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Not at all! I am pretty sure I did do it wrong I used the BS in a container with water, but would be willing to bet that I used too much and didn't dissolve it completely. Thought I did lol. So I poured it on and rinsed it out for the while under the water. Then I followed by putting some ACV in water and poured that on my head and rinsed that out for a while as well. I did get Vicki's shampoo in the mail, along with WAX B GONE to get any remaining wax residue that may or may not have decided to hang around, and used both this morning and it is awesome!! I feel a lot better that now it will be truly low maintenance because I have everything I need shampoo-wise and my hair is finally rid of wax and buildup. Now I am not worrying about what buildup could be in my hair from all my mistakes and I can just do nothing!! Except wash and separate and occasionally spritz some sea salt on there. But I will try another BS wash and try to do it right once a month OH, while I am thinking about it, is it ok to get my hair wet everyday? When I wake up I like to spritz my hair with plain water when I have to go out (not run it under the sink or anything) so it as it dries my hair looks thicker and better. Before I started dreading I did that too,more got it a lot wetter. I have not noticed any problems or losing knots or anything. I just spray the water on it and let it air dry. I know when they get more mature I will need to not do this because they will take so long to dry but when my dreads are more mature, I don't think I will need to do this. Anyway thank you so much for replying!!

If you don't mind my asking; How exactly did you do the Baking Soda rinse? It sounds as though you may have done it incorrectly if you could actually feel any BS. It is supposed to go into a pitcher or container of some sort with the water and mixed before pouring on your head. The BS should have completely dissolved so there would be no way to actually feel it. The straw feeling you mention is often what happens if you don't follow thorough with the second part of that wash using the Apple Cider Vinegar rinse. When done correctly you won't even see any BS in the water and you surely should not be feeling it on your hands. Did you do BS and ACV at the same time? I guess it doesn't matter if you're going to use Vicki's stuff because it's awesome but It is nice to do the occasional deep clean with the BS/ACV.

Allison's dready timeline :)

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Thanks!! It was the knotty boy dread shampoo that was in the kit that I stupidly bought at first. I got Vicki's soap yesterday!! Went ahead and washed with it this morning to get any crap out and it feels so much better! Now I am going to start washing my hair 1-2x per week.

soaring eagle said:

looks like they are progressing well but what was the horible shampoo

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Ok, so it's been about 2 weeks. On the 7th (I think, maybe 8th) I backcombed and waxed in 4 dreads on the underside of my hair. 2 days later I washed those out and tnr'd four thin dreads on the underside of my hair. The rest of this is organic, with a few sea salt spritzes and a baking soda/ACV wash and a wash with a horrible dreadlock shampoo (while I am waiting to get my shampoo from Buck County.) Bad move. This shampoo left my hair with nasty residue, hence the baking soda wash. My shampoo should be getting here tomorrow or the beginning of next week, so hopefully I won't have to use very many baking soda washes (as I am pretty sure if I used the baking soda as my only means of washing, I would have to do lots of messing around with the ratios. I had to rinse 3 times to get my hair to not feel like literal straw and I could also feel baking soda on my hands whenever I would touch my dry hair) Hopefully the next post won't be a novel, as I will have my shampoo and just be able to simply wash and leave my hair alone. Anyway, so onto the pics. These were taken maybe 1 hour ago.

OH, here is a before picture. Wish I had a better one, but you can see my hair is naturally wavy, though in this pic I was using some kind of product as well to glue the waves in lol.

Anyway, the past 2 weeks have been very up and down as far as loving/being frustrated with it. Frustrated mostly because of the way I initially started them and with the washing mishap, which I know now had to happen so I could see this for what it is. Gotta learn everything the hard way apparently lol. It's ok though,learning things the hard way (which I have to do most of the time) usually makes the knowledge stay with me better, I have found. Sure does make life interesting (read: pain in the ass lol) though sometimes. Anyway, I am enjoying the ride and just remembering to let it flow.

Thanks to you all who look at this! Sorry for the weirdly rotated and blurry pics.

Allison

updated by @maliba-live85: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

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Thank you so much for the encouragement!!

Laura Earle said:

Yayy, welcome to the natural journey! And don't be afraid to speak up in the forums; ain't nobody got time for lurking 'round these parts!

