OK so I know cigarette smoke is bad for dreads and I'm a pretty heavy smoker. How often should I wash? I usually wash about every 3 days. I use the dreadlock bars from Bucks County Soap Factory and also use BS/ACV. I also think that I have hard water!?! I live in Burnham, PA so if someone could look it up I'd be forever grateful! I don't have a shower so I dump pitchers of water over my head and my bathtub faucet is really corroded and us older than I am so I can't really get a shower hose and head for it and out of my budget. Thank you
updated by @doogie: 02/03/18 06:54:17PM
Cigarette smoke and dreads
Well, I don't know if it depends on the hair type or on how well someone's sense of smell is, but... I've heard people complaining about their hair smelling likecigarettesfrom just being in a room with a smoker for like an hour.
I'm surrounded by smokers all day long (both my parents, my brother, and 90% of my friends smoke + myself), and I don't really smell anything on my hair. Neither does my non-smoking best friend who really hates the smell, and notices it everywhere. Except on me, for some reason. xD
I wash my hair every 2 - 3 days, there's no rule. I just do it when I feel like it (or when I don't feel like it, but I feel I should. :D ).
the corosion tells u u got hard water
but wah as often as u like every 3 days is good unless your stinking like cigs
actualy if your at all concerned the solutions so simple
quite smoking
theres homeopathics that make quitting easy as can be
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
Yeah I've tried quitting many times and never made it past a cpl wks to a mth. Even yrs back I spent hundred of dollars on pretty much everything out there to quit to no avail! I've been smoking for about 26yrs I stop and start up again especially when I drink then I smoke worse than a chimney! When I do stop I really get the earge to light up or bum from someone who is smoking around me. I've never had any support from anyone to help keep me smoke free and I think that's a problem for me. No moral support!
homeopathics make quitting eash
but dont drink and iu wont be tempted to moke when u drink
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
Try to smoke in a more ventilated area and tie your dreads away from your face when you do. That will help keep the smoke from "clinging" as hard. You can use your dreads to tie back your dreads.
As far as washing goes, wash when you think it's necessary but I wouldn't recommend every day.
I sometimes put some oils on my fingertips and tousle the locks for an added smell bonus.
Quitting is hard and you have to really, really want it and work for it. I know a TON of people who have had success with Wellbutrin and some medical insurances will cover all methods available if you take smoking cessation class. But, like I said, you really need to want it or any and all methods will fail.
A lot of people who smoke or live in highly smokey environments don't really realize how smokey they smell. I once lived with indoor smokers and never thought that the smell was particularly gnarly but when I moved out into a smoke-free environment I absolutely wanted to gag. I had to wash everything and steam clean my bed. I personally smoke cloves which smell like incense and am not an advocate for smoking in the home. I've never had complaints about my smell rather, compliments.
I live with a bunch of smokers, and have found a drops ir teo of sandalwood in my washing helps turn the smell of cigarettes to the smell of campfire, at least to me. But mostly I avoid the smoking as much as possible, only resorting to the sandalwood when trapped in long car rides.
updated by @myschyf: 07/23/15 06:33:31PM
updated by @myschyf: 07/23/15 06:33:31PM
