Dutch Dreadies
Introduce Yourself
I have very good friends from the Netherlands! 
I used to house/pet sit for them in the US when they would go back to Holland to visit family!
Welcome!
Forum Activity for @Anna Blocker
Introduce Yourself
Seven months into twist and rip/back comb and my hair looks like a mop head and not at all like dreads..
Dread Maintenance
Anything and everything you put in or on your body has some amount of chemical interaction. The salts effects will be present even after it is washed out. Same way you use ACV to re-balance the pH of your hair after washing it with BS because BS is basic and ACV is an acid.
-Chemistry student.
Brushing out blunted tips?
Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling
Hey everyone! I started a few months ago with neglect, and the back of my hair is all short mature seeming dreads atm, the sides are still longer and ive done some twist and rip to control the section size and placement.
I was wondering how everyone who has brushed out their ends has done so? what is the easiest and least damaging/hair breaking way to do so? I just really prefer the look of loose ends and want that little bit of length it will add, as well as the ends being loose will keep the dreads from falling when my hair is tied up.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
I'll be posting some pictures of the progress soon I hope!
Anna
updated by @Anna Blocker: 01/13/15 10:02:56PM
Reggae?
General Questions
If you like or want to check out groups who have a lot of different elements going on, horn sections and a jazz feel and still that nice underlying roots eat coming through, then check out these guys, and there are a few roots groups thrown in here; Groundation, Milton Henry, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Fat Freddy's Drop, Yellow Man, Toya,....most of the Marley's are great, you have some different styles and whatnot amongst them.
How can I tell if my dreads are healthy?
Introduce Yourself
O.O just fall off his head?? eww....
Yeah I would say he was doing something VERY wrong....there should be enough hair that isn't broken for that to never happen...
Keeping ends unblunted?
General Talk
Very! One has both a random long strand sticking out, and a short curled tuft sticking out. Very silly
Keeping ends unblunted?
General Talk
Ok good to know. I think it's because my hair is curly so the tips are curling up into the knotted dread. Some just have a silly long thin strand sticking out xD it's quite funny.
Keeping ends unblunted?
General Talk
Hey dreadies,
I'm about 2-3 months in and have about 7 or so really well formed shrinking dreads in the back of my super curly hair, I just let them happen, and separate them after washing my hair.
Right now my big problem is that the ends of the dreads keep trying to blunt up, and I not only do not like the look of that but have heard it can be bad, making them take longer to dry etc, and I wash my hair quite often.
Also getting into that panic of how short they are getting, I LOVE my long hair, and between the shortness of the dreads and the fact that only the back is dreaded thus far....I feel like it looks really funky lol
Namaste!
updated by @Anna Blocker: 01/13/15 10:02:11PM