week one in the books!

Well, it's been a week of learning, and loving my new dreads ... with a tad bit of irritation and frustration tossed in as I learn how to care for them. But I'm on my way to a long time of diggin the heck out of my new hair-do.

Washing my hair on Thursday changed my life! I have naturally dry skin so, a bit of itch is expected. I won't blame dreads for that. I do have some tea tree oil to apply by Qtip if needed to spots, but I haven't had to do that since before the shampoo.

Last night, hubby and I sat down with a 12 pack of Corona and the first 2 discs of the Blade television series and got some back combing done. We also re-sectioned the area where my "bangs" would hang from.

The stylist who originally worked on my hair twisted that area back so it wouldn't hang forward or even to the sides to frame my face. And the sections themselves made zero sense. We took care of that! Now I have smaller dreads around my face, and larger ones on the sides and back ... just how I want!

Fast forward to one finished case of Corona, and 2 vodka tonics later ... I was tanked (I'm a mom ok, I never drink!) And my head looks and feels 100% better than it did this time last week. My husband is really good at this dreading thing! You just never know where your hidden talents lay! We've got a lot more of my hair to finish the back combing job completely but hopefully we can have it finished by the end of the weekend.

it's like a whole new scalp!