There could be a few things that are not helping... first of all, if you have really fine hair, sometimes if the locks are started too thin they don't look so hot for the first few months until they start fattening up. Perhaps they weren't started tight enough... But the good news is, after about 3-6 months they do start getting good dreadlocks shapes and looking like real dreads. It's harder for some of us than others in the beginning, but have no fear, they will be awesome if you just stick it out. You can easily keep them under a bandana or tam for a while until they start smartening up, without any danger of that hindering the locking process.