About
I’m Trula and this is my dreadlocks and loose natural hair blog, associated with my book Dread Mama: Beautiful, Natural, Successful Locks. My current set of locks were started in 1998 and prior to that I had dreadlocks from 1992-1997. This blog includes lots of photos and how-to instructions for dreadlocks and other natural hair styles and will include excerpts from my book.
Prior to having dreadlocks I wore my natural hair in various styles from afros to cornrows to single braids. I am a big fan of natural afro-textured hair, not for political reasons but simply because it is beautiful hair. I strongly encourage those with this kind of hair (which comes in varying textures and colors) to embrace their natural hair. Your hair will grow in abundance once you free it from chemical and/or strong heat treatments.
I can be reached at info at dreadmama dot net, or leave a comment here on the blog. All the photos are my own, unless otherwise credited, and include pics of me and my children with different hairstyles of natural hair. You can also check out all my Dread Mama photos in my Dread Mama flickr Gallery . The Dread Mama blog is part of the MSPmedia network. Thanks for coming by and if you have a site, please link me!
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This post written by Trula. Thanks for visiting Dread Mama!
Mar 3rd, 2009 at 9:12 am
i love the photos,the lox must be special.
blessings!
Mar 7th, 2009 at 10:44 am
thank you! I appreciate that
Mar 12th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
What a beautiful website you have! Nice to have stumbled upon it.
Lyn
Mar 17th, 2009 at 9:47 am
thankyou!
May 5th, 2009 at 12:26 am
hey first of all let me say you have lovely dreads and your site is really cool i would like to ask you how many locks do you have to me it seems like more then 100
May 7th, 2009 at 6:51 am
probably; I really don’t know. I’ll count them soon-ish
May 11th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Love you locks!
May 12th, 2009 at 7:00 am
thank you
May 27th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Hi my name is Angela Johnson, and I am thirteen yrs. old and almost my whole family has “locks” as we like to call them, because there is nothing dreadful about them. I was looking for some hairstyles for locked hair when i saw you’re ad on google. When I got here I was happy to see many styles.
THANX luv angie
Jun 29th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
You’re welcome Angela, thank you for visiting!
Jul 21st, 2009 at 9:30 am
I REALLY THINK YOUR HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL I THINK THAT MORE OF US SHOULD WEAR OUR HAIR NATURAL HOW THE LORD MADE IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PICS THEY HAVE INSPIRED ME AND MY DAUGHTER.
Jul 24th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I’m about 2 start my own locs soon ,and give me the courage to do it sooner.i really love ur web site.WISH U LEAVED NEXT DOOR TO ME,I WOULD ASK U TO SHOW ME HOW TO START THEM (SMILE..)NO REALLY.BUT I’VE BEEN SCOUTING AROUND AND I HAVE A FEW GOOD CHOICES.
Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:45 am
First of all, great job with website. You and family look really good with the neat hairstyles. Keep up the good work!
Aug 17th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Thank you Lois! I appreciate that
Aug 17th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Thank you sunny day! I appreciate that
Aug 17th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Hi Nikki! how exciting, I hope you enjoy your locks!
Sep 7th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
African Queen
Sep 15th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Hi Kuba! thanks for commenting
Jan 11th, 2010 at 8:31 am
OH WOW! I love it love it!!!!!!! I’m actually getting my son’s hair locked next weekend I’m so exited, even though a lot of people is against me… I think is beautiful. I wish i could lock my hair… I’m in the military so cant do
… well i just have a quick question. My son is only 2 so i was wondering when you start the locks and you cant wash it how do you clean it? i guess i need to do more reasearch, but i was wondering since you also have kids with lock and you know kids dont care about throwing sand in the air….
Feb 19th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Hi Edith! yes you can wash your son’s hair while it is locking. I did with all my kids, and their hair locked up no problem.