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crafty craftersPermalink Reply by Mamaa Wolf on September 29, 2009 at 6:28pm

I meant to say oils and stuff to make it smell good

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Permalink Reply by Daniel on September 29, 2009 at 6:52pm

http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/super-clean-dreads-safe-for

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Permalink Reply by Jo on September 29, 2009 at 8:15pm

The wash I normally use which was recommended by SE is in a gallon of water add about 1/3 cup of baking soda, 10 drops teatree, 20 rosemary and 20 lavender. leave it in for about 20 mins and rinse, and I love it, and lots of ppl on this site use and love it too! And then you can do an apple cider vinegar rinse for conditioning. I find the wash smells awesome, I love the way it makes my hair smell.
It is really gentle, but I'm not sure if it would fade color, specially bright colors.

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Permalink Reply by Lonnie Berg on October 1, 2009 at 12:36am

Jo, how do you mix your apple cider vinegar rinse, and do you use it everytime you wash?

Jo McClelland said:

The wash I normally use which was recommended by SE is in a gallon of water add about 1/3 cup of baking soda, 10 drops teatree, 20 rosemary and 20 lavender. leave it in for about 20 mins and rinse, and I love it, and lots of ppl on this site use and love it too! And then you can do an apple cider vinegar rinse for conditioning. I find the wash smells awesome, I love the way it makes my hair smell.
It is really gentle, but I'm not sure if it would fade color, specially bright colors.

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Permalink Reply by Jo on October 1, 2009 at 12:43am

I've only tried it once, my hair is pretty oily and doesnt really need too much conditioning but I used just a quick splash to a gallon of water. Prolly like a capful or two

Lonnie Berg said:

Jo, how do you mix your apple cider vinegar rinse, and do you use it everytime you wash?

Jo McClelland said:

The wash I normally use which was recommended by SE is in a gallon of water add about 1/3 cup of baking soda, 10 drops teatree, 20 rosemary and 20 lavender. leave it in for about 20 mins and rinse, and I love it, and lots of ppl on this site use and love it too! And then you can do an apple cider vinegar rinse for conditioning. I find the wash smells awesome, I love the way it makes my hair smell.
It is really gentle, but I'm not sure if it would fade color, specially bright colors.

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Permalink Reply by Lonnie Berg on October 1, 2009 at 12:45am

Love Ya Jo, Thanks.

Jo McClelland said:

I've only tried it once, my hair is pretty oily and doesnt really need too much conditioning but I used just a quick splash to a gallon of water. Prolly like a capful or two

Lonnie Berg said:

Jo, how do you mix your apple cider vinegar rinse, and do you use it everytime you wash?

Jo McClelland said:

The wash I normally use which was recommended by SE is in a gallon of water add about 1/3 cup of baking soda, 10 drops teatree, 20 rosemary and 20 lavender. leave it in for about 20 mins and rinse, and I love it, and lots of ppl on this site use and love it too! And then you can do an apple cider vinegar rinse for conditioning. I find the wash smells awesome, I love the way it makes my hair smell.
It is really gentle, but I'm not sure if it would fade color, specially bright colors.

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Permalink Reply by Tomasu on October 1, 2009 at 12:46am

the baking soda wash is a work of genius, even though i'm still forming my dreads..it washes it better than shampoo/conditioner ever did :D..for a stupidly small fraction of the price as well :P

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Permalink Reply by Jo on October 1, 2009 at 12:46am

back at cha :o)!

Lonnie Berg said:

Love Ya Jo, Thanks.

Jo McClelland said:

I've only tried it once, my hair is pretty oily and doesnt really need too much conditioning but I used just a quick splash to a gallon of water. Prolly like a capful or two

Lonnie Berg said:

Jo, how do you mix your apple cider vinegar rinse, and do you use it everytime you wash?

Jo McClelland said:

The wash I normally use which was recommended by SE is in a gallon of water add about 1/3 cup of baking soda, 10 drops teatree, 20 rosemary and 20 lavender. leave it in for about 20 mins and rinse, and I love it, and lots of ppl on this site use and love it too! And then you can do an apple cider vinegar rinse for conditioning. I find the wash smells awesome, I love the way it makes my hair smell.
It is really gentle, but I'm not sure if it would fade color, specially bright colors.

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dread gurusPermalink Reply by ☮ soaring eagle ॐ on October 1, 2009 at 12:49am

and works better on dandruff then anything

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Permalink Reply by Jo on October 1, 2009 at 12:52am

peppermint worked awesome for the dandruff I had. I just put some in a spray bottle and spritzed it on my hair and left it on, for as long as it took me to clean up in the shower and then rinsed and it fixed the dandruff in one wash. But I didnt heed your warning about it burning your eyes. Does it ever burn your eyes LoL

soaringeagle said:

and works better on dandruff then anything

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Permalink Reply by Lonnie Berg on October 1, 2009 at 2:42pm

Like the idea of doing it your way and just mixing it as I need it . Thanks Hon

Knottysleeves said:

I use about two spoons of baking soda in about 2 cups of water. ACV rinse: two splashes of ACV in 2 cups of water.

I use big old Dr Bronners bottles for these mixes and just keep them in the shower. I usually add a few drops of peppermint oil to the baking soda mix, I love the way it makes my scalp tingle!

In the shower I just squirt Bottle #1 (baking soda) over my scalp, gently work it around with my fingers, rinse it out, then squirt Bottle #2 (ACV) over and leave it in for a few minutes before doing a final plain water rinse.

BTW, the baking soda / peppermint oil mix makes an awesome (and cheap and effective) mouthwash too. :-)

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dread gurusPermalink Reply by ☮ soaring eagle ॐ on October 1, 2009 at 4:38pm

i use a gallon at a time u can use less
and it definately should be mixed right b4 u use it

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