The biggest question of all. :)
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Havent got the shampoo but I love dragons blood incense sticks so when I can afford it Im going for the dragons blood =]
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Dread Products
Ratios: Baking soda wash Apple cider vinegar rinse Sea salt mix
Dread Maintenance
Just a quick question about the sea salt mix... if you are using pink himilayan sea salt, are the ratios the same and does the 2 hour rule still apply?
This is a great post by the way =]
Newly dreading, fine hair, lots of questions!! (Sorry - I'm going to be such a bother, I am sure of it!)
General Questions
I think when you click reply to someones comment there comment comes up in the blue box underneath when you reply to discussion itcomes up as a new comment? something like that anyway
and don't worry about helping them along and fixing them and tnr and all that whatever yourhair type it doesn't need 'help' as long as its not mega short it will knot up only takes time and care. If you want to tnr then that'sa personal choice but if youregoing to do it then only to it once.All tnr does is like.. make the blueprintsfor dreadsit just basically creates the sections butyour hair will naturally section itself anyway and sometimespeople do tnr, the sections are unnatural and tight and it just does more harm than good. But yeh like I said if youre gonna do tnr only do it once then leave your hair to do its own thing if you keep tnr then they wont be dreads they need to loosen and knot and tighten and shrink and everything to become dreads, if you keep doing tnr they cant do this.
Renee Stewart said:
So I've tried three times to do this reply and can't seem to make it work. What is the difference between Reply and Reply to Discussion? anyway, yeah I just didn't want to offend anyone who was so helpful to me, by seeming to 'disappear!' It just seemed kinda rude - I don't know. (I can be weird sometimes!) Sorry for the lengthy reply earlier. I appreciate your kind offer to message you though!
Anyway, my dreads are coming along. They need a little 'work' tho. I'm just very gently twist & ripping a little bit. Loose at top and ends, and just a few at a time, to help it along. Nothing like some of the videos on YouTube where they T&R a dread all at one time. I'll try to get some photos posted this week, after I wash it tomorrow and fix it a little! I don't know what my page even looks like, or if I have one! I'll have to figure it out eh? Thanks again for helping!
Newly dreading, fine hair, lots of questions!! (Sorry - I'm going to be such a bother, I am sure of it!)
General Questions
Im sorry to here about your bad news I know youbarely know me atall bar a few questions and answers but if you ever wanna just talk to someone who isn't involved or.. yeh.. welcome to message me or whatever.
And yeh my hamster literally is my baby you couldn't wish for a better/tamer/cuter/fatter/perfect/fluffy.... hamster 
don't get me started on him or it really would be an essay xD
Ill just accept your request now and still hoping to see a pic of you especially now you've had sometime to start yourjourney =] unless you've already posted them ill have a look when I go to your page=]
Renee Stewart said:
Hannah,
Yes, of course that would be great. I have not been online here since then, so apologize for taking so long to reply. I still haven't had a chance to upload photos, do anything - I've had an awful tragedy in my life. It was odd to see the date of my question and all the kind answers, (I had been reading a lot of the site but I guess I didn't officially join or post until that day/middle of the night before) because it was later on July 2 that I got the worst of news, and haven't been back since then. I thought I might make some kind of post on a general forum (or this discussion?) to apologize and explain my sudden absence after receiving so much support here. Didn't want anyone to think I just took advantage and split! I'm not sure what's appropriate. I felt the warmth and kind support here, yet hadn't had long enough to form closer friendships, so not sure what to do. But, I still have the baby dreads! Now it has been by total neglect for real, simply due to mental state! ha.
Anyway, thanks again for the advice & replies. BTW, I love your hamster picture. My daughter used to keep hamsters - they can be so sweet. Who knew? I also didn't realize you were from the UK. Normally I would be accosting you with questions about what it's like I've always been interested in real lives of people in other countries. Sorry for the length of this! Jeez I can sure go on . . . And I just realized this isn't a message anyway, since we never became 'friends'! so, I sent you a request, and I'll just post it as a reply - hope you'll see it! Renee
Hannah Moore said:Haha thanks
Would you mind me adding you would be nice to follow your journey?
