Forum Activity for @the-barrellady

soap for dreads

Dread Maintenance

Hi Angel, African Black Soap has many conditioning agents in it for African type hair. It is not suitable for Caucasian as it will cause the dreads to loosen up. But it is a fantastic skin wash. I bought a bottle at and the lady assured me it was good for me, but after further investigating, I found out otherwise, so keep your $35.00 in your pocket.

Angel Frye said:

Has anyone here ever purchased raw African black soap by the log(or half coconut), formed their own bars, and just used that on their head?

I see several 'pure' black soaps and then others that are cocoa butter soaps mixed with black soap. What are some opinions on this?

Any other Caucasians using black soap? I worry about the moisturizing properties of it on already-oily Caucasian scalp.

soap for dreads

Dread Maintenance

You know what, I ran out of salt for my water softener, so perhaps my water was too hard the day I had a bath with it. I know have my salt in the softener again and will try it and let you all know how it goes. It will be interesting to see the the hardness of the water made the difference. Peace all

soap for dreads

Dread Maintenance

Hi all. I've always used a Nag Champa soap bar I purchase from this fantastic retro shop I visit that also sells incense sticks etc. I love washing my skin with it and never felt residue that other soaps seem to have when washing. In the beginning of my journey I would use the bar on my dreads once a month, otherwise I always use baking soda.

Well, tonight I was sitting in the tub, waiting my 20 minutes for the BS to do its charm. Usually I have a tea in there, a smoke (only time I smoke in the house, I have a window in the bathroom) and quiet time reading. but tonight my ritual was changed, and I decided to wash my body with the soap while I was bathing in the tub instead of when I shower out the baking soda. I was amazed to see that floating on the surface of the water was soap scum, scum that I did not even know my $8 soap had. In the past 11 months I had to use anti-residue shampoo twice to clean my dreads, and now I know why, I thought perhaps it was my well water.

My dreadie friends, if you do not get guaranteed dread soap, like from dreadlockshampoo.com, then I recommend you do the bath test & see if it leaves the residue. If you see that layer of soap scum floating on top of the water, then never, ever use it on your dreads. Hope this helps you.

updated by @the-barrellady: 11/11/15 10:09:49AM

Is it okay to bleach my hair?

Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling

I have no experience dying dreads, others on here who have will answer you I am sure. My concern would be with the conditioner that is included with the kit. After you bleach, you have to use the conditioner, and using that would reverse your month long process. I would think that the knots etc. would come undone.

Is it okay to bleach my hair?

Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling

Hmmm. I would think that it would be hard to get the bleaching solution out of the core of mature dreads.

Alopecia and loctitians making more money after the fact.

salon and loctician dreads recovery

OMG, that poor lady. She has been going there 5 or 6 years, and look what happened! Now the lady is telling her to do daily maintenance, WTF

starting my journey, a couple of questions

Dread Maintenance

Hi Luke. You think your scalp is over compensating because you are not washing, but you are...the baking soda you use is washing your hair, it is just a touchless wash that you leave on for 20 minutes before rinsing well. The apple cider vinegar balances out the ph in your hair after using the BS., it does condition it, not like store bought conditioners, just use 1 capful to 5 cups water and leave on for 1 minute, rinse well. Your hair will section first, then start all the little knots, loops etc, have patience my dear, you are off to a great start

New to the site and to dreading!

Introduce Yourself

Welcome Laura, your dreads will look fantastic, curly hair dreads naturally so quickly. You are on the right track with this site. The dreaducation tab at the top has lots of information to keep you with healthy dreads. A great site for natural dreadlocking shampoo is dreadlockshampoo.com, this is the one that Soaring Eagle recommends. By all means, use the baking soda/apple cider vinegar rinse until you get dread shampoo. The baking soda works fantastic, so use it as long as you want in the beginning. I am at 11 months and still use it. Happy Dreading, show us a pic in a couple of months. Cheers

Laura Annalina said:

so I have the perfect hair type? And where do I get a dread shampoo or can I just use the baking soda stuff I keep reading about

Racism with dreadlocks?

General Talk

We are all human beings, why must we judge other peoples looks? (I don't). To be natural and free is awesome, a beautiful feeling. Can't we all just get along without comments? Perhaps in another world

Advice??

General Questions

Hi Skylee. You are living the hippie lifestyle, so why the rush then for long dreads? Hippies are free spirited, and laid back, and dreads should be too. Instead of being rushed and wanting them today, give yourself a 5 year goal on how you want your natural, free form dreads to look. In five years you can look back at your journey and go wow..Each bump, inch and strand will hold your past, your stories & history. Dreads you grow will be a huge part of you, you'll appreciate them for what they are.