I wasn't really measuring the amount. I did the first time and after I estimated my amounts to match. Sometimes I use a little extra of each when I haven't washed in a couple of days. I also drop 5-10 drops of tea tree oil in my baking soda.
Should I buy the liquid and use it until my dreads mature? I have already bought them but I don't want to ruin my dreads or stop their progress.
I know the featured members say that the dreadlockshampoo.com bars are good for locks. I have been using baking soda wash and acv rinse since I started dreading, and that's all. My head gets itchy and my dreads are brittle and coarse feeling. I'm not sure if your dreads are supposed to feel like this when the are young, or if its the washing. I have been dreading for 3 months now. I thought about trying a few different soaps from different shops and I just cant bring my self to buy it without actually getting some reviews on it. I want soap that smells good that will also keep my dreads from coming undone, or even progressing them. I want to make sure that my dreads are healthy as well, nothing damaging, of course. So, any recommendations?
I know the featured members say that the dreadlockshampoo.com bars are good for locks. I have been using baking soda wash and acv rinse since I started dreading, and that's all. My head gets itchy and my dreads are brittle and coarse feeling. I'm not sure if your dreads are supposed to feel like this when the are young, or if its the washing. I have been dreading for 3 months now. I thought about trying a few different soaps from different shops and I just cant bring my self to buy it without actually getting some reviews on it. I want soap that smells good that will also keep my dreads from coming undone, or even progressing them. I want to make sure that my dreads are healthy as well, nothing damaging, of course. So, any recommendations?
So it is my understanding that wraps will help the hair dread. I have like 10 dreads wrapped in hemp twine, not super tight but tight enough that it will stay. How long should these be in before you need to take them out? I mean it will help it dread right?
AH! You rock!
amethyst777 said:
I'm about the same size as you Jackie, but about 1.5in taller. I think we rock. I prefer curvacious women (not a come on.. lol..) My GF is beautiful and the love of my life.
I have no issue at all with my weight. Do I wish I was thinner? Well... I wish I was in a little better shape, but even at my smallest and best, I was never thin. I used to do really physical work (drove a concrete mixer and worked concrete). I weighed about the same, I was just a little firmer (and younger)
I have noticed that a lot of people (men and women) with dreadlocks are thin, a lot of them are also vegetarians, or follow some type of veggi-type diet. Maybe that's why we aren't so easy to find. I'm not ready to give up my steak just yet though. Who knows what the future holds for me though. I do feel a growing need to be more in-tune with my body, and pay more attention to what I put in it. Still, on the weight issue, I'm more concerned with being healthy than being "thin".
We really need a group. I'll try to work on that when the baby goes to bed tonight
I am five six and I weigh 255. Big girl like I said. I have lots of muscle though. I think if I didnt have any muscle I would weigh maybe 230 but still. I love being big, i just wish other ladies were out there to. Hey I know this isn't a weight loss site but I have lost 60 lbs since a couple of months before I started dreading! I was much bigger when I started.
Big women are beautiful! I agree. It would just be amazing if us big women were noticed and able to find each other and be able to talk about things like dreads or shopping or anything ya know. I mena, how many site do you go to for bigger women to associate with one another? Now on how many of those sites do you find a lady with dreadlocks??
We should totally do that!! How would we even start that? I mean I love thin people too don't get me wrong, but the main issue with big girls, or me at least is feeling like no one can relate to what I'm doing or going thru. Like shopping! I CANNOT shop at walmart. the shirts are good and all but none of their pants fit me right. They do fit, just not the right way. And now I have dreads, I can't get advice on what looks good and what doesn't from smaller girls. Dreads are dreads but, for instance, thick headbands made out of the handkerchiefs dont look right on me because I have a bigger face. or maybe its because my dreads are shorter. Not sure but either way it would be really cool to talk with ladies my size with my interests.
