I thought id better add some photos and explanation of my latest reroot that im not very happy with ! i had the stupid idea just as i was dropping off to sleep one night that i should do another ethnic type reroot but this time it would have dreadlocks....the next day i practised making some , they looked quite good so i thought id give it a go. i have had the caleb that i used for years, he was one of the first dolls i ever bought and i had to set the alarm for in the middle of the night so i could bid for him on ebay in america BUT part of the trouble with this reroot is that caleb just isnt that pretty and even though he is now a girl he still looks like a boy !......
when i took his hair off i discovered a zillion holes which i wasnt expecting at all, it seemed to take forever to do the rooting part as the afro hair was a nightmare to thread through the needle, i purposly did it thick as last time those braids shrunk down to nothing and i needed it to be a bit more substantial this time .....
i was quite worried when the hair was done !....
but then on the busiest day ever, i had a quick few minutes before i did the shopping and stupidly thought it would be a good idea to cut the hair nearer to the length i wanted....big mistake ! ...
i needed the longer length of the hair to make the dreads and then i should have cut them to length afterward but now id made life difficult as it was really fiddly and not going to plan, i wanted to give up but what was i to do with all that hair, so there was nothing for it but to carry on ......
then by now in a complete panick about all the hours id put in came the moment of truth , i had to "relax" the hair, i had expected it to shrink down loads, it did shrink but not at all how i expected, id done a centre part but this caleb has such a low hairline at the front all i could see was that he now looked like a caveman , i put that bunch in so now at least you can see his face.....so its been alot of hard work and i still dont think i like the result, in theory the dreads are quite nice theres just too many of them ! and they dont go down to the ends of the hair which they would of if id left the hair long then cut them.....apologies for the red dot on one of the eyes, ive only noticed it since i put these photos on the computer, all i can think is it must be a speck of my red nail varnish !.....
i had to brighten all these photos as its been that gloomy here today but i had to brighten that much that you cant even see the dress ! and its kind of made her hair look more matted and scruffy than it really is ......
as an after thought a rare pic of my hubby rich with hair matching my new reroot, hes just come off a water ride at a theme park, im not sure he'll be happy if he knows this photo here !
