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Dreading Methods
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updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 01/13/15 09:08:47PM
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Fave way to keep clean
Dreads Hair and Scalp Health
So I haven't been able to get the jojoba oil but I probably need to stop playing with my hair/scalp [I get bored and just kinda massage it lol] because I have to wash like every day/every other. I really like the bs mix, too. How often is it recommended to use the sea salt water spray?
soaring eagle said:
baking soda mix ..if not lazy ill adsdd maylees
twice a week
barely warm like a few degrees above room temp
sometimes cold after rinse
Fave way to keep clean
Dreads Hair and Scalp Health
I am sure there has been a discussion on this already, but of all the ways you've ever used to clean your hair and keep it that way during the natural dreading process, what's your *favorite* way to keep it clean? Do daily showers rather than baths make a difference? How much does the water temperature matter? Does washing your hair [too] often mess things up for you? Is there a general consensus on products? [besides what NOT to use, haha]
updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 01/13/15 09:08:46PM
Not one to have questions, but seriously having a scalp EMERGENCY
Dreads Hair and Scalp Health
If it makes you feel any better I kind of just had this problem... sebum, actually. Dead skin and scalp oils. I wasn't using acv much and I think that's why I had that issue. I used a Suave clarifying shampoo and acv rinse followed by cold water rinse. cleared it up [YAY!] but now my hair is so smooth I think I might have to dry it out again. lol. I'm not sure what to do! :D I agree, make sure you aren't using a strong concentration of bs in the water bc it will fry your hair and your scalp. Hope you get it resolved soon, because having build-up in your hair is yucckkyyyyy.
-Sara
Nichole Currier said:
Thank you so much, and yeah, it was brought to my attention last night by my fiance, that my "gallon pitcher" was a 2 quart pitcher,
i felt so stupid
so in my wash last night i split half in a clean apple juice 2 qt container, and half in the pitcher then filled both with water, lol, i think that could have been the problem i'll do an ACV rinse, see what that does, and hope for the best
joyful.d said:See if you can find Dr. Bronner's Miracle Soap. It's natural and not prone to residue. Most shampoos will leave residue. As Heather mentioned, you could also try dish soap. See if you can find plain (unscented) blue Dawn dish soap and use just a few drops in some tolerably hot water at a time. SE mentioned ACV rinses which are definitely key to removing build up. Maybe try some highly diluted soap followed by the ACV rinse.
FWIW, a year ago when I started mine I was using WAY too much bs in my washes and was ending up with little itchy scabs on my scalp (yuck! ouch!). I drastically reduced the amount of bs in every wash and the problem went away. It's all about balance, really: you want just enough bs to scour the scalp of excess dirt and oil, just enough ACV to rid the hair of excess greasiness and just enough oils to keep everything soft and moisturized. Once you find the right balance for your skin, you will have one very happy head! Much luck to you.
updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 07/09/15 10:29:21PM
my first comment and it wasn't nice:(
General Talk
I agree, they are taught to hate themselves. And that is no bueno. Everyone should be taught to love, especially yourself. When you have a hatred or love for anything about yourself, you tend to turn it out onto other people. So why not turn the love out? And the racism and prejudice goes *both* ways. I think people who are racist these days aren't inherently racist, they are inherently *taught* to be racist or prejudiced, whether it's by family, or by society. I'm a mutt. More of a European mutt, but I'm still a mutt. I hope that one day everyone will realize we have all been stolen from in some form or another, and make a promise to each other to give instead of take. :/ I also hope that one day everyone will realize they were born perfectly, just the way they were supposed to be.
Desirae Rose said:
I gotta disagree with you on this part, though. Black people aren't taught to hate white people, they're taught to love white people and anything associated with white people and hate themselves. It's true, though most will never admit it.
As for thinking anything 'black' is theirs, well look at the history. Can you really blame black people for feeling threatened? Stolen from their ancestral homelands, forced to abandon most of their ancestral cultures, enslaved and constantly told to this day everything about them and associated with them is ugly and inferior. Most don't even know where they come from, and black people are told they have NO history and didn't even exist until slavery by non-blacks. Then history is constantly rewritten to make black people look worse, look stupid, and everyone else look good. When black people DO 'claim' something it gets bashed and dismissed as 'ugly' and 'Ghetto' and 'less-than' and just another thing to further separate them from everyone else. That is, until non-black people start liking the same thing and then people want to act like it's so 'new' and awesome and wonderful and beautiful and great and then pretend THEY made it up, even though black people have known about the very same thing for YEARS. To black people, that can be seen as ONCE AGAIN having something taken away from them, not being able to have something that is truly their 'own'. Not only that, but then the blatant disrespect that comes with it; like the rest of the world is saying to them "This is only 'good' if non-black people are involved with it. When black people are associated with it, it's bad and inferior".
