so much for sending your love and relating to me. Yes, I can see myself having them again one day! :)
Your GREAT!! Thank you friend 🙏♥️🙃
I've thought of cutting my dreads, I've had them over 2 year's now, but unfortunately it's a problem to get a better Job with having Dreads and mine are clean, maintenanced well. That's my hold back like I shouldn't have to cut my DREADS for someone else if that makes sense,or saying you're a Rastafarian... Good video and wish you good vibes on your journey!
It took me 2 weeks to get all my hair twist and ripped but I finally got it. Sadly I didn't know about you until after I already bought Knottyboy bar shampoo! I hope you will post again soon! 💗✌
Love you!!
Funny you should upload this. I’ve had mine 7 months and I’m planning on combing them out next week. The cons are seriously outweighing the pros for me.
Take care mate. You're always a dreads to us :)
Hi guys:) Thanks for your continued support!
I brushed out my dreads a while ago and have a video about it on my channel 🧚♀️❤ but shaving is a big step
And your hair looks great.
I have lately been thinking of shaving my 4 and a half year old dreads. I've been emotionally unstable since the pandemic started, so am not sure if I'll regret shaving them later since I've been so proud of myself for managing to grow my locs to shoulder length and they look so BEAUTIFUL!
On the other hand, I'd like to see if shaving would ease some of the negative energy I feel surrounding me and start a new journey of re-growing my hair.
I'll just document my dreadlocks journey before I cut my hair (when am ready and sure) and I'll have something beautiful and positive to look back too in future.
I've always identified myself with my hair. I've always felt like I hide behind my hair & it's been a big part of how I interact with people. A year ago, I finally dreadlocked my hair. It's been a wild, emotional year, but it's over. I absolutely love my dreadlocks, but it's just too much now. I'm currently in the process of combing them out --I'm down to five left! It's been about a week & every dread that I comb out makes me feel so much lighter & so much like myself; I felt like I got lost & so far away from who I am & who I want to be this last year. I cannot wait to wash my hair without any dreadlocks!
I'm happy you have been able to utilize dreadlocks to help your personal growth! And that you are continuing to progress. Blessings!
I Love You and Your WiseNess! I'm Learning to Love MySelf More 👀... I know I need to Love myself so I can Love others 😁 There is going to be a Big Shift in 2019 and I am Ready! Peace and Love Always💗💛🧡❤💙💚💜... ps... Happy New Year 🎉🥂
Thanks for your love and support! We are reflecting it right back to you!
Before I started my dread journey my hair was almost to my butt but it was in really bad condition because I never really cared about it. I only took the time to shampoo it and detangle it once every 3 weeks or so. Now with my dreads is a totally different story! I take the time to wash it and part it every 3 to 4 days, I blow dry it if its wet at night and I do so many different styles with them! Anyways Ive always thought that if I ever wanted to have loose hair again I would brush the dreads out without caring if the hair would be damaged or not because it was already damaged before so, who cares? Now after hearing your story I decided that if I ever want to have loose hairs again Im going to cut my dreads because they have thought me how beautiful and awesome my hair is so a fresh start is what my hair deserves after how bad Ive treated it for so many years. Lots of love sent your way!
🤣🤣🤣yas!! Makes sense don't cut it!! I have heard that my sister told me oh trim it..um like waaaa??
The point if trimming ia to counteract a bunch of things; mainly split ends which if not trimmed, continue splitting all the way up the hair shaft which damages and weakens it leaving it susceptible to breakage, hence no length retention. So yeah, trims are best for length retention if you notice ragged ends.
You are absolutely adorable!
100% would watch a mini doc on your moms diy and advice.
i brushed out a couple dreads after having them for two years and the hair is perfecto☺️
Good job! I bleached mine so much, they didnt stand a chance!
I brushed mine out a couple months ago and it took at least 100 hours over the course of 2 weeks. My hair wasn't damaged at all, and in fact was way softer than it ever has been before dreads. I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that I have curly hair haha. I guess all that time without treating my hair with products or bleaching/dying revealed it's true form. I've been thinking lately about having dreads again, and in fact regret brushing them out at all. I've decided to blame it on a long lasting 100 hour moment of insanity.
Hiya, followed you for a while.. I think you are absolutely amazing! I'm starting my dread journey so I was wondering what oil do you recommend to use for dreads on someone that is allergic to tea tree? Much love and blessings to you XD
I want to see a day self care/ self love video ♡ you are worth all the self care. It can be so conflicting in a world that shoves beauty standards down us. You will find balance within.
