FreeFormed Dreads Are Free

If you are thinking of going the natural route when it comes to dreadlocks there is no easier way than freeforming.

In my opinion it is the greatest way to give you hair and scalp a permanent rest from all of the manipulation it has been through in the past.

I suggest keeping things simple.

I decided to go back to only using my rosemary,sage,peppermint rinse and forego the any soaps or shampoos or baking soda rinses. Or vinegar rinses.

My dreads just feel better and stronger. If I can harvest some from the river I add horsetail as well.

I have also learned that I don't need oils. I tried olive oil a long time ago and it left a stinky smell on my scalp and hair. I tried the jojoba oil and it left a stinky smell in my dreads. When I don't use oils I have no stinky smell and my dreads feel great without them.

I make sure to let them air dry completely during the summer. So I spend lot of time in the sun. During the long winter months I like to use my big fan to blow them dry.

This works for me but I am not saying it will work for you.

Freeformed dreads are sometimes seperate but I don't seperate mine. I let them congo and marry each other all over my head.

The hairstyle for me was free. I didn't go to a salon to work on it because nature only needs simple things. Air, water,sun,and healthy nutrition.

Freeformer Dreadlocked African American Women

I just wanted to say how happy I am to see more African American women embrassing their natural selves through freeform dreadlocks. I have been wearing mine for 14yrs now and never thought in the beginning of my journey to document it. In a previous post I showed photos of myself before the journey but no month by month or week by week kinda update.

It seems to have also brought awareness to many African American women to take part in a healthier way of living in general I have noticed. I smile everytime I see another freeformer blog because where I live I never see any freeforming women just manicured locs. I am not coming down on the manicured locs it's just not my cup of tea.

I am enjoying the freedom of getting up and not doing anything with my hair accept for washing and go.

I am currently still doing a rosemary/mint/sage rinse on my dreads which I have been doing way back in 2000. I thought of doing it from reading one of my herb books that talk about which herbs are good of the hair. I grow my own herbs to use in my rinse and I collected some fresh horsetail from the river a few days ago to add to my rinse. Horsetail is suppose to be good for strengthen hair and helping with hair growth as well.

I 'll share more on this once my finger heals. I had an incident with my ring finger where it got so swollen I had to have a jeweler cut it off. Anyway happy freeforming all and if anyone has any question for me feel free to ask.

Brightest Blessings

Trina

P.S. The photos is of me at the ocean. About a week ago me and my family went camping at our favorite campsite in Fort Bragg. The ocean air is great for locks!

Be Your Natural self

My message for today is to let go and be simple. Get your ass outside and love mother nature. And then your freeform locks will grow tenfold!!!!

Dreadlocks Hat New

My super awesome buddy M. Cody Shelton of www.littlefishink.com . Made me a new hat for my birthday and I took a few photos of me wearing it. I love her awesome knitting and crocheting abilities. She has inspired me to practice. Not there yet. But you all should check out her site!!!

My Fat Dreadlock Buns Or Bantu Knots

I took three -four dreadlocks and then twist them til the end once I get to the end I wrap it around and then tuck it in. It is truly hard to explain. So when I finally get a video camera I can explain better. But by looking at it you can see it clearly. Here is a photo. If you leave it in all day and sit in the hot sun or use a hair dryer set on low you can take it down and have some curly dreads. I couldn't keep mine in that long because I don't like my dreads up all the time. Just thought I would do something different from wearing them in two ponytails when its so hot or when doing chores or painting.

FreeForm Dreadlocks Inspiring Photos and Videos

Hello all,

I just wanted to mention a couple of freeformers that are very inspiring to me. And I will try and upload a video or two and mention a blog so that you can see that it helps to see other freeformers on a journey similar to your own.

The first one is cupidvalentino1 and he is on youtube. He has a lot of good information in his videos that go far beyond just freeform locks. So please take the time to visit his videos on youtube. I don't want to say much more because I want you to judge for yourself.

Okay for some reason blogger won't let me imbed one his videos in my blog so please just go and visit his youtube.

Another awesome freeformer is on youtube and he goes by the name of hatsdontfit. And he also has a blog and is on tumblr. His tumblr name is Gorilla Loves Hummingbird.

Those two men are awesome examples of freeform dreads in action. It just shows you that everyone dreads will look different.

I think that setting out to have your dreads look like someone else's is not very intelligent. Be you and no one else!

Peace be with you all

Trina

Freeform Dreadlocks 14year Anniversary

I know a lot of people thought this was a fly by night decision when I first embarked upon my dreadlock journey. I had become convinced in the year 1998 that this was the best way to be in the process of becoming as natural as I can be. I let go of the unnecessary pressures I put upon myself to try and fit in and look neat tidy the the world of commercialism.

14yrs of learning how to let myself go and set myself free has taught me that I don't need to poke and prod at my locks and try to color them to look more interesting. I don't need to seperate them to look uniform and all the same. I just keep them clean and let them be.

Because I dyed them 3yrs ago I lost a lot of length to them and my locks suffered from them a bits and pieces have fallen off. But the bits and pieces that fell off were dead