Neutrogena 2 in1 Fight N Fade Toner. Miracle for african american skin. She'll love me for recommending it. For moisturizing, use extra virgin olive oil on face in small amounts, making sure it's rubbed completely into the skin to absorb it. pat dry the excess oil with a tissue. in a month she should see major results.
I just finished reading this entire thread, I'm gonna make this short. Kelly, there is a serious amount of irony in the fact that you call these people idiots that live in abstract and despite that you are determined to argue with and patronize them to the death. That's such a huge generalization, calling Americans easily offended. How would you feel if I said all Irish are drunken bastards? sounds horrible doesn't it? Leave people to their own devices, no one died and appointed you the new Albert Einstein. No one has to believe what you think and vice versa. Come on man, the things you've said are just unbelievable, I mean, just who cares that much to argue over the internet with people you don't even know. On top of that, you lash out to the person that created the very website you are logging on and verbally abusing people on! I mean, if you don't agree with Soaring Eagle, why the hell are you on his site where you can see what he promotes and believes in?? This isn't the only dreadlocks site on the web. You've gotten the valuable information that you need to have dreads, what else is left to gain? I master in the psychology of human personalities, and I can tell that you just love getting a kick out of letting people know you're the resident expert on everything south of the sun. Just let it go. If you really didn't care and really thought these people were idiots, you wouldn't be spending valuable time on this website arguing with them. Instead, why not go and research that "vastness of the universe" you so dearly covet? Be the person to discover what the world is missing out on! I just can't believe I'm looking at tens of messages from an individual so determined to let EVERYONE else know they're wrong and that's the end of it. Who are you do discredit and chastise to that degree? Just live your own life and leave other people alone man, your personality reeks of asshole and I can't imagine how you are around your affiliates if this is the way you treat people on a computer screen. Good day.
I thought i was the only one experiencing this....what a relief.
The #1 tip is to do absolutely nothing. Idk how old you are but growing up I used to watch Spongebob a lot and there was an episode where Patrick and him were stuck in the forest with a magic conch and no food and they asked the conch what they had to do to escape and it responded to say "nothing," suddenly out of nowhere a food supply plane was crashing out of the sky and dropped all of its cargo into the forest and they had plenty of food to spare. my point without rambling on 
is that it just needs to be washed with no maintenance other than separating, unless you want huge congos. and also leaving it down all the time helps it along way faster than tying it up. peace 
The main goal is to avoid permanent baldness. other than that you'd be good with your setup.
ABCXYZ said:
I'm not really sure what to compare tight to. If I put my finger through the base, they'll actually come right out. But either way, that's why I'm here. For your opinions.
Journeyman Dreads said:whew those are twisted tight man. start over.
you can still get that manicured look for your job but for the long term sake of your hair you should definitely loosen the root area a lil bit so they're allowed to breathe. too much scalp showing. your hair type would have been fine without the sectioning and you can buy a tam for your job to cover up your hair if that's an issue
ABCXYZ said:
So now what? Take them down, or just leave them as is and don't touch them anymore? With the occupation I have now, I have to maintain at least a slight "manicured" look. Otherwise I would just freeform. Also, never went to a salon, this is just from information I gathered from various sources on the internet.
whew those are twisted tight man. start over.
I use a 100% wool sweater, I never "prepared" it for anything. A wool sweater is all you need. youtube exaggerates everything and i wouldn't seek that website for advice you can find everything you need here if you just search it.
QuentinB said:
I'd still like suggestions about washing and preparing the wool cloth. I saw someone on youtube use a microfiber cloth.
If it's short why don't you just wait until it's longer? You said your hair gets coarse as it gets longer so you really don't need wool rubbing. If you want you can wrap the wool around your pillow as a case at night, that will help curls form faster as you toss & turn.
make a sea salt spray to help the curls lock. your hair can most definitely dread. I feel ya on the selsun blue but i don't think that's the real problem. you just need a natural accelerator to help your hair. I'm really shocked that 19 months have passed with no progress like that. take a plastic bottle and fill it about 3/4 and then take 2 teaspoons of dead sea salt (you can find it at your local supermarket) and pour that in the bottle. shake it up a little bit to catalyze the diffusion of crystals. once it dissolves spray that on your head not near the roots and you can keep that on your head for about 2 hours before you wash. Also, consider diluting the selsun blue shampoo so it's not nearly as effective in the conditioning aspect. you'll see some change by this week. keep up the hope man.
