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Question On Frequency Of Using Sea Salt

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I have a question about using sea salt sprays, I have gone back to using sea salt on my hair the last few weeks, since I am trying to encourage the loose hair to go into the existing locks, I am wondering, is there is there a point in time that I can just stop using sea salt all together, or is it better to use on a weekly basis, or could I now transition to something like maybe once or twice a month or an as needed basis like the case is with conditioning? I am sort of assuming weekly is the way to go, but I wanted to ask this question to double check this idea, as I don't want to make my scalp overly itchy or dry it out too much. 

My four year mark is coming up on the 11th, and I can't help but feel pride in how my hair has turned out, in spite of their rocky start (although to be honestly I do actually like the slightly braided look they came out with, it makes me wonder if I should have just braided my hair in the size I wanted and left them in to get the same look with a healthier start - but I have no intention of cutting them off, too much time and too much collected prana (life-force energy) would go to waste). 

Question on Kosher Salt

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Ok, I actually sort of knew as I was writing it that this question may be a bit hard to answer. I did a little bit of research on it and didn't really find anything useful about it, outside of many people questioning why it's even in salts in the first place....I finished off my shampoo that had sea salt in it about two days ago, so I'm going to take a break from using sea salt until I can know if this salt is safe or not. Thanks for the reply. 

Question on Kosher Salt

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Hi, 

I have a question about sea salt. I have ended up with some kosher sea salt that contains an ingredient called "Yellow Prussiate of Soda" which it said on the package that it's an anti-caking agent, I was wondering if this sea salt was safe to use on dreads with this other ingredient being present? 

Required Length For Beardlocks

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I have been growing out my beard, and just shorted a few overly long hairs, my first time taking scissors to my beard since I had been growing it, and looking at it today, I am wondering, is it long enough for dreads to form? I have attached a current photo of it, I am thinking I still have a while to go but I wanted to ask the question just to know. If another picture is needed please let me know.

Moving Forward With Nature: My Dreadlock Journal

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I have now lost the tips off of two baby dreads, one came off of the baby lock that is still being absorbed by an existing dread, the other came off of what is still a developing new dread, it used to be a doubled tailed dread....I had very lightly run my hand down either of those dreads the tips just popped off. I do wonder if that was because of my past use of baking soda on my hair, hopefully, that won't happen again.

However, I must say that both the dreads look better now then they did with the parts that now broke off. I don't really have a picture of them before they changed, and now it seems unneeded to take a picture of them after the fact. 

updated by @ravens-light: 03/29/17 10:42:36PM

From Long Beach and still no dreads

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Speaking as someone who made the salon mistake, I agree with soaring eagle. If you want them t form quicker I would think the twist and rip method would be the least damaging. I know for me I wish I had gone totally natural from the start, and that is something I do regret not doing, as to force your hair to dread can really be physically painful. I used to interlock my dreads, that REALLY hurts and is a REALLY bad idea, so is crocheting them. 

I had heard somewhere that the Nazarites, plait their hair and then just leave it to develop. If I am mistaken on this, then someone please correct it. 

Moving Forward With Nature: My Dreadlock Journal

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Thanks! I do still sort of see a slight gap, but I am thinking I may be wrong, since you had said there is none there.....as I know that parting of the hair always has some space in between.  

Moving Forward With Nature: My Dreadlock Journal

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This is past due,  but this is a picture of my dreads now 3 years 10 months old.

Tea Tree Shampoo From Trader Joe's

Dread Products

Hi,

I am seeking people's opinions on the Tea Tree Tingle Shampoo from Trader Joe's. I have posted about it before, I still currently use it on my dreads and have yet to get the scalp issues that are potentially possible with it. What are other people's impressions of this shampoo? (those that have actually used it I mean)

I mean so far for me this shampoo is much easier as it already contains sea salt, so I don't have to mix up any kind of spray, and it leaves my hair feeling soft but not overly conditioned so my roots tighten and my hair feels nice and clean for a number of days after.

Thanks!

P.s. if the ingredients are needed I can provide them.

Effects Of Water Rinsing

Dread Maintenance

I used just water on my hair today (only because it had been 3 days since my last wash) I wanted to do something to combat the itchiness I felt. Oddly enough it worked quite well to fix the itch, I even used a cold water rinse to close the hair follicles...but I felt like a heavy or odd feeling on my roots, I have been using the tea tree tingle shampoo from Trader Joe's for a while, and I am wondering if that feeling I felt was the leftover bits of the shampoo (although I am very careful to wash it all out), if there is any, as for some reason my eyes really stuck a bit as the water ran off my hair, which in spite of the  ingredient listed in the shampoo claiming to irritate the eyes, this doesn't happen often (which is sort of why I am wondering if I can stick with this liquid soap, since it would be a much simpler means to wash my hair.)

I guess the question I am left with from this is, was it the warm water I first used or just the act of getting the oil off my scalp that helped the itch? I am attaching a picture of my now dry dreads as further documentation of how my parting is probably fixed :D