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Wow thank you so much for all this information and looking up the map! I very much appreciate it I ended up going with the rosemary and tea tree shampoo from the Buck County soap store on here. I also bought some of the Wax-be-gone

the Barrellady said:

Welcome to your new journey of freedom! We are all glad you found this site too. Lets start off with the sections you did with wax. Purchase some Dawn dish soap to make sure all the wax is out, even if you just put it in it is hard to get out with one try and will always be in the hair. Use this link and follow the instructions posted by Soaring Eagle & Baba Fats: http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/a-couple-of-questions-ab...

Your location has soft and moderately soft water, so you are able to use many of the dread shampoos and bars out there. I personally liked to use the liquid form for beginning dreads and the bar for mature dreads. With the liquid form, just fill an empty squirt bottle with water and add the amount of shampoo you would normally use. Then squirt on all onto your scalp once your hair is wet. You can use your fingertips to gently scrub the scalp only, then when you rinse it out, it will run down the sections and clean them also. For a wonderful homemade recipe, you can do a baking soda wash (BS), always followed by an apple cider vinegar (ACV) rinse. The ACV will balance back the hairs PH and is a healthy conditioner that leaves no residue. So mix 1/2 cup of BS to 5 cups of water. Pour over wet hair and leave on for 10 minutes. This is a no scrub method that will exfoliate the scalp all on its own. Rinse out well and then do the ACV rinse. Mix 1 capful of ACV to 5 cups water, pour over head and rinse out within one minute or right away. You do not want to over condition the hair or any knotting may slip out.

I also did the twist & rip (T&R) method and made a posting about it that may help you out: http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/just-starting-out-what-t...

You will enjoy your journey and the inner growth that comes with it. If you ever have any questions, please feel free to ask me or make a post for other members to assist.

Welcome again to your new journey....Peace

updated by @maliba-live85: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

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Thank you for replying! Yeah, at the time of this post I was still trying to decide what I would use to wash. I went with the rosemary and tea tree bar from that store. I am pretty excited to try it out

Justin said:

You're going to need something other than a salt spray to wash your dreads or you'll have other issues later down the road. The 3 main recommendations that tend to float around here are Dr. Bronners, the Baking Soda rinse followed by the Apple Cider Vinegar rinse or the natural and homemade bars and liquids from one of our members that you can find here http://shop.dreadlockshampoo.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPat... . Everyone has their own experience with these washes as each individuals scalp and skin needs tend to differ slightly. I started out using the BS/ACV rinses as I had already used Dr. Bronners and didn't care for it. The rinses were awesome but started to get a little pricey after I started adding the essestial oils I wanted. I will still occasionally do a deep clean with them. I personally love the bars from Vicki and look forward to every wash. You will also need to determine whether you have hard water or not as some of them don't play nice with hard water.

Good luck on your journey.

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Hi all! I am Allison. I am a 27 year old living in Birmingham, Alabama. I work as a veterinary technician at an animal emergency clinic. Music, writing, and animals are my life. I am finally ready to start this dread journey, I can't quite put my finger on it yet, I am going to just let it flow, but I feel like spiritually, I am being pushed hard to do this. Plus, I am so damn excited! Anyway, so onto the dreads..I started out with backcombing and wax about 3 days ago cause someone recommended it to me and told me about dreadhq or whatever. Then, today, I found this site. Luckily I had only done 4 dreads so far, so I brushed them out and washed all the nasty wax out of my hair (as much as I could. I can't tell for sure, but I think there is still some residue. I am going to continue to use a de-greaser soap until I am sure all of it is out along, with whatever else I decide to use to wash my hair) The change of mind was actually done today. I definitely was not happy with the results of the backcombing and was very frustrated, which is not supposed to happen, I knew already. Anyway, so I twisted and ripped a few with no chemicals (don't really know why, just felt like the thing to do) and am going the natural route, which mentally and spiritually I feel SO much better about. I just washed out the 4 maybe 12 hours ago and the hair that has not been twisted and ripped is already starting to section up a tiny bit. This is probably because I am already used to only washing my hair once or twice a week and my hair is wavy and sort of frizzy and gets tangled and knotted VERY easily. I am so happy and feel so much more free now that I know all I have to do is keep the tangles separated (should have been common sense, but whatever lol) I have not decided what I am going to wash my hair with, but I think I am going to use sea salt spray frequently and just water spritz the other times to refresh my hair when I wake up everyday... Anyway, if you made it through this, just know that I am soo glad to be here and start this journey with all of you I tend to be a lurker cause I feel weird jumping into other people's discussions, but I am going to try my best!!

Allison

updated by @maliba-live85: 01/13/15 09:52:17PM