I'm not saying it's right or okay, but instead of just dismissing a lot of black people as just hateful racists, try looking at the history and the issues black people have. Black people have a LOT of issues, sadly due to the continued racism and prejudice and stereotypes they have to constantly deal with daily.
If you're still not sure what I'm talking about, I'd be glad to give examples.
kenny said:
well..in the U.S.A. the GREATEST country ever on earth they tell us anyhow.. a lot black people are taught to hate white people and that everything that is generally a black thing is theirs all theirs and everyone else is just an asshole racist of some sort...
updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 02/14/15 04:26:07PM
my first comment and it wasn't nice:(
General Talk
HAHAHA I had this discussion yesterday. :/
Sorry you went through it. Unfortunately I don't have much advice except to just ignore people, OR educate them. I run into it a lot, and not just about dreadlocks. I'm furious about feeling like I was tricked into a cesarean and I've taken it upon myself to get education on everything about pregnancy, labor, and birth. When you are passionate about something, it is hard to ignore negative comments but sometimes you just have to let it be. Other times you might feel like it's your duty to educate.
Although you know my daddy told me last night that "emulation is the highest form of flattery" when I was talking to him about how I feel like my MIL [who is black] thinks I'm trying to be black because I'm dreading my hair. He also told me, "It's YOUR HAIR." And I feel like I should say the same to you... It's YOUR HAIR. Be proud of it and feel beautiful in it and act on instinct when someone makes a comment, whether it be negative or positive.
<3 )O(
updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 02/14/15 10:54:41AM
Dreads and prejudices close to home
Dreadlocks Journey Emotional Support
Sister ... lol. But yeah. They have. Whether it's because i didn't give my child solids until he was a year or because I hate OB/GYNs now... or because I want dreadlocks in my hair... I've been treated with disdain. I like what you said, it takes work to grown and understand other people. It makes a lot of sense. I feel like I have grown in that even though it's hard to deal with sometimes, I do MY OWN thing and don't worry about what others are doing. I don't even bother being friends with mutual friends IRL, I find my own friends. Do my own thing. Do my own hair! haha. And it's not just hair. I'm sure many will agree it is a way of life, a spirituality.
Adam Jaymes Robinson said:
you are going to experience this whether you have dreads or not brother.. i will go ahead and assume that people have in the past treated you with disdain before you had dreads? and they will when you do.. people like to live in ignorance because its more comfortable than the truth any matter, also people like to bath in pride.. the only thing you can do brother is continue your journey and be grateful that you dont have that noose around your neck.. look back 10 years from now and observe that the same people who treated you with contempt are the same people that have not grown at all.. it takes work to grow and understand other people and most people would rather hit the snooze button on the alarm clock of tolerance and empathy and go back to sleep than WAKE UP! continue walking down your path and admire the scenery along the way.. even if it is cold, desolate, and ugly, because its something to be grateful for.. ONeLOVe
Dreads and prejudices close to home
Dreadlocks Journey Emotional Support
How do you all deal with them? I am sure it's much easier to ignore a stranger or explain to them about your hair and whatnot, but what about when the prejudice and ignorance hits closer to home? My mother-in-law [who is African American] seems to think that dreadlocks "are a race thing" and not for "white people." There are other people around me obviously who aren't white [I don't know what terms you guys use, it all doesn't matter to me so I'm using what I grew up with and please don't fuss about it, I'm saying this bc I know some people who do] and haven't said much negative. But my MIL will have some attitude about it, even if she won't out-right say that she doesn't think I should dread my hair, and it bothers me. It's hard to escape, if you know what I mean. I think dreadlocks are beautiful no matter what your race or ethnicity or what kind of hair you have. I don't think she knows I'm a pagan, and I don't think she would understand the connection between my religion and my hair, but it might help....
How do you deal with stereotypes and prejudices by people you are around all the time?
updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 01/13/15 09:08:20PM
Uh... sebum.
Help! Save My Dreads
*You* told me to use jojoba oil. haha. I just put the oil down the top/middle of my scalp and let it from there?
And I just wanna make sure... I don't have to brush anything out, if I just use a clarifying shampoo and scrub my roots it should loosen it and get it out of my hair, right? :D
soaring eagle said:
what were u advised?
jojoba is so close to natural skin oils that putting jojoba on the scalp tricks the scaklp into thinking its over produced sebum so shuts down production
so try a clarifying anti residue shampoo to remove it and dip a finger or cuetip in jojoba and put a thin layer on the scalp
in a few weeks it should produce less and less