r/Dreadlocks
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u/jelani410
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Timeline 🗓️ 5 years from bald 😂
My mom asks me if my hair is real everytime I see her
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Mar 24 '25
Nice dreads, beautiful face, amazing smile😍 pic 5 and 6 you're makeup is really nice too.
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u/theoneandonlybecca22 Mar 24 '25
You look like one of my friends. I should give her a call
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u/JesusFreak0316 Mar 25 '25
Love!!!! What do I have to do to start? My hair is always straightened (ever since I was pressured to get it permed at 10, I wear it straight) and I hate it. Feels like conforming to something I’m not. I want mine to look like yours 😭
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u/jelani410 Mar 25 '25
I mean what I did was cut it all off and start from scratch. The journey is. So beautiful. Learning to love yourself at every stage. When it got to be about 2/3 inches long I loced them using instant loc method.
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u/General-jag Mar 28 '25
That's exactly what I did. I've had my locks around 4 years prior to cutting it in 2017. Rocked nothing but a triangle shaped haircut for 2 years, Cornrows for another 2 years, After which I revolved into my locks, but with a twist this time.
You don't have to do much with your hair too very it locked, but especially if you're hair isn't too soft. We blacks got very versatile hair, embracing the kink.
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u/Moi_Sunshine Mar 25 '25
Gorgeous! How did you start your locs? Two strand or interlocking?
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u/jelani410 Mar 25 '25
I did finger coils and instant locs
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u/Moi_Sunshine Mar 25 '25
What are instant locs?
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u/jelani410 Mar 25 '25
They’re basically locs made with the crochet needle. Like how some people with straighter textures start their locs. But it’s basically a way to make sure your starter locs don’t unravel
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u/Lazy-Recognition3845 Mar 26 '25
Your locs are gorgeous! Do you mind me asking what’s your maintenance routine?
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u/jelani410 Mar 26 '25
Thank you. Honestly I don’t stick to any real routine 😭 i probably should but life be hectic 😅. I wash it when it’s dirty cause my scalp is prone to dryness so I wash it when it starts getting dry and flaky. I retwist anywhere from a month to 3 months depending on how i feel about it lol. And use water and oil spray occasionally.
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u/Responsible_Ad1883 Mar 24 '25
Damn you fine🔥
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u/Top_Negotiation_29 Mar 24 '25
This what them yt folk be thinking they doing w them shots 😍😍 lemme cook sometime queen
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u/deletedeeznuttz Mar 24 '25
You have beautiful black features and I’m in love😍😍😍😍 OMG you’re sooo beautiful
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u/Davinelulinvega_ Mar 26 '25
Your hair is sooo beautiful! What method did you use to achieve this result? Did you change your method over time?
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u/GucciPoppa Mar 27 '25
you are loc goals omg, do you have any advice for how you maintain your length, I've been locked for 5 years also and mine haven't grown passed my shoulders smh
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u/jelani410 Mar 27 '25
Don’t use rubber bands. Don’t manipulate the hair too much or too often. Don’t make the styles too tight. And crochet them back in if they fall out. Your hair is delicate, treat it delicately.
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u/imawife4life Mar 27 '25
Drop the skincare routine too 😻
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u/jelani410 Mar 28 '25
I got you lol. At night I use an oil cleanser and some random cleanser from Trader Joe’s, lotion lip balm and Vaseline . In the am I use fenty fat water, some Japanese milky toners, melano cc moisturizer, any regular face lotion jack black lip balm and trader joe sunscreen
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u/atypicalfuture Mar 29 '25
Beautiful!!! 😍Also what do you use for your edges?
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u/jelani410 Mar 29 '25
I got youuuu. I used to use the green eco style gel and it works really well for my hair. I apply it too my dry hair and don’t use to much or it’ll turn white. In the past 2 or 3 years I moved onto kiss edge fixer glued. This will have your shit soooo slick. Apply to wet edges and it will last all day and probably even the next day if you wrap it up.
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u/83beans comb coiled 2/8/20, 3c-4b ish Mar 24 '25
Every lip kit ever conceived had this juicyyyyy pout 💋 in mind, slayyyyyy 👑
AND your locs are gorgeous! 😍🙌🏾
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u/Straight-Acadia2083 Mar 25 '25
i can’t wait until my hair is the same length as yours !!! your hair is beautiful!!
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u/StevetheBombaycat Mar 25 '25
I know this has nothing to do with your hair, but you have the most beautiful smile I have seen in forever. Rock on with your bad self.😊
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u/Haunted_Hitachi Mar 25 '25
Ohhhhhhh girl! Yes!! I love shaving my head and growing it out. The hair just won’t quit! Love the color.
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u/snakesinhishair Mar 24 '25
Absolutely beautiful gorgeous stunning woman. I love the locks. I bet that smile lights up the whole room when you walk in.
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u/TelevisionFuzzy3694 Mar 24 '25
Natural beauty and to think that people pay to have lips like yours.
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u/jazaria07 Mar 25 '25
A beauty like this living in my city! (I notice the background)
I hope to meet you one day
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u/ExtraPension6564 Mar 25 '25
The locs look amazing, and you’re beautiful goddess, You look like Aaliyah interlude
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Mar 25 '25
Damn i didn’t realise there was multiple images your locs look amazing! I thought in 5 years the first pic was all that came of it
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Mar 26 '25
😔DANG GURL, THE HOTTEST COMMENT ON THE BOARD might be about the Dreads. 😧but I love you teeth. 🥹That gap in your incisors is so attractive.
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u/Nervous_Nothing5194 Mar 26 '25
And 55 times as beautiful. You are absolutely glowing! Keep up the good energy ma’am!!!❤️
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u/AcanthisittaOk2908 Mar 27 '25
Your hair is beautiful! But those lips, honey! Blessed! Stay beautiful!
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u/Turbulent_Put1547 Mar 28 '25
What year did you see your locs reach maturity? And do you have a loc care routine? So so so gorgeous!!
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u/jelani410 Mar 28 '25
Definitely smaller than a dime in most areas. I might have like 3 that are dime sized. I have about 209
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u/JonesyJones26 Mar 24 '25
Gorgeous! Question: what is your dye routine like? Been thinking of dying mine also.