No reason to not use it if you want to. But never leave the spray on for more than 2 hours. The salt will keep drying your hair and scalp out for hours and hours. So only use it the days you are going to wash. Spray it on, let it sit for an hour or 2, and the wash it off. You can make other sprays for your hair that don't have salt in them. But those should be used sparingly, cause the oil might delay some progress
Beads pretty much act like imitation knots. If you can get them to stay on when they are just sectioning themselves, go for it. Some people have problems getting them to stick. But be careful, if they are too tight, and you don't move them around a lot, you can make a little weak spot where it compresses too much. And also, hair can knot up above and below it locking it in place. So move them around periodicaly
Dr. Bronners is good if you have soft water. Hard water is when it doesn't rinse out well. The same goes for the BS wash. There are some awesome soaps from dreadlockshampoo.com. They work in all water types, and the makes liquid and bar soaps. liquid is great for baby locks, but you can use a bar if you like it more.
Just wash your scalp, no you hair. When you rinse, the soap will run through your hair.
Have you seen the post on BS/ACV ratios? Baker Street posted a good description. It should be a featured thread.
Wash as often as you like. But make sure that your hair dries completely between washes. Every 2-3 days is good. When they mature, you can wash a little less often, bu try not to go less than once a week.
Totally normal. The average shrinkage people see is a loss of 1/2 - 1/3 the original length of the hair. Picture a string that's a foot long. When you knot it up ad ball it up, it'snot 12 inches long anymore. That's what happens to locks. Your boob length hair is getting knotted and balled up. So it shrinks. It'll probably lengthen again as itunravelsa bit, but it'll shrink again son enough. Locks go through a few major phases. First they shrink a ton. This can last months and months. Then they go through a phase where they seem to not grow at all, bu don't shrink either. This is when the loose hairs at the roots are snagging new growth and creating new knots at the root. This can last a few months. Then they grow like crazy. Sometimes the growth slows down a bit, but it doesn't really stop, like in the second phase, again.
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/video/separating-tutorial
Your locks should always be in a state of constant tangle at the roots. You only want to separate when the body of the locks start to eat each other. If it's just at the roots, it's fine
It usually means hairs got pulled out of the scalp. If so, there is probably a little too much torque on your scalp. But it would usually hurt a bit. You'd also see more stray hairs at the roots than normal. I'd leave it alone for a few months. See if it stays thin. If it doesn't get any thinner, you're fine. If it keeps getting thinner, you can take some hemp or embroidery thread and wrap the loose hair, growing in, to the lock. In a month or so, that will make a nice big knot at the root and bolster it up.
Is the section skinnier? Or does it just feel thinner at the root? If the section is thinning out, that's not great, but there are ways to fix that.
If they just feel thinner, that's because the hair at the root is still straight. It will be morecompressiblebecause it is not knotted and tangled up yet. Once it grows out and tangles, it will get thicker. It's pretty normal for locks to feel thinner at the root for this reason. I was worried about it for a little while too
They should always be in a constant state of tangle at the roots. Check my video on separating. You'll see what I mean. You never want to see much scalp, if any, between your locks. So if they are messy right no, as they grow out, and get longer,you won't be paying attention to your scalp as much. You, and everyone else, will be focusing on your gorgeous long locks
The roots should always be in a state of constant tangle. So if they are still tangled at the roots after separating, don't worry about it. They will keep trying to tangle up the body of the lock but all you have to do is pull them apart. But leave the roots alone
Kelsey, check out Jesusfreedmysoul's video on one of the styles she wears her hair in. It's awesome. I actually stole it for my wedding this past June. I've got a pic of how it looks on me in my wedding album here. I'm sure she's got other good ideas for what you can do with your locks for a wedding, too
