Starting New Dreads

Sooo I have been growing my hair out for about 3 years now with the intention of dreading it at some point. That point has come and after a lot of reading I am going to try it the all natural way. I am a little worried about all my hair becoming one dread or being too crazy and the repercussions I could face at work. I am a manager at a retail grocery store so I will be putting my hair back loosely while there and hoping noone says anything. If I am wearing my hair up in a ponytail for 40+ hours a week, will it affect the natural dreading? I shampooed yesterday and didn't condition or brush. Today I went to the beach and took a little swim in the ocean hoping it would help my hair progress quicker. Here's some pics from today at the beginning of my journey. Plan on updating with pics as I go.

*Day 1 Pics*

*Update*

*4 Days*

So I had my girlfriend snap the pics below for me right before I got in the shower today. I used 2 drops of Dr. Bronners castile soap and 2 drops of tea tree oil into a couple cups of water and poured it on my scalp and some up the nape of my neck with my head upside down. I think the wash really loosened it and brought the frizz factor down, so gonna try something different next time. I definitely have some sectioning and some of the ones in the back are flat and matted and they all wanna form into a fatty. Still looking for a good shampoo recipe for baby dreads...

updated by @zack-williams: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

Your hair will love to dread. So, with regards to it becoming one dread, the hair will naturally form into sections on its own. Once it's done that, you'll know which sections are which, so any sections trying to form together, you can pull them apart to stop them forming. You might need to do this frequently in the beginning, but once they're more dreaded, you won't need to do it quite as much. I used to have to do it quite a lot, and now I can go a month or so without separating and only one or two will be starting to join.

You can tie your hair back in a ponytail, but do it as loosely as possible, and for as little time as possible. So whenever you're not in work, keep them out. It might delay the progress a little bit, but it'll still dread up perfectly fine

Also remember, if you don't already, to use a residue-free shampoo for when you wash your hair.

if thats 1 day it will dresad awesomely but

wearing it back will have 2 effects

1 dread sower

2 have more of a tendency to try to form 1 pony dread

just watch for it and seperate

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yea what was it u washed with lets get the washing right right away and it will dreasd

u can sorta see some sectioning (hints of at least) on 1st day in a week will be pretty ectioined i bet

maybe tangling post updates often as u see changes

u can add the pics to the post instead of attached by clicking

then you can edit the post adding each update

do 1 in 3 days i wanna see if theres a noticable diference

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updated by @soaring-eagle: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

Hey guys! Thanks so much for the fast replies and comments. Thanks for the tips Tara! And SE I just used the same shampoo I always use since I hadn't exactly planned on starting them that day. I definitely have sectioning and actually starting to get some knots in a few of the sections. So far my boss has not said anything. *crosses fingers* My girlfriend has a whole tub of essential oils and organic stuff(coconut oil,etc) that she uses to make natural beauty products for herself.(I told her about this site and to join and sell some of her products here). I am gonna look for a shampoo recipe on this site, but in case I can't find it, can someone post a link to a good hard water dread shampoo recipe? I will post another pic on Thursday before I wash it again. I am already noticing some of the sections in the very back are flat and matted a little bit. :s

Yeah, the back tends to dread very fast and tangle together, just separate them as often as needed you can use baking soda and then apple cider vinegar, with some essential oils (not all together, baking soda first, then apple cider vinegar). I don't know the ratios though, or where to find it, so hopefully someone else will post it. There's also https://shop.dreadlockshampoo.com/ where they sell natural shampoo for dreads