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Advice

General Questions

This is all wonderful advice. Feeling very confident and excited to start my journey

Advice

General Questions

here is my hair in its naturally dried state. how much do you think they may shrink? how long before i start to notice dreads? how long until they are passed the loopy stage and really starting to form?

Advice

General Questions

If I go natural, will I have any control over the size of my dreads? There have been a few occasions in yay life that natural dreads have formed on accident and they were like huge masses in the back of my head. Especially from sleeping, when I was little I would get "birds nests" overnight haha. I am still very interested in the all natural approach, just a little hard for me to lose control over something so important to me, I am a licensed hair stylist.

Advice

General Questions

So I think I have decided to go against your recommendation and I want to start with the tnr and let things go from there. Wash and separate. My question is how should I prep my hair? Also, what size sections would you recommend?

updated by @karlin-buck: 02/14/15 05:50:34AM

inwant dreads

Dreading Methods

I used to wash my hair with a baking soda paste I made with water and I always had a hard time getting it all rinsed out and incorporated all through my scalp. Have you ever heard of this problem?

inwant dreads

Dreading Methods

Would you recommend I use bucks shampoos? I also have liquid Castile soap already, could I use that mixed with high quality essential oils?

Ps- thank you so much for your help. I was very close to getting sucked into the wax and dread head HQ... Bad bad bad

inwant dreads

Dreading Methods

How long will it take to have mature locks?

If I were to choose tnr, what would future matentence and cleaning be like?

inwant dreads

Dreading Methods

I am very ready for dreads and have wanted them a long time. I'm a white female with wavy hair about halfway down my back. I dont know what to do yet. I've always been afraid to do the neglect because its a big mess and not very uniform. I found the rip and tear method and that makes nice looking dreads. I was wondering if my hair would dread on its own after the rip n tear? Please help! Thank you!

Added a photo of my natural hair texture and type

updated by @karlin-buck: 01/13/15 09:42:00PM