After you rinse out the ACV, do a cold water rinse, and you're good to go.
No need to wash with soap afterwards, The BS/ACV wash is a good, deep clean, wash all by itself
Actually punk is more related to Rock n Roll than it is to heavy metal. Metal is more related to classical and jazz.
Punk is basically rock n roll, but faster and even simpler. Metal is more melodic and has melodies and harmonies.
That's a gross simplification, but it makes it easy enough to follow.
There's no relationship between rock and locks. If anything, there's more of a relationship to reggae. but even that's a lie. I like some reggae, but not the classic island reggae. I'm not a huge Marley fan.
I grew up listening to post punk/goth and metal. I grew into rock over the years, and only started listening to more of it in the past 6-7 years.
What music you like is only a matter of what sounds good to your ear. Since locks don't have a sound, you can't really compare them together. Plus many metal bands feature some member or other that has locks. Just like many reggae bands.
Punk has a large portion of its identity in fashion, some punks may dress a certain way because the musicians they like do. But people don't grow locks, in general, because Bob Marley or any of their other favorite musicians do
They will take about the same amount of time. When you look at the scale of how long it takes locks to mature (between 1-2 years), having one method be 1-2 months quicker isn't going to be that significant.
TnR is only setting up a blueprint for where you want your sections to form. So before any locking actually takes place, your hair will begin to unravel before it knots. This delays progress for a bit. In contrast, neglect is always a forward stepping process.
I don't want to make a blanket statement about everyone who back combed, but I'd venture to guess than many of those people reback comb every time their hair comes undone a bit. So in reality, they may have started locks 5 months ago, if they stopped back combing completely, they'd see those locks unravel all over again, and they wouldn't be as far progressed as they think they are, or as they make you think they are.
That's a gross simplification of the situation.
Back combed locks start off looking much more mature than TnR or natural locks. So when you see a video of someone who back combs, there's no real way of knowing if their timeline is actually what they say it is.
YOu could do it to see what it does. But when you wash, the sections will probably just come undone again, anyway. So you may as well just let them be. Spray them with salt once in a while (only before you plan to wash, though)
If it's all you have right now, you can use it. But I wouldn't use it all the time. For about $5 you can get aquarium salt
table sea salt is the last resort. But it work alright. Better yet, go to a pet store that sells fish supplies, and get the sea salt you'd use in an aquarium. That stuff is designed to create an ocean like consistency and salinity.
Mix 3.5% salt to water, and you're good to go
Bandannas are better than hats. But they will slow down the process a bit. To be completely honest, get used to those loose hairs. I'm 7 years in, and I still have those loose hairs around my forehead,ears, and nape of my neck. Some of use have that hair lock up over time, others take much, much longer. It won't really effect the progress of your locks
With hard water, don't bother with the Dr. B's. You won't see residue build up right away. But over time, you'll notice that your locks are weighed down, and feel heavy and stiffer than they should.
You can keep using the BS wash, but you'll have to do something about the water. You can either start to buy bottled water to wash with. But that gets expensive. Or you can boil it/distill it. Boiling it is easier in the short run. You get a big pot of water, boil it, and let it cool. Fill whatever container you use to mix the BS and water in. But do this GENTLY, and always leave some water in the bottom of the pot. Hard water has dissolved and undissolved minerals in it. When you boil the water and let it cool, those minerals sink to the bottom. By leaving some water at the bottom of the pot, those minerals stay in the pot.
Mix your BS in this new clean water, and wash with that.
You don't need to use the boiled water for the ACV, since ACV doesn't need to dissolve.
Or, better yet, look into dreadlockshampoo.com soaps. They are the best for locks, and pretty local. They are a small company based right outside of Philly. Their prices are great, and they ship really fast. Plus they use flat rate shipping boxes, so you can get about 6 bars/bottles in a package before the shipping rate goes up
Check what your water quality is like before using Dr. B's. While it's become the "go-to" soap for locks, what most people don't know is that castile soaps don't work well in hard water. I don't know where you're at in the sates, but check to make sure. I can't seem to get the pic to load on this message, but you can google "hard water in the US" and see what your area looks like.
Castile soaps are great, but none of them work in hard water. They leave residue and buildup in your locks.