Newly dreading, fine hair, lots of questions!! (Sorry - I'm going to be such a bother, I am sure of it!)
General Questions
Haha thanks and no problem =] I think the only picture I have up of me is the one I took after I took out my tnr so dont have any dreads in that pic but Im not nearly at one month after taking them out and I have like 2 big knots and few small knots forming which is good considering my hairs still short and so thin =]
Would you mind me adding you would be nice to follow your journey?
Newly dreading, fine hair, lots of questions!! (Sorry - I'm going to be such a bother, I am sure of it!)
General Questions
Hey Im a new dreader aswell and I have very fine straight hair aswell and mine was only like 4 inches when I started. Ill try to answer questions best I can because having a similar hair type Ive done some research but other experts would be able to give better advice...
1. I have hard water aswell and the main problem Im facing is washing them as baking soda has to be done in a special way using bottled or boiled water and all this stuff otherwise it doesnt wash out properly and alot of other dreadlock shampoos arent suited to hard water. The dreadlocksite shampoos are highly recommended. I cant afford them at the moment but Ive seen others have great results from using them.
2. Since youre only 1 week along its your choice if you want to undo the backcombed one. 1 week isnt like youre undoing years worth of 'work' so yeh. I initially did tnr but then a month or solater decided to undo them because it personally felt like I was missing out on part of the journey and I didnt want any regrets. I sure the difference in appearence wont matter so its really your choice.
3. The way you twist really doesnt matter. By the sounds of it though youre retwisting? If so, stop right now! Let them do their own thing. Make sure the tnr isnt too tight because the idea is the tnr is just the blueprints of the dreads, they just outline the sectioning so them, they will unravel and they should unravel so they can knot up and form proper dreads. If theyre too tight this will never happen and theyll just be like braids. Its likely that some will comeout completely but dont do any more tnr just leave them they will section and knot up naturally whatever your hair type its just a matter of time.
4. All hair types will eventually dread with love, care and patience.
5. Since youve done tnr you really need to make sure that the roots are loose, you want about 1 inch atleast of free hair at the base to avoid tugging on the scalp that could cause further hair loss. Also make sure your sections are no bigger then 1 inch across at the scalp as this will be the thickness of the mature dreadlock and fatter ones will be heavier, again causeing more tension and cause hair to be pulled out.Ive heard people with mature locks say about how they rarely find hairs that have fallen out because when the hair ages and falls out naturally for whatever reason the hair just stays in the lock.
6. Yes its too early to use aloe you only want to consider that when your locks are really mature or prehaps if you have a special event that you need to look extra smart for but even then be careful. Otherwise be proud of your dreads and let them be free the wind will cause knots to form they need to move about to progress. If you really feel uncomfortable though you could wear a very loose wool tam, that way the wool rubbing against your hair will help a bit.
As for your extra question, like I said before its best to let them be free. Since my hair now is only like I dont knot 5.... 5 and half inches there isnt much I can do to style anyway but if you want to have them up Id just say to have them very loosly tied back.
Good luck on your journey hope my answers have helped a bit =]
How to grow hair faster?
General Talk
If you want your hair to grow faster I would definately recommend biotin I grew my hair for 7 months from almost shaven and it got to 4 inches and then I decided to dread but ideally you need like 6 inches so I started taking biotin and my hair is just growing like crazy.
You could try out your method if you wanted to but whilst youre doing it I dont think your hair would dread at all because soon as you wash it out and all the oils go through your hair the knots will just slip out... at least thats what I would imagine would happen...
Any tips for visually reducing a large forehead?
Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling
I agree with Jayke you hairline looks normal to me... If it bothers you still when you have dreads then you can just try out different ways to have them and see what you like =]