"Beauty
is not in the face; beauty
is a light in the heart"
~ Kahlil
Gibran~
~Ben Franklin ~
"Let the beauty we love be what we do."
~Rumi ~
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Why did I pick these quotes? Well, if you follow me on Facebook then you recently discovered that I am seriously considering having dreadlocks put in my hair. Yes, I said SERIOUSLY. Do you need a moment to get over the shock?
I have been mulling this over for a long time and finally brought up the subject with Gareth tonight, to discover that he is completely supportive of it. I was almost knocked over by that revelation because he likes my hair longer and is really lovely about complementing me on it and doesn't much like shorter hair on me, and to be honest, I look hideous with short hair as we discovered in September of 2008 when I got all of my hair cut off. If was just barely below my ears. It was awful! Just awful! I cried for months! Thankfully my hair grows insanely quickly and it's now pretty long again, and that's even after getting a couple of inches trimmed off over the summer. Anyhow, he knows I'm getting pretty frustrated with my hair.
Dreadlocks are attractive to me for numerous reasons but the biggest one being the low-maintenance factor. I know people don't automatically think they aren't a lot of work. Initially when you first get them put in, depending on your hair type, it might take a little work...the dreading itself, possible waxing and depending on how you have your hair dreaded, there's a little more work at the start. In the long run though, they are very low maintenance and even fun to play around with, and if you take care of yourself and your dreads, they look great! Hell, I could even decorate my dreads for Halloween, Christmas, Easter...you name it - I can find a matching hair bead for it! And hey...ever hear of Jingle Dreads?!?!
Seriously though, my hair screams 80's!!! Bon Jovi! I HATE Bon Jovi...My big. bossy hair begs to have blue eyeshadow smoothed over my eyelids, big gold hoop earrings dangling from my ears, and Lip Smackers lip gloss rolled on my lips. It's got tight curls on all of the bottom layers and big, floppy lazy curls on the top. It costs more money than I care to keep spending on products...smoothing gels and creams, straighteners, glosses, and conditioners just to name a few! As far as the blonde? Yeah, I'll keep that up because I'm far too vain to go gray, gracefully and I've discovered that with dreads, it's a lot less expensive to keep them blonde than it is to keep my highlights going.
Don't believe me about the 80's hair? Behold, a chunky monkey version of Blair from The Facts of Life! I took this earlier today...
No matter how I get it cut or end up styling it, it's always big and annoying and a complete pain in my ass. Most of the time I just put it up in a headband and scrunchie and call it good.
There's just something simple and beautiful about dreadlocks. Not everyone can rock a headful of dreads...I'm not saying I can. I am saying that whilst I know that hardly anyone else thinks they're beautiful - well I find the beauty in their simplicity and fun! Besides, at this point I'm still thinking about it. Don't worry...not until you start seeing me quote Bob Marley lyrics and posting about how many different bead shoppes I've hit up!
