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Comment by Dready Mimi on March 8, 2012 at 6:32pm

Chris Magnum~My dreads started becoming rounder, without any rolling, as they grew longer. And a few of them are still flat. To me, that is what 'free-form'/natural dreads are all about.

At 8 mos your dreads are still babies. IMHO, the nicest thing you can do for them at this stage is to let them do what they will. The only thing I did at that point was root ripping to make sure I didn't end up with one big dread and winding very small ones together to make them stronger.

Enjoy your journey! :o)

Comment by Chris Mangum on March 8, 2012 at 8:11am

I have freeform locks and have quite a few flat is there a way to fix them i have beengrowing them for 8 mos

Comment by Danika Skalet on February 16, 2012 at 1:16am

Thanks Mimi

Comment by Dready Mimi on February 15, 2012 at 10:06pm

Question: I need to smooth down the fly-aways. Any ideas? I was thinking of looking for a decent hairspray?

Thanks,

Mimi

Comment by Dready Mimi on February 15, 2012 at 10:04pm

@Danika~I don't think Walmart carries dread beads. Google dread beads and see what you come up with.

 

 

Comment by Danika Skalet on February 11, 2012 at 8:16pm

I went to get some beads when we were at walmart but I didn't know if the holes would be big enough and my locks (12 now :) ) are different sizes, any suggestions on deciding on the right size? Also I noticed some of my locks are kinda fused close to the root and then separate, should I try and pull them apart or would I be better off leaving them together at the top?

Comment by Rosie on February 2, 2012 at 3:30pm

The beads sound like a  nice idea :)

I am new to this myself, I just pull them apart while wet and clean-gently-when they get too big for my liking. Everyone is different and it is all beautiful

Comment by Danika Skalet on February 2, 2012 at 2:02am

Hey everyone =) I was shown this site by a friend of mine a little more than a month ago, I almost went through KnottyBoy until I read the posts here. I started my locks almost one month ago and have a handful forming well already which surprised me that it was so fast since I have fine straight hair, I even have some favorites =) I bought neutrogena anti residue shampoo (it was the only thing I could find at walmart) and my current situation I feel making my own isn't very practical. I wash my hair about every three to four days. I dont mind the shampoo, but when I run out I'm going to find a new one at my local health food shop. I was was wondering though is there anything I could do to help keep them from fusing together so often I dont want them becoming to large, not a real big fan of ripping them apart although I try not to force it to much. I was thinking beads or something to kinda keep them separated a little more while they are still so young. Advice?

Comment by D.McCoy on February 1, 2012 at 8:31pm

How long do it take your hair to loc up!!

Comment by ☮ soaring eagle ॐ on January 28, 2012 at 1:23pm

no dilute bronners wayyy more then that 12 to 1 to 18 to 1  u want at a minumum 12 times more water then bronners some dilute even up to 40-1 but thats lil extreme 12- 20 times more wayters best

Comment by D.McCoy on January 28, 2012 at 12:44pm

THANK YOU-DREADY MIMI

Comment by Dready Mimi on January 28, 2012 at 11:09am

@D.McCoy~Be sure to dilute the Dr Bronner's 3:1 (3 parts water to 1 part shampoo) And be sure to squueze and rinse, squeeze and rinse, rinse and squeeze!

Comment by D.McCoy on January 28, 2012 at 10:23am

I use Dr. Bronner's Soap on my dreads when I wash them. The only thing I want to know is will the soap hurt my dreads.

Comment by Rosie on January 22, 2012 at 7:07pm

I am not worried about the shape it evolves into but my partner is! I just want to be clean and FREE but he said he "does'nt like the look" oh well. I am so tired of trying to control my hair-it has its own way and combing it out weekly is painful to me.

Comment by Rosie on January 22, 2012 at 7:01pm

Thank you, Dready Mimi and soaring eagle for your advice! <3

Comment by ☮ soaring eagle ॐ on January 21, 2012 at 10:32pm

rosie bronners w3hen diluted is fine for many but in hasrd water u=is no good at all so baking soda or these wonderful shampoos www.dreadlockshampoo.com are great in any water

Comment by Dready Mimi on January 21, 2012 at 10:24pm

@Rosie~Dilute the Dr. Bronners 10:1. (10 parts water to 1 part shampoo) That is all you need and it makes that bottle of DB go a lot farther. Soaring Eagle has lots of recipes for stuff to use on different kinds of hair and for being in the forest or on the road for long periods.

I let my hair do it's own thing. I have a few very cool really thick dreads, many that are about pencil sized, and some really thin ones that I twisted together and let thicken that way. I have these nice 'nodules' (for lack of a better term) at the bottom of most of them that are bumpy and  lumpy and fun!

But that is just my experience.

I do try to stress that "Patience is a virtue". Learning that is still a difficult lesson...

Comment by Rosie on January 21, 2012 at 9:18pm

I have curly kinky hair and I want to stop using the comb, wash it, let it dry and be free! I plan to separate it when it wet into sections. What is the best solution to use to wash? I have Dr. Bronner with peppermint-is this best? i am so excited :)

Comment by Dready Mimi on January 17, 2012 at 10:55am

Kudos to all y'all who have begun your journey to natural/neglect dreads! Please remember that one of the lessons to be learned through this method is patience. I've known more than one person who decided (sort of) on the n/n method only to give up when they don't have a head full of dreads in 3-4 weeks and either give up completely or go to a 'loctician' (WTF is that, anyway?) only to have their hair ruined and have to comb them out to get the wax out of their hair. My journey from "Dude, where's my comb?" to "Your dreads are looking good!" took about 18 months. One lovely friend even told me "They look like spun silver" :o)

Patience brothers and sisters. Patience.

Namaste'

Comment by ADit on January 16, 2012 at 8:43pm

yeah i second val's comment there i haven't read all the advice yet but im too like startin natural dread lock method Thanks for running this cool site

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