Whats up everybody? I hope everyone is feeling well on this Monday morning. I was wondering if anyone knows any good ways to put your hair up. I have to put my hair up at work and want to find a better/cooler looking way then my current simple bun or pony tail. Pics would be greatly appreciated!
One Love,
Lucas
Is it harmful to your hair to use undiluted dr bronners? I love how it lathers up and really makes me feel like i am getting my scalp clean. I use dr bronners twice a week and bs/acv once a week.
I have been letting my hair free-form for about 3 months now. I wash with baking soda and essential oils, doing an ACV rinse about once a week, and dr bronners about ever 2 weeks. I naturally have thick hair and loose curls, so i assumed my hair would dread up quite fast. I am now starting to second guess my original theory.
My mom just started neglecting the comb/brush a week ago, and has almost a full head of locks already! It's amazing how fast her hair is dreading. We have pretty much opposite hair. Hers is very very fine and straight as an arrow. I'm just wondering why it is that her hair is locking so much faster. It's actually a bit frustrating cause i've been going 3 months and have maybe 10 baby dreads, while shes only gone a week and already hasnoticeableknots. Any natural dready would recognize her hair as baby dreads, where as mine is just a bunch of curls. I have my hands in my hair a lot, so im thinking that may have something to do with it. I'm just confused as to why mine are taking so long. How long did some of your guys' hair take to dread (people with similar hair to me)?
I have tryed putting some beads in but they wont seem to stay in. Since there is no knot for them to grip, they fall out very easily.
Ixchel said:
that is looking good for where you are at! agree with SE washing & sea salt will help, & do you have any beads you could throw in there? i love your big curls, they will make for some great dreads <3
Thanks for all the support and quick replies! I do put sea salt in my bs wash, but just recently started actually measuring the amount of bs. Before i just dumped "enough" in then poured it over my hair. Thanks for the tip on sleeping with damp hair. I thought that was a no no because they might not dry all the way so i was actually doing my best to avoid sleeping with any moisture in my hair. I definitely want to stick with the natural method, just needed some encouragement that something IS actually happening. Thanks guys!
Hello fellow dreadies. I know that i am most likely over thinking it, but im wondering if im doing something wrong which slows down the dreading process. I stopped combing 2 1/2 months ago and started washing with baking soda 2 weeks thereafter. So far I am loving the process but feel like im doing something wrong. I have thick, loose, curly hair that ranges in length anywhere from about 8" to about 1'. I wash very inconsistently. Pretty much anytime i feel dirty or start to see a lot of flakes ill wash it. I hope to stick to baking soda but picked up a bottle of bronners to try out.
Being that i have such thick hair, i was assuming i would have a great deal of progress after just a few months, but sadly that is not the case. I TnR'd one dread which is now super tight, but the rest of my head is still just normal hair. I have 2 other knots, both of which are in the longest part of my hair (along my hairline in the middle of forehead, about 1 foot in length). I follow the instructions from this site on washing and try to keep my hands out of my hair as much as possible. I feel like i must be messing up somewhere because of such little progress. I just wanted to know from you guys how long it took you to REALLY start to knot up? I feel like my hair just isnt doing it for some reason. Any suggestions on what i might be messing up with would be appreciated.
This is my hair now
Here is me on week 1 
Thats actually why we broke up. I told her i couldn't be with her because for some reason i couldn't stop putting my bad feelings on her. We talked a lot about it and realize we simply don't work anymore. It felt like we had to break up even though neither of us wanted it. There is always the possibility of getting back together in the future but i plan to just see what happens. Whatever is meant to happen will happen.
Valrie said:
Nice to meet you. Since you claim to be a peace advocate may I suggest that, everything you have admitted to us here in your introduction be put into a letter of realization and apology to your ex? Verbal abuse is sometimes far worse than physical and it will be self-rewarding to offer that closer.
Next, your dread journey could become a spiritual journey where you learn a lot about yourself. No school should bar admittance based on this.
