okay so ive been letting my dreadies grow naturally now for about three months. the other day i washed them with baking soda and tea tree oil. it made my hair super soft but it sorta took some of the knottyness out of my hair. i was just wondering, did i do it wrong or is the baking soda wash only for more mature dreadlocks?? i have a wool hat ive been wearing but was wondering maybe if there was some kind of natural ingredient i could rinse my hair with to help it knot up just a little faster since its like my babies backtracked half a month now =[ i would be grateful for any help. thank you all!
updated by @green-bean: 01/13/15 08:30:59PM
HELP =)
I don't have any experience with the natural method so my credibility on the issue is between none and not enough, but I don't think you did anything WRONG. From what I've seen and heard the natural route is a road of taking 3 steps forward then 2 steps back until they reach a certain level of maturity, and after that its only steps forward.The only thing i can think of that would help them lock up a tad faster would be a wool hat and maybe some sea water, but Im just speculating.Good luck cool thing
oh really i didnt know that. yeah i was thinking sea salt but just wanted to hear what some other brothers and sisters had to say. thank you man! Vinny said:
I don't have any experience with the natural method so my credibility on the issue is between none and not enough , but I don't think you did anything WRONG. From what I've seen and heard the natural route is a road of taking 3 steps forward then 2 steps back until they reach a certain level of maturity, and after that its only steps forward.
The only thing i can think of that would help them lock up a tad faster would be a wool hat and maybe some sea water, but Im just speculating.Good luck cool thing
the baking soda does make em very soft, so add sea salt to itit may seem like a backtrack but problyu over te next few days soukld tigten back up
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oooohh okay thank you SE! i was a little bummed out. i will get some sea salt today. so is it okay to still wash with baking soda or should i just stick to deluted bronners for now? soaringeagle said:
the baking soda does make em very soft, so add sea salt to it
it may seem like a backtrack but problyu over te next few days soukld tigten back up
if bronners works for u use it, use te baking soda when u feel u need an extra cleaning, if your scalp gets all screwed up or u feel gunky from residue or polutantsas tery tigten u can use it more often brittney said:
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oooohh okay thank you SE! i was a little bummed out. i will get some sea salt today. so is it okay to still wash with baking soda or should i just stick to deluted bronners for now?
soaringeagle said:the baking soda does make em very soft, so add sea salt to it
it may seem like a backtrack but problyu over te next few days soukld tigten back up
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Everyones scalp is different, baking soda seems to dry my hair and scalp up or atleast it used to. I never added tea tree oil to it tho, so the tea tree oil might be making them soft.I have used Dr bronners tea tree oil shampoo and that made them soft.I think the baking soda wash can be used for any age dreads.your dreads will tell you what they need.
teatree absolutely makes em very very soft, try using less, like only a drop or 3
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ohh okay maybe thats where i went wrong! i put like three or four drops! whooops. its okay you learn from your mistakes. =) soaringeagle said:
teatree absolutely makes em very very soft, try using less, like only a drop or 3
