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Dread Gel?

Dread Products

Make sure you get the liquid! Everyone's told me it REALLY locks up baby dreadies, the bars are more for mature dreads. I got the nag champa shampoo, just gotta wait for both to get here, I'm so excited to try them and I'll let you know how it goes after I use them a couple times=]

Dread Gel?

Dread Products

I went with TnR too and I know exactly what you mean! SE got me convinced that the dread gel would help keep my hair looking more presentable for my family's sake, if it weren't for them I'd just let them go and do their own thing. But anyways, SE has assured me that its a great product and will help my hair lock up and keep it looking more presentable when it needs to be. I just ordered mine today, so I can't really give a personal testimonial for it yet, but I'll be sure to let ya know how it works for me!

Dreadlockshampoo.com- Liquid or Bar Soap for baby dreads?

Dread Products

Have you tried any of the other scents, Doogie?

Dreadlockshampoo.com- Liquid or Bar Soap for baby dreads?

Dread Products

Liquid it is then! What's everyone's favorite scents? I think I'm gonna go with nag champa, I burn that incense all the time and love it!

Dreadlockshampoo.com- Liquid or Bar Soap for baby dreads?

Dread Products

Which would help speed up the locking process better for new TnR dread babies? I'm starting to lean more towards the bars because there's more options for scents, I've heard they last longer, and they're cheaper, but I've also heard that its more for mature dreads. I'm pretty stuck here, I just can't decide. I did TnR a few weeks ago and they're not really having trouble tightening up on their own, but I'd like to see more progress because the sooner they tighten, the sooner my family would more accepting of them. I'm also ordering the lock magic gel, I've heard nothing but great stuff about it. I'm just not sure if bar or liquid soap would be the way to go to speed up the locking process. I know I just need to be patient, and I am, but as I said it would be easier for my family if it would go a little faster.
updated by @megan-atwood: 01/13/15 10:02:38PM

Peyote stitch! =]

Dread Accessories

Thanks for the input everyone! I'd love to get a stock together in a little while. I think that 15-25 is a pretty unfair price, the supplies that goes into one sleeve is less than a dollar! I'd like to sell them for just enough for me to make a little bit of a profit, plus a little extra to dontate a percentage to the site and maybe other good causes. I think 7-10 is a lot more fair. It really irks me seeing people make so much off these, they don't take long to make at all. Im gonna keep practicing and build up a stock over the next couple months! SE, do you think they'd help combat the little bit of crochet damage I've got going on? It's not much, I made sure to be very gentle with the hook and didnt hear any rips, only have a few loose hairs=] and the only my hooks are gonna touch from now on is yarn. Lol.

Peyote stitch! =]

Dread Accessories

I've recently started making my own peyote stitches! They're a lot easier than I thought they'd be, I've always been a crafter and love working with cords and beads. I've never been into the seed bead thing until I started thinking about peyote stitch. I mostly just worked with hemp and crochet and knitting projects. Anyways, my peyote stitch is a little rough, but I'm perfecting my methods slowly but surely. I have some questions though, would anyone reccomend wearing them in baby dreads? And I think they would be a great business venture once I get better at it. I'm not trying to sell anything now but another thing I'd like to ask this wonderful community is, would you buy handcrafted peyote sleeves, and what would you think a good price is? I've looked on places like eBay and etsy and they just seem overpriced to me, upwards of $15 for just one.
updated by @megan-atwood: 01/13/15 10:02:33PM

Inform people with proper information about dreadlocks

Dread Products

Got an idea for this earlier, could onto dreadheadhq and knottyboy official websites and flood the reviews pages with reviews and links to the petition! There's a lot of other company reviews pages we could flood too and the owners wouldn't be able to remove them from the third party review sites. I know a lot of people research companies on third party sites before ordering anything and if they could see the information there, it could really help dissuade potential customers.

dreadheadhq avoid at all cost!

Introduce Yourself

Signed it=]

Helping my family accept and respect my choice to have dreadlocks?

Life Issues Facing Dreads

Ever since I started, they have given me nothing but disrespect and negative comments about my choice to live more naturally. They think that dreads are dirty, buggy, "make me look like I want to be black" but they don't use the word black if you know what I mean, and they just won't change their opinion no matter how much I tell them about the facts and why I made this choice. I tell them that my hair is much cleaner than it was before, I only shampooed about once a month and used conditioner a few times a week just to keep my hair looking "nice" and smooth. Now I wash it 3 times a week and I feel so much cleaner. I respect and value my family's opinion of me and it just kills me that they can't accept this and they believe I'm doing it just to embarrass them. I'm not, it's just a different lifestyle that I made an educated choice to begin. Has anyone else had this problem with their family and loved ones? What did you do about it? Did they ever come to terms?
updated by @megan-atwood: 01/13/15 10:02:27PM