Thank you Larissa for your kind words! I will consider what this video would entail. Stay tuned :P
You are beautiful you are wonderful and I shaved my head before and it was such an invigorating humbling authentic experience to start from the beginning so I did it a second time and I want to tell you how wonderful and beautiful you are and so keep moving forward sweetheart it’s about to be amazing❤❤❤!!
I recently had to comb out 53 dreads that I'd had for four years. Took forever but I didn't want to go back to short hair again. I got lice as well but my infestation ended up not being that bad. I caught them pretty early. I used coconut oil with tea tree and lavender oils to kill the lice and it worked pretty well. I've always heard that you should use oil or conditioner when you comb out dreads but I found that with my hair combing was waaaayyy easier when it was clean and dry as opposed to saturated in oil which made it stick together more.
I just would like to comment about the not trimming your hair to make it grow comment. I am a hairstylist and yes if you have absolutely no split ends your hair will grow extremely fast if you don’t cut it. However if you have 6 inches of nothing but split ends your hair will NOT GROW. Because it will just continue to split. And if you have to iron straight hair to make it smooth is a sign of having a lot of split ends. I do love your videos. And thanks for all your info. You have been a good help to me for my dreadlocks.
Not many people look that good with a shaved hair like you. Amazing! 🥰
I'm still growing mine out from a shave 😓 I want my dreads back so bad lol it's taking forever for it to grow back!
Miss Golden Glow!
I would really like to hear more about how you cut out cheese, sugars, meats, smokes and drinks! I remember you mentioning it in your saturn rising video, and I am really trying, really struggling.
I am 27. Quit drinking 3 years ago, but still smoke, trying to quit. And quit Sugar. Oh man. Meat is easy to stay away from, but the sugars and the cigarettes....boy...
I would love to hear about how you overcame all of, your journey from recognizing the problem to self resolve...
So much love for you
Love Love Love
Oh j.... the food journey is a deep and potent one. I will definitely make videos on that topic.
@@WiredAndStoned
Those would be some amazing videos.
I could really benefit from hearing how you went through it :)
- Julisse
I loved the dreads but you look great either way
I love your glow 💛you are so✨Where is the Man? Curious on what you have been up to inbetween videos.
Thank you Kat! The man is in LA focusing on his business and his personal journey... I'll get to making a vid about our partnership. Thanks for caring 🙃
ive had my dreads for about 8 months and sometimes i wanna shave my head but sometimes i love them
Try getting to 1 year, you may fall in love with them again!
I shaved my head, only because I was ready for the change. My Dad and my Aunt had died that year, and it seemed appropriate. It was quite a journey, and eventually I restarted my dreads. Im 2 years into my 2nd set.
i guess you could say im on a hair journey.. maaaybe? ive never liked my natural color and have been dying it for years. all of a sudden im finding beauty in my natural color when i see it on other people so now im growing it out and ill live with my natural hair. plus i wanna see my grey hair come in. i also stopped wearing makeup about a year ago, because im over it and wanted to learn to accept my face as is.
Great job! Proud of you accepting and loving yourself in this way.
I have a disorder called trichotillomania so I have been thought a lot of head shavings and I've been trying to grow my hair out for 5 years and I've gotten so caught up thinking that if my hair is longer I will be happy and people will think I'm pretty and at some point my hair was at your length but the sides were shaved and I look back at pictures wondering why I still wasn't happy with it I'm in such a bad place now and I wish I could be as down to life as you wish me luck in this coming year to not need a hair cut
Sorry to hear about your struggles! Just know that all this is helping you grow and expand. Tune into yourself and make decisions for you.... Sometimes a complete restart is helpful. 💚
Your hair is beautiful
Thanks Meh :)
i have a question that i think only you can answer.
i started 2 years ago freeforming, got about 15 dreads and fell in love with the in between stage and started to brush the rest of my hair when i washed it. here i am 2 years later and i'm wanting to finish what i started. i have a couple of shoulder length dreads, one about 12 inches long (the Big Guy) and the rest are about 6 to 7 inches. the rest of my hair is dry curly caucasian hair but extreme body and almost shoulder length when i don't pull on the curl.
how would you suggest i proceed? keep going freeform or put in the rest in one go and then let them do their thing? i want as much length out of my dreads as i can. i have not experienced any shrinkage from my other so far.... (sorry for the lengthy question!)
xoxoxoxoxo
May I ask why you shaved your head to remove them? I used coconut oil and a an old fashioned goody comb. It took 2 days of course. 🤷🏻♀️
I've always wanted dreads. Just turned 40. Do you have any tips for someone who has nooo idea? lol
This is why I created a human hair wig with dreadlocks so when I want to take it off I just take it off wash my hair so nice ❤